| # | Wrestler | Date | Place | Special Note |
| 1 | Orville Brown | October 1948 | 1 | |
| 2 | Lou Thesz | November 27, 1949 | 2 | |
| 3 | Whipper Billy Watson | March 15, 1956 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 3 |
| 4 | Lou Thesz(2) | November 9, 1956 | St Louis, Missouri | 4 |
| 5 | Dick Hutton | November 14, 1957 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 6 | Pat O'Connor | January 9, 1959 | St Louis, Missouri | |
| 7 | Buddy Rogers | June 30, 1961 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 8 | Lou Thesz(3) | January 24, 1963 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 5 |
| 9 | Gene Kiniski | January 7, 1966 | St Louis, Missouri | |
| 10 | Dory Funk Jr | February 11, 1969 | Tampa, Florida | |
| 11 | Harley Race | March 24, 1973 | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| 12 | Jack Brisco | July 20, 1973 | Houston, Texas | |
| 13 | Giant Baba | December 2, 1974 | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 14 | Jack Brisco(2) | December 9, 1974 | Toyohashi, Japan | |
| 15 | Terry Funk | December 10, 1975 | Miami, Florida | |
| 16 | Harley Race(2) | February 6, 1977 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 17 | Dusty Rhodes | August 21, 1979 | Tampa, Florida | |
| 18 | Harley Race (3) | August 26, 1979 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 19 | Giant Baba (2) | October 31, 1979 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| 20 | Harley Race (4) | November 7, 1979 | Amagasaki, Japan | |
| 21 | Giant Baba (3) | September 4, 1980 | Saga, Japan | |
| 22 | Harley Race (5) | September 9, 1980 | Ohtsu, Japan | |
| 23 | Tommy Rich | April 27, 1981 | Augusta, Georgia | |
| 24 | Harley Race (6) | May 1, 1981 | Gainsville, Georgia | |
| 25 | Dusty Rhodes (2) | June 21, 1981 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| 26 | Ric Flair | September 17, 1981 | Kansas City, Missouri | 6 and 7 |
| 27 | Harley Race (7) | February 10, 1983 | Saint Louis, Missouri | |
| 28 | Ric Flair (2) | November 24, 1983 | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| 29 | Harley Race (8) | March 21, 1984 | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 30 | Ric Flair (3) | March 23, 1984 | Kallang, Singapore | |
| 31 | Kerry Von Erich | May 6, 1984 | Irving, Texas | |
| 32 | Ric Flair (4) | May 24, 1984 | Yokosuka, Japan | 8 |
| 33 | Dusty Rhodes (3) | July 25, 1986 | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| 34 | Ric Flair (5) | August 7, 1986 | Saint Louis, Missouri | |
| 35 | Ronnie Garvin | September 25, 1987 | Detroit, Michigan | |
| 36 | Ric Flair (6) | November 26, 1987 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 37 | Ricky Steamboat | February 20, 1989 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 38 | Ric Flair (7) | May 7, 1989 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 39 | Sting | July 7, 1990 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| 40 | Ric Flair (8) | January 11, 1991 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
| 41 | Tatsumi Fujinami | March 21, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 42 | Ric Flair (9) | May 19, 1991 | Saint Petersburg, Florida | 9 |
| 43 | Masahiro Chono | August 12, 1992 | Tokyo, Japan | 10 |
| 44 | The Great Muta | January 4, 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 45 | Barry Windham | February 21, 1993 | Ashville, North Carolina | |
| 46 | Ric Flair (10) | July 18, 1993 | Biloxi, Mississippi | 11 |
| 47 | Shane Douglas | August 27, 1994 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 12 |
| 48 | Chris Candido | November 19, 1994 | Cherry Hill, New Jersey | 13 |
| 49 | Dan Severn | February 24, 1995 | Erlanger, Kentucky | |
| 50 | Naoya Ogawa | March 14, 1999 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| 51 | Gary Steele | September 25, 1999 | Charlotte North Carolina | 14 |
| 52 | Naoya Ogawa (2) | October 2, 1999 | Thomaston, Connecticut | 15 |
| 53 | Mike Rapada | September 19, 2000 | Tampa, Florida | 16 |
| 54 | Sabu | November 14, 2000 | Tampa, Florida | |
| 55 | Mike Rapada (2) | December 22, 2000 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 56 | Steve Corino | April 24, 2001 | Tampa, Florida | 17 |
| 57 | Shin’ya Hashimoto | December 15, 2001 | McKeesport, Pennsylvania | 18 |
| 58 | Dan Severn (2) | March 9, 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | 19 |
| 59 | Ken Shamrock | June 19, 2002 | Huntsville, Alabama | 20 |
| 60 | Ron Killings | August 7, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 61 | Jeff Jarrett | November 20, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee | 21 |
| 62 | AJ Stlyes | June 11, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | 22 |
| 63 | Jeff Jarrett(2) | October 22, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 64 | AJ Styles(2) | April 21, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | 23 |
| 65 | Ron Killings(2) | May 19, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | 24 |
| 66 | Jeff Jarrett(3) | June 2, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | 25 |
| 67 | AJ Styles(3) | May 15, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | 26 |
| 68 | Raven | June 19, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | 27 |
| 69 | Jeff Jarrett(4) | September 15, 2005 | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | |
| 70 | Rhino | October 23, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 71 | Jeff Jarrett(5) | October 25, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 72 | Christian Cage | February 12, 2006 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 72 | Jeff Jarrett(6) | June 18, 2006 | Orlando, Florida | 28 |
| 73 | Sting(2) | October 22, 2006 | Plymouth, Michigan | 29 |
| 74 | Abyss | November 19, 2006 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 75 | Christian Cage(2) | January 14, 2007 | Orlando, Florida | 30 |
| 76 | Adam Pearce | September 1, 2007 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 31 |
Notes:
1. Orville Brown was the reigning MWA(Midwest Wrestling Association) Heavyweight Champion and was awarded the NWA Heavyweight title when the MWA combined with the NWA.
