NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship

NWA Central States Heavyweight Title History
No. Won By Won From Location Date
1. Bill Longson Sonny Myers* Kansas City, KS 5/18/50
2. Tarzan Kowalski Bill Longson Kansas City, KS 1/25/51
3. Dennis Clary Tarzan Kowalski Kansas City, KS 4/26/51
4. Sonny Myers Dennis Clary Kansas City, KS 5/3/51
5. Dennis Clary Sonny Myers Kansas City, KS 5/10/51
6. Jimmy Coffield Dennis Clary Topeka, KS 11/6/51
7. Alo Leilani Jimmy Coffield Kansas City, KS 11/29/51
8. Bob Orton Alo Leilani Kansas City, KS 12/20/51
9. Enrique Torres Bob Orton Kansas City, KS 2/28/52
10. Sonny Myers Enrique Torres Kansas City, KS 3/6/52
11. Sonny Myers Maurice Roberre*(2) St. Joseph, MO 4/11/52
12. Red Berry Sonny Myers Kansas City, KS 10/9/52
13. Bobby Lane Red Berry Kansas City, KS 10/30/52
14. Dave Sims Bobby Lane Kansas City, KS 1/15/53
15. Lenny Montana Dave Sims Wichita, KS 10/8/53
16. Sonny Myers Lenny Montana Kansas City, KS 12/10/53
17. Dave Sims Sonny Myers Kansas City, KS 1/??/54
18. Bob Orton Dave Sims Kansas City, KS 1/28/54
19. Sonny Myers Bob Orton St. Joseph, MO 3/19/54
20. El Toro Sonny Myers ?? 1954
21. Sonny Myers El Toro Kansas City, KS 1954
22. Joe Dusek Sonny Myers Wichita, KS 9/13/54
23. Ray Villmer Joe Dusek Kansas City, KS 12/16/54
24. Lu Kim Ray Villmer ?? 1955
25. Ray Villmer Lu Kim ?? 1955
26. Bob Orton Ray Villmer ?? 1955
27. Don Lewin Bob Orton ?? 10/55
28. Mike DiBiase Don Lewin ?? 12/55
29. Richard Brown Mike DiBiase Topeka, KS 4/10/56
30. Mighty Atlas Richard Brown ?? 1956
31. Bobby Bruns Mighty Atlas ?? 10/13/56
32. Lee Grable Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS 11/10/56
33. Richard Brown Lee Grable Kansas City, KS 11/17/56
34. Lee Grable Richard Brown ?? 12/8/56
35. Richard Brown Lee Grable Kansas City, KS 12/13/56
36. Red Berry Richard Brown Wichita, KS 9/15/57
37. Richard Brown Red Berry Wichita, KS 10/7/57
38. Bob Geigel Bob Ellis*(3) St. Joseph, MO 10/31/58
39. Bob Ellis Bob Geigel St. Joseph, MO 11/28/58
40. Lee Henning Bob Ellis St. Joseph, MO 1/22/60
41. Thor Hagen Lee Henning St. Joseph, MO 5/27/60
42. Ricky Lee Thor Hagen St. Joseph, MO 6/60
43. Thor Hagen Ricky Lee ?? 8/60
44. Mike Paidousis Thor Hagen Kansas City, KS 9/22/60
45. Lee Henning Mike Paidousis St. Joseph, MO 11/18/60
46. Bob Ellis Lee Henning St. Joseph, MO 12/23/60
47. Buddy Austin Thor Hagen*(4) St. Joseph, MO 6/2/61
48. Sonny Myers Buddy Austin St. Joseph, MO 11/3/61
49. Tarzan Tyler Sonny Myers St. Joseph, MO 11/10/61
50. Buddy Austin Tarzan Tyler St. Joseph, MO 11/17/61
51. Ray Gordon Buddy Austin St. Joseph, MO 2/9/62
52. Lee Henning Ray Gordon St. Joseph, MO 5/4/62
53. Sonny Myers Lee Henning St. Joseph, MO 10/5/62
54. Tiny Mills Sonny Myers St. Joseph, MO 11/25/62
55. Sonny Myers Tiny Mills St. Joseph, MO 2/1/63
56. Rock Hunter Sonny Myers St. Joseph, MO 5/17/63
57. Larry Hamilton Rock Hunter St. Joseph, MO 9/27/63
58. Bob Geigel Pat O'Connor*(5) ?? 6/19/64
59. Sonny Myers Bob Geigel ?? 10/16/64
60. Mike DiBiase Sonny Myers ?? 11/6/64
61. Ron Reed Mike DiBiase St. Joseph, MO 1/22/65
62. The Stomper Ron Reed St. Joseph, MO 4/16/65
63. Ron Reed The Stomper St. Joseph, MO 4/23/65
64. The Stomper Ron Reed St. Joseph, MO 6/4/65
65. Sonny Myers The Stomper St. Joseph, MO 6/28/65
66. Bob Geigel Sonny Myers St. Joseph, MO 1/14/66
67. Ron Reed Bob Geigel St. Joseph, MO 2/18/66
68. The Viking Ron Reed St. Joseph, MO 6/17/66
69. Sonny Myers The Viking St. Joseph, MO 6/24/66
70. Bob Geigel Sonny Myers St. Joseph, MO 2/24/67
71. The Viking Bob Geigel St. Joseph, MO 4/7/67
72. Sonny Myers The Viking St. Joseph, MO 6/9/67
73. The Hangman Sonny Myers St. Joseph, MO 10/27/67
74. Bob Geigel The Hangman St. Joseph, MO 11/17/67
