Champion
Defeated Reign Date
Orville Brown --- 501
days 7/14/48
Lou Thesz Forfeit 2,300
days 11/27/49
Billy Watson Lou Thesz 239
days 3/15/56
Lou Thesz Billy Watson
217 days 11/9/56
Ed. Carpentier Lou Thesz
64 days 6/14/57
Lou Thesz Ed. Carpentier 89
days 8/17/57
Dick Hutton Ed. Carpentier
86 days 11/14/57
Pat O'Connor Dick Hutton
538 days 1/9/59
Buddy Rogers Pat O'Connor 938
days 6/30/60
Lou Thesz Buddy Rogers 1,079
days 1/24/63
Gene Kiniski Lou Thesz
1,131 days 1/7/66
Dory Funk Jr Gene Kiniski
1,509 days 2/11/69
Harley Race Dory Funk Jr
118 days 3/24/73
Jack Brisco Harley Race 500
days 7/20/73
Giant Baba Jack Brisco
7 days 12/2/74
Jack Brisco Giant Baba
363 days 12/9/74
Terry Funk Jack Brisco 424
days 12/10/75
Harley Race Terry Funk
926 days 2/6/77
Dusty Rhodes Harley Race
5 days 8/21/79
Harley Race Dusty Rhodes
66 days 8/26/79
Giant Baba Harley Race
7 days 10/31/79
Harley Race Giant Baba
302 days 11/7/79
Giant Baba Harley Race
5 days 9/4/80
Harley Race Giant Baba
230 days 9/9/80
Tommy Rich Harley Race
4 days 4/27/81
Harley Race Tommy Rich
51 days 5/1/81
Dusty Rhodes Harley Race
88 days 6/21/81
Ric Flair Dusty Rhodes 631
days 9/17/81
Harley Race Ric Flair 167
days 6/10/83
Ric Flair Harley Race
118 days 11/24/83
Harley Race Ric Flair
2 days 3/21/84
Ric Flair Harley Race
44 days 3/23/84
Kerry Von Erich Ric Flair 18
days 5/6/84
Ric Flair Kerry Von Erich
792 days 5/24/84
Dusty Rhodes Ric Flair
14 days 7/26/86
Ric Flair Dusty Rhodes
414 days 8/9/86
Ron Garvin Ric Flair
62 days 9/25/87
Ric Flair Ron Garvin 452
days 11/26/87
Ricky Steamboat Ric Flair 76
days 2/20/89
Ric Flair Ricky Steamboat 426
days 5/7/89
Sting
Ric Flair 188 days 1/7/90
Tatsumi Fujinami Ric Flair
59 days 3/21/91
Ric Flair Tatsumi Fujinami
112 days 5/19/91
Masa Chono Rick Rude
145 days 8/12/92
Great Muta Masa Chono
76 days 1/4/93
Barry Windham Great Muta
119 days 3/21/93
Ric Flair Barry Windham
63 days 7/18/93
Shane Douglas 2 Cold Scorpio 0 days
8/27/94
Chris Candido Tracy Smothers 97 days
11/19/94
Dan Severn Chris Candido
1,479 days 2/24/95
Naoya Ogawa Dan Severn 195
days 3/14/99
Gary Steel Naoya Ogawa 7
days 9/25/99
Naoya Ogawa Gart Steel 274
days 10/2/99
Mike Rapada Naoya Ogawa 56
days 9/19/00
Sabu Mike
Rapada 38 days 11/14/00
Mike Rapada Sabu
120 days 12/22/00
Steve Corino Mike Rapada 172
days 4/24/01
Shinya Hashimoto Steve Corino 93 days
12/15/01
Dan Severn Shinya Hashimoto 81
days 3/8/02
Ken Shamrock Malice 49
days 6/19/02
Ron Killings Ken Shamrock
105 days 8/7/02
Jeff Jarrett Ron Killings 203
days 11/20/02
AJ Styles Jeff Jarrett 133
days 6/11/03
Jeff Jarrett AJ Styles
Current 10/22/03
