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NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship 05/18/50 Bill Longson Kansas City, KS * Defeats Sonny Myers in tournament final to become first champion.01/25/51 Tarzan Kowalski Kansas City, KS 04/26/51 Dennis Clary Kansas City, KS 05/03/51 Sonny Myers Kansas City, KS 05/10/51 Dennis Clary [2] Kansas City, KS 11/06/51 Jimmy Coffield Topeka, KS 11/29/51 Alo Leilani Kansas City, KS 12/20/51 Bob Orton Kansas City, KS 02/28/52 Enrique Torres Kansas City, KS 03/06/52 Sonny Myers [2] Kansas City, KS / /52 TITLE VACANT 04/ /52 Sonny Myers Wichita, KS * Defeats Bob Orton in 13-man tournament final, but Orville Brown refuses to present him with the title because the final was only one fall. / /52 Sonny Myers [3] * Defeats Bob Orton in 3-fall match. 09/ /52 Red Berry 11/ /52 Bobby Lane Kansas City, KS 01/15/53 Dave Sims Kansas City, KS 10/01/53 Lenny Montana 12/11/53 Sonny Myers [4] St. Joseph, MO 01/ /54 Dave Sims [2] 01/28/54 Bob Orton [2] Kansas City, KS 03/ /54 Sonny Myers [5] / /54 El Toro / /54 Sonny Myers [6] Kansas City, KS 09/13/54 Joe Dusek Wichita, KS 12/16/54 Ray Villmer Kansas City, KS Lu Kim Ray Villmer [2] 04/ /56 Mike DiBiase 04/10/56 Richard Brown Topeka, KS / /56 Mighty Atlas 02/ /57 Sonny Myers [7] / /57 Richard Brown [2] 09/15/57 Red Berry [2] Wichita, KS 10/07/57 Richard Brown [3] Wichita, KS / /58 TITLE VACANT 07/25/58 Sonny Myers [8] St. Joseph, MO * Wins tournament 10/ /58 TITLE VACANT 10/03/58 Bob Geigel * Beat Bob Ellis in tournament final. 11/28/58 Bob Ellis St. Joseph, MO 11/22/60 Lee Henning St. Joseph, MO / /60 Kinji Shibuya 03/10/60 Bob Ellis [2] Kansas City, KS 04/ /60 Lee Henning [2] 05/27/60 Thor Hagen St. Joseph, MO 06/ /60 Ricky Lee St. Joseph, MO 08/ /60 Thor Hagen [2] 09/29/60 Mike Paidousis Kansas City, KS 11/18/60 Lee Henning [3] St. Joseph, MO 03/31/61 Ron Etchison St. Joseph, MO 04/21/61 Lee Henning [4] St. Joseph, MO 05/ /61 Bob Ellis [3] / /61 TITLE VACANT· Ellis leaves the area. 06/02/61 Buddy Austin 11/03/61 Sonny Myers [9] St. Joseph, MO 11/10/61 Tarzan Tyler St. Joseph, MO 11/ /61 Buddy Austin [2] 02/09/62 Ray Gordon St. Joseph, MO 05/04/62 Lee Henning [5] St. Joseph, MO 10/ /62 Pat O'Connor 11/02/62 Lee Henning [6] St. Joseph, MO 11/16/62 Pat O'Connor [2] St. Joseph, MO 02/01/63 Sonny Myers [10] St. Joseph, MO 05/17/63 Rock Hunter St. Joseph, MO 12/20/63 Enrique Torres [2] St. Joseph, MO 12/20/63 The Spoiler St. Joseph, MO 12/ /64 Mike DiBiase 01/11/65 Ron Reed (Buddy Colt) St. Joseph, MO 06/04/65 The Stomper (A, Gouldie) St. Joseph, MO 07/04/65 Sonny Myers [11] 01/07/66 Bob Geigel [2] St. Joseph, MO 02/18/66 Ron Reed [2] St. Joseph, MO 06/17/66 The Viking (Bob Morse) St. Joseph, MO 12/16/66 Mike