75. Sonny Myers Bob Geigel St. Joseph, MO 12/12/67
76. Harley Race Sonny Myers St. Joseph, MO 4/5/68
77. Ron Etchison Harley Race St. Joseph, MO 5/3/68
78. Roger Kirby Ron Etchison St. Joseph, MO 5/10/68
79. Roger Kirby Thor Hagen*(6) St. Joseph, MO 5/31/68
80. Sonny Myers Roger Kirby St. Joseph, MO 6/7/68
81. Bob Brown Thor Hagen*(7) St. Joseph, MO 7/4/68
82. Tommy Martin Bob Brown St. Joseph, MO 10/4/68
83. Dusty Rhodes Tommy Martin St. Joseph, MO 12/13/68
84. Don Kent Dusty Rhodes St. Joseph, MO 1/10/69
85. Dusty Rhodes Don Kent St. Joseph, MO 1/17/69
86. Don Kent Dusty Rhodes St. Joseph, MO 1/24/69
87. Dick Murdoch Don Kent St. Joseph, MO 2/28/69
88. Pat O'Connor Dick Murdoch St. Joseph, MO 5/9/69
89. Danny Little Bear Killer Kox*(8) St. Joseph, MO 11/28/69
90. Roger Kirby Danny Little Bear St. Joseph, MO 3/27/70
91. Danny Little Bear Roger Kirby St. Joseph, MO 4/3/70
92. Harley Race Danny Little Bear St. Joseph, MO 6/19/70
93. Danny Little Bear Harley Race*(9) St. Joseph, MO 6/26/70
94. Roger Kirby Danny Little Bear St. Joseph, MO 7/24/70
95. Danny Little Bear Roger Kirby St. Joseph, MO 12/11/70
96. Roger Kirby Danny Little Bear ?? 12/70
97. Bob Geigel Roger Kirby St. Joseph, MO 1/1/71
98. Harley Race Bob Geigel St. Joseph, MO 1/71
99. Danny Little Bear Harley Race St. Joseph, MO 2/11/72
100. Black Angus Campbell Danny Little Bear ?? 5/5/72
101. The Stomper Black Angus Campbell Kansas City, KS 6/8/72
102. Harley Race The Stomper Kansas City, KS 7/7/72
103. Omar Atlas Harley Race St. Joseph, MO 11/24/72
104. Roger Kirby Omar Atlas ?? 1/73
105. Danny Little Bear Roger Kirby*(10) St. Joseph, MO 4/27/73
106. Bob Brown Danny Little Bear ?? 5/73
107. Harley Race Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 9/22/73
108. Bob Brown Harley Race Kansas City, KS 10/11/73
109. Bob Brown Mike George*(11) St. Joseph, MO 1/4/74
110. Mike George Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 3/21/74
111. Roger Kirby Mike George ?? 6/74
112. Don Fargo Roger Kirby ?? 6/74
113. Harley Race Don Fargo Kansas City, KS 6/27/74
114. Don Fargo Harley Race ?? 7/74
115. Bob Brown Don Fargo Kansas City, KS 7/4/74
116. Harley Race Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 7/11/74
117. Bob Brown Harley Race Kansas City, KS 8/1/74
118. Terry Martin Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 12/26/74
119. Jerry Oates Terry Martin St. Joseph, MO 2/7/75
120. Ed Wiskoski Jerry Oates Kansas City, KS 5/31/75
121. Mike George Ed Wiskoski Kansas City, KS 2/12/76
122. Mike George Ed Wiskoski*(12) St. Joseph, MO 3/19/76
123. Bob Brown Mike George Wichita, KS 4/10/76
124. Mike George Bob Brown Wichita, KS 4/17/76
125. Bob Brown Mike George Topeka, KS 5/18/76
126. Harley Race Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 7/8/76
127. Bob Brown Harley Race Wichita, KS 9/5/76
128. Rick Gibson Bob Brown St. Joseph, MO 10/1/76
129. Mike George Rick Gibson ?? 12/17/76
130. Bob Slaughter Mike George Hutchinson, KS 1/12/77
131. Ted Oates Bob Slaughter St. Joseph, MO 2/4/77
132. Bob Slaughter Ted Oates St. Joseph, MO 2/11/77
133. Bob Brown Bob Slaughter ?? 1977
134. Bob Slaughter Bob Brown ?? 1977
135. Ted DiBiase Bob Slaughter Kansas City, KS 5/19/77
136. Bob Sweetan Ted DiBiase ?? 6/10/77
137. Bob Brown Bob Sweetan Topeka, KS 10/30/77
138. Ted DiBiase Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 1/7/78
139. Alexis Smirnoff Ted DiBiase Kansas City, KS 1/7/78
140. Ken Lucas Alexis Smirnoff Kansas City, KS 2/16/78
141. Bob Sweetan Ken Lucas Kansas City, KS 4/27/78
142. Doug Gilbert Bob Sweetan Kansas City, KS 8/31/78
143. Buck Robley Doug Gilbert Des Moines, IA 10/7/78
144. Dick Murdoch Buck Robley Kansas City, KS 12/30/78
