| No. | Won By | Won From | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Orville Brown | N/A* | N/A | 7/14/48 |
| 2. | Lou Thesz | N/A*(2) | St. Louis, MO | 11/27/49 |
| 3. | Billy Watson | Lou Thesz | Toronto, Ontario | 3/15/56 |
| 4. | Lou Thesz | Billy Watson | St. Louis, MO | 11/9/56 |
| 5. | Dick Hutton | Lou Thesz | Toronto, Ontario | 11/14/57 |
| 6. | Pat O' Connor | Dick Hutton | St. Louis, MO | 1/9/59 |
| 7. | Buddy Rogers | Pat O' Connor | Chicago, IL | 6/30/61 |
| 8. | Lou Thesz | Buddy Rogers | Toronto, Ontario | 1/24/63 |
| 9. | Gene Kiniski | Lou Thesz | Tampa, FL | 2/11/69 |
| 10. | Harley Race | Dory Funk Jr.*(3) | Kansas City, KS | 5/24/73 |
| 11. | Jack Brisco | Harley Race | Houston, TX | 7/20/73 |
| 12. | Giant Baba | Jack Brisco | Kagoshima, Japan | 12/2/74 |
| 13. | Jack Brisco | Giant Baba | Toyoyashi, Japan | 12/9/74 |
| 14. | Terry Funk | Jack Brisco | Miami, FL | 12/10/75 |
| 15. | Harley Race | Terry Funk | Toronto, Ontario | 2/6/77 |
| 16. | Dusty Rhodes | Harley Race | Tampa, FL | 8/21/79 |
| 17. | Harley Race | Dusty Rhodes | Orlando, FL | 8/26/79 |
| 18. | Giant Baba | Harley Race | Nagoya, Japan | 10/31/79 |
| 19. | Harley Race | Giant Baba | Amagasaki, Japan | 11/7/79 |
| 20. | Giant Baba | Harley Race | Saga, Japan | 9/2/80 |
| 21. | Harley Race | Giant Baba | Ohtsu, Japan | 9/9/80 |
| 22. | Tommy Rich | Harley Race | Augusta, GA | 4/27/81 |
| 23. | Harley Race | Tommy Rich | Gainsville, GA | 5/1/81 |
| 24. | Dusty Rhodes | Harley Race | Atlanta, GA | 6/21/81 |
| 25. | Ric Flair | Dusty Rhodes | Kansas City, KS | 9/17/81 |
| 26. | Harley Race | Ric Flair | St. Louis, MO | 6/10/83 |
| 27. | Ric Flair | Harley Race | Greensboro, NC | 11/24/83 |
| 28. | Harley Race | Ric Flair | Wellington, New Zealand | 3/21/84 |
| 29. | Ric Flair | Harley Race | Kallang, Singapore | 3/23/84 |
| 30. | Kerry Von Erich | Ric Flair | Irving, TX | 5/6/84 |
| 31. | Ric Flair | Kerry Von Erich | Yokosuka, Japan | 5/24/84 |
| 32. | Dusty Rhodes | Ric Flair | Greensboro, NC | 7/25/86 |
| 33. | Ric Flair | Dusty Rhodes | St. Louis, MO | 8/7/86 |
| 34. | Ron Garvin | Ric Flair | Detroit, MI | 9/25/87 |
| 35. | Ric Flair | Ron Garvin | Chicago, IL | 11/26/87 |
| 36. | Ricky Steamboat | Ric Flair | Chicago, IL | 2/20/89 |
| 37. | Ric Flair | Ricky Steamboat | Nashville, TN | 5/7/89 |
| 38. | Sting | Ric Flair | Baltimore, MD | 7/7/90 |
| 39. | Ric Flair | Sting | East Rutherford, NJ | 1/11/91 |
| 40. | Tatsumi Fujinami | Ric Flair | Tokyo, Japan | 3/21/91 |
| 41. | Ric Flair | Tatsumi Fujinami | St. Petersburg, FL | 9/8/91 |
| 42. | Masahiro Chono | Rick Rude*(4) | Tokyo, Japan | 8/12/92 |
| 43. | The Great Muta | Masahiro Chono | Tokyo, Japan | 1/4/93 |
| 44. | Barry Windham | The Great Muta | Asheville, NC | 2/21/93 |
| 45. | Ric Flair | Barry Windham | Biloxi, MS | 7/18/93 |
| 46. | Shane Douglas | 2 Cold Scorpio*(5) | Philadelphia, PA | 8/27/94 |
| 47. | Chris Candido | Tracey Smothers*(6) | Cherry Hill, NJ | 11/19/94 |
| 48. | Dan Severn | Chris Candido | Erlanger, KY | 2/24/95 |
| 49. | Naoya Ogawa | Dan Severn | Yokohama, Japan | 5/14/99 |
