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{{short description|List of professional wrestling champions}}
The [[NWA World's Heavyweight Championship]] is a [[Championship (professional wrestling)#World championships|world heavyweight championship]] owned and promoted by the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), an American [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is the promotion's premier title.

NWA currently recognizes 102 individual World's Heavyweight Championship reigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html|title=NWA World Heavyweight Title|website=Wrestling-Titles.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref><ref name="twitter.com"/> The inaugural champion was [[Orville Brown]]. The longest reigning champion is [[Lou Thesz]], who held the title from November 27, 1949 to March 15, 1956, for a total of 2,300 days (6 years, 3 months, and 16 days); Thesz also holds the record for longest combined reigns at 3,749 days. [[Shane Douglas]] has the record for the shortest reign as champion, for less than 1 day. [[Ric Flair]] holds the record for most reigns with 9. The youngest champion is [[Chris Candido]] who won the title at the age of 22, while the oldest champion is [[Tim Storm]], who won it at the age of 51.

[[Thom Latimer]] is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating [[Ethan Carter III|EC3]] at [[NWA 76th Anniversary Show]] on August 31, 2024, in [[Philadelphia]].

== Title history ==
=== Names ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Years
|-
|NWA World Heavyweight Championship
|July 14, 1948 – October 21, 2016
|-
|'''NWA World's Heavyweight Championship'''
|October 21, 2016 – present
|}

=== Reigns ===
{{Professional wrestling title history top|unrecognized=yes|days2=yes|dayless=yes|unknown=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type     = promotion
|name     = [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = {{sortname|Orville|Brown}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1948|7|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=14|year1=1948|month2=11|day2=27|year2=1949}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo, IA]]
|event    = N/A
|notes    = On July 14, 1948, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) was founded in [[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo]], [[Iowa]] and Brown was recognized as the first official NWA World Heavyweight Champion. At the time of the founding of the NWA, Brown already held the [[MWA World Heavyweight Championship|Midwest Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Championship]] and the Iowa version of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship; during Brown's reign, the two championships were [[Championship unification|unified]] into the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
|ref={{efn|name=Reign1|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Orville Brown 1948/07 Recognized as the first champion when the National Wrestling Alliance is founded in 48/07 in Waterloo, IA by Pinkie George with five other promoters."}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=179&page=5&reign=1|title=14.07.1948 - 01.11.1949: Orville Brown|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=July 14, 1948|access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = {{sortname|Lou|Thesz}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1949|11|27}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=27|year1=1949|month2=3|day2=22|year2=1955}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=27|year1=1949|month2=3|day2=15|year2=1956}}
|notes    = Awarded when [[Orville Brown]] suffered career-ending injuries in an automobile accident on November 1, 1949. Thesz had earlier won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|National Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Championship]] on July 20, 1948 from [[Wild Bill Longson]]. Thesz became the [[undisputed championship (professional wrestling)|undisputed champion]] of all of wrestling by winning the [[Grand Olympic Auditorium|Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium]]'s [[World Heavyweight Championship (Pacific Northwest)|World Heavyweight Championship]], the remaining major world championship at the time other than the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, defeating [[Baron Michele Leone]] on May 21, 1952.
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign2|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Unifies following titles to become the Undisputed World Heavyweight champion:
*National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title, having defeated Bill Longson on 48/07/20 in Indianapolis, IN
*National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight title, awarded on 49/11/27 when champion Orville Brown is injured in an automobile accident on 49/11/01 before a unification match scheduled on 49/11/25 in St. Louis, MO
*Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium version of the world title, defeating Baron Michele Leone on 52/05/21 in Los Angeles, CA."}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 3
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Leo|Nomellini}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1955|3|22}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=22|year1=1955|month2=7|day2=15|year2=1955}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Francisco]], [[California|CA]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Nomellini defeated [[Lou Thesz]] by [[Countout (professional wrestling)|countout]] in the second fall and [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]] in the third fall. The [[California State Athletic Commission|California Athletic Commission]] recognized the title change by disqualification, but both wrestlers continued to claim the title.
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 4
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Lou|Thesz}}
|reign    = 
|date     = {{dts|1955|7|15}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=15|year1=1955|month2=3|day2=15|year2=1956}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri|MO]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes     = Thesz defeated [[Leo Nomellini]] in a rematch.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = {{sortname|Whipper Billy|Watson}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1956|03|15}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=15|year1=1956|month2=11|day2=9|year2=1956}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Watson won the match and the championship by count out.
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign3|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Whipper Billy Watson	56/03/15	Toronto, ON"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = {{sortname|Lou|Thesz}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1956|11|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=9|year1=1956|month2=6|day2=14|year2=1957}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=9|year1=1956|month2=11|day2=14|year2=1957}}
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Thesz won the match and the championship by count out.
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign4|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Lou Thesz [2]	56/11/09	St. Louis, MO"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 4.1
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Édouard|Carpentier}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1957|6|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=14|year1=1957|month2=7|day2=24|year2=1957}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Carpentier was awarded the title when [[Lou Thesz]] could not continue the match due to a back injury. In some territories, Thesz continued to be recognized as NWA World Heavyweight Champion, while in others Carpentier was billed as the champion.
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign4-1|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Edouard Carpentier #	57/06/14	Chicago, IL"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 4.2
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Lou|Thesz}}
|reign    = 
|date     = {{dts|1957|7|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=24|year1=1957|month2=11|day2=14|year2=1957}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Thesz won a rematch against [[Édouard Carpentier]] by [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]]. The [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] initially continued to recognize Carpentier as the champion, but voided any recognition of Carpentier as champion when he withdrew the claim for the title when [[Eddie Quinn]], Carpentier's promoter in [[Montreal]], quit the NWA in August 1958. Some territories such as [[Boston]]'s Atlantic Athletic Commission (AAC), [[Los Angeles]]' [[NWA Hollywood Wrestling|North American Wrestling Alliance]] (NAWA, later WWA), and the [[Nebraska]] promotions continued to recognize Carpentier as NWA World Heavyweight Champion. The AAC recognized [[Killer Kowalski]] as [[AAC World Heavyweight Championship|world champion]] when he defeated Carpentier in Boston. Nebraska later recognized [[Verne Gagne]] as [[World Heavyweight Championship (Omaha)|world champion]] when he defeated Carpentier in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]. Los Angeles recognized [[Freddie Blassie]] as [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version)|world champion]] when he defeated Carpentier in 1961.
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign4-2|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Lou Thesz #	57<br /> Carpentier withdraws his claim to the title when Montreal promoter Eddie Quinn leaves NWA; NWA voids all recognition of Carpentier as champion"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 5
|champion = {{sortname|Dick|Hutton}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1957|11|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=14|year1=1957|month2=1|day2=9|year2=1959}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign5|'Dick Hutton	57/11/14	Toronto, ON"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 6
|champion = {{sortname|Pat|O'Connor|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1959|1|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=9|year1=1959|month2=3|day2=24|year2=1960}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=9|year1=1959|month2=6|day2=30|year2=1961}}
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign6|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Pat O'Connor	59/01/09	St. Louis, MO"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 6.1
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Gene|LeBell}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1960|3|24}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo, TX]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = After LeBell defeated [[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)|Pat O'Connor]], he struck a [[Texas]] wrestling commissioner with the championship belt and the decision was reversed.
