| WWA World Heavyweight Title |
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| Name |
Date won |
Days |
Location |
Notes |
Held |
| Pete Jackson |
4/29/88 |
124 |
St. Louis, MO |
tournament final over Magnum T.A. to become the first champion. |
1 |
| Harley Race |
9/2/88 |
20 |
St. Louis, MO |
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1 |
| Owen Hart |
9/21/88 |
1325 |
Baltimore, MO |
On 08/15/1990 Owen Hart won the NWA, WWF, AWA World Titles and retained the WWA Worlds Title to become the Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. The NWA stripped Hart of the NWA title on 09/01/1991, the AWA folded on 10/05/1991, and the WWF was sold to Time-Warner on 01/01/1992 who merged it with the NWA. |
1 |
| Pete Jackson [2] |
4/18/92 |
316 |
Chicago, IL |
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2 |
| "The Kutlul Warrior" Jon Stewart |
3/2/93 |
50 |
Las Vegas, NV |
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1 |
| The Great Muta |
4/21/93 |
47 |
Tokyo, Japan |
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1 |
| Scott Steiner |
6/5/93 |
1 |
St. Louis, MO |
After winning the title, challenged Owen Hart to a title match right then. |
1 |
| Owen Hart [2] |
6/5/93 |
298 |
St. Louis, MO |
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2 |
| Sabu Dastagir |
4/1/94 |
34 |
Singapore |
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1 |
| Owen Hart [3] |
6/4/94 |
628 |
St. Louis, MO |
stripped on 01/19/1996 following disputes between the PWA and Hart against the WWA. At that point the PWA drops out of the WWA, yet rejoins a month later. |
3 |
| Pete Jackson [3] |
2/1/96 |
59 |
Los Angeles, CA |
tournament final over Ken Shamrock. |
3 |
| Barry Windham |
3/31/96 |
91 |
Boston, MA |
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1 |
| Dan "The Beast" Severn |
6/1/96 |
33 |
St. Louis, MO |
NWA World Champion becomes Unified WWA/NWA/PWA World Champion. Stripped on 07/03/1996 after faking his own death in Japan. At this point the PWA leaves the WWA, drops the WWA World Title and declares their own world champion. |
1 |
| "The Giant" Paul Wight |
8/9/96 |
112 |
Frankfurt, Germany |
won 36 man tournament final over Barry Windham. |
1 |
| Barry Windham [2] |
11/28/96 |
747 |
Atlanta, GA |
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2 |
| Bill Goldberg |
12/25/98 |
91 |
Las Vegas, NV |
stripped on 03/26/1999 after failure to appear for a title defense for the third time. WCW leaves WWA |
1 |
| Mitsuhara Misawa |
3/27/99 |
30 |
Tokyo, Japan |
defeats Ed Wayne Bruce in a battle of the top two contenders. |
1 |
| Steven "Danger" Elliott |
4/25/99 |
43 |
Paris, France |
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1 |
| Robert "Blaze" Bayley |
6/6/99 |
135 |
St. Louis, MO |
PWA World Champion unifies the titles. |
1 |
| Barry Windham [3] |
10/17/99 |
141 |
San Antonio, TX |
leaves the PWA after a dispute with the PWA front office and then forfeits the WWA World Title to the WWA board on 3/3/2000 after refusing to appear at the upcoming PWA pay-per-view event. |
3 |
| "The Game" Nic Cross |
3/5/00 |
92 |
Las Vegas, NV |
defeats Dallas Page in one match event. |
1 |
| Pete Jackson [4] |
6/4/00 |
92 |
St. Louis, MO |
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4 |
| John Raddison |
9/3/00 |
202 |
Pontiac, MI |
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1 |
| Chris Champion |
3/21/01 |
27 |
Chicago, IL |
vacates title on 04/16/2001. |
1 |
| Rob Van Dam |
4/22/01 |
267 |
Detroit, MI |
tournament final over Brandon Myers. |
1 |
| Barry Windham [4] |
1/13/02 |
79 |
Indianapolis, IN |
NWA World Champion becomes unified champion. Title vacated on 3-25-2002 when Windham retires as Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion |
4 |
| Brandon Myers |
4/14/02 |
353 |
Toronto, ON |
tournament final over Axel Hager |
1 |
| Brock Lesnar |
3/30/03 |
96 |
Seattle, WA |
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1 |
| Bill Goldberg [2] |
7/3/03 |
61 |
Tokyo, Japan |
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2 |
| Nic Cross [2] |
9/1/03 |
78 |
New York, NY |
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2 |
| Shawn Michaels |
11/17/03 |
61 |
San Antonio, TX |
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1 |
| Brandon Myers [2] |
1/15/04 |
108 |
Portland, OR |
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2 |
| "The Ace" Axel Hager |
6/2/04 |
181 |
St. Louis, MO |
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1 |
| Brandon Myers [3] |
11/28/04 |
190 |
San Juan, PR |
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3 |
| John Cena |
6/4/05 |
92 |
St. Louis, MO |
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1 |
| Dave Batista |
9/3/05 |
184 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Vacates on 11/10/05 due to bicep injuries |
1 |
| Brandon Myers [4] |
11/24/05 |
191 |
Indianapolis, IN |
tournament final over John Cena |
4 |
| Shawn Michaels [2] |
6/2/06 |
61 |
St. Louis, MO |
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2 |
| Rob Van Dam [2] |
8/1/06 |
34 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Cashed in his "Money in the Bank" contract from WrestleMania 22. This was an Extreme Rules match. Van Dam Became the only person to hold both the WWA and ECW World Championship. |
2 |
| John Cena [2] |
9/3/06 |
75 |
Boston, MA |
Van Dam only defended the WWA Title in this match |
2 |
| Dave Batista [2] |
11/26/06 |
442 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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2 |
| Brandon Myers [5] |
2/17/08 |
201 |
Las Vegas, NV |
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5 |