145. Randy Alls Dick Murdoch St. Joseph, MO 1/2/79
146. Bob Sweetan Randy Alls Kansas City, KS 2/22/79
147. Ron Starr Bob Sweetan Wichita, KS 9/17/79
148. The Turk Ron Starr Kansas City, KS 10/4/79
149. The Avenger The Turk Kansas City, KS 11/22/79
150. The Assassin The Avenger Kansas City, KS 1/24/80
151. Bob Brown The Assassin Kansas City, KS 2/4/80
152. Bruiser Brody Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 4/10/80
153. Dick Murdoch Bruiser Brody Kansas City, KS 5/22/80
154. Killer Kox Dick Murdoch Kansas City, KS 7/24/80
155. Bob Brown Killer Kox Topeka, KS 8/16/80
156. Mike George Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 9/11/80
157. Bob Brown Mike George Kansas City, KS 10/23/80
158. Buzz Tyler Bob Brown Des Moines, IA 4/1/81
159. Bob Sweetan Buzz Tyler Kansas City, KS 7/23/81
160. Tommy Martin Bob Sweetan Kansas City, KS 11/19/81
161. Bob Sweetan Tommy Martin Kansas City, KS 12/10/81
162. Bob Brown Bob Sweetan Wichita, KS 12/14/81
163. Roger Kirby Harley Race*(13) St. Joseph, MO 4/27/82
164. Manny Fernandez Roger Kirby Kansas City, KS 9/16/82
165. Dewey Robertson Manny Fernandez Kansas City, KS 2/10/83
166. Bob Brown Dewey Robertson Kansas City, KS 5/12/83
167. Dewey Robertson Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 5/19/83
168. Harley Race Dewey Robertson Kansas City, KS 6/2/83
169. Super Destroyer Buck Robley*(14) Kansas City, KS 6/30/83
170. Buzz Tyler Super Destroyer Kansas City, KS 10/20/83
171. Tully Blanchard Buzz Tyler Kansas City, KS 1/26/84
172. Buzz Tyler Tully Blanchard Kansas City, KS 2/9/84
173. Luke Graham Buzz Tyler Kansas City, KS 4/19/84
174. Ted Oates Luke Graham Kansas City, KS 6/21/84
175. Buzz Tyler Ted Oates Kansas City, KS 8/11/84
176. Hacksaw Higgins Buzz Tyler Kansas City, KS 10/6/84
177. Harley Race Hacksaw Higgins Kansas City, KS 10/24/84
178. Mr. Pogo Harley Race Kansas City, KS 1/10/85
179. Marty Jannetty Mr. Pogo Des Moines, IA 9/22/85
180. Brett Sawyer Marty Jannetty Kansas City, KS 12/5/85
181. Bob Brown Brett Sawyer Ames, IA 12/17/85
182. The Shadow won battle royale*(15) Des Moines, IA 5/30/86
183. Marty Jannetty The Shadow Marshalltown, IA 6/1/86
184. Bob Brown Marty Jannetty ?? 6/86
185. Sam Houston Bill Dundee*(16) St. Louis, MO 11/16/86
186. Bill Dundee Sam Houston Topeka, KS 1/3/87
187. Bob Brown Bill Dundee Kansas City, KS 2/27/87
188. Earthquake Ferris Bob Brown ?? 4/20/87
189. Bob Brown Earthquake Ferris ?? 5/87
190. Rufus R. Jones Bob Brown Kansas City, KS 5/14/87
191. Porkchop Cash Rufus R. Jones St. Joseph, MO 7/10/87
192. Rufus R. Jones Porkchop Cash Kansas City, KS 7/17/87
193. Earthquake Ferris Rufus R. Jones Des Moines, IA 9/28/87
194. Bob Brown Earthquake Ferris St. Joseph, MO 10/30/87
195. Dave Peterson Bob Brown St. Joseph, MO 12/25/87
196. Dave Peterson Cuban Assassin*(17) Kansas City, KS 2/18/88
197. Akio Sato TC Carter*(18) Kansas City, KS 3/23/89
198. Shane Somers Butch McClain*(19) Rolla, MO 3/30/02
199. Derek Stone Michael Barry, Griz and Gary Jackson*(20) Coffeyville, KS 11/16/02
200. Raven Derek Stone Lawrence, KS 6/25/05
201. Michael Strider Woody Maguire, Mississippi Madman, Derek Stone, Marek Brave and Mark Sterling*(21) Muscatine, IA 10/14/06
202. Mark Sterling Michael Strider House Springs, MO 7/25/09
203. Jeremy Wyatt Mark Sterling, Tyler Cook and Jaysin Strife*(22) Lawrence, KS 5/7/11
204. ACH Dan Walsh and Neil Diamond Cutter*(23) Kansas City, KS 6/2/12
205. Evan Morris Deven Spade*(24) Swansea, IL 3/30/13
206. Shane Somers Evan Morris Cahokia, IL 10/27/13
207. Scott Somers Shane Somers Vienna, MO 5/10/14
208. Shane Somers Scott Somers St. Robert, MO 5/17/14
209. The Mad Hatter Shane Somers Waynesville, MO 6/29/14
210. Deven Spade The Mad Hatter Newburg, MO 6/13/15