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/2022/8/16/23306946/gene-lebell-death-obituary-judoka-pro-wrestling-hollywood-stuntman|title=Gene LeBell Did It All|author=Lee Bateman, Oliver|work=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]|date=August 16, 2022|accessdate=July 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2006/10/19/straight-shooting-with-judo-gene-lebell/|title=Straight shooting with ‘Judo’ Gene LeBell|date=October 19, 2006|accessdate=July 10, 2023|work=[[Slam! Wrestling]]|author=Hillhouse, Dave}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=LeBell|first1=Gene|last2=Calhoun|first2=Bob|last3=Foon|first3=George|last4=Kim|first4=Noelle|date= January 17, 2005|title=The Godfather of Grappling|trans-title= |url= |url-access= |format= |language= |location= |publisher= Sports Publishing LLC|page= |isbn=9780967654355}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 6.2
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Pat|O'Connor|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1960|3|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=24|year1=1960|month2=6|day2=30|year2=1961}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo, TX]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = The title was returned to O'Connor due to the nature of the championship match. 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7
|champion = {{sortname|Buddy|Rogers|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1961|6|30}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=30|year1=1961|month2=11|day2=22|year2=1961}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=30|year1=1961|month2=1|day2=24|year2=1963}}
|location = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.1
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Bruno|Sammartino}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1962|8|2}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = On August 2, 1962, Sammartino defeated [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]] in [[Toronto]], but refused to accept the title because Rogers had wrestled with an injury.
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0640>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/day-pro-wrestling-history-june-30-cm-punk-wins-wwe-world-title-buddy-rogers-beats | title=On this day in pro wrestling history (June 30): CM Punk wins WWE World title, Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Connor for NWA world title | date=June 30, 2015 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref> 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.2
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Buddy|Rogers|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1962|8|2}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=2|year1=1962|month2=8|day2=18|year2=1962}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = The title was returned to Rogers after Sammartino refused the title due to Rogers' injury.
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0640/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.3
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Bobo|Brazil}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1962|8|18}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=18|year1=1962|month2=10|day2=30|year2=1962}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Brazil refused the title because of a groin injury that [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]] had claimed to have. However, on September 6, 1962, Brazil was declared champion because a doctor had determined that Rogers had not suffered an injury. This title change is not currently recognized by the NWA.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.4
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Buddy|Rogers|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|1962|10|30}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=30|year1=1962|month2=1|day2=24|year2=1963}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo, OH]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.5
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Killer|Kowalski}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1962|11|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=21|year1=1962|month2=1|day2=21|year2=1963}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Kowalski defeated [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]] on November 21 in [[Montreal]] after Rogers broke his ankle in the first fall. He was only recognized as champion in some states such as [[Texas]] until January 21, 1963 when he lost a rematch to Rogers in [[New York City]]. Kowalski disputed that Rogers had won the title during the rematch, arguing that the match had not been for the title. The NWA does not recognize any of Rogers' losses, with only one title reign counted for Rogers.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.6
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Buddy|Rogers|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|1963|1|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=21|year1=1963|month2=1|day2=24|year2=1963}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|NY]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 8
|champion = {{sortname|Lou|Thesz}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|1963|1|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=24|year1=1963|month2=1|day2=7|year2=1966}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign8|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Lou Thesz [3]	63/01/24	Toronto, ON<br />
Promoters in northeast refuse to recognize Rogers' one-fall loss to Thesz and start World Wide Wrestling Federation with Rogers as the first WWWF World Heavyweight champion"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 8.1
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Buddy|Rogers|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|1963|1|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=24|year1=1963|month2=4|day2=11|year2=1963}}
|days2    = yes
|location= N/A
|event = N/A
|notes    = Promoters in the [[Northeastern United States]] refused to recognize [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]]' one-fall loss to Thesz, thus breaking away from the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] to form the [[WWE|World Wide Wrestling Federation]] (WWWF). Rogers continued to defend the championship in the WWWF until he was declared the first [[WWE Championship|WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]] on April 11.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 9
|champion = {{sortname|Gene|Kiniski}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1966|1|7}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=7|year1=1966|month2=2|day2=11|year2=1969}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign9|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 15 "Gene Kiniski	66/01/07	St. Louis, MO"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 10
|champion = {{sortname|Dory|Funk Jr.}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1969|2|11}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=11|year1=1969|month2=5|day2=24|year2=1973}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0211>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0211-aj-styles-wins-iwgp-title-229946 | title=On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 11): AJ Styles wins the IWGP Title| date=February 11, 2017 | access-date=February 15, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 11
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1973|5|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=24|year1=1973|month2=7|day2=20|year2=1973}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City, KS]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0524>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/day-pro-wrestling-history-may-24-harley-race-wins-nwa-title-due-interesting | title=On this day in pro wrestling history (May 24): Harley Race wins NWA title due to interesting circumstances, Ric Flair beats Kerry Von Erich in Japan | date=May 24, 2015 | access-date=February 18, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 12
|champion = {{sortname|Jack|Brisco}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1973|7|20}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=20|year1=1973|month2=12|day2=2|year2=1974}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Houston]], [[Texas|TX]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0720>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/daily-updates/day-pro-wrestling-history-brisco-beats-race-nwa-title-gagne-beats-crusher-awa-title | title=On this day in pro wrestling history: Brisco beats Race for NWA title, Gagne beats Crusher for AWA title, Robinson vs. Gagen | date=July 20, 2015 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 13
|champion = {{sortname|Giant|Baba}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1974|12|2}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=2|year1=1974|month2=12|day2=9|year2=1974}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Kagoshima]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = This was a [[two-out-of-three-falls match]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=96815|title=AJPW NWA World Champion Series 1974 - Tag 8 - TV-Show @ Kagoshima Prefectural Gymnasium in Kagoshima, Japan|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=December 2, 1974|access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 14
|champion = {{sortname|Jack|Brisco}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1974|12|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=9|year1=1974|month2=12|day2=10|year2=1975}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toyohashi]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 15
|champion = {{sortname|Terry|Funk}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1975|12|10}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=10|year1=1975|month2=2|day2=6|year2=1977}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach, FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 16
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1977|2|6}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=6|year1=1977|month2=8|day2=21|year2=1979}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 17
|champion = {{sortname|Dusty|Rhodes}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1979|8|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=21|year1=1979|month2=8|day2=26|year2=1979}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 18
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|1979|8|26}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=26|year1=1979|month2=10|day2=31|year2=1979}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 19
|champion = {{sortname|Giant|Baba}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1979|10|31}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=31|year1=1979|month2=11|day2=7|year2=1979}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nagoya]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 20
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|1979|11|7}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=7|year1=1979|month2=9|day2=4|year2=1980}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Amagasaki]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 21
|champion = {{sortname|Giant|Baba}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|1980|9|4}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=4|year1=1980|month2=9|day2=9|year2=1980}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Saga Prefecture|Saga]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 22
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|1980|9|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=9|year1=1980|month2=4|day2=27|year2=1981}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Ōtsu]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 23
|champion = {{sortname|Tommy|Rich}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1981|4|27}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=27|year1=1981|month2=5|day2=1|year2=1981}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta, GA]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 24
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|1981|5|1}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=1|year1=1981|month2=6|day2=21|year2=1981}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville, GA]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 25
|champion = {{sortname|Dusty|Rhodes}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1981|6|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=21|year1=1981|month2=9|day2=17|year2=1981}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 26
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1981|9|17}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=17|year1=1981|month2=2|day2=9|year2=1982}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=17|year1=1981|month2=6|day2=10|year2=1983}}
|location = [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City, KS]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Former champion [[Lou Thesz]] was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special referee]].
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 26.1
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|The|Midnight Rider|Dusty Rhodes}}
|reign    = 
|date     = {{dts|1982|2|9}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Miami]], [[Florida|FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = On February 9, 1982 in [[Miami]], [[Dusty Rhodes|The Midnight Rider]] (Dusty Rhodes under a mask due to being under suspension in [[Florida]]) defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the title, but he returned it when then-NWA President [[Bob Geigel]] asked Rider to unmask or return the championship belt as NWA rules at the time forbade masked wrestlers from holding it.