| Steve Ellliott [2] |
9/2/08 |
43 |
New York, NY |
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2 |
| Edge |
10/14/08 |
41 |
Buffalo, NY |
This was a triple threat match, also involving John Cena. |
1 |
| John Cena [3] |
11/23/08 |
367 |
Boston, MA |
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3 |
| Reid Flair |
2/22/09 |
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New York, Ney York |
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| Big Van Vader (2) |
5/24/09 |
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Irving, Texas |
Holder of the SWCW Heavyweight Championship; Vader's Retirement Match. |
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| Jeff Hardy |
5/31/09 |
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Blackburn, England |
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Also involved WWA N.A Champ William Regal, Former Champ Reid Flair and Asian Triple Crown Champion Kensuki Sasuke |
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| Rob Van Dam (2) |
6/18/09 |
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Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Kurt Angle |
10/31/09 |
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Knoxville, TN |
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| Kensuke Sasaki |
1/4/10 |
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Tokyo, Japan |
PWA stops booking the title. |
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| Chris Jericho |
5/19/10 |
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Tokyo, Japan |
Jericho defeated Samoa Joe, Kensuke Sasaki (c) and Jeff Hardy when Jericho pinned Jeff Hardy after the Code Breaker |
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| Shinsuke Nakamura |
9/2/10 |
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Tokyo, Japan |
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| Kurt Angle (2) |
10/26/10 |
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Tokyo, Japan |
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| Chris Jericho (2) |
11/28/10 |
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Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Kurt Angle (3) |
12/19/10 |
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Atlanta, GA |
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| Go Shiozaki |
1/23/11 |
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New York City, NY |
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| Nigel McGuiness |
2/13/11 |
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Cedar Rapids, IW |
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| Pete Jackson |
3/27/11 |
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Los Angeles, CA |
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| Nigel McGuiness (2) |
4/17/11 |
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Rosemont, Illinois |
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| Kurt Angle (5) |
5/22/11 |
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Tokyo, Japan |
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| Shinsuke Nakamura (2) |
6/19/11 |
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St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Randy Orton |
8/26/11 |
118 |
Chicago, IL |
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1 |
| CM Punk |
9/25/11 |
513 |
Denver, CO |
Current PWA Champion/ Becomes Undisputed WWA/PWA World Champion. |
3 |
| Nic Cross [3] |
1/27/13 |
50 |
Phoenix, AZ |
Match ended in controversy as Cross was attacked with arena lights off, which allowed Punk to get the pin fall. PWA CEO Terry Taylor ordered the match restarted due to the interference. |
4 |
| John Cena [4] |
3/17/13 |
167 |
E. Rutherford, NJ |
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2 |
| Randy Orton [2] |
10/27/13 |
172 |
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1 |
| Bryan Danielson |
4/16/14 |
69 |
New Orleans, LA |
Danielson was stripped of the title due to a neck injury on 6-16-14 |
6 |
| Pete Jackson [6] |
6/29/14 |
78 |
Boston, MA |
wins a 6 man ladder match to win the vacant title. |
2 |
| Brock Lesnar [2] |
9/7/14 |
365 |
Los Angeles, CA |
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7 |
| Pete Jackson [7] |
9/6/15 |
364 |
New York, NY |
Won PWA Heavyweight Title on 11-26-15 to become Unifed World Heavyweight Champion |
1 |
| Finn Bálor |
9/4/16 |
2 |
New York, NY |
WWA Title only. He was Injured during this match to win title. Forced to vacate title on 9-5-16. |
1 |
| Roman Reigns |
9/12/16 |
188 |
Houston, TX |
Fatal Four Way tournament victory over Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, and Colin Cassady |
5 |
| John Cena [5] |
1/29/17 |
15 |
Atlatna, GA |
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2/12/17 |
52 |
Phoenix, AZ |
This was an Elimination Chamber match. |
3 |
| Brock Lesnar [3] |
4/2/17 |
725 |
Orlando, FL |
Wrestlemania 33. |
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| Bray Wyatt [2} |
4/7/19 |
46 |
E. Rutherford, NJ |
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1 |
| A.J. Styles |
5/21/19 |
13 |
Rosemont, IL |
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| Bryan Danielson [2] |
6/3/19 |
148 |
St. Louis, MO |
Battle at Busch |
4 |
| Brock Lesnar [4] |
12/4/19 |
110 |
Los Angeles, CA |
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2 |
| Roman Reigns [2] |
3/25/20 |
1474 |
St. Louis, MO |
Wrestlemania 36 taped at the Chase Hotel. COVID |
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| Cody Rhodes |
4/7/24 |
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Philadelphia, PA |
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