{"id":28983,"date":"2018-10-21T22:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T02:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=28983"},"modified":"2020-09-04T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:06:14","slug":"andnew-willie-mack-crowned-the-nwa-national-heavyweight-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/10\/21\/andnew-willie-mack-crowned-the-nwa-national-heavyweight-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Willie Mack Crowned NWA National Heavyweight Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the historic <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/17\/nwa70-the-legacy-of-the-nwa-national-heavyweight-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NWA 70<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>event, there was a tournament held to crown a new NWA National Heavyweight Champion. This will be the second-tier title in the rejuvenated NWA under the helm of <strong>Billy Corgan<\/strong>. At <em>NWA 70<\/em>, there were two four-way elimination matches to determine the finalists for the NWA National Heavyweight Champion. <strong>Samuel Shaw<\/strong> and <strong>Willie Mack<\/strong> respectively survived <strong>Scorpio Sky, Sammy Guevera, Colt Cabana, Ricky Starks, Jay Bradley<\/strong>, and <strong>Mike Parrow<\/strong>. Later in the night, Samuel Shaw and Willie Mack clashed, which saw Willie Mack come away with the prize.<\/p>\n<h2>Willie Mack Crowned The NWA National Heavyweight Champion<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AND NEW NWA National Champion &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Willie_Mack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Willie_Mack<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NWA70?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NWA70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1yKEHQvACk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1yKEHQvACk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWA (@nwa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nwa\/status\/1054174369797292032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mack, a 12-year pro, has had a breakout couple of years with his notable work in <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> and <strong>Dragon Gate<\/strong>, and recent debut with\u00a0<strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong>. Now with the NWA National Heavyweight Championship, he follows in the footsteps of many former great champions. Men like Jack <strong>Brisco, Tommy Rich, Brad Armstrong, Paul Orndorff, Dusty Rhodes, Tully Blanchard<\/strong>, and others have held this title. Men who have gone onto legendary careers and NWA World Heavyweight Championship runs. The future is bright for Willie Mack as he embarks on his journey into history as the NEW NWA National Heavyweight Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the historic NWA 70 event, there was a tournament held to crown a new NWA National Heavyweight Champion. This will be the second-tier title in the rejuvenated NWA under the helm of Billy Corgan. At NWA 70, there were two four-way elimination matches to determine the finalists for the NWA National Heavyweight Champion. 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