GWF Title History
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World Heavyweight Championship
1. Nature Boy John Hunter 2-15-70
-Man Mountain Matthews 3-25-70
-Nature Boy John Hunter (2) 7-7-71
-Superstar Billy Graham 5-29-72
-Man Mountain Matthews (2) 7-31-72
-Terry Funk 5-5-73
-Man Mountain Matthews (3) 7-4-73
-Terry Funk (2) 8-8-73
-Man Mountain Matthews (4) 9-21-73
-Spike Grey 11-3-74
-FX 4-15-75
-Jimmy Snuka 8-25-77
-Dusty Daniels 9-12-77
-Jake Roberts 5-31-78
-FX (2) 7-4-78
-Jake Roberts (2) 10-31-80
-Dusty Daniels (2) 12-23-80
-Randy Savage 5-5-81
-FX (3) 2-22-82
-Big John Studd 9-22-83
-Spike Grey (2) 3-21-84
(GWF folds untill 1991)
2. Dan The Man 1-3-91
(wins tournament final over Jazzy Jeff Hunter)
3. BlackJack McGraw 2-14-91
4. Jazzy Jeff Hunter 4-1-91
5. Dan The Man (2) 9-18-91
6. The Beast 1-15-92
7. The Rocker 3-20-92
8. Dan The Man (3) 7-4-92
9. Bazooka Joe 10-29-92
10. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (2) 12-27-92
11. Spike Grey (3) 2-28-93
12. Nature Boy John Hunter (3) 5-5-93
13. Dusty Daniels (3) 8-3-93
14. Dan The Man (4) 11-28-93
15. Bazooka Joe (2) 3-30-94
16. Dan The Man (5) 7-5-94
17. The Rocker (2) 9-29-94
18. Superstar Magnum 12-1-94
19. The Rocker (3) 12-8-94
20. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (3) 4-9-95
21. Hitkid 9-3-95
22. Brutus 11-11-95
23. Jumpin Joey 1-15-96
24. Diamond Studd 3-1-96
25. Dan The Man (6) 9-21-96
26. Brutus (2) 12-9-96
27. The Rocker (4) 2-1-97
28. Wolverine 7-25-97
29. Bazooka Joe (3) 10-31-97
30. Dan The Man (7) 12-12-97
31. Diamond Studd (2) 4-6-98
32. Phantom 7-20-98
33. Bazooka Joe (4) 8-3-98
(Bazooka Joe awarded title when Phantom no-shows)
34. Phantom (2) 8-6-98
35. Vampire Warrior 10-31-98
36. Phantom (3) 11-7-98
37. The Rocker (5) 1-10-99
38. Bazooka Joe (5) 1-31-99
39. The Rocker (6) 2-2-99
40. Yukon Jack 2-14-99
41. The Rocker (7) 2-15-99
42. Vampire Warrior (2) 3-18-99
43. The Rocker (8) 3-21-99
44. Dan the Man (8) 4-20-99
45. The Rocker (9) 4-30-99
46. Yukon Bear 5-5-99
47. Diamond Studd (3) 7-5-99
48. The Rocker (10) 8-9-99
49. Brutus (3) 9-1-99
50. The Rocker (11) 9-19-99
VACANT
(Rocker leaves GWF, title vacated)
51. Scorpion 10-4-99
( Scorpion wins tournament final)
52. The Rocker (12) 10-20-99
53. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (4) 11-1-99
54. Merlin 11-26-99
55. Fuel 1-8-00
56. Brutus (4) 3-4-00
57. Rocker (13) 6-21-00
58. Z-MAN 10-28-00 (defeated Jazzy Jeff & Dan the Man, Rocker unable to compete)
59. Brutus (5) 3-3-01
60. Rocker (14) 3-17-01
61. Razorblade 7-28-01
62. Brutus (6) 9-1-01
63. Great Milenko (9) 9-1-01
