10 Things You Didn't Know About The NWA World Heavyweight Championship
9. 15% Of All Champions Held The Title For Over 1000 Days...
The complicated and unique history of the NWA World Heavyweight Title has resulted in rays of light often being required to break through dark clouds, but the in-built prestige of the belt itself has survived the rigours of the industry more so than many performers themselves.
For much of the NWA World Heavyweight Title's history, it's been held by one man so long due to rampant trust issues and financial decisions from wrestlers than so often broke bonds.
The 1000 club is almost entirely made up of men carrying the strap for the good of it, not themselves. Lou Thesz, Ric Flair, Harley Race, Dory Funk Jr, Dan Severn, Gene Kiniski and Adam Pearce were all - in their own times - vital cogs in somehow keeping the NWA machine moving.
Jeff Jarrett is perhaps a more controversial final member of the four-digit club, but it's worth considering the relevance of the title during his reigns. TNA represented something of a rebirth for the belt, with the organisation at least having the perception of being a North American Number Two, even if things were really much sh*ttier than that. Jarrett himself may have not been the most honourable Champion, but the belt itself did at least regain a modicum of presence.