Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Announced as the first champion; defends the title against Terry Gordy on 80-11-14 in Atlanta, GA in what is originally billed as the match to determine the first champion; some sources, including Wikipedia, list National television champion Austin Idol as the first National heavyweight champion.
Defeats Knight and Ricky Murdoch in a 3-way match; vacates in 01-08 due to an automobile accident.
Kevin Northcutt [2]
2001-08-22
Awarded.
Hotstuff Hernandez
2001-10-13
St. Petersburg, FL
Hashimoto Shin-ya #
2002-05-23
Tōkyō, JPN
Wins the title with NWA President Jim Miller in attendance for the title match ceremony.
Hotstuff Hernandez #
2002-05
Hashimoto refuses the title; NWA later claims the match has not been for the title.
Ricky Murdoch
2003-01-11
Greenville, MS
Spyder
2004-10-15
Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Vacant on 05-10-08 when Spyder no-shows a scheduled title defense.
Ricky Murdoch [2]
2005-10-08
Nashville, TN
Defeats Juggulator for vacant title; held up after the match against Big Bully Douglas on 06-03-31 in Lebanon, TN due to interference by Kory Williams.
Big Bully Douglas
2006-04-01
Columbia, TN
Defeats Murdoch in rematch.
Kory Williams
2006-09-30
Lebanon, TN
Chance Prophet
2007-05-05
Salyersville, KY
Stripped on 07-10-12 by the NWA Board of Director due to injury.
Pepper Parks
2007-10-20
Lebanon, TN
Defeats Kory Williams.
Crusher Hansen
2008-04-19
McKeesport, PA
Phil Shatter
2009-01-17
McKeesport, PA
Chance Prophet [2]
2011-02-19
Franklinville, NJ
Kahagas
2012-03-29
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Vacates on 12-11-13 after winning the World Title on 12-11-02.
Damien Wayne
2013-01-05
Nashville, NC
Defeats Lance Erikson and Chance Prophet in a 3-way match.
Also wins North American Title, defeating Tim Storm on 15-04-12 in Las Vegas, NV in a double title match; vacates on 15-05-28 due to injury.
Arrick Andrews
2015-07-11
Cookeville, TN
Defeats Chase Owens in 8-man tournament final; vacates on 16-01-02 due to knee injury.
John Saxon
2016-01-09
Dyersburg, TN
Wins battle royal, last eliminating Greg Anthony.
Greg Anthony
2016-01-30
Dyersburg, TN
Mustang Mike
2016-07-02
Morgan City, LA
Greg Anthony [2]
2016-07-09
Dyersburg, TN
Jake Logan
2016-09-17
Amarillo, TX
Greg Anthony [3]
2016-10-29
Dyersburg, TN
Damien Wayne [3]
2016-11-19
Gallatin, TN
Kahagas [2]
2017-02-03
Franklin, KY
Vacant when NWA terminates the contracts with its licensees on 17-09-30.
Willie Mack
2018-10-21
Nashville, TN
Defeats Samuel Shaw after each man wins a respective 4-way elimination match.
Colt Cabana
2019-04-27
Concord, NC
James Storm
2019-06-29
Philadelphia, PA
Colt Cabana [2]
2019-10-01
Atlanta, GA
Aron Stevens (Damien Sandow)
2019-12-14
Atlanta, GA
Defeats Cabana and Ricky Starks in a 3-way match.
Trevor Murdoch
2020-09-29
Long Beach, CA
Chris Adonis (Chris Masters)
2021-03-30+
Atlanta, GA
The actual recording date is most likely 21-03-22; vacates on 21-05-25+ in order to participate in a battle royal to determine the top contender for the World Title.
Chris Adonis [2]
2021-07-06+
Atlanta, GA
Defeats JTB; the actual recording date is most likely 21-06-07.