VACANT 11-20-01
64. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (5) 12-15-01
65. Razorblade (2) 3-23-02
VACANT August, 2002 GWF Shuts Down
66. Sabu 7-12-03
(Defeats Jazzy Jeff Hunter in tournament final)
67. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (6) 8-8-03
68. Hulk Hogan 3-13-04
69. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (7) 5-14-04
70. Superstar Magnum (2) 7-24-04
71. PJ Plush 9-3-04
72. Z-Man (2) 7-30-05
73. Dan the Man (10) 11-6-05
74. Z-Man (3) 3-18-06
75. Merlin (2) 9-9-06
76. Devon Air 5-12-07
77. PJ Plush (2) 5-18-07
78. Z-Man (4) 9-7-07
Philadelphia Championship
-''Stunning'' Steve Morrell 5-5-79
-Booker X 5-31-79
-''Stunning'' Steve Morrell (2) 8-1-79
-Spike Grey 10-29-79
-Venom 6-12-80
-Kerry Von Erich 9-15-80
-Michael ''P.S.'' Hayes 9-16-80
-Johnny B. Goode 11-30-80
-Eddie Gilbert 3-14-81
-Koko B. Ware 5-5-81
-Eddie Gilbert (2) 9-9-81
-Johnny B. Goode (2) 2-22-82
-''Stunning'' Steve Morrell (3) 5-12-82
-Chris Kane 8-2-82
-Rick Rude 1-3-83
-Chris Kane (2) 3-17-83
-Supermask 9-22-83
-Chris Kane (3) 3-21-84
VACANT (GWF shuts down until 1991)
1. BlackJack Francis 1-3-91
(wins tournament final over Enforcer)
2. Spike Grey (2) 3-2-91
3. Superstar Magnum 6-17-91
4. Bazooka Joe 9-18-91
5. Dan The Man 1-25-92
6. Tornado Kid 6-30-92
7. BlackJack McGraw 9-29-92
8. Venom (2) 10-29-92
9. Johnny B. Goode (3) 2-14-93
10. Mr. Perfect Mike Patrick 5-5-93
11. Superstar Magnum (2) 7-4-93
12. Mr. Perfect Mike Patrick (2) 8-22-93
13. Bazooka Joe (2) 10-11-93
14. Jazzy Jeff Hunter 2-2-94
15. Dan The Man 4-22-94
VACANT 7-5-94
(Dan The Man vacates the title when he wins the World title)
16. Bazooka Joe (3) 7-31-94
(wins battle royal for vacant belt)
17. Dan The Man (2) 10-15-94
18. Hitkid 12-16-94
19. Diamond Studd 4-29-95
20. Bulldog 5-15-95
21. Brutus 7-30-95
22. Dan The Man (3) 10-3-95
23. Bazooka Joe (4) 12-15-95
24. Dan The Man (4) 2-25-96
25. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (2) 6-1-96
26. Dan The Man (5) 9-2-96
27. Bazooka Joe (5) 9-10-96
28. Stardust 12-26-96
29. Knight 3-3-97
30. Stardust (2) 6-29-97
31. Max Muscle 8-20-97
32. Marvelous Mike Patrick (3) 12-30-97
33. Flyer 1-31-98
34. Mr. Hockey 2-3-98
35. Flyer 2-27-98
36. Jazzy Jeff Hunter (3) 4-1-98
37. Diamond Studd (2) 7-21-98
38. Scott Sharpe 12-1-98
39. OZ 7-23-99
40. Scott Sharpe (2) 8-2-99
41. Tommy Dreamer 8-9-99
42. OZ (2) 9-11-99
43. Ray Buff 12-11-99
(Buff pinned OZ in a Total Elimination match where OZ put the title on the line)
44. Olympian 2-11-00
45. Scott Sharpe (3) 3-4-00
46. OZ (3) 3-10-00
47. Merlin 6-3-00
