Historic statistics on all NWA World Heavyweight Championship/TNA World Championship belt holders.
| Nov 1949 |
Lou Thesz |
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| 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 |