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0209>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0209-midnight-rider-defeats-ric-flair-229836 | title=On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 9): The Midnight Rider defeated Ric Flair | date=February 9, 2017 | access-date=February 15, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 26.2
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|date     = {{dts|1982|2|9}}
|location = [[Miami]], [[Florida|FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|reign    = 
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=9|year1=1982|month2=7|day2=9|year2=1982}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = The championship was returned to Flair.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 26.3
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Jack|Veneno}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1982|9|7}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Veneno defeated [[Ric Flair]] in [[Santo Domingo]]. As Veneno refused to defend the title outside his native country, the title was returned to Flair on the same day.
|ref      = {{efn|name=Veneno|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 17 "Flair allows himself to be pinned by Jack Veneno to avoid the riot from the audience, but the title is returned to Flair"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 26.4
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 
|date     = {{dts|1982|9|7}}
|location = [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=7|year1=1982|month2=1|day2=6|year2=1983}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = 
|ref      = {{efn|name=Veneno}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 26.5
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Carlos|Colón|Carlos Colón Sr.}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1983|1|6}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=6|year1=1983|month2=1|day2=10|year2=1983}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Colon's [[WWC World Heavyweight Championship]] was also on the line. This title change is not recognized by the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]]. 
|ref      = {{efn|name=ColonUnrecog|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 17 "Carlos Colon #	1983/01/06	San Juan, PR"}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 26.6
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 
|date     = {{dts|1983|1|10}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=10|year1=1983|month2=2|day2=8|year2=1983}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Miami]], [[Florida|FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = This was a fictional match; this title change is not recognized by the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]]. On February 8, 1983, [[Victor Jovica]] defeated Flair to win the championship during a [[World Wrestling Council]] (WWC) event in [[Trinidad and Tobago]], but the decision was reversed three days later because Jovica's feet were on the ropes during the pin. Due to the nature of the pin, neither the NWA nor the WWC recognized Jovica as champion.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 27
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = {{dts|1983|6|10}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=10|year1=1983|month2=11|day2=24|year2=1983}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri|MO]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 28
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1983|11|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=24|year1=1983|month2=3|day2=20|year2=1984}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=24|year1=1983|month2=5|day2=6|year2=1984}}
|location = [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro, NC]]
|event    = [[Starrcade (1983)|Starrcade]]
|notes    = This was a [[steel cage match]]. Former champion [[Gene Kiniski]] was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special referee]].
|
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 28.1
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Harley|Race}}
|reign    = 8
|date     = {{dts|1984|03|20}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=20|year1=1984|month2=3|day2=23|year2=1984}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = This title change was not authorized by the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]]. This title change was recognized by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) from 1993 until 2001, and has been occasionally recognized by the NWA since 2015.
|ref      = <ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/world/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817233603/http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/world/|archive-date=2000-08-17|title=WCW}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://nwahollywood.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12%3Aworld-heavyweight-championship&catid=5&Itemid=12 |title=World Heavyweight Championship |website=nwahollywood.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017174044/http://nwahollywood.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12%3Aworld-heavyweight-championship&catid=5&Itemid=12 |archive-date=17 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/champions/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship |title=NWA World Heavyweight Championship – NWA Ringside |access-date=2017-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805005055/http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/champions/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship |archive-date=2017-08-05 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NWA/posts/pfbid029wj85nuMzRVDNjV2ainpYZzjGmubYt8GSnU7bFEASs4vp59uFi4JhcQNG14wUi45l|title= Harley Race wins NWA World Heavyweight Championship|publisher=NWA|date=2022-03-20|accessdate=2022-07-15}}</ref><ref name="twitter.com">{{cite tweet|user=nwa|number=1157002972494290945|title=Today the world lost one of the toughest men ever to walk God's green earth. RIP Harley Race!  8X NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. The entire sport of professional wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance sends its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Harley.}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 28.2
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 
|date     = {{dts|1984|03|23}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=23|year1=1984|month2=5|day2=6|year2=1984}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =This title change was not authorized by the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]].
|ref     = <ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/world/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817233603/http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/world/|archive-date=2000-08-17|title=WCW}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://nwahollywood.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12%3Aworld-heavyweight-championship&catid=5&Itemid=12 |title=World Heavyweight Championship |website=nwahollywood.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017174044/http://nwahollywood.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12%3Aworld-heavyweight-championship&catid=5&Itemid=12 |archive-date=17 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/champions/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship |title=NWA World Heavyweight Championship – NWA Ringside |access-date=2017-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805005055/http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/champions/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship |archive-date=2017-08-05 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="twitter.com"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 29
|champion = {{sortname|Kerry|Von Erich}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1984|05|6}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=6|year1=1984|month2=5|day2=24|year2=1984}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Irving, Texas|Irving, TX]]
|event    = [[1st Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions]]
|notes    = This match had no time limit and the title could change hands on a [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]]; Kerry pinned Flair to win the title.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 29.5
|type     = promotion
|name     = [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (JCP)
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 30
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|1984|05|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=24|year1=1984|month2=7|day2=26|year2=1986}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Yokosuka]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = By early 1985, [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (JCP) controlled many [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] territories and attempted going national, thus limiting championship matches primarily to performers under contract with JCP.
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0524/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 31
|champion = {{sortname|Dusty|Rhodes}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|1986|07|26}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=26|year1=1986|month2=8|day2=9|year2=1986}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro, NC]]
|event    = [[The Great American Bash#1986|The Great American Bash]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 32
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|1986|08|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=9|year1=1986|month2=9|day2=25|year2=1987}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri|MO]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 33
|champion = {{sortname|Ron|Garvin}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1987|09|25}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=25|year1=1987|month2=11|day2=26|year2=1987}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan|MI]]
|event    = ''[[WCW WorldWide|World Wide Wrestling]]''
|notes    = Aired September 26, 1987 on [[Tape delay (broadcasting)|tape delay]].
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 33.5
|type     = promotion
|name     = [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 34
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|1987|11|26}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=26|year1=1987|month2=2|day2=20|year2=1989}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]]
|event    = [[Starrcade (1987)|Starrcade]]
|notes    = On November 21, 1988 the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]]'s flagship promotion [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] was purchased by [[Ted Turner]] and renamed [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). This further limited championship matches to performers primarily within the company.
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 35
|champion = {{sortname|Ricky|Steamboat}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1989|02|20}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=20|year1=1989|month2=5|day2=7|year2=1989}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]]
|event    = [[Chi-Town Rumble]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 36
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|1989|05|7}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=7|year1=1989|month2=7|day2=7|year2=1990}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[WrestleWar (1989)|WrestleWar]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 37
|champion = {{sortname||Sting|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1990|07|7}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=7|year1=1990|month2=1|day2=11|year2=1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland|MD]]
|event    = [[The Great American Bash (1990)|The Great American Bash]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 38
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = {{dts|1991|01|11}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=11|year1=1991|month2=3|day2=21|year2=1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford, NJ]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = After this title win, Flair was also recognized as the first [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]].
