|
Event
|
Date
|
Champion
|
Days Held
|
|
N/A
|
7/14/1948
|
Orville Brown
|
501
|
|
N/A
|
11/27/1949
|
Lou Thesz
|
1,941*
|
|
San Francisco House Show
|
3/22/1955
|
Leo Nomellini
|
115
|
|
St. Louis House Show
|
7/15/2955
|
Lou Thesz
|
244*
|
|
Toronto House Show
|
3/15/1956
|
Whipper Billy Watson
|
239
|
|
St. Louis House Show
|
11/9/1956
|
Lou Thesz
|
217**
|
|
Chicago House Show
|
6/14/1957
|
Edouard Carpentier
|
40
|
|
Montreal House Show
|
7/24/1957
|
Lou Thesz
|
113**
|
|
Toronto House Show
|
11/14/1957
|
Dick Hutton
|
421
|
|
St. Louis House Show
|
1/9/1959
|
Pat O'Connor
|
440***
|
|
Amarillo House Show
|
3/24/1960
|
Gene LeBell
|
1
|
|
Amarillo House Show
|
3/24/1960
|
Pat O'Connor
|
463***
|
|
Chicago House Show
|
6/30/1961
|
Buddy Rogers
|
145†
|
|
Toronto House Show
|
8/2/1962
|
Bruno Sammartino
|
1†
|
|
Toronto House Show
|
8/2/1962
|
Buddy Rogers
|
16†
|
|
Newark House Show
|
8/18/1962
|
Bobo Brazil
|
73†
|
|
Toledo House Show
|
10/30/1962
|
Buddy Rogers
|
86†
|
|
Montreal House Show
|
11/21/1962
|
Killer Kowalski
|
61†
|
|
NYC House Show
|
1/21/1963
|
Buddy Rogers
|
3†
|
|
Toronto House Show
|
1/24/1963
|
Lou Thesz
|
1,079
|
|
N/A
|
1/24/1963
|
Buddy Rogers
|
77† (disputed loss)
|
|
St. Louis House Show
|
1/7/1966
|
Gene Kiniski
|
1,131
|
|
Tampa House Show
|
2/11/1969
|
Dory Funk Jr.
|
1,563
|
|
Kansas City House Show
|
5/24/1973
|
Harley Race
|
57
|
|
Houston House Show
|
7/20/1973
|
Jack Brisco
|
500
|
|
Kagoshima House Show
|
12/2/1974
|
Giant Baba
|
7
|
|
Toyohashi House Show
|
12/9/1974
|
Jack Brisco
|
366
|
|
Miami Beach House Show
|
12/10/1975
|
Terry Funk
|
424
|
|
Toronto House Show
|
2/6/1977
|
Harley Race
|
926
|
|
Tampa House Show
|
8/21/1979
|
Dusty Rhodes
|
5
|
|
Orlando House Show
|
8/26/1979
|
Harley Race
|
66
|
|
Nagoya House Show
|
10/31/1979
|
Giant Baba
|
7
|
|
Amagasaki House Show
|
11/7/1979
|
Harley Race
|
302
|
|
Saga House Show
|
9/4/1980
|
Giant Baba
|
5
|
|
Otsu House Show
|
9/9/1980
|
Harley Race
|
230
|
|
Augusta House Show
|
4/27/1981
|
Tommy Rich
|
4
|
|
Gainesville House Show
|
5/1/1981
|
Harley Race
|
51
|
|
Atlanta House Show
|
6/21/1981
|
Dusty Rhodes
|
88
|
|
Kansas City House Show
|
9/17/1981
|
Ric Flair
|
145††
|
|
Miami House Show
|
2/9/1982
|
The Midnight Rider
|
1††
|
|
Miami House Show
|
2/9/1982
|
Ric Flair
|
150††
|
|
Santo Domingo House Show
|
9/7/1982
|
Jack Veneno
|
1††
|
|
Santo Domingo House Show
|
9/7/1982
|
Ric Flair
|
121††
|
|
Santo Domingo House Show
|
1/6/1983
|
Carlos Colón
|
4††
|
|
Miami House Show
|
1/10/1983
|
Ric Flair
|
29††
|
|
St. Louis House Show
|
6/10/1983
|
Harley Race
|
167
|
|
Starrcade '83
|
11/24/1983
|
Ric Flair
|
117^
|
|
Wellington House Show
|
3/20/1984
|
Harley Race
|
3^
|
|
Kallang House Show
|
3/23/1984
|
Ric Flair
|
44^
|
|
1st Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions
|
5/6/1984
|
Kerry Von Erich
|
18
|
|
Yokosuka House Show
|
5/24/1984
|
Ric Flair
|