*This was the finals of a tournament to crown the first champion.

*(2)The title was vacated due to unknown circumstances. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(3)The title was vacated due to unknown circumstances. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(4)The title was vacated when Ellis left the region. This match determined the new champion.

*(5)The title was vacated due to unknown circumstances. This match determined the new champion.

*(6)The match was held up after a match against Hagen. This was the rematch for the vacant title.

*(7)Myers announced his retirement before the match, and the title was vacated. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(8)The title was vacated due to unknown circumstances. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(9)The title was held up due to a controversial end to the match. This was the rematch for the vacant title.

*(10)The title was held up after a match against Danny Little Bear. This was the rematch for the vacant title.

*(11)The title was held up after a match against Mike George. This was the rematch for the vacant title.

*(12)The title was held up after a match against Ed Wiskoski. This was the rematch for the vacant title.

*(13)The title was vacated due to unknown circumstances. This match determined the new champion.

*(14)Race was stripped of the title when he won the NWA World Heavyweight Title. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(15)Brown vacated the title due to an injury. The title was put up for grabs in a battle royale.

*(16)The title was vacated when promoter Jim Crockett decided to start using his own wrestlers. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(17)The title was held up due to unknown circumstances. This match determined the new champion.

*(18)The title was held up due to unknown circumstances. This match determined the new champion.

*(19)The promotion closed down in 1989, but the title was revived as the main title for NWA Central States. This match determined the new champion.

*(20)The title was vacated due to injury. This was a four way match to determine the new champion.

*(21)Raven was stripped of the title due to lack of defenses. This was a six-way match to determine the new champion.

*(22)This was a four-way match.

*(23)The title was vacated due to injury. This was the three-way finals of a tournament to crown the new champion.

*(24)ACH was stripped of the title when Metro Pro left the NWA. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.