IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia)

The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from its founding in 1964 until 1971.

Although a part of WCW, the championship carried the IWA initials, for the International Wrestling Alliance. The IWA was WCW's sanctioning body for its championships.

WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969, but still recognized this title as its world title. In 1971, the title was abandoned, the NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship was established as WCW's new top championship, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was recognized in WCW as the world title.

24 different men held the championship, combining for 51 individual title reigns.

Title history Wrestler:Times:Date:Location:Notes:Killer Kowalski 1 October 1964 ?Dominic DeNucci 1 7 November 1964 Melbourne, Victoria Ray Stevens 1 January 1965 Sydney, New South Wales Dominic DeNucci 2 January 1965 Melbourne, Victoria Mitsu Arakawa 1 May 1965 ?Hercules Cortez 1 June 1965 ?Killer Kowalski 2 June 1965 ? Spiros Arion 1 6 August 1965 Sydney, New South Wales Karl Krauser 1 1965 Melbourne, Victoria Spiros Arion 2 1965 ? Killer Kowalski 3 December 1965 Honolulu, Hawaii Dominic DeNucci 3 12 February 1966 Sydney, New South Wales Toru Tanaka 1 3 June 1966 Sydney, New South Wales Mark Lewin 1 9 July 1966 Melbourne, Victoria Skull Murphy 1 13 August 1966 Melbourne, Victoria Bearcat Wright 1 19 August 1966 Sydney, New South Wales The Destroyer 1 3 September 1966 Melbourne, Victoria Spiros Arion 3 29 October 1966 Melbourne, Victoria Ray Stevens 2 2 December 1966 Sydney, New South Wales Billy White Wolf 1 11 February 1967 Melbourne, VictoriaKiller Kowalski 4 May 1967 Melbourne, Victoria Tex McKenzie 1 July 1967 Melbourne, Victoria Skull Murphy 2 12 August 1967 Melbourne, Victoria Bearcat Wright 2 19 August 1967 Melbourne, Victoria Killer Kowalski 5 1 September 1967 Melbourne, Victoria Mario Milano 1 8 September 1967 Sydney, New South Wales King Curtis Iaukea 1 30 September 1967 Sydney, New South Wales Mark Lewin 2 13 October 1967 Sydney, New South Wales Ripper Collins 1 October 1967 ? Mario Milano 2 October 1967 ? Killer Karl Kox 1 January 1968 Melbourne, Victoria Spiros Arion 4 January 1968 Melbourne, Victoria Gorilla Monsoon 1 16 February 1968 Sydney, New South Wales Spiros Arion 5 22 March 1968 Sydney, New South Wales Baron Mikel Scicluna 1 15 June 1968 Sydney, New South Wales Mario Milano 3 17 August 1968 Melbourne, Victoria Toru Tanaka 2 20 September 1968 Sydney, New South Wales Tex McKenzie 2 15 November 1968 Sydney, New South Wales Skull Murphy 3 18 November 1968 Adelaide, South Australia “Cowboy” Bob Ellis 1 7 February 1969 Sydney, New South Wales Killer Karl Kox 2 14 February 1969 Sydney, New South Wales Spiros Arion 6 21 February 1969 Sydney, New South Wales The Spoiler 1 4 April 1969 Sydney, New South Wales Mario Milano 4 9 May 1969 Sydney, New South Wales WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969, still recognizing this world title.Killer Karl Kox 3 19 September 1969 Sydney, New South Wales Billy Robinson 1 31 October 1969 Sydney, New South Wales King Curtis Iaukea 2 19 December 1969 Sydney, New South Wales Dominic DeNucci 4 January 1970 Sydney, New South Wales King Curtis Iaukea 3 April 1970 ?Stan Stasiak 1 December 1970 ? King Curtis Iaukea 4 December 1970 ? The title was retired in 1971 and replaced with the NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship. WCW then recognized the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as the world title.

IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia)

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