| CHAMPION |
DEFEATED |
LOCATION |
DATE |
|
| Orville Brown |
|
Des Moines, IA |
01/05/48 |
|
| Lou Thesz |
Awarded after Brown is injured in car accident. |
|
11/27/49 |
|
| Whipper Billy Watson |
|
Toronto, Ontario |
03/15/56 |
|
| Lou Thesz |
|
St. Louis, MO |
11/09/56 |
|
| Dick Hutton |
|
Toronto, ONT |
11/14/57 |
|
| Pat O'Connor |
|
St. Louis, MO |
01/09/59 |
|
| Buddy Rogers |
|
Chicago, IL |
06/30/61 |
|
| Lou Thesz |
|
Toronto, ONT |
01/24/63 |
|
| Gene Kiniski |
|
St. Louis, MO |
01/07/66 |
|
| Dory Funk, Jr |
|
Tampa, FL |
02/11/69 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
Kansas City, MO |
03/24/73 |
|
| Jack Brisco |
|
Houston, TX |
07/20/73 |
|
| Giant Baba |
|
Kagoshima, Japan |
12/02/74 |
|
| Jack Brisco |
|
Toyohashi, Japan |
12/09/74 |
|
| Terry Funk |
|
Miami, FL |
12/10/75 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
Toronto, ONT |
02/06/77 |
|
| Dusty Rhodes |
|
Tampa, FL |
08/21/79 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
Orlando, FL |
08/26/79 |
|
| Giant Baba |
|
Nagoya, Japan |
10/31/79 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
Amagasaki, Japan |
11/07/79 |
|
| Giant Baba |
|
Saga, Japan |
09/04/80 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
Ohtsu, Japan |
09/09/80 |
|
| Tommy Rich |
|
Augusta, GA |
04/27/81 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
Gainsville, GA |
05/01/81 |
|
| Dusty Rhodes |
|
Atlanta, GA |
06/21/81 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
Kansas City, MO |
09/17/81 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
St. Louis, MO |
06/10/83 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
Greensboro, NC |
11/24/83 |
|
| Harley Race |
|
Wellington, New Zealand |
03/21/84 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
Kallang, Singapore |
03/23/84 |
|
| Kerry Von Erich |
|
Irving, TX |
05/06/84 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
Yokosuka, Japan |
05/24/84 |
|
| Dusty Rhodes |
|
Greensboro, NC |
07/26/86 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
St. Louis, MO |
08/09/86 |
|
| Ron Garvin |
|
Detroit, MI |
09/25/87 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
Chicago, IL |
11/26/87 |
|
| Ricky Steamboat |
|
Chicago, IL |
02/20/89 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
Nashville, TN |
05/07/89 |
|
| Sting |
|
Baltimore, MD |
07/07/90 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
East Rutherford, NJ |
01/11/91 |
|
| Tatsumi Fujinami |
|
Tokyo, Japan |
03/21/91 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
St. Petersburg, FL |
05/19/91 |
|
| TITLE VACANT |
Flair stripped after signing with WWF |
|
09/08/91 |
|
| Masa Chono |
Beat Rick Rude in tournament final |
Shizuoaka, Japan |
08/12/92 |
|
| Great Muta |
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
01/04/93 |
|
| Barry Windham |
|
Asheville, NC |
02/21/93 |
|
| Ric Flair |
|
Biloxi, MS
|
07/18/93 |
|
| TITLE VACANT |
WCW Withdraws its membership in the NWA. |
|
09 /93 |
|
| Shane Douglas |
2 Cold Scorpio in tournament final |
Philadelphia, PA |
08/27/94 |
|
| Chris Candido |
Tracy Smothers in tournament final |
Cherry Hill, NJ |
11/19/94 |
|
| Dan Severn |
|
Erlanger, JY |
02/24/95 |
|
| Naoya Ogawa |
|
Yokohama, Japan |
03/14/99 |
|
| Gary Steele |
Ogawa & Brian Anthony in 3-way match |
Charlotte, NC |
09/25/99 |
|
| Naoya Ogawa |
|
Thomaston, CT |
10/01/99 |
|
| TITLE VACANT |
Ogawa vacates title due to injury |
|
07/02/00 |
|
| Mike Rapada |
Jerry Flynn in tournament final |
Tampa, FL |
09/19/00 |
|
|
|
| Mike Rapada |
|
Nashville, TN |
12/22/00 |
|
| Steve Corino |
|
Tampa, FL |
04/24/01 |
|
| TITLE HELD-UP |
after match with Corino & Shinya Hashimoto
|
St. Petersburg, FL |
10/13/01 |
|
| Shinya Hashimoto |
Gary Steele & Steve Corino to capture vacant title |
McKeesport, PA |
12/15/01 |
|
| Dan Severn |
|
Tokyo, Japan |
03/09/02 |
|
| TITLE VACANT |
Severn stripped by NWA Board of Directors |
|
05/28/02 |
|
| Ken Shamrock |
The Wall in tournament final |
Birmingham, AL |
06/19/02 |
|
| Ron Killings |
|
Nashville, TN |
08/07/02 |
|
| Jeff Jarrett |
|
Nashville, TN |
11/20/02 |
|
| A.J. Styles |
|
Nashville, TN |
06/11/03 |
|
| Jeff Jarrett |
|
Nashville, TN |
10/22/03 |
|
| A.J. Styles |
|
Nashville, TN |
04/21/04 |
|
| Ron Killings |
Raven, AJ Styles, & Chris Harris for title |
Nashville, TN |
05/19/04 |
|
| Jeff Jarrett |
Ron Killings, Raven, AJ Styles & Chris Harris for title |
Nashville, TN |
06/02/04 |
|
| A.J. Styles |
|
Orlando, FL |
05/15/05 |
|
| Raven |
A.J. Styles [c], Sean Waltman, Monty Brown & Abyss in a “King of the Mountain” Match. |
Orlando, FL |
06/19/05 |
|
| Jeff Jarrett |
|
Ontario, Canada |
09/15/05 |
|
| Rhino |
|
Orlando, FL |
10/23/05 |
|
| Jeff Jarrett |
|
Orlando, FL |
10/25/05 |
|
| Christian Cage |
|
Orlando, FL |
02/12/06 |
|
| Jeff Jarrett |
Christian Cage, Sting, Abyss & Ron Killings in “King Of The Mountain” match. |
Orlando, FL |
06/18/06 |
|
| Sting |
|
Plymouth, MI |
10/22/06 |
|
| Abyss |
|
Orlando, FL |
11/19/06 |
|
| Christian Cage |
Beat Sting & Abyss |
Orlando, FL |
01/14/07 |
|
| TITLE VACANT |
Cage Stripped of title by NWA President Robert Trobich - NWA Ends arrangement with TNA. |
|
05/13/07 |
|
| Adam Pearce |
Brent Albright in tournament final |
Bayamon, PR |
09/01/07 |
|
| Brent Albright |
|
New York, NY
|
08/02/08 |
|
| Adam Pearce |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
09/20/08 |
|
| Blue Demon, Jr |
|
Mexico City, Mexico |
10/25/08 |
|
| Adam Pearce [3] |
Blue Demon Jr [c] & Phill Shatter for title. |
Charlotte, NC |
03/14/10 |
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