NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Tri-States Wrestling. The original version was created in 1954, however, it was phased out in favor of the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
The Alabama version of the NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship existed from 1960 until 1974. It was defended primarily in Alabama under the banner of NWA Tri-State Wrestling, and at times in Tennessee for NWA Mid-America. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen team "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The title was revived to replace the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship as the promotion's top singles title after Bill Watts left to form Mid-South Wrestling in 1979. It was vacated and decommissioned when Tri-State promoter Leroy McGuirk closed the promotion in 1982.
Title history
;Key| Symbol | Meaning |
| # | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed. |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| Indicates periods of unknown lineage | |
| Indicates that the championship changed hands "No Later Than" a certain date. | |
| ¤ | Indicates that the data presented in this cell is uncertain. |
Names
Title history
NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Original version)
NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Alabama version)
NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Final version)
List of top combined reigns
| ¤ | The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |