Historic statistics on all NWA World Heavyweight Championship/TNA World Championship belt holders.
Nov 1949 |
Lou Thesz |
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Mar 15, 1956 |
Whipper Billy Watson |
Toronto |
Nov 9, 1956 |
Lou Thesz |
St. Louis |
Nov 14, 1957 |
Dick Hutton |
Toronto |
Jan 9, 1959 |
Pat O'Connor |
St. Louis |
Jun 30, 1961 |
Buddy Rogers |
Chicago |
Jan 24, 1963 |
Lou Thesz |
Toronto |
Jun 7, 1966 |
Gene Kiniski |
St. Louis |
Feb 11, 1969 |
Dory Funk Jr. |
Tampa |
May 24, 1973 |
Harley Race |
Kansas City |
Jul 20, 1973 |
Jack Brisco |
Houston |
Dec 2, 1974 |
Shohei Baba |
Japan |
Dec 9, 1974 |
Jack Brisco |
Tokyo |
Dec 10, 1975 |
Terry Funk |
Miami |
Feb 6, 1977 |
Harley Race |
Toronto |
Aug 21, 1979 |
Dusty Rhodes |
Tampa |
Aug 26, 1979 |
Harley Race |
Orlando |
Oct 31, 1979 |
Shohei Baba |
Nagoya, Japan |
Nov 7, 1979 |
Harley Race |
Amagaseki, Japan |
Sep 4, 1980 |
Shohei Baba |
Saga, Japan |
Sep 10, 1980 |
Harley Race |
Otsu, Japan |
Apr 27, 1981 |
Tommy Rich |
Augusta, GA |
May 1, 1981 |
Harley Race |
Gainsville, GA |
Jun 21, 1981 |
Dusty Rhodes |
Atlanta |
Sep 17, 1981 |
Ric Flair |
Kansas City |
Jun 10, 1983 |
Harley Race |
St. Louis |
Nov 24, 1983 |
Ric Flair |
Greensboro, NC |
Mar 21, 1984 |
Harley Race |
New Zealand |
Mar 23, 1984 |
Ric Flair |
Singapore |
May 6, 1984 |
Kerry Von Erich |
Irving, TX |
May 24, 1984 |
Ric Flair |
Japan |
Jul 26, 1986 |
Dusty Rhodes |
Greensboro, NC |
Aug 9, 1986 |
Ric Flair |
St. Louis |
Sep 25, 1987 |
Ronnie Garvin |
Detroit |
Nov 26, 1987 |
Ric Flair |
Chicago |
Feb 20, 1989 |
Rick Steamboat |
Chicago |
May 7, 1989 |
Ric Flair |
Nashville |
Jul 7, 1990 |
Sting |
Baltimore |
Jan 11, 1991 |
Ric Flair |
East Rutherford, NJ |
Mar 21, 1991 |
Tatsumi Fujinami |
Tokyo, Japan |
May 19, 1991 |
Ric Flair |
St. Petersburg, Fla. |
Aug 12, 1992 |
Masahiro Chono |
Tokyo, Japan |
Jan 4, 1993 |
The Great Muta |
Tokyo, Japan |
Feb 21, 1993 |
Barry Windham |
Ashville, N.C. |
Jul 18, 1983 |
Ric Flair |
Biloxi, Miss. |
Aug 27, 1984 |
Shane Douglas |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Nov 19, 1994 |
Chris Candido |
Cherry Hill, N.J. |
Feb 24, 1995 |
Dan Severn |
Erlanger, Ky. |
Mar 14, 1999 |
Naoya Ogawa |
Yokohama, Japan |
Sep 25, 1999 |
Gary Steele |
Charlotte, N.C. |
Oct 2, 1999 |
Naoya Ogawa |
Thomaston, Conn. |
Sep 19, 2000 |
Mike Rapada |
Nashville, Tenn. |
Apr 24, 2001 |
Steve Corino |
Tampa, Fla. |
Dec 15, 2001 |
Shin'ya Hashimoto |
McKeesport, Pa. |
Mar 9, 2002 |
Dan Severn |
Tokyo, Japan |
Jun 19, 2002 |
Ken Shamrock |
Huntsville, Ala. |
Aug 7, 2002 |
Ron Killings |
Nashville, Tenn. |
Nov 20, 2002 |
Jeff Jarrett |
Nashville, Tenn. |
Jun 11, 2003 |
A.J. Styles |
Nashville, Tenn. |
Oct 22, 2004 |
Jeff Jarrett |
Nashville, Tenn. |
Apr 21, 2004 |
A.J. Styles(2) |
Nashville, Tenn. |
May 19, 2004 |
Ron Killings |
Nashville, Tenn. |
Jun 2, 2004 |
Jeff Jarrett (2) |
Nashville, Tenn. |
May 15, 2005 |
AJ Styles (3) |
Orlando, Fla. |
Jun 20, 2005 |
Raven |
Orlando, Fla. |
Oct 23,
2005 |
Rhino |
Orlando, Fla |
Nov 3, 2005 |
Jeff Jarrett (3) |
Orlando, Fla |
Feb 12,
2006 |
Christian Cage |
Orlando, Fla |
Jun 16,
2006 |
Jeff Jarrett (4) |
Oldcastle, Ontario |
Oct 22,
2006 |
Sting |
Detroit, Mich. |
Nov 19,
2006 |
Abyss |
Orlando, Fla. |
Jan 14, 2007 |
Christian Cage (2) |
Orlando, Fla. |
*
TNA Championship replaces NWA Championship |
Jun 17, 2007 |
Kurt Angle |
Nashville, Tenn. |
Oct 14, 2007 |
Sting (2) |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Oct 16, 2007 |
Kurt Angle (2) |
Orlando, Florida |
Apr 13, 2008 |
Samoa Joe |
Lowell, Massachusettes |
Oct 12, 2008 |
Sting (3) |
Chicago, Illinois |
Apr 19, 2009 |
Mick Foley |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Jun 21, 2009 |
Kurt Angle (3) |
Detroit, Michigan |
Sep 20, 2009 |
A.J. Styles (4) |
Orlando, Florida |
Apr 19, 2010 |
Rob Van Dam |
Orlando, Florida |