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 39
|champion = {{sortname|Tatsumi|Fujinami}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1991|3|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=21|year1=1991|month2=5|day2=19|year2=1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[WCW/New Japan Supershow I|Starrcade in Tokyo Dome]]
|notes    = Briefly defended along with the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]. This title change was originally ignored in the [[United States]].
|ref      = <ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NWA/posts/pfbid0TuNW8edKB3K2qTaDFoqKCPXRBvdMK3eGJ1JJyptJ3osGNt8mDjJVMKJFUjdeC3D1l|title= Tatsumi Fujinami wins NWA World Heavyweight Championship|publisher=NWA|date=2022-03-21|accessdate=2022-07-10}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 40
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = {{dts|1991|5|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=19|year1=1991|month2=9|day2=8|year2=1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg, FL]]
|event    = [[SuperBrawl I]]
|notes    = The title was returned to Flair due to the nature of the championship match. The [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] regards this as a continuation of Flair's seventh reign rather than the start of his eighth reign.<ref name="NWAOfficial"/>
|ref      = <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 40.2
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|1991|9|8}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Ric Flair]] was stripped of the title upon signing with the [[World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF).
|ref      = <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 41
|champion = {{sortname|Masahiro|Chono}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1992|8|12}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=12|year1=1992|month2=1|day2=4|year2=1993}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[G1 Climax#1992|G1 Climax 1992 Day 5]]
|notes    = Chono defeated [[Rick Rude]] in the final of the [[G1 Climax#1992|G1 Climax]] tournament.
|ref      =
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 42
|champion = {{sortname|The|Great Muta|Keiji Mutoh}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1993|1|4}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=4|year1=1993|month2=2|day2=21|year2=1993}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome]]
|notes    = Muta's [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]] was also on the line.
|ref      =
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 43
|champion = {{sortname|Barry|Windham}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1993|2|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=21|year1=1993|month2=7|day2=18|year2=1993}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville, NC]]
|event    = [[SuperBrawl III]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name=F4W0221>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0221-wcw-superbrawl-1993-230541 | title=Daily pro wrestling history (02/21): WCW SuperBrawl 1993 | date=February 21, 2017 | access-date=February 27, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 44
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 8
|date     = {{dts|1993|7|18}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=18|year1=1993|month2=9|day2=15|year2=1993}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi, MS]]
|event    = [[Beach Blast (1993)|Beach Blast]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name=PWIBlast>{{cite news| title=2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts|work=Wrestling's Historical Cards: Beach Blast (Biloxi, Mississippi, Mississippi Coast Coliseum)|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|pages=140}}</ref><ref name=WCW8994Book>{{cite book | first=Graham | last=Cawthon | title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | year= 2014 | isbn=978-1499656343}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 44.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|1993|9|15}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] withdrew from the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] on September 1, 1993. Dropping any mentions of the NWA name, WCW retained the physical title belt, which continued to be defended as the [[WCW International World Heavyweight Championship]]. The NWA declared their championship vacant. 
|ref = <ref name=wcw1993>{{cite web| url=http://thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw93.htm | title=WCW 1993 | access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref><ref name=WON93>{{cite web| url=https://www.wrestlingforum.com/threads/wrestling-observer-1993.1995481/page-2 | title=Wrestling Observer 1993 | date=September 27, 1993 | access-date=December 19, 2019| publisher=Wrestling Observer Newlletter}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 44.6
|type     = promotion
|name     = [[National Wrestling Alliance|National Wrestling Alliance/Pro Wrestling Organization LLC]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 45
|champion = {{sortname|Shane|Douglas}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1994|8|27}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]]
|event    = [[NWA World Title Tournament]]
|notes    = Douglas defeated [[2 Cold Scorpio]] in tournament final. 
|ref      = <ref name=Douglas>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/videos/2-cold-scorpio-vs-shane-douglas-nwa-world-heavyweight-title-tournament-finals-august-27-1994|title=2 Cold Scorpio vs. Shane Douglas - NWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals: August 27, 1994|work=wwe.com}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 45.2
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|1994|8|27}}
|location = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]]
|event    = [[NWA World Title Tournament]]
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Shane Douglas]], immediately upon winning it, refused the NWA championship and declared the [[ECW World Heavyweight Championship|ECW Championship]], of which he was already in possession, to be a world championship. ECW then withdrew from the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]].
|ref      =<ref name=Douglas/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 46
|champion = {{sortname|Chris|Candido}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1994|11|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=19|year1=1994|month2=2|day2=24|year2=1995}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill, NJ]]
|event    = [[NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship#ECW, WWF, and the independent circuit (1993–2002)|NWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament]]
|notes    = Candido defeated [[Tracy Smothers]] in tournament final.
|ref      = {{efn|name=Reign45|''Duncan & Will'' (2000) p. 19 "Chris Candido 1994/11/19 Cherry Hill, NJ Defeats Tracy Smothers in tournament final."}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 47
|champion = {{sortname|Dan|Severn}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1995|2|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=24|year1=1995|month2=3|day2=14|year2=1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Erlanger, Kentucky|Erlanger, KY]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="SMWJanMar95">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/smw/results/1995a.html#022495|title=Smoky Mountain Wrestling: January-March 1995|publisher=Pro Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments|access-date=2008-01-10|quote=February 24, 1995 in Erlanger, KY; Dan Severn beat Chris Candido (10:00) via submission to win the NWA World Title.}}</ref><ref name=F4W0224>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0224-war-games-wcw-wrestlewar-1991-230721 | title=Daily pro wrestling history (02/24): War Games at WCW WrestleWar 1991 | date=February 24, 2017 | access-date=February 27, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 48
|champion = {{sortname|Naoya|Ogawa}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1999|03|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=14|year1=1999|month2=9|day2=25|year2=1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]
|event    = Battle in the Hama Ring
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=179&page=5&reign=50|title=14.03.1999 - 25.0.1999: Naoya Ogawa|work=Cagematch.net|accessdate=September 21, 2023}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 49
|champion = {{sortname|Gary|Steele}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1999|9|25}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=25|year1=1999|month2=10|day2=2|year2=1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
|event    = [[NWA Anniversary Show#NWA 51st Anniversary Show|NWA 51st Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = Gary Steele pinned Ogawa in a [[three-way match]], also involving Brian Anthony.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 50
|champion = {{sortname|Naoya|Ogawa}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1999|10|2}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=2|year1=1999|month2=7|day2=2|year2=2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Thomaston, Connecticut|Thomaston, CT]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 50.2
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|2000|7|2}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = Ogawa vacated the championship to focus on training for his scheduled (but later cancelled) [[mixed martial arts]] fight against [[Rickson Gracie]].
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 51
|champion = {{sortname|Mike|Rapada}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2000|9|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=19|year1=2000|month2=11|day2=14|year2=2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|event    = Tango in Tampa 
|notes    = Rapada defeated [[Jerry Flynn]] in tournament final.
|ref      =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=179&page=5&reign=53|title=19.09.2000 - 14.11.2000: Mike Rapada|work=Cagematch.net|accessdate=September 21, 2023}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 52
|champion = {{sortname||Sabu|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2000|11|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=14|year1=2000|month2=12|day2=22|year2=2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|event    = Night of Decisions
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 53
|champion = {{sortname|Mike|Rapada}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2000|12|22}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=22|year1=2000|month2=4|day2=24|year2=2001}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = Christmas Chaos 
|notes    = 
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 54
|champion = {{sortname|Steve|Corino}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2001|04|24}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=24|year1=2001|month2=10|day2=13|year2=2001}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 54.2
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|2001|10|13}}
|location = [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg, FL]]
|event    = [[NWA Anniversary Show#2001|NWA 53rd Anniversary Show]]
|days2    = yes
|notes    = The championship was held up after a Corino vs. [[Shinya Hashimoto]] title match ended in a [[No contest (professional wrestling)|no contest]] due to Corino being unable to compete after sustaining a head injury.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 55
|champion = {{sortname|Shinya|Hashimoto}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2001|12|15}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=15|year1=2001|month2=3|day2=9|year2=2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[McKeesport, Pennsylvania|McKeesport, PA]]
|event    = Clash of the Champions
|notes    = This was three matches held [[Round-robin tournament|round robin style]]; [[Gary Steele]] vs. [[Steve Corino]], Gary Steele vs. Shinya Hashimoto, and Steve Corino vs. Shinya Hashimoto. Hashimoto won the round robin matches.
|ref      = <ref name=Hashimoto>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/11/1126351.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161027091555/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/11/1126351.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2016|title=Shinya Hashimoto dies suddenly|publisher=SLAM Wrestling|access-date=January 1, 2018|date=July 11, 2005}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 56
|champion = {{sortname|Dan|Severn}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2002|3|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=9|year1=2002|month2=5|day2=28|year2=2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|event    = Vast Energy 
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=Hashimoto/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 56.2
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|2002|5|28}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Dan Severn]] was stripped of the title after refusing to defend the championship on the inaugural [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|NWA: Total Nonstop Action]] pay-per-view.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 56.3
|type     = promotion
|name     = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 57
|champion = {{sortname|Ken|Shamrock}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2002|6|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=19|year1=2002|month2=8|day2=7|year2=2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville, AL]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #1]]
|notes    = In June 2002, [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) worked out a licensing deal with the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] to control and feature the NWA Championship. Shamrock defeated [[Jerry Tuite|Malice]] to win the title.