DiBiase [2] St. Joseph, MO 01/13/67 Sonny Myers [12] St. Joseph, MO 02/24/67 Bob Geigel [3] St. Joseph, MO 04/07/67 The Viking [2] St. Joseph, MO 06/09/67 Sonny Myers [13] St. Joseph, MO 10/27/67 The Hangman St. Joseph, MO 11/17/67 Bob Geigel [4] St. Joseph, MO 12/12/67 Sonny Myers [14] St. Joseph, MO 04/05/68 Harley Race St. Joseph, MO 05/03/68 Ron Etchison [2] St. Joseph, MO 05/10/68 Roger Kirby St. Joseph, MO 05/ /68 TITLE VACANT 06/04/68 Bob Brown St. Joseph, MO * Defeats Thor Hagen in tournament final. 10/11/68 Tommy Martin St. Joseph, MO 12/13/68 Dusty Rhodes St. Joseph, MO 01/10/69 Don Kent St. Joseph, MO 02/28/69 Dick Murdoch St. Joseph, MO 06/20/69 Pat O'Connor [3] St. Joseph, MO 10/ /69 TITLE VACANT 11/28/69 Danny Little Bear St. Joseph, MO * Wins tournament. 04/03/70 Roger Kirby [2] St. Joseph, MO 01/01/71 Bob Geigel [5] St. Joseph, MO / /71 Harley Race [2] / /71 Bob Geigel [6] 06/ /71 Harley Race [2] * Pat O'Connor defeats Race for the title on 72/01/28 in St. Louis, MO, but Race continues to be recognized by other promoters, and Sam Muchnick withdraws recognition of the title and later creates the Missouri Heavyweight title. 02/11/72 Danny Little Bear St. Joseph, MO / /72 Black Angus Campbell 06/08/72 The Stomper [2] 07/07/72 Harley Race [3] Kansas City, KS 11/24/72 Omar Atlas St. Joseph, MO 12/ /72 Roger Kirby 04/27/73 Danny Little Bear [2] 06/ /73 Bob Brown [2] 09/22/73 Harley Race [4] Kansas City, KS 10/11/73 Bob Brown [3] Kansas City, KS 03/21/74 Mike George Kansas City, KS 06/ /74 Roger Kirby [2] 07/04/74 Bob Brown [4] Kansas City, KS * Defeats Don Fargo. 07/11/74 Harley Race [5] Kansas City, KS 08/01/74 Bob Brown [5] Kansas City, KS 12/ /74 Terry Martin 02/07/75 Jerry Oates St. Joseph, MO 05/31/75 Ed Wiskoski Kansas City, KS 02/12/76 Mike George [2] Kansas City, KS 04/10/76 Bob Brown [6] Wichita, KS 04/17/76 Mike George [3] Wichita, KS 05/18/76 Bob Brown [7] Topeka, KS 07/08/76 Harley Race [6] Kansas City, KS 09/05/76 Bob Brown [8] Wichita, KS 10/01/76 Rick Gibson St. Joseph, MO 01/ /77 Bob Slaughter 02/04/77 Ted Oates St. Joseph, MO 02/11/77 Bob Slaughter [2] St. Joseph, MO / /77 Bob Brown / /77 Bob Slaughter [3] 05/19/77 Ted DiBiase Kansas City, KS / /77 Bob Sweetan10/30/77 Bob Brown [9] Topeka, KS 01/07/78 Ted DiBiase [2] Kansas City, KS 01/07/78 Alexis Smirnoff Kansas City, KS 02/16/78 Ken Lucas Kansas City, KS 04/27/78 Bob Sweetan [2] Kansas City, KS 08/31/78 Doug Gilbert Kansas City, KS 10/07/78 Buck Robley Des Moines, IA 12/30/78 Dick Murdoch Kansas City, KS 01/02/79 Randy Alls (Randy Rose) St. Joseph, MO 02/22/79 Bob Sweetan [3] Kansas City, KS 08/23/79 Ron Starr 10/04/79 The Turk 11/22/79 The Avenger Kansas City, KS 01/24/80 The Assassin (J. Hamilton) Kansas City, KS 02/04/80 