N. W. A. American Heavyweight Title (1950s - 1986)
World Class Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title (1986 - 89)
World Class Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title
(as of 10/07/2009)

Ray Gunkel
Count Billy Varga	57		Houston, TX


Fritz Von Erich 06/06/66 Defeats Brute Bernard. Johnny Valentine 06/09/66 Fritz Von Erich [2] 08/04/66 Brute Bernard 03/67 Fritz Von Erich [3] 03/27/67 Ft. Worth, TX Spoiler #1 04/05/68 Houston, TX Rematch ordered because of the interference of of manager Gary Hart. Fritz Von Erich [4] 06/03/68 Ft. Worth, TX Von Erich wins the rematch; held up after a match against Spoiler #1 on 68/07/12 in Houston, TX. Fritz Von Erich [5] 07/26/68 Houston, TX Wins rematch. Johnny Valentine [2] 05/0269 Fritz Von Erich [6] 08/04/69 Ft. Worth, TX Title held up on 69/08/05 after match against Johnny Valentine in Dallas, TX because of the interference of of Wahoo McDaniel. Fritz Von Erich [7] 10/21/69 Dallas, TX Defeats Johnny Valentine in rematch; vacant in 70. Boris Malenko 05/18/70 Ft. Worth, TX Defeats Mil Mascaras in tournament final. Fritz Von Erich [8] 06/14/70 Toru Tanaka 12/18/70 Houston, TX Fritz Von Erich [10] 02/22/71 Ft. Worth, TX Toru Tanaka [2] 02/23/71 Dallas, TX Wahoo McDaniel 03/05/71 Houston, TX The Spoiler [2] 12/11/71 San Antonio, TX Billy Red Lyons 06/24/72 Irving, TX Johnny Valentine [3] 07/08/72 Corpus Christi, TX Missouri Mauler 03/73 Awarded when Valentine goes to Japan. Fritz Von Erich [11] 08/07/73 Dallas, TX The Texan (Blackjack Mulligan) 03/19/74 Fritz Von Erich [12] 04/18/74 Dallas, TX Blackjack Lanza 12/02/74 Dallas, TX Fritz Von Erich [13] 12/29/74 Dallas, TX Bruiser Brody 01/03/77 Atlanta, GA Fritz Von Erich [14] 04/12/77 Dallas, TX Bruiser Brody [2] 04/13/77 Dallas, TX Captain USA (Big John Studd) 07/25/77 Ft. Worth, TX Ox Baker 09/30/77 Houston, TX Fritz Von Erich [15] 12/12/77 Ft. Worth, TX Bruiser Brody [3] 09/11/78 Ft. Worth, TX Kevin Von Erich 12/25/78 Ft. Worth, TX The Spoiler [3] 04/01/79 Puerto Rico Wahoo McDaniel [2] 05/13/79 Houston, TX The Spoiler [4] 06/02/79 Houston, TX Awarded when McDaniel is injured. El Halcon 08/05/79 Dallas, TX The Spoiler [5] 10/07/79 Dallas, TX Bruiser Brody [4] 11/30/79 Houston, TX Ox Baker [2] 01/02/80 San Francisco, CA Kevin Von Erich [2] 01/12/80 Dallas, TX Toru Tanaka [3] 04/20/80 Dallas, TX Kevin Von Erich [3] 04/28/80 Ft. Worth, TX Gino Hernandez 05/19/80 Ft. Worth, TX El Halcon 08/01/80 Houston, TX [...] Gino Hernandez [2] 80 Title held up on 80/12/20 after match against Kevin Von Erich. Kerry Von Erich 12/28/80 Dallas, TX Subs for injured Kevin Von Erich in rematch for the held-up title. Ken Patera 81 Masked Superstar 81 Kerry Von Erich 81 Ernie Ladd 05/11/81 Ft. Worth, TX Kerry Von Erich [2] 06/04/81 New