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{{Short description|American professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|championshipname=NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship
|promotion=[[50th State Big Time Wrestling]]
|created=1962
|mostreigns=[[King Curtis Iaukea]] ([[NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship#Title history|8 reigns]])
|firstchamp=[[Nick Bockwinkel]]
|longestreign=Johnny Barend<br />(392 days)
|shortestreign=[[Gene Kiniski]]<br />(20 days)
|oldest=[[Freddie Blassie]] (54 years, 169 days)
|youngest=[[Rick Martel]] (22 years)
|heaviest=[[Big John Studd]] ({{convert|364|lb|kg st|abbr=on}})
|lightest=Freddie Blassie ({{convert|220|lb|kg st|abbr=on}})|
|pastnames=
*NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii)
*NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii)
|titleretired=1980
}}

The '''NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship''' was the primary singles championship of [[50th State Big Time Wrestling]], the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] territory based in [[Hawaii]]. The title was originally the Hawaiian version of the '''NWA United States Heavyweight Championship''' that was defended in [[Hawaii]]. It existed from 1962 until 1968. It was renamed the '''NWA North American Heavyweight Championship ''(Hawaii version)''''' in 1968 and renamed again as the '''NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship''' in 1978, which was the name it used until it was retired in 1980.<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==
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|champion=[[Nick Bockwinkel]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1962}}
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|number=2
|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|June 6, 1962}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days={{age in days|June 6, 1962|November 21, 1962}}
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|number=3
|champion=[[Adnan El Kassey|Billy White Wolf]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|November 21, 1962}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|November 21, 1962|December 12, 1962}}
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|number=4
|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
|reign=2
|date={{dts|December 12, 1962}}
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|days={{age in days|December 12, 1962|July 15, 1963}}
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|number=5
|champion=[[Dick the Bruiser]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|July 15, 1963}}
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|days={{age in days|July 15, 1963|November 6, 1963}}
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|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
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|number=7
|champion=[[Luther Lindsay]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|June 1964}}
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|number=8
|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
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|date={{dts|July 1964}}
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|number=9
|champion=[[Enrique Torres]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|December 12, 1964}}
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|days={{age in days|December 12, 1964|February 24, 1965}}
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|number=10
|champion=[[Hard Boiled Haggerty]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|February 24, 1965}}
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|days={{age in days|February 24, 1965|September 15, 1965}}
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|number=11
|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
|reign=5
|date={{dts|September 15, 1965}}
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|days={{age in days|September 15, 1965|November 3, 1965}}
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|number=12
|champion=[[Killer Kowalski]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|November 3, 1965}}
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|days={{age in days|November 3, 1965|January 5, 1966}}
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|number=13
|champion=[[Nick Kozak]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|January 5, 1966}}
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|days={{age in days|January 5, 1966|February 2, 1966}}
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|number=14
|champion=[[Johnny Barend]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|February 2, 1966}}
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|days={{age in days|February 2, 1966|March 1, 1967}}
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|number=15
|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
|reign=6
|date={{dts|March 1, 1967}}
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|notes=
|days={{age in days|March 1, 1967|November 7, 1967}}
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|number=16
|champion=[[Johnny Barend]]
|reign=2
|date={{dts|November 7, 1967}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|November 7, 1967|April 24, 1968}}
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|number=17
|champion=[[Jim Hady]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|April 24, 1968}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days={{age in days|April 24, 1968|May 15, 1968}}
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|number=18
|champion=[[Ray Stevens (wrestler)|Ray Stevens]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|May 15, 1968}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|May 15, 1968|June 12, 1968}}
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|number=19
|champion=[[Jim Hady]]
|reign=2
|date={{dts|June 12, 1968}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days=N/A
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|number=20
|champion=[[Toru Tanaka]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|December 25, 1968}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days={{age in days|December 25, 1968|February 19, 1969}}
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|number=21
|champion=[[Gene Kiniski]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|February 19, 1969}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days={{age in days|February 19, 1969|June 18, 1969}}
|event=BTW show
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|number=22
