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courtesy of Kwong Wong ([email protected])
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| 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 |
