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{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
| name = NWA Arkansas Heavyweight Championship
| image =
| image_size = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| lastchamp = [[Charlie Cook (wrestler)|Charlie Cook]]
| retired = 1979 
| aired = 
| created = March 14, 1939
| promotion = [[Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)|NWA Tri-State]]
| firstchamp = Alfred Williams
| mostreigns = 
| longestreign = 
| shortestreign = 
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| youngest = <!-- ({{Age in years and days|date 1|date 2}}) -->
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The '''NWA Arkansas Heavyweight Championship''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] sanctioned by the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] and defended in its [[Arkansas]] territory.<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref>

==Title history==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
!style="background: #f0f0f0;"|Symbol
!style="background: #f0f0f0;"|Meaning
|-
|No.
|The overall championship reign
|-
|'''Reign'''
|The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
|-
|'''Event'''
|The event in which the championship changed hands
|-
|N/A
|The specific information is not known
|-
| —
|Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
|-
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" width=100%
!width=0 data-sort-type="number" scope="col" |No.
!width=14% scope="col" |Champion
!width=0 scope="col" |Reign
!width=16% scope="col" |Date
!width=0 data-sort-type="number" scope="col" |Days held
!width=14% scope="col" |Location
!width=17% scope="col" |Event
!width=51% class="unsortable" scope="col" |Notes
!width=0 class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" |1
|{{sort|Williams|Alfred Williams}} 
|1
|{{dts|March 14, 1939}}
|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note name=Uncertain>The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.</ref>}}
|N/A
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|Claimed both heavyweight and junior heavyweight titles.
|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|01.5|&nbsp;}}
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp; 
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |2
|{{sort|Davis|Dizzy Davis}}
|1
|{{dts|December 30, 1954}}
|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note name=Uncertain/>}}
|Little Rock, Arkansas
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|Defeated Antone Leone
|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|02.5|&nbsp;}}
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp; 
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |3
|{{sort|Montez|Rock Montez}}
|1
|{{dts|November 1960}}
|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note name=Uncertain/>}}
|N/A
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|Defeated Joe Deston.
|-
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|03.5|&nbsp;}}
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp; 
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |4
|{{sortname|Jack|Brisco}}
|1
|{{dts|1960}}s
|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note name=Uncertain/>}}
|N/A
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|Records are  unclear on how he won the championship
|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |5
|{{sort|Karbo|Chuck Karbo}}
|1
|{{dts|June 26, 1970}}
|{{age in days nts|June 26, 1970|March 22, 1970}}
|N/A
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |6
|{{sort|Miller|Jerry Miller}}
|1
|{{dts|March 22, 1970}}
|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note name=Uncertain/>}}
|N/A
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|06.5|&nbsp;}}
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp; 
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|style="background: #aaaaaa;"|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |7
|{{sortname|Ernie|Ladd}}
|1
|{{dts|October 28, 1978}}
|{{age in days nts|October 28, 1978|November 2, 1978}}
|Little Rock, Arkansas
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|Won a tournament to win the title.
|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |8
|{{sortname|Ray|Candy}}
|1
|{{dts|November 2, 1978}}
|{{age in days nts|November 2, 1978|January 11, 1979}}
|Little Rock, Arkansas
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |9
|{{sortname|Ron|Bass|Ron Bass (wrestler)}}
|1
|{{dts|January 11, 1979}}
|{{age in days nts|January 11, 1979|March 24, 1979}}
|Little Rock, Arkansas
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
! scope="row" |10
|{{sortname|Charlie|Cook|Charlie Cook (wrestler)}}
|1
|{{dts|March 24, 1979}}
|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note name=Uncertain/>}}
|Little Rock, Arkansas
|[[House show|live event]]
|align=left|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-style="background-color:#e3e3e3" 
|{{sort|10.5|—}}
|[[wikt:Vacate|Vacated]], later abandoned
|—
|{{dts|1979}}
|—
|{{sort|—|N/A}}
|{{sort|—|N/A}}
|align=left|Championship vacated after Cook was injured. Abandoned when [[Bill Watts]] bought NWA Tri-State and renamed it [[Mid-South Wrestling]]
|&nbsp;
|}

==See also==
*[[National Wrestling Alliance]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group=Note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ar/ar-h.html Wrestling-Titles.com]

[[Category:National Wrestling Alliance championships]]
[[Category:National Wrestling Alliance state wrestling championships]]
[[Category:Professional wrestling in Arkansas]]