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 58
|champion = {{sortname|Ron|Killings|R-Truth}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2002|8|7}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=7|year1=2002|month2=11|day2=20|year2=2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #8]]
|notes    = 
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 59
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2002|11|20}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=20|year1=2002|month2=6|day2=11|year2=2003}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #22]]
|notes    = Jarrett [[Championship unification|unified]] the title with the [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship]] during this reign.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1395|title=NWA: Total Nonstop Action #22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tna/021120.html|title=NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV - November 20, 2002}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 60
|champion = {{sortname|A.J.|Styles}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2003|6|11}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=11|year1=2003|month2=10|day2=22|year2=2003}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #49]]
|notes    = This was a [[three-way match]], also involving [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]].
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 61
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2003|10|22}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=22|year1=2003|month2=4|day2=21|year2=2004}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #67]]
|notes    = 
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 62
|champion = {{sortname|A.J.|Styles}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2004|4|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=21|year1=2004|month2=5|day2=19|year2=2004}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #91]]
|notes    = This was a [[steel cage match]].
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 63
|champion = {{sortname|Ron|Killings|R-Truth}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2004|5|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=19|year1=2004|month2=6|day2=2|year2=2004}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #95]]
|notes    = This was a [[four-way match]], also involving [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]] and [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]].
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 64
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|2004|6|2}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=2|year1=2004|month2=4|day2=3|year2=2005}}
|days2    =  {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=2|year1=2004|month2=4|day2=3|year2=2005}}
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Weekly pay-per-view event #97]]
|notes    = This was a [[King of the Mountain match]], also involving [[A.J. Styles]], [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]], and [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]]. [[R-Truth|Ron Killings]] defeated Jarrett on the June 23 weekly [[pay-per-view]] event for the title, but due to issues surrounding the title change, the title was held up, before [[Vince Russo]] gave Jarrett the title back.<ref name="heldup">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Torch_Flashbacks_19/article_13901.shtml|title=Top 5 Stories 1 Yr. Ago: Flair's autobiography, TNA draws ratings, Angle to return, Mordecai|last=Keller|first=Wade|date=July 9, 2005 | publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch | access-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref>
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 65
|champion = {{sortname|Ray|González}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2005|4|3}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|event    = Juicio Final 2005
|notes    = González pinned Jarrett on April 3 in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], but the decision was reversed after the match due to an unauthorized referee counting the pinfall while the originally sanctioned referee was knocked out. Title change was ignored by [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] but was retroactively recognized by the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] in 2015. 
|ref      = <ref name="NWAOfficial">{{cite web | url=http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com:80/champions/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship | title=NWA World Heavyweight Championship | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805005055/http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/champions/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship | access-date=September 2, 2018 | archive-date=August 5, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 66
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|2005|4|3}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=3|year1=2005|month2=5|day2=15|year2=2005}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|event    = Juicio Final 2005
|notes    = The title was returned to Jarrett due to the nature of the championship match. The [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] regards this as a continuation of Jarrett's third reign rather than the start of his fourth reign.<ref name="NWAOfficial"/> 
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 67
|champion = {{sortname|A.J.|Styles}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|2005|5|15}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=15|year1=2005|month2=6|day2=19|year2=2005}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Hard Justice (2005)|Hard Justice]]
|notes    = [[Tito Ortiz]] was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special referee]].
|ref      = <ref name=NWA66>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_13225.shtml|title=Keller's TNA PPV report 5/15: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of PPV|last=Keller|first=Wade|date=May 15, 2005|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=September 8, 2011}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 68
|champion = {{sortname||Raven|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2005|6|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=19|year1=2005|month2=9|day2=15|year2=2005}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Slammiversary (2005)|Slammiversary]]
|notes    = This was a [[King of the Mountain match]], also involving [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]], [[Monty Brown]], and [[Sean Waltman]].
|ref      = <ref name="WVSlam05">{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1119236267.shtml | title=Slammiversary PPV results 6/19/05; Orlando, FL (New World Champ) | last=Martin | first=Adam | date=June 19, 2005 | publisher=WrestleView.com | access-date=January 8, 2012}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 69
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|2005|9|15}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=15|year1=2005|month2=10|day2=23|year2=2005}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor, ON]]
|event    = International Incident
|notes    = This was a "[[Hardcore wrestling|Raven's Rules]]" match.
|ref      = <ref name=F4WSept15>{{cite web | url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/date-pro-wrestling-history-915-nwo-wins-war-games-hennig-wins-wcw-us-title-160656 | title=Pro wrestling history (9/15): nWo wins War Games, Hennig wins WCW US title | date=September 15, 2015 | access-date=January 25, 2020 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 70
|champion = {{sortname||Rhino|Rhyno}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2005|10|23}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=23|year1=2005|month2=10|day2=25|year2=2005}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Bound for Glory (2005)|Bound for Glory]]
|notes    = [[Rhyno|Rhino]] won the right to face [[Jeff Jarrett]] in a [[Gauntlet for the Gold match]] after designated challenger [[Kevin Nash]] fell ill and withdrew. [[Tito Ortiz]] was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special referee]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/tnaindex.html|title=Bound for Glory | date=October 23, 2005 | access-date=January 1, 2014 | publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 71
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|2005|10|25}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=25|year1=2005|month2=2|day2=12|year2=2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = ''[[Impact! (TV series)|Impact!]]''
|notes    = Aired November 3, 2005 on [[Tape delay (broadcasting)|tape delay]].
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 72
|champion = {{sortname|Christian|Cage}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2006|2|12}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=12|year1=2006|month2=6|day2=18|year2=2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Against All Odds (2006)|Against All Odds]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/odds.html#2006 | title=Against All Odds 2006 | date=February 12, 2006 | access-date=September 3, 2018 | work=Pro Wrestling History.com}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 73
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|2006|6|18}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=18|year1=2006|month2=10|day2=22|year2=2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Slammiversary (2006)|Slammiversary]]
|notes    = This was a [[King of the Mountain match]], also involving [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]], [[R-Truth|Ron Killings]], and [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/slam.html#2006 | title= Slammiversary 2006 | date=June 18, 2006 | access-date=September 3, 2018 | publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 74
|champion = {{sortname||Sting|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2006|10|22}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=22|year1=2006|month2=11|day2=19|year2=2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Plymouth, Michigan|Plymouth, MI]]
|event    = [[Bound for Glory (2006)|Bound for Glory]]
|notes    = [[Kurt Angle]] was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special outside referee|special outside enforcer]]. This was a [[Title vs. Career match]] where [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] put his career on the line.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/glory.html#2006 | date=October 22, 2016 | access-date=September 3, 2006 | title=Bound for Glory 2006 | work=Pro Wrestling History.com}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 75
|champion = {{sortname||Abyss|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2006|11|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=19|year1=2006|month2=1|day2=14|year2=2007}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[TNA Genesis (2006)|Genesis]]
|notes    = [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]] defeated [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] by [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]] after Sting pushed the referee.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/genesis.html#2006 | title=Genesis 2005 | date=November 19, 2006 | access-date=September 3, 2018 | publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 76
|champion = {{sortname|Christian|Cage}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2007|1|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=14|year1=2007|month2=5|day2=13|year2=2007}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Final Resolution (2007)|Final Resolution]]
|notes    = This was a [[three-way elimination match]], also involving [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/final.html#2007 | title= Final Resolution 2007 | date=January 14, 2007 | access-date=September 3, 2018 | publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 76.1
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|2007|5|13}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Christian Cage]] was stripped of the championship when the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] ended its business agreement with [[Impact Wrestling|TNA]].
