Bill Longson 50/05/18 Kansas City, KS
Killer Kowalski 51 Kansas City, MO
Dennis Clary 51
Sonny Myers 51
Dennis Clary [2] 51
Jimmy Coffield @ 51
Alo Leilani @ 51
Bob Orton 51
Enrique Torres 52/02
Sonny Myers [2] 52/03
* Vacant in '52.
Sonny Myers 52/04 Wichita, KS
* Defeats Bob Orton in 13-man tournament final, but
Orville Brown refuses to present him with the title
because the final was only one fall.
Sonny Myers [3] 52
* Defeats Bob Orton in 3-fall match.
Red Berry 52/09
Bobby Lane 52/11 Kansas City, KS
Dave Sims 53/01 Kansas City, KS
Lenny Montana 53/10
Dave Sims [2] 54/01
Bob Orton [2] 54/02 Kansas City, KS
Sonny Myers [4] 54/03
El Toro 54
Sonny Myers [5] 54
Joe Dusek 54/09
Ray Villmer 54
Lu Kim
Ray Villmer [2]
Mighty Atlas 56
Sonny Myers [6] 57/02
Richard Brown 57
Red Berry [2] 57/09/15 Wichita, KS
Richard Brown [2] 57/10/07 Wichita, KS
* Vacant in '58.
Bob Geigel 58/10/03
* Wins tournament.
Bob Ellis 58/11/28 St. Joseph, MO
Lee Henning 60/01/22 St. Joseph, MO
Kinji Shibuya 60
Bob Ellis [2] 60/03/10 Kansas City, KS
Thor Hagen 60/05/27 St. Joseph, MO
Ricky Lee 60/06 St. Joseph, MO
Thor Hagen [2] 60/08
Mike Paidousis 60/09/29 Kansas City, KS
Lee Henning [2] 60/11/18 St. Joseph, MO
Ron Etchison 61/03/31 St. Joseph, MO
Lee Henning [3] 61/04/21 St. Joseph, MO
* Vacant in '61.
Buddy Austin 61/06/02
Ray Gordon 62/02/09 St. Joseph, MO
Johnny Kace 63
Rock Hunter 63
Enrique Torres [2] 63/12/20 St. Joseph, MO
Mike DiBiase
Ron Reed (Buddy Colt) 65/01/11
The Stomper (Archie Gouldie) 65/06/04
Sonny Myers [7] 65/07/04
Bob Geigel [2] 66/01/07 St. Joseph, MO
Ron Reed [2] 66/02/18
The Viking (Bob Morse) 66/06/17
Mike DiBiase [2] 66/12/16
Sonny Myers [8] 67/01/13
Bob Geigel [3] 67/02/24
Sonny Myers [9] 67
* Vacant in '68.
Bob Brown 68/09
* Defeats Thor Hagen in tournament final.
Dusty Rhodes 68
Don Kent 69/01 St. Joseph, MO
Roger Kirby 70
Bob Geigel [4] 71/01/01 St. Joseph, MO
Harley Race 71
Bob Geigel [5] 71
Harley Race [2] 71/06
* Pat O'Connor defeats Race for the title on 72/01/28
in St. Louis, MO, but Race continues to be recognized by
other promoters, and Sam Muchnick withdraws recognition
of the title and later creates the Missouri Heavyweight title.
Danny Little Bear 72/02/11 St. Joseph, MO
Black Angus Campbell 72
The Stomper [2] 72/06/08
Harley Race [3] 72/07/07 Kansas City, KS
Omar Atlas 72/11/24 St. Joseph, MO
Roger Kirby 72/12
Danny Little Bear [2] 73/04/27
Harley Race [4] 73/09/22 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [3] 73/10/11 Kansas City, KS
Mike George 74/03/21 Kansas City, KS
Roger Kirby [2] 74/06
Bob Brown [4] 74/07/04 Kansas City, KS
* Defeats Don Fargo.
Harley Race [5] 74/07/11 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [5] 74/08/01 Kansas City, KS
Terry Martin 74/12
Jerry Oates 75/02/07 St. Joseph, MO
Ed Wiskoski 75/05/31 Kansas City, KS
Mike George [2] 76/02/12 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [6] 76/04/10 Wichita, KS
Mike George [3] 76/04/17 Wichita, KS
Bob Brown [7] 76/05/18 Topeka, KS
Harley Race [6] 76/07/08 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [8] 76/09/05 Wichita, KS
Rick Gibson 76/10/01 St. Joseph, MO
Bob Slaughter (Sgt. Slaughter) 77/01
Ted Oates 77/02/04 St. Joseph, MO
Bob Slaughter [2] 77/02/11 St. Joseph, MO
Bob Brown * 77
Bob Slaughter [3] 77
Ted DiBiase 77/05/19 Kansas City, KS
Bob Sweetan 77
Bob Brown [9] 77/10/30 Topeka, KS
Ted DiBiase [2] 78/01/07 Kansas City, KS
Bob Sweetan [2] 78/04/27 Kansas City, KS
Doug Gilbert 78/08/31 Kansas City, KS
Buck Robley 78/10/07 Des Moines, IA
Dick Murdoch * 78/12/30 Kansas City, KS
Randy Alls (Randy Rose) 79/01/02 St. Joseph, MO
Bob Sweetan [3] 79/02/22 Kansas City, KS
Ron Starr 79/08/23
The Turk 79/10/04
The Avenger 79/11/22 Kansas City, KS
The Assassin (Jody Hamilton) 80/01/24 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [10] 80/02/04 Kansas City, KS
Bruiser Brody 80/04/10 Kansas City, KS
Dick Murdoch 80/05/22 Kansas City, KS
Killer Karl Kox 80/07/24 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [11] 80/08/16 Topeka, KS
Mike George [4] 80/09/11 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [12] 80/10/23 Kansas City, KS
Buzz Tyler 81/04/01 Des Moines, IA
Bob Sweetan [4] 81/06/07
Tommy Martin 81/11/19 Kansas City, KS
Bob Sweetan [5] 81/12/10 Kansas City, KS
Roger Kirby 82/04/27 St. Joseph, MO
Manny Fernandez 82/09/16 Kansas City, KS
Dewey Robertson 83/02/10 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [13] 83/05/12 Kansas City, KS
Dewey Robertson [2] 83/05/19 Kansas City, KS
Harley Race [7] 83/06/02 Kansas City, KS
* Vacant on 83/06/10 when Race wins World Heavyweight title.