793
|
|
The Great American Bash '86
|
7/26/1986
|
Dusty Rhodes
|
14
|
|
St. Louis House Show
|
8/9/1986
|
Ric Flair
|
412
|
|
World Wide Wrestling
|
9/25/1987
|
Ron Garvin
|
62
|
|
Starrcade '87
|
11/26/1987
|
Ric Flair
|
452
|
|
Chi-Town Rumble
|
2/20/1989
|
Ricky Steamboat
|
76
|
|
WrestleWar '89
|
5/7/1989
|
Ric Flair
|
426
|
|
The Great American Bash '90
|
7/7/1990
|
Sting
|
188
|
|
East Rutherford House Show
|
1/11/1991
|
Ric Flair
|
69
|
|
Starrcade in Tokyo Dome
|
3/21/1991
|
Tatsumi Fujinami
|
59
|
|
SuperBrawl I
|
5/19/1991
|
Ric Flair
|
112
|
|
|
9/8/1991
|
Vacated - Champion signs with WWF
|
-
|
|
G1 Climax 1992 Day 5
|
8/12/1992
|
Masahiro Chono
|
145
|
|
Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome
|
1/4/1993
|
The Great Muta
|
48
|
|
SuperBrawl III
|
2/21/1993
|
Barry Windham
|
147
|
|
Beach Blast
|
7/18/1993
|
Ric Flair
|
59
|
|
|
9/15/1993
|
Vacated - WCW withdraws from NWA
|
-
|
|
NWA World Title Tournament
|
8/27/1994
|
Shane Douglas
|
1
|
|
NWA World Title Tournament
|
8/27/1994
|
Vacated - Refused championship
|
-
|
|
NWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament
|
11/19/1994
|
Chris Candido
|
97
|
|
Erlanger House Show
|
2/24/1995
|
Dan Severn
|
1.479
|
|
Battle in the Hama Ring
|
3/14/1999
|
Naoya Ogawa
|
195
|
|
NWA 51st Anniversary Show
|
9/25/1999
|
Gary Steele
|
7
|
|
Thomaston House Show
|
10/2/1999
|
Naoya Ogawa
|
274
|
|
|
7/2/2000
|
Vacated - MMA obligations
|
-
|
|
Tango in Tampa
|
9/19/2000
|
Mike Rapada
|
56
|
|
Night of Decisions
|
11/14/2000
|
Sabu
|
38
|
|
Christmas Chaos
|
12/26/2000
|
Mike Rapada
|
123
|
|
Tampa House Show
|
4/24/2001
|
Steve Corino
|
172
|
|
NWA 53rd Anniversary Show
|
10/13/2001
|
Vacated - Champion unable to compete
|
-
|
|
Clash of the Champions
|
12/15/2001
|
Shinya Hashimoto
|
84
|
|
Vast Energy
|
3/9/2002
|
Dan Severn
|
80
|
|
|
5/28/2002
|
Vacated - Champion refused to defend title in TNA
|
-
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #1
|
6/19/2002
|
Ken Shamrock
|
49
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #8
|
8/7/2002
|
Ron Killings
|
105
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #22
|
11/20/2002
|
Jeff Jarrett
|
203
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #49
|
6/11/2003
|
AJ Styles
|
133
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #67
|
10/22/2003
|
Jeff Jarrett
|
182
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #91
|
4/21/2004
|
AJ Styles
|
28
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #95
|
5/19/2004
|
Ron Killings
|
14
|
|
TNA Weekly PPV #97
|
6/2/2004
|
Jeff Jarrett
|
305
|
|
Jucio Final 2005
|
4/3/2005
|
Ray Gonzalez
|
1
|
|
Jucio Final 2005
|
4/3/2005
|
Jeff Jarrett
|
42
|
|
Hard Justice '05
|
5/15/2005
|
AJ Styles
|
35
|
|
Slammiversary '05
|
6/19/2005
|
Raven
|
88
|
|
International Incident
|
9/15/2005
|
Jeff Jarrett
|
38
|
|
Bound for Glory '05
|
10/23/2005
|
Rhino
|
2
|
|
TNA Impact!