|ref      =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 76.2
|type      = promotion
|name      = [[National Wrestling Alliance|National Wrestling Alliance/Pro Wrestling Organization LLC]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 77
|champion = {{sortname|Adam|Pearce}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2007|9|1}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=1|year1=2007|month2=8|day2=2|year2=2008}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Pearce defeated [[Brent Albright]] in the finals of the Reclaiming the Glory tournament. Pearce competed as a substitute for [[Bryan Danielson]], who defeated Pearce in the semifinals but withdrew from the tournament due to a detached retina. Danielson was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special referee]].
|ref      = <ref name="Kamchen">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/08/01/14895916.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115072140/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/08/01/14895916.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 15, 2013|title=Complex forging of ROH's Adam Pearce|date=August 1, 2010|last=Kamchen|first=Richard|access-date=August 4, 2010|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 78
|champion = {{sortname|Brent|Albright}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2008|08|2}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=2|year1=2008|month2=9|day2=20|year2=2008}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|NY]]
|event    = [[Death Before Dishonor VI]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/past-event | title=Official Ring of Honor Results page >> "Death Before Dishonor VI - New York, NY 8/2/08" | publisher=[[Ring of Honor]] | access-date=April 7, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142414/http://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/past-event | archive-date=March 22, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 79
|champion = {{sortname|Adam|Pearce}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2008|09|20}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=20|year1=2008|month2=10|day2=25|year2=2008}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]]
|event    = [[Glory By Honor VII]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/past-event | title=Official Ring of Honor Results page >> "Glory By Honor VII - Philadelphia, PA 9/20/08" | publisher=[[Ring of Honor]] | access-date=April 7, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142414/http://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/past-event | archive-date=March 22, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=F4W0920>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/date-pro-wrestling-history-920-flair-defeats-mcdaniel-gagne-beats-von-raschke-160911 | title=On this date in pro wrestling history (9/20): Flair defeats McDaniel, Gagne beats Von Raschke | date=September 20, 2015 | access-date=February 19, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 80
|champion = {{sortname|Blue|Demon Jr.}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2008|10|25}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=25|year1=2008|day2=14|month2=03|year2=2010}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwawrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=841:102508-nwa-mexico-results&catid=52:mexico&Itemid=404|title=Official NWA Results page for the NWA Mexico event|publisher=National Wrestling Alliance|access-date=March 27, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714215910/http://www.nwawrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=841:102508-nwa-mexico-results&catid=52:mexico&Itemid=404| archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 81
|champion = {{sortname|Adam|Pearce}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|2010|3|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=14|year1=2010|month2=3|day2=6|year2=2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = This was a [[three-way elimination match]], also featuring [[Phill Shatter]].
|ref      = <ref name="adam3">{{cite web|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/members/artman/publish/Other_News_4/article_41485.shtml|title=New NWA Hvt. champion determined today in Charlotte|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=March 14, 2010 | publisher=PWTorch|access-date=March 15, 2010}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 82
|champion = {{sortname|Colt|Cabana}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2011|3|6}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=6|year1=2011|month2=4|day2=23|year2=2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood, CA]]
|event    = ''[[NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood]]'' 
|notes    = Aired April 2, 2011 on [[Tape delay (broadcasting)|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="colt1">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_48283.shtml|title=NWA News: NWA World Title spoiler result - Pearce vs. Cabana - from Sunday's NWA Hollywood TV taping (updated w/video)|last=Caldwell|first=James|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=March 6, 2011 | access-date=March 7, 2011}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 83
|champion = {{sortname|The|Sheik|Josef Samael}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2011|4|23}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=23|year1=2011|month2=7|day2=11|year2=2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, FL]]
|event    = Subtle Hustle
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="sheik1">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_49538.shtml|title=NWA News: New NWA World Hvt. champion, ending Cabana's title reign, one wrestler calls it a "terrible mistake"|last=Caldwell|first=James|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=April 23, 2011 | access-date=April 24, 2011}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 83.2
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|2011|7|11}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Josef Samael|The Sheik]] was stripped of the championship for refusing to defend against [[Adam Pearce]] on July 31, 2011.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150240737073691|title=Breaking News! NWA World Title Stripped|work=NWA Wrestling on Facebook|date=July 11, 2011 | access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 84
|champion = {{sortname|Adam|Pearce}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|2011|7|31}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=31|year1=2011|month2=4|day2=8|year2=2012}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, OH]]
|event    = NWA at the [[Ohio State Fair]]
|notes    = Pearce defeated Chance Prophet, [[Jimmy Rave]], and Shaun Tempers in a [[four-way match]] to win the vacant championship.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_51793.shtml|title=NWA News: New NWA World Hvt. champion - vacant title filled in four-way match Sunday|last=Caldwell|first=James|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=July 31, 2011 | access-date=July 31, 2011}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 85
|champion = {{sortname|Colt|Cabana}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2012|4|8}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=8|year1=2012|month2=7|day2=21|year2=2012}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Glendale, California|Glendale, CA]]
|event    = ''[[NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood]]'' 
|notes    = Aired April 29, 2012 on [[Tape delay (broadcasting)|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_60167.shtml|title=New NWA World Hvt. champion|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=April 8, 2012|access-date=April 9, 2012|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 85.2
|type      = promotion
|name      = [[National Wrestling Alliance|National Wrestling Alliance/International Wrestling Corp.]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 86
|champion = {{sortname|Adam|Pearce}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|2012|7|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=7|day1=21|year1=2012|month2=10|day2=27|year2=2012}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City, KS]]
|event    = ''[[Metro Pro Wrestling]]'' 
|notes    = Aired September 23, 2012 via [[Tape delay (broadcasting)|tape delay]]. This was a [[two-out-of-three falls match]] and was match four of a seven-match series between Pearce and [[Colt Cabana]]. During this reign, ownership of the NWA World Championship and the NWA itself was transferred from Pro Wrestling Organization LLC to the International Wrestling Corp.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_63565.shtml|title=Pearce captures NWA Title in Match #4|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=July 21, 2012 | access-date=July 22, 2012 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 86.3
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|2012|10|27}}
|location = [[Berwick, Victoria]], [[Australia]]
|event    = NWA Warzone Wrestling 14
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Adam Pearce]] left the NWA and resigned as champion after the organization refused to allow him to defend the title in the concluding match of his seven-match series against [[Colt Cabana]]. The match did take place with Cabana winning, but both wrestlers refused the title in the aftermath.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_66235.shtml|title=NWA News: Pearce vs. Cabana series concludes, but without NWA champ following "controversy" (w/Video)|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=October 28, 2012 | access-date=October 28, 2012 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 87