48. Z-MAN 6-21-00
(defeated Merlin in finals of Jersey Cup tournamentwhere title was on the line)
49. The Commish 9-15-00
50. Z-MAN (2) 10-28-00
VACANT (Z-MAN vacated the title after winning World title)
51. Mr. Bombastic PJ Plush
12-2-00(def. Excalibur in tournamnet final)
52. Wildfire 1-16-01
53. Magnum (3) 3-24-01
54. Harley 5-19-01
55. Physical Graffiti 6-20-01
56. Brutus (2) 7-28-01
57. Physical Graffiti (2) 8-14-01
58. Showtime Jason Richards 9-1-01
59. Twiztid Freek (4) 10-21-01
60. Physical Graffiti (3) 12-7-01
61. Showtime Jason Richards (2) 3-23-02
VACANT August, 2002 GWF Shuts Down
62. Rocker 10-15-02
(Wins CDWF Iron Man title, throws it down in place of GWF Philadelphia Championship)
63. Bazooka Joe (6) 7-12-03
64. Jake ''the Iceman'' Zetek (3) 10-24-03
65. Bazooka Joe (7) 10-31-03
66. Dan the Man (6) 3-13-04
67. Lance Andrews 7-24-04
68. Tommy Lynn 3-12-05
69. Merlin (2) 6-4-05
70. ''Cowboy'' Chris Mason 12-3-05
71. Bulldog (2) 2-24-06
72. Wildfire (2) 8-11-06
73. CM Punk 8-12-06
74. Wildfire (3) 8-18-06
75. Hanzo 10-28-06
76. Sgt. Rex Patterson 3-17-07
77. Devon Air 3-18-07
78. Cactus Jack 5-12-07
79. Physical Graffiti (4) 7-27-07
World Cruiserweight Championship
1. Super Crazy 3-13-04
(wins ladder match over Papi Chulo, Excalibur, and Azrael)
2. Wildfire 5-29-04
3. James Gibson 3-12-05
4. Marty Jannetty 6-4-05
5. Azrael 8-12-05
6. Excalibur 3-18-06
7. Yoshihiro Tajiri 5-13-06
8. Excalibur (2) 5-19-06
9. Azrael (2) 7-1-06
10. Laser 9-9-06
*STRIPPED (Laser suspended for 30 days after TE5)
11. Psicosis 11-3-06
*Defeats Juventud Guerrera in a match to name new champ
12. ''Hot Stuff'' Jimmy Cole 3-18-07
13. Super Astro 5-12-07
14. El Rey 6-29-07
15. Super Astro (2) 7-21-07
16. El Rey (2) 8-17-07
17. Super Astro (3) 8-24-07
World Tag Team Championships
-Spike Grey & Booker X 3-14-70
-The Assassins 5-5-71
-The Fighting Irish (Chris Kane & Mick O'Leary) 12-29-71
-The Elite Ones (Nature Boy John Hunter & Stunning Steve Morrell) 6-18-72
-The Fighting Irish (2) 9-21-72
-The Marvelous Machines 2-28-73
-The Sweet Daddies (Siki & Watts) 10-5-73
-Mr. Fuji & Prof. Toru Tanaka 4-21-74
-Kevin Sullivan & Wayne Farris 8-11-74
-Man Mountain Matthews & FX 11-12-74
-The Marvelous Machines (2) 3-3-75
-The Fantastics 6-13-75
-The Sheepherders 12-1-75
-Jimmy & Johnny Valiant 2-13-76
-Los Guerreros (Cris Cruz & Hector Mendez) 5-5-76
-Spike Grey (2) & Booker X (2) 5-31-78
-Los Guerreros (2) 7-4-78
-Demolition Crew 2-22-79
-Los Guerreros (3) 10-15-79
-The Elite Ones (2) 10-16-80
-The Hart Brothers (Keith & Bret) 11-24-80
-Hercules Ayala & Jim Neidhart 9-25-81
