List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions

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Current champion Tyrus

The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It is the promotion's premier title.

NWA currently recognizes 98 individual World Heavyweight Championship reigns.The inaugural champion was Orville Brown. The longest reigning champion is Lou Thesz, who held the title from November 27, 1949 to March 15, 1956, for a total of 2,300 days (6 years, 3 months, and 16 days); Thesz also holds the record for longest combined reigns at 3,749 days. Shane Douglas is the shortest reign as champion for less than 1 day. Ric Flair holds the record for most reigns with 9. The youngest champion is Chris Candido who won the title at the age of 22, while the oldest champion is Tim Storm, who won it at the age of 51.

Tyrus is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated previous champion Trevor Murdoch and Zack NussMatt Cardona in a three-way match at Hard Times 3 on November 12, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Title history

Names

Name	Years
NWA World Heavyweight Championship	July 14, 1948 – October 21, 2016
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship	October 21, 2016 – present

Reigns

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Days recog.	Notes	Ref.
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)










Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP)







World Championship Wrestling (WCW)






42	The Great Muta	January 4, 1993	Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	48	48	Muta's IWGP Heavyweight Championship was also on the line.
43	Barry Windham	February 21, 1993	SuperBrawl III	Asheville, NC	1	147	147
44	Ric Flair	July 18, 1993	Beach Blast	Biloxi, MS	9⁽¹³⁾	59	59
—	Vacated	September 15, 1993	—	—	—	—	—
	Rick Rude	September 19, 1993	Fall Brawl 1993	Houston, Texas	1	178	—	Rude defeated Ric Flair to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship.

Combined reigns

As of January 15, 2025.

†	Current champion; reign changing daily
<1	Reign was less than a day

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days.

2	Ric Flair	9	3,119





























32	Barry Windham	1	147





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49	The Great Muta		97

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References

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