| 50. | Gary Steele | Naoya Ogawa and Brian Anthony*(7) | Charlotte, NC | 9/2/99 |
| 51. | Naoya Ogawa | Gary Steele | Thomaston, CT | 10/2/99 |
| 52. | Mike Rapada | Jerry Flynn*(8) | Tampa, FL | 9/19/00 |
| 53. | Sabu | Mike Rapada | Tampa, FL | 11/14/00 |
| 54. | Mike Rapada | Sabu | Nashville, TN | 12/22/00 |
| 55. | Steve Corino | Mike Rapada | Tampa, FL | 4/24/01 |
| 56. | Shin'ya Hashimoto | Steve Corino and Gary Steele *(9) | McKeesport, PA | 12/15/01 |
| 57. | Dan Severn | Shin'ya Hashimoto | Tokyo, Japan | 3/9/02 |
| 58. | Ken Shamrock | wins Gauntlet*(10) | Huntsville, AL | 6/19/02 |
| 59. | Ron Killings | Ken Shamrock | Nashville, TN | 8/7/02 |
| 60. | Jeff Jarrett | Ron Killings | Nashville, TN | 11/20/02 |
| 61. | A.J. Styles | Jeff Jarrett | Nashville, TN | 6/11/03 |
| 62. | Jeff Jarrett | A.J. Styles | Nashville, TN | 10/22/03 |
| 63. | A.J. Styles | Jeff Jarrett | Nashville, TN | 4/21/04 |
| 64. | Ron Killings | A.J. Styles | Nashville, TN | 5/19/04 |
| 65. | Jeff Jarrett | Ron Killings | Nashville, TN | 6/2/04 |
| 66. | A.J. Styles | Jeff Jarrett | Orlando, FL | 5/15/05 |
| 67. | Raven | A.J. Styles, Sean Waltman, Monty Brown and Abyss*(11) | Orlando, FL | 6/19/05 |
| 68. | Jeff Jarrett | Raven | Windsor, Ontario | 9/15/05 |
| 69. | Rhino | Jeff Jarrett | Orlando, FL | 10/23/05 |
| 70. | Jeff Jarrett | Rhino | Orlando, FL | 10/25/05 |
| 71. | Christian Cage | Jeff Jarrett | Orlando, FL | 2/12/06 |
| 72. | Jeff Jarrett | N/A*(12) | Orlando, FL | 6/19/06 |
| 73. | Sting | Jeff Jarrett | Detroit, MI | 10/22/06 |
| 74. | Abyss | Sting | Orlando, FL | 11/19/06 |
| 75. | Christian Cage | Sting and Abyss*(13) | Orlando, FL | 1/14/07 |
| 76. | Adam Pearce | Brent Albright*(14) | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | 9/1/07 |
| 77. | Brent Albright | Adam Pearce | New York, NY | 8/2/08 |
| 78. | Adam Pearce | Brent Albright | Philadelphia, PA | 9/20/08 |
| 79. | Blue Demon Jr. | Adam Pearce | Mexico City, Mexico | 10/25/08 |
| 80. | Adam Pearce | Blue Demon Jr. and Phil Shatter*(15) | Charlotte, NC | 3/14/10 |
| 81. | Colt Cabana | Adam Pearce | Santa Ana, CA | 3/6/11 |
| 82. | The Sheik | Colt Cabana | Jacksonville, FL | 4/23/11 |
| 83. | Adam Pearce | Chance Prophet, Jimmy Rave and Shaun Tempers*(16) | Columbus, OH | 7/31/11 |
| 84. | Colt Cabana | Adam Pearce | Glendale, CA | 4/8/12 |
| 85. | Adam Pearce | Colt Cabana | Kansas City, MO | 7/21/12 |
| 86. | Kahagas | Damien Wayne*(17) | Clayton, NJ | 11/2/12 |
| 87. | Rob Conway | Kahagas | San Antonio, TX | 3/16/13 |
| 88. | Satoshi Kojima | Rob Conway | Tokyo, Japan | 1/4/14 |
| 89. | Rob Conway | Satoshi Kojima | Las Vegas, NV | 6/2/14 |
| 90. | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | Rob Conway | Sendai, Japan | 2/14/15 |
| 91. | Jax Dane | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | San Antonio, TX | 8/29/15 |
| 92. | Tim Storm | Jax Dane | Sherman, TX | 10/21/16 |
| 93. | Nick Aldis | Tim Storm | Sewell, NJ | 12/9/17 |
| 94. | Cody | Nick Aldis | Chicago, IL | 9/1/18 |
| 95. | Nick Aldis | Cody | Nashville, TN | 10/21/18 |
*It was decided that Brown would be the NWA World Champion by a convention in Iowa.