|champion=[[Pedro Morales]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|June 18, 1969}}
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|days={{age in days|June 18, 1969|September 24, 1969}}
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|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
|reign=7
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|days={{age in days|September 24, 1969|November 5, 1969}}
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|champion=[[Johnny Barend]]
|reign=3
|date={{dts|February 7, 1970}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days={{age in days|February 7, 1970|August 5, 1970}}
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|number=26
|champion=[[Pedro Morales]]
|reign=3
|date={{dts|August 5, 1970}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|August 5, 1970|September 30, 1970}}
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|champion=[[Dick Beyer|The Destroyer]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|September 30, 1970}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days={{age in days|September 30, 1970|December 16, 1970}}
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|number=28
|champion=[[Billy Robinson]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|December 16, 1970}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|December 16, 1970|January 9, 1971}}
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|number=29
|champion=[[King Curtis Iaukea]]
|reign=8
|date={{dts|January 9, 1971}}
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|days={{age in days|January 9, 1971|February 24, 1971}}
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|number=30
|champion=[[Sam Steamboat]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|February 24, 1971}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|February 24, 1971|May 12, 1971}}
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|number=31
|champion=[[Gene Kiniski]]
|reign=2
|date={{dts|May 12, 1971}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|May 12, 1971|August 25, 1971}}
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|number=32
|champion=[[Eddie Morrow|Ed Morrow]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|August 25, 1971}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|August 25, 1971|September 9, 1971}}
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|number=33
|champion=[[Gene Kiniski]]
|reign=3
|date={{dts|September 9, 1971}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|September 9, 1971|September 29, 1971}}
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|number=34
|champion=[[Sam Steamboat]]
|reign=2
|date={{dts|September 29, 1971}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days={{age in days|September 29, 1971|October 27, 1971}}
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|number=35
|champion=[[Sweet Daddy Siki]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|October 27, 1971}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|October 27, 1971|March 22, 1972}}
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|number=36
|champion=[[Johnny Barend]]
|reign=4
|date={{dts|March 22, 1972}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|March 22, 1972|July 26, 1972}}
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|number=37
|champion=[[Freddie Blassie]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|July 26, 1972}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|July 26, 1972|September 27, 1972}}
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|number=38
|champion=[[Sam Steamboat]]
|reign=3
|date={{dts|September 27, 1972}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|September 27, 1972|November 25, 1972}}
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|number=39
|champion=[[Dusty Rhodes]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|November 25, 1972}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days={{age in days|November 25, 1972|June 6, 1973}}
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|number=40
|champion=[[Billy Robinson]]
|reign=2
|date={{dts|June 6, 1973}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|type=vacated
|date={{dts|1974}}{{ndash}}{{dts|1977}}
|notes=Championship vacated when 50th State Big Time Wrestling becomes inactive in July 1974
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|champion=[[John Tolos]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|July 1977}}
|location=N/A
|notes=Awarded when 50th State Big Time Wrestling resumes operations
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|event=BTW show
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|number=42
|champion=[[Sam Steamboat]]
|reign=4
|date={{dts|October 1977}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|number=43
|champion=[[Tor Kamata]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|December 1977}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|number=44
|champion=[[Rick Martel]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|March 1978}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|champion=[[Big John Studd]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|June 1978}}
|location=N/A
|notes=Awarded when Martel leaves.
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|event=BTW show
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|number=46
|champion=[[Don Muraco]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|September 1978}}
|location=Hawaii
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|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|number=47
|champion=[[Tor Kamata]]
|reign=2
|date={{dts|1979}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|number=48
|champion=[[Frenchy Martin|Masked Cyclops]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1980}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|number=49
|champion=[[Siva Afi]]
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1980}}
|location=Hawaii
|notes=
|days=N/A
|event=BTW show
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|sort number=49.5
|type=deactivated
|date={{dts|1980}}
|ref=
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==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
*[[National Wrestling Alliance]]

==References==
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{{50th State Big Time Wrestling}}
[[Category:50th State Big Time Wrestling championships]]
[[Category:Heavyweight wrestling championships]]
[[Category:NWA United States Heavyweight Championships]]
[[Category:North American professional wrestling championships]]
[[Category:International professional wrestling championships]]
[[Category:Professional wrestling in Hawaii]]