NWA World Title History

Name Date
George Hackenshmidt November 19, 1901
Frank Gotch April 3, 1908
Joe Stecher July 5, 1915
John Olin December 11, 1916
Ed Lewis May 2, 1917
Wladek Zbyszko June 5, 1917
Ed Lewis[2] July 4, 1917
Wladek Zbyszko[2] December 22, 1917
Earl Craddock April 9, 1918
Joe Stecher[2] February 13, 1920
Ed Lewis[3] December 13, 1920
Stanislaus Zbyszko May 6, 1921
Ed Lewis[4] March 3, 1922
Wayne Munn January 8, 1925
Stanislaus Zbyszko[2] April 15, 1925
Joe Stecher[3] May 30, 1925
Ed Lewis[5] February 21, 1928
Gus Sonnenberg January 4, 1929
Ed Don George December 10, 1930
Ed Lewis[6] April 14, 1931
Danno O'Mahoney June 27, 1935
Dick Shikat March 2, 1936
Ali Baba April 25, 1936
Dave Levin June 12, 1936
Dave Detton September 28, 1936
Bronko Nagurski June 16, 1937
John Pesek September 13, 1937
Lou Thesz December 29, 1937
Steve Casey February 1, 1938
Everett Marshall September 14, 1938
Lou Thesz[2] February 23, 1939
Bronko Nagurski[2] June 23, 1939
Jim Lodos November 18, 1939
Orville Brown July 3, 1940
Sonny Myers November 3, 1947
Orville Brown[2] January 5, 1948
Lou Thesz[3] November 27, 1949
Whipper Billy Watson March 15, 1956
Lou Thesz[4] November 9, 1956
Edouard Carpentier June 14, 1957
Lou Thesz[5] July 24, 1957
Dick Hutton November 14, 1957
Pat O'Connor January 9, 1959
Buddy Rogers June 30, 1961
Bobo Brazil August 18, 1962
Buddy Rogers[2] October 30, 1962
Lou Thesz[6] January 24, 1963
Gene Kiniski January 7, 1966
Dory Funk Jr. February 11, 1969
Harley Race March 24, 1973
Jack Brisco July 20, 1973
Giant Baba December 2, 1974
Jack Brisco[2] December 9, 1974
Terry Funk December 10, 1975
Harley Race[2] February 6, 1977
Dusty Rhodes August 21, 1979
Harley Race[3] August 26, 1979
Giant Baba[2] October 31, 1979
Harley Race[4] November 7, 1979
Giant Baba[3] September 4, 1980
Harley Race[5] September 9, 1980
Tommy Rich April 27, 1981
Harley Race[6] May 1, 1981
Dusty Rhodes[2] June 21, 1981
Ric Flair September 17, 1981
Jack Veneno 1982
Ric Flair[2] 1982
Victor Jovica February 9, 1982
Ric Flair[3] February 9, 1982
Carlos Colon January 6, 1983
Ric Flair[4] January 23, 1983
Harley Race[7] June 10, 1983
Ric Flair[5] November 24, 1983
Harley Race[8] March 21, 1984
Ric Flair[6] March 23, 1984
Kerry Von Erich May 6, 1984
Ric Flair[7] May 24, 1984
Dusty Rhodes[3] July 26, 1986
Ric Flair[8] August 9, 1986
Ronnie Garvin September 25, 1987
Ric Flair[9] November 26, 1987
Ricky Steamboat February 20, 1989
Ric Flair[10] May 7, 1989
Sting July 7, 1990
Ric Flair[11] January 11, 1991
Tatsumi Fujinami March 21, 1991
Ric Flair[12] May 19, 1991
Masahiro Chono August 12, 1992
The Great Muta January 4, 1993
Barry Windham February 21, 1993
Ric Flair[13] July 18, 1993
Shane Douglas August 27, 1994
Chris Candido November 19, 1994
Dan Severn February 24, 1995
Naoya Ogawa March 14, 1999
Gary Steele September 25, 1999
Naoya Ogawa[2] October 2, 1999
Mike Rapada September 19, 2000
Sabu November 14, 2000
Mike Rapada[2] December 22, 2000
Steve Corino April 24, 2001
Shin’ya Hashimoto December 15, 2001
Dan Severn[2] March 9, 2002
Ken Shamrock June 19, 2002
Ron Killings August 7, 2002
Jeff Jarrett November 20, 2002
AJ Styles June 11, 2003
Jeff Jarrett[2] October 22, 2003
AJ Styles[2] April 21, 2004
Ron Killings[2] May 19, 2004
Jeff Jarrett[3] June 2, 2004
AJ Styles[3] May 15, 2005
Raven June 19, 2005
Jeff Jarrett[4] September 15, 2005
Rhino October 23, 2005
Jeff Jarrett[5] November 3, 2005
Christian Cage February 12, 2006
Jeff Jarrett[6] June 18, 2006
Sting[2] October 22, 2006
Abyss November 19, 2006
Christian Cage[2] January 14, 2007
Adam Pearce September 1, 2007
 

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