Dusty Rhodes (promotion closed after Dusty Rhodes wins title)
The NWA San Francisco United States Championship was a version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in
NWA San Francisco and, later,
Big Time Wrestling. The title, which originated as the American Wrestling Alliance United States Championship and was renamed in 1968, existed from 1960 until 1981.[1]
Title history
Wrestler:
Times:
Date:
Location:
Notes:
American Wrestling Alliance United States Heavyweight Championship
Lost a match to Patterson in
Anchorage, Alaska on September 22, with Patterson announced as the new champion to the local audience. It's unclear whether this result was announced by the promotion to its audience at large as having occurred or having been overturned.[3]
^Burseth, Steve (September 23, 1970). "Fans Eclipse Wrestlers". Anchorage Daily Times. p. 18. Patterson won the match, thus regaining the heavyweight championship belt from Stevens, but left the ring before the decision was announced. The referee, left too, to investigate a foul by Patterson alleged by the crowd, but never returned to inform the announcer of the decision.
Dusty Rhodes (promotion closed after Dusty Rhodes wins title)
The NWA San Francisco United States Championship was a version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in
NWA San Francisco and, later,
Big Time Wrestling. The title, which originated as the American Wrestling Alliance United States Championship and was renamed in 1968, existed from 1960 until 1981.[1]
Title history
Wrestler:
Times:
Date:
Location:
Notes:
American Wrestling Alliance United States Heavyweight Championship
Lost a match to Patterson in
Anchorage, Alaska on September 22, with Patterson announced as the new champion to the local audience. It's unclear whether this result was announced by the promotion to its audience at large as having occurred or having been overturned.[3]
^Burseth, Steve (September 23, 1970). "Fans Eclipse Wrestlers". Anchorage Daily Times. p. 18. Patterson won the match, thus regaining the heavyweight championship belt from Stevens, but left the ring before the decision was announced. The referee, left too, to investigate a foul by Patterson alleged by the crowd, but never returned to inform the announcer of the decision.