The New Zealand version of the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestlingregional heavyweight championship recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance and competed for by wrestlers in the Australasian region. It was largely defended in New Zealand's Dominion Wrestling Union from around 1938 to 1951 and in All Star Pro Wrestling from 1964 to 1968. The earliest-known champion was New Zealand wrestler Lofty Blomfield who defended the title until losing it to American wrestler Ray Steele in Auckland on December 12, 1938. Peter Maivia and Steve Rickard feuded over the title during the mid-1960s with Maivia regaining the title in 1968 shortly before it was abandoned. Much of the title's history is unknown, however, there were 7 officially recognized champions during the three decades it was defended.[1]
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australasian, heavyweight, championship, zealand, version, professional, wrestling, regional, heavyweight, championship, recognized, national, wrestling, alliance, competed, wrestlers, australasian, region, largely, defended, zealand, dominion, wrestling, unio. The New Zealand version of the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional heavyweight championship recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance and competed for by wrestlers in the Australasian region It was largely defended in New Zealand s Dominion Wrestling Union from around 1938 to 1951 and in All Star Pro Wrestling from 1964 to 1968 The earliest known champion was New Zealand wrestler Lofty Blomfield who defended the title until losing it to American wrestler Ray Steele in Auckland on December 12 1938 Peter Maivia and Steve Rickard feuded over the title during the mid 1960s with Maivia regaining the title in 1968 shortly before it was abandoned Much of the title s history is unknown however there were 7 officially recognized champions during the three decades it was defended 1 Australasian Heavyweight ChampionshipDetailsDate established1938Date retired1968StatisticsFirst champion s Lofty BlomfieldFinal champion s Peter MaiviaMost reignsPeter MaiviaTitle history edit Order in reign history Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed Event The event in which the title was won Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign N A The information is not available or is unknown Indicates the current reign is changing daily Reigns edit Wrestlers Reign Date Daysheld Location Event Notes Ref 1 Lofty Blomfield 1 N A N A N A N A Earliest known champion 1 2 Ray Steele 1 December 10 1938 N A Auckland New Zealand Live event 1 N A 1938 1951 N A N A Title history is unrecorded 1 3 Ken Kenneth 1 N A N A N A N A 1 2 4 Al Costello 1 1951 N A N A N A 1 N A 1951 1964 N A N A Title history is unrecorded 1 5 Kangaroo Kennedy 1 N A N A N A N A 1 3 4 5 6 Peter Maivia 2 1964 N A Auckland New Zealand Live event 1 3 4 5 7 Steve Rickard 1 1968 N A N A Live event 1 3 4 5 8 Peter Maivia 2 1968 192 Auckland Live event 1 4 5 Deactivated 1968 N A N A The title is abandoned References edit a b c d e f g h i j k Australasian Heavyweight Title New Zealand Wrestling Titles com Puroresu Dojo 2003 Retrieved 8 July 2010 Keeps Title Sydney Morning Herald November 25 1950 a b c Slagle Steve 2000 High Chief Peter Maivia Photos amp Bios The Stories Behind the Stars Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Archived from the original on 17 March 2006 Retrieved 8 July 2010 a b c d Hunter Ian February 27 2008 Torch Trivia Test your knowledge and learn new things about latest WWE Hall of Fame entrants Torch Trivia Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 26 July 2010 a b c d Hunter Ian March 5 2008 Torch Trivia Test your knowledge and learn new things about WrestleMania history Torch Trivia Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 26 July 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship amp oldid 992953286, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
