Champion
Defeated Reign Date
Harley
Race Johnny Weaver ???
1975
Johnny Valentine Harley Race 93 days
7/3/75
Terry Funk Paul Jones 18
days 11/9/75
Paul Jones Terry Funk
107 days 11/27/75
BJ Mulligan Paul Jones
217 days 3/13/76
Paul Jones BJ Mulligan
43 days 10/16/76
BJ Mulligan Paul Jones
221 days 11/28/76
Bobo Brazil BJ Mulligan
22 days 7/7/77
Ric Flair Bobo Brazil
105 days 7/29/77
Ricky Steamboat Ric Flair
96 days 11/11/77
BJ Mulligan Ricky Steamboat
32 days 2/15/78
Mr. Wrestling BJ Mulligan
21 days 3/19/78
Ric Flair Mr. Wrestling
253 days 4/9/78
Ricky Steamboat Ric Flair
104 days 12/18/78
Ric Flair Ricky Steamboat
133 days 4/1/79
Jimmy Snuka Ricky Steamboat
231 days 9/1/79
Ric Flair Jimmy Snuka
649 days 4/19/80
Roddy Piper Ric Flair
193 days 1/27/81
Ed McDaniel Roddy Piper
30 days 8/8/81
Sgt. Slaughter Ricky Steamboat 229
days 10/4/81
Ed McDaniel Sgt. Slaughter
17 days 5/21/82
Sgt. Slaughter ---
76 days 6/7/82
Ed McDaniel Sgt. Slaughter
74 days 8/22/82
Greg Valentine Ed McDaniel
163 days 11/4/82
Roddy Piper Greg Valentine
14 days 4/16/83
Greg Valentine Roddy Piper
228 days 4/30/83
Dick Slater Greg Valentine
129 days 12/14/83
Ricky Steamboat Dick Slater
64 days 4/21/84
Ed McDaniel Ricky Steamboat
10 days 6/24/84
Ed McDaniel Manny Fernandez
167 days 10/7/84
Magnum TA Ed McDaniel
120 days 3/23/85
Tully Blanchard Magnum TA
130 days 7/21/85
Magnum TA Tully Blanchard
182 days 11/28/85
Nikita Koloff Magnum TA
328 days 8/17/86
Lex Luger Nikita Koloff
138 days 7/11/87
Dusty Rhodes Lex Luger
141 days 11/26/87
Barry Windham Nikita Koloff
283 days 5/13/88
Lex Luger Barry Windham
76 days 2/20/89
Michael Hayes Lex Luger
15 days 5/7/89
Lex Luger Michael
Hayes 523 days 5/22/89
Stan Hansen
Lex Luger 50 days 10/27/90
Lex
Luger Stan Hansen 210 days
12/16/90
Sting Steve Austin
86 days 8/25/91
Rick Rude Sting
387 days 11/19/91
Dustin Rhodes Ricky Steamboat 121
days 1/11/93
Dustin Rhodes Rick Rude
119 days 8/30/93
Steve Austin Dustin Rhodes
247 days 12/27/93
Ricky Steamboat Steve Austin
25 days 8/24/94
Steve Austin Ricky Steamboat
0 days 9/18/94
Jim Duggan Steve
Austin 100 days 9/18/94
Vader
Jim Duggan 117 days 12/27/94
Sting
Meng 148 days
6/18/95
Kensuke Sasaki Sting
44 days 11/13/95
One Man Gang Kensuke Sasaki
33 days 12/27/95
Konnan
One Man Gang 160 days 1/29/96
Ric Flair
Konnan 127 days 7/7/96
Eddy
Guerrero DDP 77 days
12/29/96
Dean Malenko Eddy Guerrero 85 days
3/16/97
Jeff Jarrett Dean Malenko 73 days
6/9/97
Mongo Jeff Jarrett
25 days 8/21/97
Curt Hennig Mongo
104 days 9/15/97
DDP
Curt Hennig 112 days 12/28/97
Raven
DDP 1 day
4/19/98
Goldberg Raven
77 days 4/20/98
Bret Hart DDP
21 days 7/20/98
Lex Luger Bret
Hart 3 days 8/10/98
Bret
Hart Lex Luger 74 days
8/13/98
DDP Bret Hart
4 days 10/26/98
Bret Hart
DDP 70 days
11/30/98
Roddy Piper Bret Hart
38 days 2/8/99
Scott Hall Roddy Piper
49 days 2/21/99
Scott Steiner Booker T
85 days 4/11/99
David Flair ---
35 days 7/5/99
Chris Benoit David Flair
34 days 8/9/99
Sid Vicious Chris Benoit
42 days 9/12/99
Goldberg
Sid Vicious 1 day 10/24/99
Bret
Hart Goldberg 7 days
10/25/99
Scott Hall ---
41 days 11/8/99
Chris Benoit Jeff Jarrett
1 day 12/19/99
Jeff Jarrett Chris Benoit
27 days 12/20/99
Jeff Jarrett ---
84 days 1/17/00
Scott Steiner Sting
84 days 4/16/00
Lance Storm Mike Awesome
66 days 7/18/00
Terry Funk Lance Storm
1 day 9/22/00
Lance Storm Terry
Funk 36 days 9/23/00
General Rection
Lance Storm 12 days 10/29/00
Lance Storm
General Rection 16 days 11/10/00
General Rection Lance
Storm 49 days 11/26/00
Shane Douglas
General Rection 22 days 1/14/01
Rick Steiner
Shane Douglas 41 days 2/5/01
Booker T
Rick Steiner 128 days 3/18/01
Kanyon
--- 48 days
7/24/01
Tajiri Kanyon
13 days 9/10/01
Rhyno
Tajiri 29 days 9/23/01
Kurt
Angle Rhyno 21
days 10/22/01
Edge
Kurt Angle 6 days 11/12/01
Eddie Guerrero Chris Benoit 85 days
7/26/03
Big Show Eddie Guerrero 147 days 10/19/03
John Cena Big Show
Current 3/14/04