Bob Brown [10] Kansas City, KS 04/10/80 Bruiser Brody Kansas City, KS 05/22/80 Dick Murdoch Kansas City, KS 07/24/80 Killer Karl Kox Kansas City, KS 08/16/80 Bob Brown [11] Topeka, KS 09/11/80 Mike George [4] Kansas City, KS 10/23/80 Bob Brown [12] Kansas City, KS 04/01/81 Buzz Tyler Des Moines, IA 09/07/81 Bob Sweetan [4] 11/19/81 Tommy Martin Kansas City, KS 12/10/81 Bob Sweetan [5] Kansas City, KS 04/27/82 Roger Kirby St. Joseph, MO * Beat Harley Race. 09/16/82 Manny Fernandez Kansas City, KS 02/10/83 Dewey Robertson Kansas City, KS 05/12/83 Bob Brown [13] Kansas City, KS 05/19/83 Dewey Robertson [2] Kansas City, KS 06/02/83 Harley Race [7] Kansas City, KS 06/10/83 TITLE VACANT· Vacant when Race wins NWA World Heavyweight title. 06/30/83 Super Destroyer Kansas City, KS * Defeats Buck Robley in tournament final. 10/20/83 Buzz Tyler [2] Kansas City, KS 01/26/84 Tully Blanchard Kansas City, KS 02/09/84 Buzz Tyler [3] Kansas City, KS 04/19/84 Luke Graham Kansas City, KS 06/21/84 Ted Oates [2] Kansas City, KS 08/12/84 Buzz Tyler [4] Columbia, MO * 10/06/84 Hacksaw Higgins Kansas City, KS 10/25/84 Harley Race [8] Kansas City, KS 01/10/85 Mr. Pogo Kansas City, KS 09/22/85 Marty Jannetty Des Moines, IA 12/05/85 Brett Sawyer Kansas City, KS 12/17/85 Bob Brown [14] Ames, IA 05/30/86 TITLE VACANT· Brown vacates due to an ankle injury. 05/30/86 The Shadow (Jaymie Knight) Des Moines, IA· Wins 13-man battle royal. 06/01/86 Marty Janetty [2] Marshalltown, IA 06/ /86 Bob Brown [15] 09/26/86 TITLE VACANT * Vacant when Jim Crockett Jr. buys out the promotion and uses in own wrestlers. 11/16/86 Sam Houston St. Louis, MO * Defeats Bill Dundee in a tournament final. 01/03/87 Bill Dundee Topeka, KS 02/27/87 Bob Brown [16] Kansas City, KS 05/21/87 Rufus R. Jones [2] Kansas City, KS 07/10/87 Porkchop Cash St. Joseph, MO 07/17/87 Rufus R. Jones [3] Kansas City, KS 09/27/87 Earthquake Farris Des Moines, IA 10/30/87 Bob Brown [17] St. Joseph, MO 12/25/87 Dave Peterson St. Joseph, MO * Title held up. 02/18/88 Dave Peterson [2] Kansas City, KS * Defeats Cuban Assassin for the held-up title; / /88 promotion withdraws from NWA and closes in 88. 03/23/89 Akio Sato Kansas City, KS * Defeats T.C. Carter; promotion closes in 89. * Defeats Butch McClain when the title is revived. 10/22/02 TITLE VACANT * vacant due to injury to Shane Somers. 11/16/02 Derek Stone Coffeyville, KS * Defeats Michael Barry, Griz and Gary Jackson. 06/25/05 Raven Lawrence, KS06/02/06 TITLE VACANT Lawrence, KS * Raven stripped due to lack of title defenses. 10/14/06 Michael Strider Muscatine, IA * beat Woody Maguire, Marek Brave, Mark Sterling, Derek Stone & Mississippi Madman to capture vacant title.
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