N.W.A. / W.C.W World Title Holders

DATE	CHAMPION	CITY

05-04-05	George Hackenschmidt (defeated Tom Jenkins to become first recognized NWA/WCW World champion)	New York
04-03-08	Frank Gotch	Chicago
07-04-15	Joe Stecher (over Charles Cutler to fill vacant title; Gotch retired as champion in 1913)	Omaha, NE
04-09-17	Earl Caddock	Omaha, NE
01-30-20	Joe Stecher [2]	New York
12-13-20	Ed the Strangler Lewis	New York
05-06-21	Stanislaus Zbyszko	New York
03-03-22	Strangler Lewis [2]	Wichita, KS
01-08-25	Wayne Munn	Kansas City, MO
04-15-25	Stan Zbyszko [2]	Philadelphia
05-30-25	Joe Stecher [3]	St. Louis
02-20-28	Strangler Lewis [3]	St. Louis
01-04-29	Gus Sonnenberg	Boston
12-10-30	Ed Don George	Boston
04-13-31	Strangler Lewis [4]	Los Angeles, CA
05-04-31	Henry DeGlane	Montreal, Quebec
04-07-32	Ed Don George [2]	Boston
07-30-35	Dan O'Mahoney	Boston
03-02-36	Dick Shikat	New York
04-25-36	Ali Baba	Detroit, MI
06-26-36	Everett Marshall	Columbus, OH
12-29-37	Lou Thesz	St. Louis
02-11-38	Crusher Casey	Boston
09-14-38	Everett Marshall [2] (via officials' decision; Casey refused to defend title in the U.S.)
02-23-39	Lou Thesz [2]	St. Louis
06-23-39	Bronko Nagurski	Houston, TX
03-07-40	Ray Steele	St. Louis
03-11-41	Bronko Nagurski [2]	Minneapolis
06-05-41	Sandor Szabo	St. Louis
02-19-42	Bill Longson	St. Louis
10-07-42	Yvon Robert	Montreal, Quebec
11-27-42	Bobby Managoff	Houston, TX
02-19-43	Bill Longson [2]	St. Louis
02-21-47	Whipper Watson	St. Louis
04-25-47	Lou Thesz [3]	St. Louis
11-21-47	Bill Longson [3]	St. Louis
07-20-48	Lou Thesz [4]	Indianapolis, IN
03-15-56	Whipper Watson [2]	Toronto, Ontario
11-09-56	Lou Thesz [5]	St. Louis
11-04-57	Dick Hutton	Toronto, Ontario
01-09-59	Pat O'Connor	St. Louis
06-30-61	Buddy Rogers	Chicago
01-24-63	Lou Thesz [6]	Toronto, Ontario
01-07-66	Gene Kiniski	St. Louis
02-11-69	Dory Funk Jr.	Tampa, FL
05-24-73	Harley Race	Kansas City, KS
07-20-73	Jack Brisco	Houston, TX
12-02-74	Shohei "Giant" Baba	Kagoshimi, Japan
12-09-74	Jack Brisco [2]	Tokyo, Japan
12-10-75	Terry Funk	Miami Beach, FL
02-06-77	Harley Race [2]	Toronto, Ontario
08-21-79	Dusty Rhodes	Tampa, FL
08-26-79	Harley Race [3]	Orlando, FL
10-31-79	Shohei "Giant" Baba [2]	Nagoya, Japan
11-07-79	Harley Race [4]	Amageseki, Japan
09-04-80	Shohei "Giant" Baba [3]	Saga, Japan
09-10-80	Harley Race [5]	Ostu, Japan
04-27-81	Tommy Rich	Augusta, GA
05-01-81	Harley Race [6]	Gainesville, GA
06-21-81	Dusty Rhodes [2]	Atlanta
09-17-81	Ric Flair	Kansas City, MO
06-10-83	Harley Race [7]	St. Louis
11-24-83	Ric Flair [2]	Greensboro, NC
05-06-84	Kerry Von Erich	Irving, TX
05-24-84	Ric Flair [3]	Yokosuka City, Jap.
07-26-86	Dusty Rhodes [3]	Greensboro, NC
08-09-86	Ric Flair [4]	St. Louis
09-25-87	Ronnie Garvin	Detroit, MI
11-26-87	Ric Flair [5]	Chicago
02-20-89	Rick Steamboat	Chicago
05-07-89	Ric Flair [6]	Nashville, TN
07-07-90	Sting	Baltimore, MD
01-11-91	Ric Flair [7]	East Rutherford, NJ
07-14-91	Lex Luger (over Barry Windham to fill vacant title; Flair stripped of belt after signing with WWF 7/1/91)	Baltimore, MD
02-29-92	Sting [2]	Milwaukee, WI
07-12-92	Big Van Vader	Albany, GA
08-02-92	Ron Simmons	Baltimore, MD
12-30-92	Big Van Vader [2]	Baltimore, MD
03-11-93	Sting [3]	London, England
03-17-93	Big Van Vader [3]	Dublin, Ireland
12-27-93	Ric Flair [8]	Charlotte, NC
07-17-94	Hulk Hogan	Orlando, FL
10-29-95	The Giant	Detroit, MI
11-26-95	Randy Savage	Norfolk, VA
12-27-95	Ric Flair [4]	Nashville, TN
01-22-96	Randy Savage [2]	Las Vegas, NV
02-11-96	Ric Flair [5]	St. Petersburg, FL
04-22-96	The Giant [2]	Albany, GA
08-10-96	Hulk Hogan [2]	Sturgis, SD
08-04-97	Lex Luger [2]	Auburn Hills, MI
08-09-97	Hulk Hogan [3]	Sturgis, SD