Orleans, LA Great Kabuki 09/25/81 Lawton, OK Bugsy McGraw 12/26/81 Columbus, OH Kerry Von Erich [3] 03/08/82 Ft. Worth, TX King Kong Bundy 05/05/82 Lawton, OK Fritz Von Erich [16] 06/14/82 Irving, TX Fritz's retirement match; vacates the belt on same day upon retirement. King Kong Bundy [2] 06/15/82 Awarded. Kevin Von Erich [4] 09/05/82 Ft. Worth, TX Terry Gordy 01/21/83 Dallas, TX Kevin Von Erich [5] 03/04/83 Dallas, TX Belt held up after a match against Jimmy Garvin on 83/07/11. Jimmy Garvin 07/25/83 Ft. Worth, TX Defeats Kevin Von Erich. Chris Adams 11/24/83 Dallas, TX Jimmy Garvin [2] 12/25/83 Dallas, TX Chris Adams [2] 01/30/84 Ft. Worth, TX Jimmy Garvin [3] 04/02/84 Ft. Worth, TX Chris Adams [3] 04/04/84 Jimmy Garvin [4] 04/84 Gino Hernandez [2] 05/18/84 San Juan, PR Mike Von Erich 08/04/84 Dallas, TX Gino Hernandez [3] 09/03/84 Ft. Worth, TX Kerry Von Erich [5] 10/29/84 Ft. Worth, TX Chris Adams [4] 02/08/85 Dallas, TX Iceman King Parsons 07/05/85 Dallas, TX Rick Rude 11/04/85 Ft. Worth, TX Named the first WCWA World Heavyweight Champion on 86/02/20 after World Class separates from NWA. Chris Adams [5] 07/04/86 Dallas, TX Black Bart 09/15/86 Los Angeles, CA Kevin Von Erich [6] 10/12/86 Dallas, TX Al Perez 08/21/87 Dallas, TX Won by forfeit. Kerry Von Erich [6] 03/06/88 Dallas, TX Iceman King Parsons [2] 03/25/88 Dallas, TX Kerry Von Erich [7] 05/08/88 Irvine, TX Jerry Lawler 10/23/88 Memphis, TN Kerry Von Erich [8] 11/04/88 Dallas, TX Tatsumi Fujinami 12/09/88 Tokyo, Japan Wins when referee rules Von Erich is bleeding too badly to continue. Kerry Von Erich [9] 12/10/88 Tokyo, Japan Fujinami unsatisfied with the result and returns the belt to Von Erich. Jerry Lawler [2] 12/13/88 Chicago, IL Has defeated Curt Hennig on 05/09/88 in Memphis, TN for AWA World Title; unifies WCWA World Title; title held up after a match with Von Erich on 04/05/89. Jerry Lawler [3] 04/14/89 Defeats Kerry Von Erich in rematch; unifies AWA and WCWA World heavyweight titles to become the Unified World Heavyweight Champion.
Takeshi Morishima 06/11/08 Dallas, TX Won a 12-man Battle Royal for revived vacant title. Christian Cage 07/23/08 Dallas, TX Shinsuke Nakamura 08/09/08 Cleveland, OH Batista 08/20/08 Dallas, TX Christian Cage [2] 09/24/08 Dallas, TX Montel Vontavious Porter (M. V. P.) 11/05/08 Dallas, TX Christian Cage [3] 11/19/08 Dallas, TX Naomichi Marufuji 12/27/08 Salt Lake City, UT John Cena 01/07/09 Dallas, TX Christian Cage [4] 01/21/09 Dallas, TX A. J. Styles 01/24/09 Kitchener, ONT Ace Steel 02/18/09 Dallas, TX M. V. P. [2] 04/04/09 Tulsa, OK Brother Ray 04/18/09 Cape Girardeau, MO M. V. P. [3] 05/06/09 Dallas, TX The Great Khali 05/13/09 Dallas, TX Christian (Cage) [5] 10/07/09 Dallas, TX


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