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NWA
World Jr. Heavyweight Championship Belt
This
is the original NWA World Jr. Heavyweight title belt.
It’s what the fans liked to call the "Burger
King" belt (laughs). I have it in this case with
a picture of Denny that he signed to my son. He
defeated
Mike
Davis for this belt.
This
was a title that really meant something at one time.
(Editor’s note: Denny defended the title in some of
the other NWA territories and actually headlined a
series of cards for Southeast Wrestling in early 1985
in Alabama an Florida, wresting in a double main event
with Ric Flair also defending the heavyweight title in
a “Night of Champions” series that went around
that territory.) I
used to love it when Flair would commentate during
Denny’s matches on TV and put him over saying that
just like him, Denny was defending the Jr. Heavyweight
title all over the world. I always thought that was
pretty neat.
-George
South
The
above was transcribed from discussions Dick Bourne and
David Chappell had with George as he took us on a tour
around his wrestling room at his home in Concord, NC.,
August 20, 2003. |