-Spike Grey (3) & Bad News Allen 2-22-82
-The Hart Brothers (2) 8-2-82
-The Elite Ones (3) 4-15-83
-The Road Warriors 6-25-83
-Man Mountain Matthews (2) & FX (2) 3-21-84
(GWF folds untill 1991)
1. Nasty Brothers 1-3-91
(win tournament final over HotRods)
2. Demolition Crew 5-27-91
3. Power Warriors 12-12-91
4. Starlight Express 7-4-92
5. HotRods 11-1-92
6. Thunder & Lightning 2-11-93
7. HotRods (2) 2-18-93
8. Electrocuters 8-9-93
9. Nasty Brothers (2) 10-15-93
10. Power Warriors (2) 12-24-93
VACANT
(vacated when Power Warriors leave GWF)
11. Foundation 1-25-94
(win tournament final over Starlight Express)
12. Dan The Man & Lariat 4-1-94
13. Rocker & Bazooka Joe 7-12-94
14. Foundation (2) 10-31-94
15. The Fantastics 2-28-95
16. Starlight Express (2) 4-5-95
17. Fantastics (2) 10-1-95
18. Hornet & Lizard 1-4-96
19. Hockey Masks 3-21-96
20. Hornet & Lizard (2) 4-1-96
21. Lariat (2) & Dragon 8-9-96
22. Thrillseekers 10-30-96
23. Hockeymasks (2) 12-29-96
24. Thrillseekers (2) 1-15-97
25. Hockeymasks (3) 2-1-97
26. Thrillseekers (3) 2-22-97
27. Midnight Express 4-25-97
28. Starlight Express (3) 9-1-97
29. Midnight Express (2) 9-19-97
30. Foundation (3) 12-20-97
31. Power Warriors (3) 2-14-98
32. Dan the Man (2) & Bazooka Joe (2) 9-9-98
33. Brutus & Phantom 1-1-99
33. Power Warriors (4) 6-21-99
34. Demolition Crew (2) 10-31-99
35. Power Warriors (5) 11-26-99
36. Thrillseekers (4) 12-10-99
37. Death & Desruction 1-8-00
38. Corporal Punishment & Major Payne 3-3-00
(team w/ Marianne to defeat D&D and Indya in a six man tag where titles were on the line)
39. Death & Destruction (2) 3-4-00
40. Brutus & Phantom (2) 3-10-00
41. Rocker (2) & Bazooka Joe (3) 6-3-00
42. Rocker (3) & Z-MAN 6-9-00
(Rocker turned on Bazooka Joe, won both titles in a singles match and named Z-MAN his partner)
43. Bazooka Joe (4) & Devon Air 6-16-00
44. Thrillseekers (5) 9-15-00
45. Los Conquistadors 10-28-00
46. Fuel & Scott Shapre 12-2-00 (won elimination match for titles)
47. Metal Militia 1-7-01
48. Power Warriors (6) 3-17-01 (replace Metal Militia in match against D&D and Thrillseekers)
49. Los Conquistadors (2) 4-6-01
50. Midnight Express (3) 5-25-01
51. Aries & Zodiac 7-20-01
52. The Amazing Jeckel Brothers 7-28-01
53. Z-MAN (2) & Showtime Jason Richards 8-15-01
54. The Amazing Jeckel Brothers (2) 8-17-01
55. Midnight Express (4) 9-1-01
56. Extreme Express 3-23-02
57. Rocker (4) & Z-Man (3) 6-29-02
*Z-Man released from GWF, PJ Plush wins battle royal to replace him
58. Rocker (4) & PJ Plush 6-30-02
VACANT August, 2002 GWF Shuts Down
59. Extreme Express (2) 10-13-02