*(2)Thesz was awarded the title after Brown injured himself and couldn't make his title defense.
*(3)This was a tournament final.
*(4)This was a tournament final. Flair was stripped of the belt when he left for the WWF.
*(5)Due to a disagreement with WCW, the NWA separated from WCW and stripped Flair of the title. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.
*(6)When Douglas threw down the NWA belt and disparaged it during his victory speech, he was stripped of the title. A new tournament was held, and this was the final.
*(7)This was a three-way match.
*(8)This was a tournament final.
*(9)This was a three-way match.
*(10)Severn was stripped of the title when NWA-TNA formed and got the rights to use the NWA Title. This was a Gauntlet to determine the new champ.
*(11)This was a King of the Mountain Match.
*(12)The title was vacated as a result of the controversy in the King of the Mountain defense, and was later awarded to Jeff Jarrett.
*(13)This was a Three Way Match.
*(14)The NWA regained control of the title when they severed ties with TNA and stripped Cage. This was a tournament final for the vacant belt.
*(15)This was a three way match.
*(16)The title was vacated when Sheik refused a scheduled title defense against Adam Pearce. This was a four way match for the vacant title.
*(17)The title was vacated when Pearce left the NWA and was not allowed to put the title up against Cabana in the final match of their best of seven series. Kahagas won an elimination match to become the new champion.
Title Defenses:
1. Orville Brown
---defeated Ruffy Silverstein in Columbus, OH: 8/25/48
---defeated Otto Kuss in St. Louis, MO: 9/17/48
---defeated Simunovich in Columbus, OH: 9/22/48
---no contest against Yvon Robert in Ottawa, Ontario: 9/29/48
---defeated Otto Kuss in Kansas City, MO: 9/30/48
---defeated Don Eagle in St. Louis, MO: 10/1/48
---defeated Don Eagle in Wichita, KS: 10/11/48
---defeated Don Eagle by DQ in Montreal, Quebec: 10/12/48
---defeated Fred Atkins by DQ in Toronto, Ontario: 10/13/48
---defeated Ivan Rasputin in Columbus, OH: 10/15/48
---defeated Buddy Rogers in Hollywood, CA: 11/1/48
---defeated Ali Baba in Cleveland, OH: 11/16/48
---defeated Don Evans in Columbus, OH: 11/18/48
---defeated Ali Baba in Des Moines, IA: 11/22/48
---defeated Don Eagle in Kansas City, MO: 11/25/48
---defeated Wladek Kowalski in Detroit, MI: 11/29/48
---defeated Don Eagle in St. Louis, MO: 12/10/48
---defeated Buddy Rogers by DQ in Wichita, KS: 12/20/48
---defeated Ed Meske in Cleveland, OH: 12/21/48
27. Ric Flair
---beat Dick Slater by reverse decision, Worldwide: 1/21/84
28. Harley Race
---N/A
29. Ric Flair
---N/A
30. Kerry Von Erich
---N/A
31. Ric Flair
---beat Dusty Rhodes via ref stoppage, Starrcade: 11/22/84
---pinned Nikita Koloff, the Great American Bash: 7/6/85
---lost to Dusty Rhodes by DQ, Starrcade - The Gathering: 11/28/85
---beat Ricky Morton in a Steel Cage Match, the Great American Bash: 7/5/86
---beat Dusty Rhodes by DQ, Worldwide: 8/17/86
32. Dusty Rhodes
---N/A
