GWF North American Heavyweight Championship

The GWF North American Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. The title existed from 1991 until 1994, when GWF closed. The title was featured on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.

GWF North American Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Global Wrestling Federation
Date established	August 10, 1991
Date retired	September 21, 1994
Statistics First champion(s) The Patriot Most reigns Rod Price (3 reigns) Longest reign Rod Price (168 days) Shortest reign The Patriot (4 days)

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
N/A	Unknown information
†	Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	The Patriot	August 10, 1991	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	6	Defeated Al Perez in tournament final.	[1]
—	Vacated	August 16, 1991	—	—	—	—	Patriot gave up title because Perez' feet were under the ropes during the pinfall.
2	The Patriot	August 23, 1991	House show	Dallas, Texas	2	161	Won the rematch.
3	The Dark Patriot	January 31, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	56
4	"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert	March 27, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	56
—	Vacated	May 22, 1992	—	—	—	—	Gilbert was stripped of the title for failing to defend within 30 days. In reality, the GWF was no longer booking out-of-town talent due to budget cut-backs. Gilbert began wrestling for the USWA and defended the title as the GWF World Heavyweight Championship, despite having been stripped of the title upon his departure. He lost his version of the title to Jerry Lawler on June 8, 1992 in Memphis in order to "unify" it with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship.
5	Scott Putski	May 29, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	84	Defeated Johnny Mantell for the vacant title; top contenders chosen by "Best Won-Loss Record" in the GWF.
6	Rod Price	August 21, 1992	House show	N/A	1	168	Awarded title after Putski was fired.
7	Stevie Ray	February 5, 1993	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	145
8	Rod Price	June 30, 1993	House show	N/A	2	[Note 1]	Awarded the championship
—	Vacated	August 2, 1993	—	—	—	—	Stripped for actions while on tour of Japan.
9	Iceman Parsons	September 3, 1993	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	113	Defeated Chris Adams by disqualification	[2]
10	Chris Adams	December 25, 1993	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	97
11	Rod Price	April 1, 1994	House show	Dallas, Texas	3	63
—		June 3, 1994	—	—			Held up after match with Butch Reed.
12	Butch Reed	June 4, 1994	House show	Idabel, Oklahoma	1	27	Wins rematch.
13	Chris Adams	July 1, 1994	House show	Dallas, Texas	2	82		[3]
—	Deactivated	September 21, 1994	—	—	—	—	The GWF closes.

Tournaments

1991

The GWF North American Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a twenty-four man tournament for the inaugural GWF North American Heavyweight Championship held on August 9 and August 10, 1991. The Patriot defeated Al Perez in the final to win the tournament.^[4]

First Round

Second Round

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

Al Perez

Handsome Stranger

Al Perez

John Tatum

John Tatum

Jeff Gaylord

Al Perez

Austin Idol

Bad News Brown

El Azteca

Bad News Brown

Austin Idol

Dirty White Boy

Austin Idol

Al Perez

Terry Gordy

Cactus Jack

Gary Young

Cactus Jack

Brian Lee

Brian Lee

Bill Irwin

Cactus Jack

Terry Gordy

Steve Dane

Tug Taylor

Steve Dane

Terry Gordy

Randy Rhodes

Terry Gordy

Al Perez

The Patriot

Steve Cox

Rod Price

Steve Cox

Stan Lane

Stan Lane

Action Jackson

Stan Lane

The Patriot

The Patriot

The Soultaker

The Patriot

Axis the Demolisher

Axis the Demolisher

Terry Garvin

The Patriot

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Footnotes

1. The exact date that Rod Price was stripped of the title is uncertain, which puts his title reign at between 32 and 62 days.

See also

• Global Wrestling Federation

References

1. "GWF North American Heavyweight Championship Tournament". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
2. Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Sept. 3): Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk Texas Death match, Great Muta Vs. Sting, Ted Dibiase and Stan Hansen wins AJPW tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
3. Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
4. "GWF North American Heavyweight Championship Tournament". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.