(Win CDWF World & Universal Tag titles, throw down in favor of GWF World Tag titles)
60. The New Jersey Three 4-5-03
Citing the famous Fabulous Freebird clause, any combo of the NJ3 may defend the tag titles
61. PJ Plush (2) & Jake ''the Iceman'' Zetek (4) 10-3-03
62. Naturally Marvelous 3-13-04
63. The Dudleys (2) 7-30-04 (FKA Cpl Punishment & Mjr Payne)
64. The Hellraisers 8-6-04
65. Justin Credible & Razorblade 10-2-04
66. The New Jersey 3 (2) 12-29-04
67. The Hellraisers (2) 3-12-05
68. The FBI (Palumbo & Stamboli) 6-10-05
69. The Power Warriors (7) 7-30-05
70. The Right Stuff 1-14-06
71. The Hellraisers (3) 1-14-06
72. The Extreme Express (3) 3-18-06
73. Death & Destruction (3) 3-19-06
74. The Impact Players 5-13-06
75. The Hellraisers (4) 6-9-06
76. Death & Destruction (4) 7-7-06
77. The Extreme Express (4) 11-10-06
78. Bazooka Joe (4) & Dan the Man (3) 12-15-06
79. PJ Plush (3) & Z-Man (5) 3-17-07
80. The Impact Players (2) 5-12-07
81. The Midnight Express (7) 7-21-07
World Women's Championship
1. Sherri Martel 6-12-80 (Defeated Leilani Kai)
2. Lady Macbeth 10-16-80
3. Sherri Martel (2) 12-13-80
4. Chrissy Valentine 5-5-81
5. The Killer 2-22-82
6. Jackie Sato 1-3-83
7. The Killer (2) 4-15-83
8. Joyce Grable 12-1-83
9. Chrissy Valentine (2) 3-21-84
(GWF Folds until 1991)
1. Lariat 4-4-91 (Defeated Chrissy Valentine)
2. Dragon 9-18-91
3. Misty Blue Simmes 3-20-92
4. Dragon (2) 8-1-92
5. Heidi Lee Morgan 2-18-93
6. Lariat (2) 5-5-93
7. Dragon (3) 7-4-93
8. Lariat (3) 8-22-93
9. Dragon (4) 10-31-93
10. Terri Power 4-1-94
11. Miss Texas 7-12-94
12. Lizard 10-31-94
(TITLE ABANDONED)
1. Angel 11-10-01
(Defeated Moonshine)
2. Mary Jane 3-1-02
3. Enigma 3-23-02
(TITLE ABANDONED)
4. La Ultima Guerrera 7-24-04 (Defeated Angel)
5. Gail Kim 3-12-05
6. Nidia 4-22-05
7. Enigma (2) 7-30-05
8. Lariat (4) 1-14-06
9. Enigma (3) 3-19-06
10. Heather Carter 7-1-06
11. Gail Kim (2) 9-22-06
12. Heather Carter (2) 10-28-06
13. Bull Nakano 11-24-06
*Answered open challenge in Sapporo, Japan
14. Heather Carter (3) 12-1-06
*Defeated Nakano, Aja Kong, and Angel in a Cage Match
World Legend's Championship
1. Honky Tonk Man 6-4-05
(Won battle royal)
2. Michael ''P.S.'' Hayes 8-12-05
3. Hacksaw Jim Duggan 12-9-05
4. Greg ''The Hammer'' Valentine 2-18-06
5. Terry Funk 3-18-06
6. ''Nature Boy'' John Hunter 4-21-06
7. Jim ''The Anvil'' Neidhart 5-12-06
8. Dudley Dudley AKA Bruiser Bradley 6-30-06
9. Cactus Jack 9-9-06
10. Superfly Jimmy Snuka 10-28-06
*Won in tag match where title was on the line
11. Honky Tonk Man (2) 1-26-07
12. Johnny B. Goode 2-16-07
13. Venom 3-18-07