|champion = {{sortname||Kahagas|Kahagas}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2012|11|02}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=02|year1=2012|month2=03|day2=16|year2=2013}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Clayton, New Jersey|Clayton, NJ]]
|event    = Wrath of Champions
|notes    = [[Kahagas]] won an elimination match for the vacant title by last eliminating Damien Wayne. Match also featured Chance Prophet, Jason Kincaid, Lance Erikson, [[Tony Nese|Anthony Nese]], Papadon, Biggie Biggs, and [[Lance Anoa'i]]. Kahagas was the reigning [[NWA National Heavyweight Championship|NWA National Heavyweight Champion]] at the time of his victory.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1352004369|title=New NWA Champion crowned|last=Boutwell|first=Josh|date=November 4, 2012 | access-date=November 4, 2012 | work=WrestleView}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 88
|champion = {{sortname|Rob|Conway}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2013|3|16}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=16|year1=2013|month2=1|day2=4|year2=2014}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Antonio]], [[Texas|TX]]
|event    = A Monster's Ball
|notes    = Conway replaced an injured [[Jax Dane]] and defeated [[Kahagas]] for the championship.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/76167/former-wwe-star-wins-nwa-title.html?p=1|title=Former WWE star wins NWA title|last=Johnson|first=Mike|date=March 17, 2013 | access-date=March 17, 2013 | work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 89
|champion = {{sortname|Satoshi|Kojima}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2014|1|4}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=4|year1=2014|month2=6|day2=2|year2=2014}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[Wrestle Kingdom 8|Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=781|title=バディファイトPresents Wrestle Kingdom 8 in 東京ドーム|access-date=January 4, 2014 |work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 90
|champion = {{sortname|Rob|Conway}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2014|6|2}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=2|year1=2014|month2=2|day2=14|year2=2015}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada|NV]]
|event    = [[Cauliflower Alley Club]] Reunion Show
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_78787.shtml|title=NWA news: New NWA World champion determined in Vegas|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=June 3, 2014 | access-date=June 3, 2014 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 91
|champion = {{sortname|Hiroyoshi|Tenzan}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2015|2|14}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=2|day1=14|year1=2015|month2=8|day2=29|year2=2015}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Sendai]], [[Japan]]
|event    = [[The New Beginning in Sendai]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=935|title=The New Beginning in Sendai|access-date=February 14, 2015 | work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 92
|champion = {{sortname|Jax|Dane}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2015|8|29}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=8|day1=29|year1=2015|month2=10|day2=21|year2=2016}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Antonio]], [[Texas|TX]]
|event    = World War Gold
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_87225.shtml|title=NWA news: New NWA World Hvt. champion determined in Texas|date=August 29, 2015 | access-date=August 30, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/breaking-news-tim-storm-defeats-jax-dane-in-sherman-tx-to-become-the-new-nwa-worlds-heavyweight-champion/|title=BREAKING NEWS: Tim Storm defeats Jax Dane in Sherman, TX to become the new NWA World's Heavyweight Champion!!!|last=Hart|first=Douglas|work=ringside.nwaondemand.com|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]|date=October 21, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024040944/http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/breaking-news-tim-storm-defeats-jax-dane-in-sherman-tx-to-become-the-new-nwa-worlds-heavyweight-champion/|archive-date=October 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 91.2
|type     = promotion
|name     = [[National Wrestling Alliance|National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One Inc.]] 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 93
|champion = {{sortname|Tim|Storm}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2016|10|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=21|year1=2016|month2=12|day2=09|year2=2017}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Sherman, Texas|Sherman, TX]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =On October 1, 2017, [[Billy Corgan]]'s company Lightning One, Inc. purchased the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]], including the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. During this reign, the NWA's licensing model was abolished and championship matches were limited primarily to performers under contract with Lightning One, Inc. Additionally, the title was renamed to the NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 94
|champion = {{sortname|Nick|Aldis}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2017|12|09}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=09|year1=2017|month2=09|day2=01|year2=2018}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Sewell, New Jersey|Sewell, NJ]]
|event    = [[CZW Cage of Death#Cage of Death 19|Cage of Death 19]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/12/09/breaking-news-nick-aldis-captures-nwa-world-hvt-title-tonight-czw-event-new-jersey-ending-tim-storms-youtube-chronicled-reign-w-kellers-analysis/|title=Breaking News: Nick Aldis captures NWA World Hvt. Title tonight on CZW event in New Jersey, ending Tim Storm's YouTube chronicled reign (w/Keller's Analysis)|last=Keller|first=Wade|author-link=Wade Keller|date=December 9, 2017 | access-date=December 9, 2017|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 95
|champion = [[Cody Rhodes|Cody]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2018|09|01}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=09|day1=01|year1=2018|month2=10|day2=21|year2=2018}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois|Hoffman Estates, IL]]
|event    = [[All In (2018)|All In]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/indies/cody-wins-nwa-worlds-heavyweight-championship-all-265026|title=Cody wins NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title at All In|date=September 1, 2018|first=Joseph|last=Cyrruer|access-date=September 2, 2018|work=[[Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]]}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 96
|champion = {{sortname|Nick|Aldis}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2018|10|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=21|year1=2018|month2=08|day2=29|year2=2021}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[NWA 70th Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = This was a [[two-out-of-three falls match]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=Powell's NWA 70th Anniversary live review: Cody vs. Nick Aldis in a best of three falls match for the NWA Championship, new NWA National Champion crowned, Jazz vs. Penelope Ford for the NWA Women's Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/10/21/powells-nwa-70th-anniversary-live-review-cody-vs-nick-aldis-in-a-best-of-three-falls-match-for-the-nwa-championship-new-nwa-national-champion-crowned-jazz-vs-penelope-ford-for-th/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=21 October 2018|access-date=October 21, 2018}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 97
|champion = {{sortname|Trevor|Murdoch}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2021|08|29}}
|days     = {{age in days|month1=08|day1=29|year1=2021|month2=02|day2=12|year2=2022}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[NWA 73rd Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Retirement match|Title vs. Career match]] where Murdoch put his career on the line.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Powell|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/08/29/nwa-73-results-ric-flair-special-appearance-nick-aldis-vs-trevor-murdoch-for-nwa-world-championship-or-murdochs-career-mickie-james-vs-kylie-rae-kamille-vs-chelsea-green-for-the-nwa-womens/|title=NWA 73 results: Ric Flair special appearance, Nick Aldis vs. Trevor Murdoch for NWA World Championship or Murdoch's career, Mickie James vs. Kylie Rae, Kamille vs. Chelsea Green for the NWA Women's Championship, Chris Adonis vs. James Storm for the NWA National Championship|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=August 30, 2021|date=August 29, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 98
|champion = {{sortname|Matt|Cardona}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2022|02|12}}
|days     = {{age in days|month1=02|day1=12|year1=2022|month2=06|day2=11|year2=2022}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Oak Grove, Kentucky|Oak Grove, KY]]
|event    = [[NWA PowerrrTrip|PowerrrTrip]]
|notes    = Aired via [[Tape delay (broadcasting)|tape delay]] on the March 8, 2022 episode of ''[[NWA Powerrr]]''.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=336434|title=NWA Powerrr Trip Taping - TV-Show @ Valor Hall in Oak Grove, Kentucky, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=February 12, 2022|access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 98.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|2022|6|11}}
|location = [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
|event    = [[NWA Alwayz Ready|Alwayz Ready]]
|days2    = yes
|notes    = Cardona vacated the title due to an injury.
