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Historic statistics on all NWA World Heavyweight Championship/TNA World Championship belt holders.
Date Names Location
Nov 1949 Lou Thesz  
Mar 15, 1956 Whipper Billy Watson Toronto
Nov 9, 1956 Lou Thesz St. Louis
Nov 14, 1957 Dick Hutton Toronto
Jan 9, 1959 Pat O'Connor St. Louis
Jun 30, 1961 Buddy Rogers Chicago
Jan 24, 1963 Lou Thesz Toronto
Jun 7, 1966 Gene Kiniski St. Louis
Feb 11, 1969 Dory Funk Jr. Tampa
May 24, 1973 Harley Race Kansas City
Jul 20, 1973 Jack Brisco Houston
Dec 2, 1974 Shohei Baba Japan
Dec 9, 1974 Jack Brisco Tokyo
Dec 10, 1975 Terry Funk Miami
Feb 6, 1977 Harley Race Toronto
Aug 21, 1979 Dusty Rhodes Tampa
Aug 26, 1979 Harley Race Orlando
Oct 31, 1979 Shohei Baba Nagoya, Japan
Nov 7, 1979 Harley Race Amagaseki, Japan
Sep 4, 1980 Shohei Baba Saga, Japan
Sep 10, 1980 Harley Race Otsu, Japan
Apr 27, 1981 Tommy Rich Augusta, GA
May 1, 1981 Harley Race Gainsville, GA
Jun 21, 1981 Dusty Rhodes Atlanta
Sep 17, 1981 Ric Flair Kansas City
Jun 10, 1983 Harley Race St. Louis
Nov 24, 1983 Ric Flair Greensboro, NC
Mar 21, 1984 Harley Race New Zealand
Mar 23, 1984 Ric Flair Singapore
May 6, 1984 Kerry Von Erich Irving, TX
May 24, 1984 Ric Flair Japan
Jul 26, 1986 Dusty Rhodes Greensboro, NC
Aug 9, 1986 Ric Flair St. Louis
Sep 25, 1987 Ronnie Garvin Detroit
Nov 26, 1987 Ric Flair Chicago
Feb 20, 1989 Rick Steamboat Chicago
May 7, 1989 Ric Flair Nashville
Jul 7, 1990 Sting Baltimore
Jan 11, 1991 Ric Flair East Rutherford, NJ
Mar 21, 1991 Tatsumi Fujinami Tokyo, Japan
May 19, 1991 Ric Flair St. Petersburg, Fla.
Aug 12, 1992 Masahiro Chono Tokyo, Japan
Jan 4, 1993 The Great Muta Tokyo, Japan
Feb 21, 1993 Barry Windham Ashville, N.C.
Jul 18, 1983 Ric Flair Biloxi, Miss.
Aug 27, 1984 Shane Douglas Philadelphia, Pa.
Nov 19, 1994 Chris Candido Cherry Hill, N.J.
Feb 24, 1995 Dan Severn Erlanger, Ky.
Mar 14, 1999 Naoya Ogawa Yokohama, Japan
Sep 25, 1999 Gary Steele Charlotte, N.C.
Oct 2, 1999 Naoya Ogawa Thomaston, Conn.
Sep 19, 2000 Mike Rapada Nashville, Tenn.
Apr 24, 2001 Steve Corino Tampa, Fla.
Dec 15, 2001 Shin'ya Hashimoto McKeesport, Pa.
Mar 9, 2002 Dan Severn Tokyo, Japan
Jun 19, 2002 Ken Shamrock Huntsville, Ala.
Aug 7, 2002 Ron Killings Nashville, Tenn.
Nov 20, 2002 Jeff Jarrett Nashville, Tenn.
Jun 11, 2003 A.J. Styles Nashville, Tenn.
Oct 22, 2004 Jeff Jarrett Nashville, Tenn.
Apr 21, 2004 A.J. Styles(2) Nashville, Tenn.
May 19, 2004 Ron Killings Nashville, Tenn.
Jun 2, 2004 Jeff Jarrett (2) Nashville, Tenn.
May 15, 2005 AJ Styles (3) Orlando, Fla.
Jun 20, 2005 Raven Orlando, Fla.
Oct 23, 2005 Rhino Orlando, Fla
Nov 3, 2005 Jeff Jarrett (3) Orlando, Fla
Feb 12, 2006 Christian Cage Orlando, Fla
Jun 16, 2006 Jeff Jarrett (4) Oldcastle, Ontario
Oct 22, 2006 Sting Detroit, Mich.
Nov 19, 2006 Abyss Orlando, Fla.
Jan 14, 2007 Christian Cage (2) Orlando, Fla.
* TNA Championship replaces NWA Championship
Jun 17, 2007 Kurt Angle Nashville, Tenn.
Oct 14, 2007 Sting (2) Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 16, 2007 Kurt Angle (2) Orlando, Florida
Apr 13, 2008 Samoa Joe Lowell, Massachusettes
Oct 12, 2008 Sting (3) Chicago, Illinois
Apr 19, 2009 Mick Foley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 21, 2009 Kurt Angle (3) Detroit, Michigan
Sep 20, 2009 A.J. Styles (4) Orlando, Florida
Apr 19, 2010 Rob Van Dam Orlando, Florida



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