| DATE | CHAMPION | CITY |
| 07-11-61 | Gene Kiniski | Minneapolis |
| 08-08-61 | Verne Gagne [2] | Minneapolis |
| 01-09-62 | Mr. M | Minneapolis |
| 08-21-62 | Verne Gagne [3] | Minneapolis |
| 07-09-63 | The Crusher | Minneapolis |
| 07-20-63 | Verne Gagne [4] | Minneapolis |
| 07-27-63 | Fritz Von Erich | Omaha, NE |
| 08-08-63 | Verne Gagne [5] | Amarillo, TX |
| 11-28-63 | The Crusher [2] | St. Paul, MN |
| 12-14-63 | Verne Gagne [6] | Minneapolis |
| 10-20-64 | Mad Dog Vachon | Minneapolis |
| 08-21-65 | The Crusher [3] | St. Paul, MN |
| 11-11-65 | Mad Dog Vachon [2] | Denver, CO |
| 02-26-67 | Verne Gagne [7] | St. Paul, MN |
| 08-17-68 | Dr. X | Bloomington, MN |
| 08-31-68 | Verne Gagne [8] | Minneapolis |
| 11-08-75 | Nick Bockwinkel | St. Paul, MN |
| 07-18-80 | Verne Gagne [9] | Chicago |
| 05-19-81 | Nick Bockwinkel (Via AWA officials' decision; Gagne retires 5-10-81) | |
| 08-29-82 | Otto Wanz | St. Paul, MN |
| 10-09-82 | Nick Bockwinkel | Chicago |
| 02-22-84 | Jumbo Tsuruta | Tokyo, Japan |
| 05-13-84 | Rick Martel | St. Paul, MN |
| 12-29-85 | Stan Hansen | East Rutherford, NJ |
| 06-29-86 | Nick Bockwinkel [4] (via forfeit; Hansen no-showed for match) | Denver, CO |
| 05-02-87 | Curt Hennig | San Francisco, CA |
| 05-09-88 | Jerry Lawler | Memphis, TN |
| 02-07-89 | Larry Zbyszko (Via 18-man battle royal; Lawler stripped 1-20-89) | St. Paul, MN |
| 02-10-90 | Mr. Saito | Tokyo, Japan |
| 04-08-90 | Larry Zbyszko [2] | St. Paul, MN |
| 12-12-90 | TITLE VACANT -- AWA CLOSES |
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