2. Lou Thesz unifies the NWA(National Wrestling Alliance) Heavyweight title & the NWA(National Wrestling Assocation) Heavyweight title on July 20, 1948. He recieved the NWA(National Wrestling Alliance) title on November 27, 1949 when Orville Brown was injured in a car accident and couldn't defend the title. Lou Thesz then went to unify the titles of the AWA(American Wrestling Assocation) title on July 27, 1950 and with the title recognized by Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium wrestling on May 21, 1952. [Credit for this information goes to Great Hisa's Pro-Wrestling Title Histories.]
3. Wins via Count Out.
4. Lou Thesz loses the title to Edouard Carpentier by DQ on June 14, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, but NWA rules prohibit the title change because the NWA title cannot change hands due to an injury and the belt was given back to Thesz. Lou Thesz then went on to defeat Edouard Carpentier in a rematch by DQ on July 24, 1957 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Credit for this information goes to Great Hisa's Pro Wrestling Title Histories.]
5. Promoters in the Northeast of the United States refuses to recognize Buddy Rogers's one fall loss to Lou Thesz, thus breaking away from the National Wrestling Alliance to form a new promotion called the World Wide Wrestling Federation(WWF later the WWE) and naming Rogers as the first WWWF Heavyweight Champion. Lou Thesz defeated Rogers in a rematch on Febrary 7, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
6. Ric Flair wrestled to a double count out against WWF Heavyweight Champion, Bob Backlund, on July 4, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia.
7. On February 9, 1982 in Tampa, Florida, the Midnight Rider defeated Ric Flair for the NWA title, but the Midnight Rider returned the title belt when NWA President, Bob Geigel, asked the Midnight Rider to unmask and reveal who he is. The Midnight Rider was Dusty Rhodes in disguise. [Credit for this information goes to Great Hisa's Pro Wrestling Title Histories.]
8. Ric Flair wrestled against AWA Heavyweight Champion, Rick Martel, to a double count out on October 2, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan.
9. Ric Flair was stripped of the NWA title on September 8, 1991 when Flair signed with the WWF. He took the recognized NWA title belt with him and called himself the "Real World's Heavyweight Champion." On the same date, the NWA vacated the title for the first time in its history.
10. Masahiro Chono defeated Rick Rude in a tournament final.
11. In September of 1993, WCW left the NWA and the title belt dropped the recognition as being the NWA title. The belt became known as the WCW International World Heavyweight title with Ric Flair becoming the first champion.
12. Shane Douglas defeated 2 Cold Scorpio in the tournament final. After the match, Douglas threw down the NWA title belt and claimed himself the ECW Heavyweight Champion. On the same night, NWA/ECW(Eastern Championship Wrestling) left the NWA and became known as Extreme Championship Wrestling.
13. Chris Candido defeated Tracey Smothers in a tournament final.
14. Gary Steele won the title in a Three Way Match when Ogawa pinned Anthony & Steele pinned Ogawa.
15. Title was vacated on July 2, 2000.
16. Mike Rapada defeats Jerry Flynn in a tournament final.
17. Title held up after a match against Shin'ya Hashimoto on October 13, 2001 in St Petersburg, Florida when Corino is unable to continue due to injury.
18. Shin'ya Hashimoto defeats Gary Steele & Steve Corino in a Round Robin Ironman match to win the held up title.
19. Dan Severn was stripped of the title in May 28, 2002 by unanimous vote of the NWA Board of Directors for not being able to schedule a title defense on June 19th.
20. Ken Shamrock defeated Malice(aka The Wall) to win the title. A Gauntlet Battle Royal was held to determine the two finalists the participants were: Jeff Jarrett, Buff Bagwell, Lash Leroux, Norman Smiley, Gran Apollo, Ron Killings, Slash, Del Rios, Justice, Konnan, Bruce(Alan Funk), Rick Steiner, Malice(The Wall), Scott Hall, Steve Corino, Ken Shamrock, & Brian Christopher. Ricky Steamboat entered the ring to be special ref between Shamrock & Malice.
21. Unified the title with the WWA World Wrestling All-Stars) Heavyweight Title when he defeated Sting for the title on May 25, 2003 in Auckland, New Zealand
22. This was Triple Threat Match containing Jeff Jarrett, AJ Stlyes, & Raven.
23. This was a Steel Cage Match
24. This was a Four Way Match between AJ Styles, Raven, Chris Harris, & Ron Killings
25. This was a Ladder Match between Ron Killings, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Chris Harris, & Raven.
26. Special guest referee was Tito Ortiz.
27. This was a King of the Mountain Match containing: AJ Styles, Raven, Sean Waltman, Monty Brown, & Abyss.
28. Jeff Jarrett won the "King of the Mountain" match between Jarrett, Sting, Christian Cage, Ron Killings, and Abyss. New Director of Authority James Cornette came out and took the title from Jarrett and declared it vacant, but soon gave it back to Jarrett seeing that he did win the match and that just handing it to someone else wouldn't be right.
29. This was a Title VS Career Match with Kurt Angle as the referee.
30. Christian Cage beat Abyss & Sting in a Three Way Elimination Match. On May 13, 2007 the NWA ended its deal of letting TNA use the NWA World titles and strips Christian Cage and Team 3D of their belts.
31. Defeated Brent Albright in the finals of the Reclaiming the Glory Tournament. Adam Pearce was a substitute for Bryan Danielson, who defeated Pearce in the semi-finals, but withdrew from the tournament due to a detached retina.