14. Oz 4-23-07
15. Chavo Guerrero, Sr. 5-5-07
16. Jim ''the Anvil'' Neidhart (2) 7-27-07
Television
1. Phantom 6-6-98
(wins tournament final over Hitkid)
2. The Rocker 6-12-98
3. Vampire Warrior 7-1-98
4. The Rocker (2) 7-4-98
5. Vampire Warrior (2) 8-19-98
6. Bulldog 9-9-98
7. Steel 12-1-98
8. Bulldog (2) 12-29-98
9. The Crow 3-20-99
10. Bulldog (3) 10-1-99
11. Vampire Warrior (3) 11-5-99
12. Wildfire 12-17-99
13. Excalibur 1-8-00
14. Diamond Studd 3-4-00
15. Z-MAN 4-14-00
16. Jazzy Jeff Hunter 4-14-00
17. Vampire Warrior (4) 4-28-00
18. Psycho Bob 6-3-00
19. Marianne 6-3-00
20. Devon Air 6-6-00
21. Marianne (2) 6-13-00
22. Magnum 7-7-00
23. The Crow (2) 7-14-00
24. Z-MAN (2) 12-22-00
(Immediately Vacates title)
25. Magnum (2) 12-22-00
(Wins Battle Royal for Vacant title)
26. Timeteo Tanga 1-7-01
27. Bazooka Joe 2-16-01
28. PJ Plush 2-16-01
29. Devon Air (2) 3-17-01
30. Aries 4-12-01
31. Wildfire (2) 6-20-01
32. Devon Air (3) 7-28-01
33. Gimmick (2) 10-21-01
*Gimmick FKA Timeteo Tanga
34. Stardust 11-3-01
35. Razorblade 11-20-01
36. Stardust (2) 3-1-02
37. Azrael 3-23-02
38. Excalibur (2) 4-26-02
39. Azrael (2) 7-7-02
TITLE ABANDONED August, 2002 GWF Shuts Down
Hardcore
1. Rocker 1-8-00
(defeated Vampire Warrior & Z-MAN in tournament final)
2. Vampire Warrior 2-19-00
3. Marianne 3-4-00
4. Bulldog 3-24-00
5. Magnum 4-21-00
6. Hardcore 6-3-00
7. Wildfire 6-30-00
8. Timmy 2 Hotty 7-12-00
9. Wildfire (2) 7-14-00
Title Abandoned 9-00
NWA World Light-Heavyweight
For previous history see NWA Title History
1. Papi Chulo 7-12-03
(Defeats Super Crazy, Mike Lockwood, Azrael, Taka Michinoku, Excalibur, Warrior, and Dick Togo in an LHW Competition)
2. Excalibur 11-14-03
3. Azrael 1-2-04
NWA WITHDRAWLS TITLE
Lightweight
1. Bazooka Joe 5-5-95
2. Lariat 9-22-95
3. Bazooka Joe (2) 10-1-95
4. Laser 3-12-96
5. Warrior 6-20-96
Delared Inactive, Warrior leaves GWF
(Commish buys belt, declares it active again)
6. The Commish 12-22-00
7. Warrior (2) 1-7-01
Title Abandoned 3-01
SWA Championship
1. Rocker 1-12-01 (awarded by SWA commissioner)
2. Z-MAN 3-24-01 (Rocker gave him the title)
3. Wildfire 4-6-01 (under mask as Le Mime)
Title no longer recognized on TV, WIldfire defends at independent shows
4. Vampire Warrior 8-29-01
5. Wildfire (2) 9-2-01
6. Tropicana 9-8-01
7. Z-MAN (2) 11-20-01
INACTIVE (Z-MAN refuses belt)
Triple Crown
(Includes any combonation of World, Philadelphia, Television,
Hardcore, & Tag Team titles)
Rocker (2)
Dan The Man (2)
Bazooka Joe (2)
Hitkid
Phantom
Bulldog
Brutus
Vampire Warrior
Jazzy Jeff Hunter
Superstar Magnum
Z-MAN
PJ Plush