That NWA World Championship was then unified with the National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship when he was awarded the title on Nov. 27, 1949, in St. Louis.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama--On my second day of the job at AL.com, Bob Gathany asked if there were any wrasslin' fans in the newsroom. When I didn't hear a "g" pronounced, I knew I was right at home.

While a number of different physical belts have been used, the design goes back to 1986. Flair was the NWA World Heavyweight champion and had recently shifted from touring all of the NWA member ...

WWE recently introduced the new World Heavyweight Championship title, which drew immediate comparisons to the classic “Big Gold” design used for the NWA, WCW and WWE World Heavyweight ...

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10 strange stories about '10 Pounds Of Gold' ... 10 Things You Didn't Know About The NWA World Heavyweight Championship. ... Brown held the belt for 501 days until a tragic automobile accident ...

Retro Wednesday: The Revival And Burial Of The "Big Gold Belt" By Chris Featherstone Aug. 20, 2014 7:56 pm EST When WCW disbanded in 2001, the company's World Heavyweight Championship was still ...

Previously on the Best and Worst of NWA World Championship Wrestling: We witnessed the original, Juggalo-free Gathering, Starrcade ’85.Magnum T.A. made Tully Blanchard say something close to ...

The iconic Big Gold Belt was back in operation once again as it was the former WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and it was used alongside the WWE Championship as the Undisputed WWE Championship ...

There was no moment more triumphant for the Von Erich family than when Kerry Von Erich defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Parade of Champions on May 6, 1984.