"Reclaiming the Glory" NWA World Heavyweight Championship

blue demon jr., first mexican champion of title, championship belt

on june 7, 2008 @ ring of honor (roh) pay per view, pearce revealed nwa world heavyweight championship @ conclusion of match, making officially recognized in ring of honor. following event announced on june 27, ring of honor world champion, nigel mcguinness take on nwa world heavyweight champion, pearce title title @ battle supremacy in dayton, ohio. match ended in disqualification when nwa rule of throwing opponent on top rope enforced, therefore both men retained respective titles, causing crowd in dayton chant dusty finish .

brent albright defeated adam pearce in new york, new york @ roh death before dishonor vi event on august 2, 2008 win nwa world heavyweight championship. first time title changed hands in new york city. on september 20, 2008, pearce began second reign champion defeating albright @ ring of honor glory honor vii event in philadelphia, pennsylvania. lose title 1 month later blue demon, jr. in mexico city.

pearce , cabana

on march 14, 2010, pearce ended blue demon jr. s 505-day reign champion emerging victorious on him , phill shatter in match in charlotte, north carolina. pearce held title full year before colt cabana defeated him @ taping of championship wrestling hollywood on march 6, 2011. cabana held title forty-eight days himself until sheik beat him in jacksonville, florida @ nwa pro wrestling fusion event.

on july 11, 2011, nwa announced stripping sheik of world championship refusing make title defense against pearce. defense, sheik claimed never told about, take place during ohio state fair on july 31. instead, four-way match signed put pearce, #1 contender, against nwa national heavyweight champion chance prophet, nwa north american champion shaun tempers, , jimmy rave vacant title. pearce won , became champion fourth time. once again, lost belt cabana, defeated him @ championship wrestling hollywood taping on april 8, 2012.

shortly thereafter cabana , pearce began facing each other in series of matches dubbed 7 levels of hate best of 7 series. fourth match of series two-out-of-three falls contest held on july 21, 2012, in kansas city, missouri. nwa sanctioned match world championship match , pearce emerged victorious become five-time world champion.

with both wrestlers @ 3 victories, final match of series scheduled october 27, 2012 in melbourne, australia @ nwa warzone wrestling event. pearce wanted nwa sanction match world title match, had done earlier. nwa, however, refused , did not want pearce , cabana go forward match. did anyway, cabana winning match. pearce , cabana both broke kayfabe after match, pearce saying cabana rightful champion , cabana saying did not want title past , future. pearce declared did not want title either , left in ring 2 exited arena.