NWA World Television Championship

History

On December 14, 2019, during NWA's Into the Fire pay-per-view, it was announced they were reintroducing the NWA World Television Championship with a tournament to determine a new champion at their next PPV, Hard Times, on January 24, 2020. On the December 17 episode of NWA's weekly flagship program, NWA Powerrr, it was revealed that all NWA World Television Championship tournament matches would have a 6 minute, 5 second time limit. All tournament competitors, as well as two qualifying matches, were then announced. On the January 7 episode of NWA Powerrr, Tim Storm clarified that six competitors would move on to the first round of the NWA World Television Championship tournament. He also announced there would be two additional spots open in the first round for competitors yet to be named and not currently on the NWA roster. The tournament bracket was unveiled on the January 14 episode of NWA Powerrr. On the January 21 episode of NWA Powerrr, the final two competitors in the first round of the tournament were named: Matt Cross from the independent circuit and Dan Maff from Ring of Honor.

On the January 28, 2020 episode of NWA Powerrr, the "Lucky Seven Rule" was announced. A champion who successfully defends the championship seven consecutive times will be eligible to trade in the championship for a match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. On March 21, 2021 at Back For The Attack, the NWA extended the time limit for World Television title matches on pay-per-views to ten minutes.

Hard Times tournament

| RD1-team01=Tim Storm | RD1-team02=Royce Isaacs | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-score02= 4:26 | RD1-team03=Dave Dawson | RD1-team04=Zane Dawson | RD1-score03= 3:56 | RD1-score04=Pin | RD1-team05= Eddie Kingston | RD1-team06=Ricky Starks | RD1-score05= 4:10 | RD1-score06=Pin | RD1-team09=Zicky Dice | RD1-team10= Caleb Konley | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-score10= 4:43 | RD1-team13= The Question Mark | RD1-team14= Colt Cabana | RD1-score13= Pin | RD1-score14= 3:05 | RD1-team15= Trevor Murdoch | RD1-team16= Thom Latimer | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-score16= 3:30 | RD2-team01 = Tim Storm | RD2-team02 = Ken Anderson | RD2-score01 = Bye | RD2-score02 = -- | RD2-team03 = Ricky Starks | RD2-team04 = Matt Cross | RD2-score03 = Pin | RD2-score04 = 3:50 | RD2-team05 = Zicky Dice | RD2-team06 = Dan Maff | RD2-score05 = 2:35 | RD2-score06 = Pin | RD2-team07 = The Question Mark | RD2-team08 = Trevor Murdoch | RD2-score07 = 3:08 | RD2-score08 = Pin | RD3-team01 = Tim Storm | RD3-team02 = Ricky Starks | RD3-score01 = 4:43 | RD3-score02 = Pin | RD3-team03 = Dan Maff | RD3-team04 = Trevor Murdoch | RD3-score03 = 3:27 | RD3-score04 = Pin | RD4-team01 = Ricky Starks | RD4-team02 = Trevor Murdoch | RD4-score01 = Pin | RD4-score02 = 9:20 1 Replaced Nick Aldis when Aldis refused to enter and ordered fellow Strictly Business member Isaacs to take his place.

2 Replaced an injured Zane Dawson when Anderson won an 8-man Last Chance Gauntlet match to fill the spot.

3 Anderson was not "medically cleared" to compete giving Tim Storm a bye as a result.

Belt design

The current design is the same that Jim Crockett Promotions used from April 1985 to November 1988. It is also the same design World Championship Wrestling used from November 1988 to January 1991 and for the WCW World Television Championship belt from January 1991 to May 1992. The design uses a dual-colored leather strap (black front, red back) as the base. The main plate is nickel silver with a red background for the words “NWA Television Heavyweight Wrestling Champion.” An eagle’s head and wings sit underneath the “NWA” letters, a globe is etched in the silver underneath “Television,” and a wrestling ring with two figures is etched in the silver underneath “Heavyweight Wrestling Champion.” There are four side plates. On the left are the logos of two of the major television networks: NBC and ABC. On the right, the logo of the television network CBS is on one plate while an image of a satellite dish is on the other. The belt was also available in red and white straps.

Reigns

As of , , there have been nine reigns between nine champions and four vacancies. Ricky Starks was the inaugural champion. Tyrus reign is the longest between 474 and 476 days, while Starks' reign is the shortest with two days. Tyrus is the oldest champion at 48 years old, while Carson Drake is the youngest at 24 years old.

Bryan Idol is the current champion, he defeated Carson Bartholomew Drake to win the vacant title at the Crockett Cup at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 17, 2025.

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