NWF Champions
From the World and National Champions to the US Champion and US Tag Team Champions, and the Six Man Tag Team Champions to the Lightweight Champions and everything else in-between, the NWF had a whole lot of championships over the years.
As you scroll down below, feel free to “Learn More” in each section and dig deeper to learn the stories behind how the champions all came to be in the NWF.
NWF WORLD CHAMPION
Best of the Best in the NWF
From the Quad Cities Pro Wrestling show, to the Twin Cities Wrestling Association then Federation to finally becoming the National Wrestling Federation, the NWF World Championship had many variations over time, both in league name as well as the belt itself. But the one thing that never changed, was that of “World Champion”.
03-01-1984 Crusher Crossen begins as World Champion
07-03-1984 Merciless Mike defeated Crusher Crossen
08-13-1984 Jackknife Jacob defeated Merciless Mike
08-27-1984 Crusher Crossen defeated Jackknife Jacob
09-17-1984 Killer Kampa defeated Crusher Crossen
10-20-1984 Crusher Crossen defeated Killer Kampa
02-13-1985 Ace defeated Crusher Crossen
08-14-1985 Kid USA Kelsey defeated Ace
11-16-1985 Crusher Crossen defeated Kid USA Kelsey
11-30-1986 Mr. X defeated Crusher Crossen
12-19-1986 Crusher Crossen defeated Mr. X
08-23-1987 Kid Hot Stuff Kelsey defeated Crusher Crossen
NWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS
Top Team to beat
In the beginning, besides the World Championship, the only other title in the league was the World Tag Team Championship, which always maintained the top spot for tag teams. And while the replacing of partners took place from time to time, there were primarily only 12 teams to ever capture the World Tag Team Titles in the history of the league.
03-01-1984 Killer Kampa & Luxury Lane begin as World Champions
04-06-1984 The Destruction Masters defeated Killer kampa & Luxury Lane
07-30-1984 Killer Kampa & Mike Rudnick defeated The Destruction Masters
09-06-1984 Jackknife Jacob & Merciless Mike defeated Killer Kampa & Mike Rudnick
09-29-1984 Mad Man Nash & Heath Petersen defeated Jackknife Jacob & Merciless Mike
10-13-1984 Mad Man Nash replaced Heath Petersen with Merciless Mike as his partner
03-01-1985 Mad Man Nash replaced Merciless Mike with Killer Kampa as his partner
05-12-1985 Crusher Crossen & Kid USA Kelsey defeated Mad Man Nash & Killer Kampa
11-16-1985 The Ring Warriors defeated Crusher Crossen & Brian Peterson (sub)
02-13-1986 Mr. X & Mr. X II were awarded the titles on a forfeit of The Ring Warriors
04-06-1986 The Barbarians defeated Mr. X & Mr. X II
10-18-1986 The Rack-n-Roll Express defeated The Barbarians
05-16-1987 Mr. Macho & Slick Steenerson are awarded on a forfeit of The R-n-R Express
10-27-1987 The Destructors defeated Mr. Macho & Slick Steenerson.