33. Ric Flair
---beat Nikita Koloff by DQ, Starrcade: 11/28/86
---lost to Barry Windham by DQ in a Lumberjack Match, Worldwide: 1/13/87
---time limit draw against Barry Windham, Worldwide: 1/20/87
34. Ron Garvin
---N/A
35. Ric Flair
---pinned Michael Hayes, Saturday Night: 12/4/87
---lost to Road Warrior Hawk by DQ, Bunkhouse Stampede: 1/24/88
---time limit draw against Sting, Clash of the Champions: 3/27/88
---beat Lex Luger via ref stoppage, WCW The Great American Bash: 7/10/88
---pinned Lex Luger, WCW Starrcade - True Grit: 12/26/88
36. Ricky Steamboat
---beat Ric Flair in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match, Clash of the Champions VI: 4/2/89
37. Ric Flair
---pinned Terry Funk, WCW The Great American Bash: 7/23/89
---submitted The Cuban Assassin, Power Hour: 8/14/89
---pinned Brad Armstrong, Worldwide: 8/15/89
---pinned Bill Irwin, Worldwide: 8/15/89
---beat The Great Muta by DQ, Saturday Night: 11/1/89
---pinned Eddie Gilbert, Worldwide: 12/14/89
---pinned Tom Zenk, Power Hour: 1/23/90
---beat Lex Luger by CO, WrestleWar: 2/25/90
---pinned Ricky Morton, Saturday Night: 3/13/90
---pinned Robert Gibson, Power Hour: 3/26/90
---lost to Junkyard Dog by DQ, Clash of the Champions XI - Coastal Crush: 6/13/90
38. Sting
---submitted Chris Sullivan, Power Hour: 8/13/90
---pinned The Black Scorpion, Clash of the Champions XII - Fall Brawl: 9/5/90
---pinned Sid Vicious, Halloween Havoc: 10/27/90
---beat The Black Scorpion in a Steel Cage Match, WCW Starrcade: 12/16/90
39. Ric Flair
---N/A
40. Tatsumi Fujinami
---N/A
41. Ric Flair
---N/A
42. Masahiro Chono
---lost to Rick Rude by DQ, WCW Halloween Havoc - Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: 10/25/92
---submitted The Great Muta, WCW Starrcade: 12/28/92
43. The Great Muta
---N/A
44. Barry Windham
---pinned Steven Regal, WCW Worldwide: 3/30/93
---pinned Johnny B. Badd, WCW Worldwide: 4/20/93
---pinned Arn Anderson, WCW Slamboree: 5/23/93
---pinned 2 Cold Scorpio, Clash of the Champions XXIII: 6/17/93
45. Ric Flair
---beat Sting by CO, Saturday Night: 8/2/93
46. Shane Douglas
---N/A
47. Chris Candido
---N/A
48. Dan Severn
---N/A
49. Naoya Ogawa
---N/A
50. Gary Steele
---N/A
51. Naoya Ogawa
---N/A
52. Mike Rapada
---N/A
53. Sabu
---N/A
54. Mike Rapada
---N/A
55. Steve Corino
---N/A
56. Shin'ya Hashimoto
---N/A
57. Dan Severn
---N/A
58. Ken Shamrock
---pinned Malice, Total Nonstop Action: 7/3/02
---no contest against Takao Omori, Total Nonstop Action: 7/10/02
---no contest against Sabu in a Submission/Ladder Match, Total Nonstop Action: 7/24/02
59. Ron Killings
---pinned Monty Brown, Total Nonstop Action: 8/21/02
---pinned Jerry Lynn, Total Nonstop Action: 9/18/02
---pinned Low Ki, Total Nonstop Action: 10/2/02
---pinned Curt Hennig, Total Nonstop Action: 10/16/02
---pinned Curt Hennig, Total Nonstop Action: 10/23/02
---pinned Scott Hall, Total Nonstop Action: 10/30/02
60. Jeff Jarrett
---pinned Ron Killings, Total Nonstop Action: 11/27/02
---pinned Curt Hennig, Total Nonstop Action: 12/11/02