|
10/25/2005
|
Jeff Jarrett
|
110
|
|
Against All Odds
|
2/12/2006
|
Christian Cage
|
126
|
|
Slammiversary '06
|
6/18/2006
|
Jeff Jarrett
|
126
|
|
Bound for Glory '06
|
10/22/2006
|
Sting
|
28
|
|
Genesis '06
|
11/19/2006
|
Abyss
|
56
|
|
Final Resolution
|
1/14/2007
|
Christian Cage
|
119
|
|
|
5/13/2007
|
Vacated - NWA ends partnership with TNA
|
-
|
|
Bayamon House Show
|
9/1/2007
|
Adam Pearce
|
336
|
|
Death Before Dishonor VI
|
8/2/2008
|
Brent Albright
|
49
|
|
Glory By Honor VII
|
9/20/2008
|
Adam Pearce
|
35
|
|
Mexico City House Show
|
10/25/2008
|
Blue Demon Jr.
|
505
|
|
Charlotte House Show
|
3/14/2010
|
Adam Pearce
|
357
|
|
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
|
3/6/2011
|
Colt Cabana
|
48
|
|
Subtle Hustle
|
4/23/2011
|
The Sheik
|
79
|
|
|
7/11/12011
|
Vacated - Champion refused to defend title
|
-
|
|
NWA at the Ohio State Fair
|
7/31/2011
|
Adam Pearce
|
252
|
|
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
|
4/8/2012
|
Colt Cabana
|
104
|
|
Metro Pro Wrestling
|
7/21/2012
|
Adam Pearce
|
98
|
|
NWA Warzone Wrestling 14
|
10/27/2012
|
Vacated - Champion resigned
|
-
|
|
Wrath of Champions
|
11/2/2012
|
Kahagas
|
134
|
|
A Monster's Ball
|
3/16/2013
|
Rob Conway
|
294
|
|
Wrestle Kingdom VIII
|
1/4/2014
|
Satoshi Kojima
|
149
|
|
Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion Show
|
6/2/2014
|
Rob Conway
|
257
|
|
The New Beginning in Sendai
|
2/14/2015
|
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
|
196
|
|
World War Gold
|
8/29/2015
|
Jax Dane
|
419
|
|
Sherman House Show
|
10/21/2016
|
Tim Storm
|
414
|
|
Cage of Death 19
|
12/9/2017
|
Nick Aldis
|
266
|
|
All In
|
9/1/2018
|
Cody Rhodes
|
50
|
|
NWA 70th Anniversary Show
|
10/21/2018
|
Nick Aldis
|
1,043
|
|
NWA 73rd Anniversary Show
|
8/29/2021
|
Trevor Murdoch
|
167
|
|
PowerrrTrip
|
2/12/2022
|
Matt Cardona
|
119
|
|
Alwayz Ready
|
6/11/2022
|
Vacated - Champion unable to compete
|
-
|
|
Alwayz Ready
|
6/11/2022
|
Trevor Murdoch
|
154
|
|
Hard Times III
|
11/12/2022
|
Tyrus
|
288
|
|
NWA 75th Anniversary Show
|
8/27/2023
|
EC3
|
370
|
|
NWA 76th Anniversary Show
|
8/31/2024
|
Thom Latimer
|
350
|
|
NWA 77th Annieversary Show
|
8/16/2025
|
Silas Mason
|
N/A
|