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 99
|champion = {{sortname|Trevor|Murdoch}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2022|06|11}}
|days     = {{age in days|month1=06|day1=11|year1=2022|month2=11|day2=12|year2=2022}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
|event    = [[NWA Alwayz Ready|Alwayz Ready]]
|notes    = Defeated [[Nick Aldis]], [[Thom Latimer]], and [[Dexter Lumis|Sam Shaw]] in a [[four-way match]] for the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/other-wrestling/trevor-murdoch-wins-nwa-world-heavyweight-title-at-alwayz-ready|title=Trevor Murdoch wins NWA World Heavyweight Title at Alwayz Ready|last=Rose|first=Bryan|work=[[Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]]|date=June 11, 2022|access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 100
|champion = [[Tyrus (wrestler)|Tyrus]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2022|11|12}}
|days     = {{age in days|month1=11|day1=12|year1=2022|month2=08|day2=27|year2=2023}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Chalmette, Louisiana|Chalmette, LA]]
|event    = [[NWA Hard Times 3|Hard Times 3]]
|notes    = This was a [[three-way match]], also involving [[Matt Cardona]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/.amp/news/other-wrestling/nwa-hard-times-3-live-results-trevor-murdoch-vs-tyrus-vs-matt-cardona|title=NWA Hard Times 3 live results: Trevor Murdoch vs. Tyrus vs. Matt Cardona|last=MacDonald|first=Josiah|work=[[Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]]|date=November 12, 2022|access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 101
|champion = [[Ethan Carter III|EC3]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2023|08|27}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2023|08|27|2024|08|31}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[NWA 75th Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = This was a [[Bullrope match]] with [[Tyrus (wrestler)|Tyrus]]'s wrestling career on the line as well.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1398764-nwa-75-night-two-results-8-27-23-tyrus-vs-ec3-more|title=NWA 75 Night Two Results (8/27/23): Tyrus vs. EC3, More|last=Tessier|first=Colin|work=WrestleZone|date=August 27, 2023|access-date=August 27, 2023}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 102
|champion = [[Thom Latimer]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2024|08|31}}
|days     = {{age in days|2024|08|31}}+
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|event    = [[NWA 76th Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = Aired on [[broadcast delay|tape delay]] on October 1, 2024 as an episode of ''[[NWA Powerrr]]''. 
|ref      = <ref name="NWA76">{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article.php?id=187512|title=COMPLETE NWA 76 RESULTS FROM PHILADELPHIA INCLUDING SEVERAL TITLE CHANGES AND MORE|work=PWinsider|first=Mike|last=Johnson|date=August 31, 2024|access-date=September 1, 2024}}</ref>
}}{{BundleEnd}}

== Combined reigns ==
{{Multiple images
| image1            = Orville_Brown.jpg
| caption1          = Inaugural champion [[Orville Brown]]
| image2            = Lou Thesz with NWA World Championship 1980's.png
| caption2          = Three-time champion [[Lou Thesz]]
| image3            = Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion, 1982.png
| caption3          = Record eight-time champion [[Ric Flair]]
| width3            = 140
| total_width       = 
}}
{|class="wikitable"
!style="background-color:#ffe6bd"|†
|Indicates the current champion
|-
!<1
|The reign is shorter than one day.
|-
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!Wrestler
!No. of<br />reigns
!Combined days
|-
!1
|{{sortname|Lou|Thesz}} || 3 || 3,749
|-
!2
|{{sortname|Ric|Flair}} || 8 || 3,119
|-
!3
|{{sortname|Harley|Race}} || 7 || 1,800
|-
!4
|{{sortname|Dory|Funk Jr.}} || 1 || 1,563
|-
!5
|{{sortname|Dan|Severn}} || 2 || 1,559
|-
!6
|{{sortname|Nick|Aldis}} || 2 || 1,309
|-
!7
|{{sortname|Gene|Kiniski}} || 1 || 1,131
|-
!8
|{{sortname|Adam|Pearce}} || 5 || 1,078
|-
!9
|{{sortname|Jeff|Jarrett}} || 6 || 1,006
|-
!10
|{{sortname|Pat|O'Connor|Pat O'Connor (wrestler)}} || 1 || 903
|-
!11
|{{sortname|Jack|Brisco}} || 2 || 866
|-
!12
|{{sortname|Buddy|Rogers|dab=wrestler}} || 1 || 573
|-
!13
|{{sortname|Rob|Conway}} || 2 || 551
|-
!14
|[[Blue Demon Jr.]] || 1 || 505
|-
!15
|{{sortname|Orville|Brown}} || 1 || 501
|-
!16
|{{sortname|Naoya|Ogawa}} || 2 || 469
|-
!17
|{{sortname|Terry|Funk}} || 1 || 424
|-
!18
|{{sortname|Dick|Hutton}} || 1 || 421
|-
!19
|{{sortname|Jax|Dane}} || 1 || 419
|-
!20
|{{sortname|Tim|Storm}} || 1 || 414
|-
!21
|{{sortname||EC3|dab=wrestler}} || 1 || 370
|-
!22
|{{sortname|Trevor|Murdoch}} || 2 || 321
|-
!23
|style="background:#ffe6bd;"|{{sortname|Thom|Latimer}} † || 1 || {{age in days|August 31, 2024}}+
|-
!24
|[[Tyrus (wrestler)|Tyrus]] || 1 || 288
|-
!25
|{{sortname|Christian|Cage}} || 2 || 245
|-
!26
|[[Whipper Billy Watson]] || 1 || 239
|-
!27
|{{sortname||Sting|dab=wrestler}} || 2 || 216
|-
!rowspan=2|28
|{{sortname|A.J.|Styles}} || 3 || 196
|-
|{{sortname|Hiroyoshi|Tenzan}} || 1 || 196
|-
!30
|{{sortname|Mike|Rapada}} || 2 || 179
|-
!31
|{{sortname|Steve|Corino}} || 1 || 172
|-
!32
|{{sortname|Colt|Cabana}} || 2 || 152
|-
!33
|{{sortname|Satoshi|Kojima}} || 1 || 149
|-
!34
|{{sortname|Barry|Windham}} || 1 || 147
|-
!35
|{{sortname|Masahiro|Chono}} || 1 || 145
|-
!36
|{{sortname||Kahagas|Kahagas}} || 1 || 134
|-
!rowspan=2|37
|{{sortname|Ron|Killings|R-Truth}} || 2 || 119
|-
|{{sortname|Matt|Cardona}} || 1 || 119
|-
!39
|{{sortname|Dusty|Rhodes}} || 3 || 107
|-
!40
|{{sortname|Chris|Candido}} || 1 || 97
|-
!41
|{{sortname||Raven|dab=wrestler}} || 1 || 88
|-
!42
|{{sortname|Shinya|Hashimoto}} || 1 || 84
|-
!43
|{{sortname|The|Sheik|The Sheik II}} || 1 || 79
|-
!44
|{{sortname|Ricky|Steamboat}} || 1 || 76
|-
!45
|{{sortname|Ron|Garvin}} || 1 || 62
|-
!46
|{{sortname|Tatsumi|Fujinami}} || 1 || 59
|-
!47
|{{sortname||Abyss|dab=wrestler}} || 1 || 56
|-
!48
|[[Cody Rhodes]] || 1 || 50
|-
!rowspan=2|49
|{{sortname|Brent|Albright}} || 1 || 49
|-
|{{sortname|Ken|Shamrock}} || 1 || 49
|-
!51
|{{sortname|The|Great Muta|Keiji Mutoh}} || 1 || 48
|-
!52
|{{sortname||Sabu|dab=wrestler}} || 1 || 38
|-
!53
|{{sortname|Giant|Baba}} || 3 || 19
|-
!54
|{{sortname|Kerry|Von Erich}} || 1 || 18
|-
!55
|{{sortname|Gary|Steele}} || 1 || 7
|-
!56
|{{sortname|Tommy|Rich}} || 1 || 4
|-
!57
|{{sortname||Rhino|Rhyno}} || 1 || 2
|-
!58
|{{sortname|Ray|González}} || 1 || 1 
|-
!59
|{{sortname|Shane|Douglas}} || 1 || <1 
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book|first1=Royal | last1=Duncan | first2=Gary | last2=Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories: Professional Wrestling Champions Around the World from the 19th Century to the Present | year=2000 | publisher=Archeus Communications | location=Waterloo, ON | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 | chapter=United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title}}
{{refend}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=179 NWA World Heavyweight Championship] at Cagematch.net
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