---beat Don Harris, BG James and Chris Daniels in a Gauntlet Match, Total Nonstop Action: 1/22/03
---pinned AJ Styles, Total Nonstop Action: 2/19/03
---pinned D'lo Brown, Total Nonstop Action: 4/2/03
---pinned Raven, Total Nonstop Action: 4/30/03
---pinned Glen Gilbertti, Total Nonstop Action: 6/4/03
61. AJ Styles
---pinned Frankie Kazarian, Total Nonstop Action: 7/2/03
---pinned D'lo Brown, Total Nonstop Action: 7/9/03
---no contest against D'lo Brown in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match, Total Nonstop Action: 7/23/03
---beat D'lo Brown in a Steel Cage Match, Total Nonstop Action: 8/6/03
---pinned Low Ki, Total Nonstop Action: 8/13/03
---pinned Raven, Total Nonstop Action: 8/27/03
---pinned Jerry Lynn, Total Nonstop Action: 9/17/03
---pinned Dusty Rhodes, Total Nonstop Action: 10/8/03
62. Jeff Jarrett
---lost to Sting by DQ, Total Nonstop Action: 11/5/03
---pinned AJ Styles, Total Nonstop Action: 12/3/03
---no contest against El Leon, Total Nonstop Action: 1/21/04
---pinned Dustin Rhodes, Total Nonstop Action: 2/4/04
---pinned Chris Harris, Total Nonstop Action: 3/17/04
63. AJ Styles
---pinned Ron Killings, Total Nonstop Action: 4/28/04
---pinned Raven, Total Nonstop Action: 5/5/04
---pinned Chris Harris, Total Nonstop Action: 5/12/04
64. Ron Killings
---N/A
65. Jeff Jarrett
---pinned Ron Killings, Total Nonstop Action: 7/7/04
---pinned Jeff Hardy, Total Nonstop Action: 9/8/04
---beat Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match, Victory Road: 11/7/04
---pinned Monty Brown, Impact: 11/23/04
---pinned Hector Garza, Impact: 12/7/04
---pinned Monty Brown, Final Resolution: 1/16/05
---pinned Kevin Nash, Against All Odds: 2/13/05
---pinned Diamond Dallas Page, Destination X: 3/13/05
66. AJ Styles
---N/A
67. Raven
---beat Abyss in a Dog Collar Match, No Surrender: 7/17/05
---pinned Rhino, Unbreakable: 9/11/05
68. Jeff Jarrett
---N/A
69. Rhino
---N/A
70. Jeff Jarrett
---pinned Rhino, Turning Point: 12/11/05
71. Christian Cage
---pinned Monty Brown, Destination X: 3/12/06
---beat Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem Match, Sacrifice: 5/14/06
72. Jeff Jarrett
---pinned Sting, Hard Justice: 8/13/06
73. Sting
---N/A
74. Abyss
---N/A
75. Christian Cage
---N/A
76. Adam Pearce
---pinned Sean Denny, NWA Southern Pro: 9/29/07
---time limit draw against El Sicodelico Jr., NWA Southwest: 10/13/07
---pinned Babi Slymm, SoCal Pro Wrestling: 11/17/07
---no contest against SoCal Crazy, SoCal Pro Wrestling: 1/5/08
---beat Nigel McGuinness by DQ, ROH Battle for Supremacy: 6/27/08
77. Brent Albright
---pinned Go Shiozaki, ROH Night of the Butcher II: 8/16/08
78. Adam Pearce
---N/A
79. Blue Demon Jr.
---N/A
80. Adam Pearce
---pinned Scorpio Sky, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood: 8/25/10
---no contest against Willie Mack, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood: 11/3/10
81. Colt Cabana
---N/A
82. The Sheik
---N/A
83. Adam Pearce
---N/A
84. Colt Cabana
---N/A
85. Adam Pearce
---N/A
86. Kahagas
---N/A
87. Rob Conway