NWA World Title History

NWA WORLD TITLE HISTORY
(Part 8 of the Counterfactual Title Histories. This is an attempt to construct a straight line which connects the full century of American wrestling. The NWA did not exist until 1929; there have occasionally been disputes as to the actual champion. We’ve tried to clean that up here to give a lineal title history.)

GEORGE HACKENSCHMIDT d. Tom Jenkins (05/1904 NYC)
FRANK GOTCH (4/08, Chicago)
(Gotch retired as champion)
JOE STECHER d. Charlie Cutler (07/15, Omaha)
EARL CADDOCK (04/17, Omaha)
JOE STECHER (2) (1/20, NYC)
STRANGLER LEWIS (12/20, NYC)
STANISLAUS ZBYSKO (5/21, NYC)
WAYNE MUNN (1/25, KC)
STANISLAUS ZBYSKO (2) (4/25, Philly)
JOE STECHER (3) (5/25, StL)
STRANGLER LEWIS (2) (2/28, StL)
GUS SONNENBERG (1/29, Boston)
ED DON GEORGE (12/30, LA)
STRANGLER LEWIS (3) (4/31 LA)
JIM BROWNING (2/33, NYC)
JIM LONDOS (6/34, NYC)
DONNO O’MAHONEY (6/35, Boston)
DON SHIKAT (3/36 NYC)
ALI BABA (4/36, Detroit)
EVERETT MARSHALL (6/36 Columbus)
LOU THESZ (12/37 StL)
CRUSHER CASEY (2/38 Boston)
(stripped)
EVERETT MARSHALL (2) (9/38)
LOU THESZ (2) (2/39, StL)
25. BRONKO NAGURSKI (6/39, Houston)
RAY STEELE (3/40 StL)
BRONKO NAGURSKI (2) (3/41 Houston)
SANDOR SZABO (6/41 StL)
BILL LONGSON (2/42 StL)
YVON ROBERT (10/42 Montreal)
BOBBY MANAGOFF (11/42 Houston)
BILL LONGSON (2) (2/43 StL)
WHIPPER BILLY WATSON (2/47 StL)
LOU THESZ (3) (4/47 StL)
BILL LONGSON (3) (11/47 StL)
LOU THESZ (4) (7/48 Indy)
BILLY WATSON (2) (3/56 Toronto)
LOU THESZ (5) (11/56 StL)
DICK HUTTON (11/57 Toronto)
PAT O’CONNOR (1/59 StL)
NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS (6/61 Chicago)
LOU THESZ (6) (1/63 Toronto)
GENE KINISKI (1/66 StL)
DORY FUNK, JR. (2/69 Toronto)
HARLEY RACE (5/73 KC)
JACK BRISCO (7/73 Houston)
GIANT BABA (12/74 Japan)
JACK BRISCO (2) (12/74 Tokyo)
TERRY FUNK (12/75 Miami)
50. HARLEY RACE (2) (2/77 Toronto)
DUSTY RHODES (8/79 Tampa)
HARLEY RACE (3) (8/79 Orlando)
GIANT BABA (2) (10/79 Japan)
HARLEY RACE (4) (11/79 Japan)
GIANT BABA (3) (9/80 Japan)
HARLEY RACE (5) (9/80 Japan)
TOMMY RICH (4/81 Augusta)
HARLEY RACE (6) (5/81 Gainesville GA)
DUSTY RHODES (2) (6/81 Atlanta)
RIC FLAIR (9/81 KC)
HARLEY RACE (7) (6/83 StL)
RIC FLAIR (2) (Starrcade ’83 Greensboro)
DR. DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS (Starrcade ’87 Chicago)
RIC FLAIR (3) (Starrcade ’88 Norfolk)
STING (Starrcade ’90 StL)
JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER (Starrcade ’91 Norfolk)
FLYIN’ BRIAN PILLMAN (Superbrawl ’92 Milwaukee)
RICKY STEAMBOAT (Great American Bash ’92 Albany)
VADER (Starrcade ’92 Atlanta)
RIC FLAIR (4) (Fall Brawl ’94 Roanoke)
TERRY FUNK (2) (Slamboree ’94 Philly)
VADER (2) (Fall Brawl ’94 Roanoke)
STING (2) (Superbrawl ’95 Baltimore)
CHRIS BENOIT (Slamboree ’96 Baton Rouge)
75. DEAN MALENKO (Slamboree ’97 Charlotte)
CHRIS BENOIT (2) (Starrcade ’97 DC)
CHRIS JERICHO (Slamboree ’98 Worchester)
EDDY GUERRERO (Starrcade ’98 DC)
CHRIS BENOIT (3) (Superbrawl ’99 Oakland)
THE FRANCHISE SHANE DOUGLAS (Fall Brawl ’99 Winston Salem)
JEFF JARRETT (Starrcade ’99 DC)
RIC FLAIR (5) (Superbrawl ’00 San Francisco)
SHANE DOUGLAS (Slamboree ’00 KC)
REY MYSTERIO, JR. (Fall Brawl ’00 Buffalo)