Super Destroyer 83/06/30 Kansas City, KS
* Defeats Buck Robley in tournament final.
Buzz Tyler [2] 83/10/20 Kansas City, KS
Tully Blanchard 84/01/26 Kansas City, KS
Buzz Tyler [3] 84/02/09 Kansas City, KS
Luke Graham 84/04/19 Kansas City, KS
Ted Oates [2] 84/06/21 Kansas City, KS
Buzz Tyler [4] 84/08/12 Columbia, MO *
Hacksaw Higgins 84/10/06 Kansas City, KS
Harley Race [8] 84/10/25 Kansas City, KS
Mr. Pogo 85/01/10 Kansas City, KS
Marty Janetty 85/09/22 Des Moines, IA
Brett Sawyer 85/12/05 Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [14] 85/12/17 Ames, IA *
Sam Houston 86/11/16 St. Louis, MO
Bill Dundee 87/01/03 Topeka, KS
Bob Brown [15] 87/02/27 Kansas City, KS
Rufus R. Jones [2] 87/05/21 Kansas City, KS
Porkchop Cash 87/07/10 St. Joseph, MO
Rufus R. Jones [3] 87/07/17 Kansas City, KS
Earthquake Farris 87/09/27 Des Moines, IA
Bob Brown [16] 87/10/30 St. Joseph, MO
Dave Peterson 87/12/25 St. Joseph, MO
* Title held up.
Dave Peterson [2] 88/02/18 Kansas City, KS
* Defeats Cuban Assassin for the held-up title
David Schultz 88/04/21 St. Louis, MO
DJ Peterson [3] 88/06/04 St. Louis, MO
David Schultz [2] 88/09/03 Chicago, IL
Buddy Landell 89/01/02 Kansas City, MO
* Vacant on 89/03/20 when Landell wins North American Title
Butch Reed 89/06/02 St. Louis, MO
* Defeats Bad News Brown for the vacant title
DJ Peterson [4] 89/08/16 Tulsa, OK
David Schultz [3] 89/09/05 St. Louis, MO
Steve Williams 89/11/01 St. Paul, MN
Terry Taylor 90/04/21 Topeka, KS
Max Allen 90/05/29 Wichita, KS
David Schultz [4] 90/06/21 Memphis, TN
Chris Champion 90/09/27 Seattle, WA
* Vacant on 91/04/17 when Champion wins American Title
David Schultz [5] 91/06/02 St. Louis, MO
* Defeats Scotty the Body for the vacant title
* Vacant on 92/03/03 and the title retired
Max Manouvere 98/03/07 St. Louis MO
*Defeats GraveStone for the vacant title
Blizzard 98/03/22 St. Louis MO
Buddy Landell [2] 98/06/02 St. Louis MO
Sam Holiday 98/06/07 St. Louis MO
McMasters 99/02/21 St. Louis MO
Derrick Darkstrom 99/08/01 St. Louis MO
Tommy Dreamer 01/04/06 St. Louis MO
Kevin Northcutt 02/06/11 Jefferson City, MO
Pete Lothario 02/12/15 St. Louis MO
Tommy Dreamer [2] 03/04/29 Kansas City, MO
Pete Jackson 03/11/22 St. Louis MO
* Retires as Champion. Title Vacant
Drake Vyle 04/03/30 Rolla, MO
* Defeats Butch McClain when the title is revived
Derek Stone 04/11/16 Coffeyville, KS
Raven 05/06/03 St. Louis, MO
* Stripped on 06/06/02 for lack of title defenses.
Matt Striker 06/10/14 Muscatine, IA
* Defeats Woody Maguire and Derek Stone to win title
Mark Sterling 07/07/25 House Springs, MO
Ted DiBiase Jr. 07/09/18 St. Louis MO
Sheamus O'Shauunessy 08/09/18 St. Louis, MO
Eric Escobar(Eric Perez) 08/12/11 Kansas City, KS
Joe Hennig 09/02/26 Kansas City, KS
* Vacates on 09/03/19 due to injury.
Drew McIntyre 09/03/19 Lawrence, KS
* Defeats Eric Escobar to win the title.
Tyler Reks 09/06/11 St. Louis, MO
Heath Slater 09/08/13 Kansas City, KS
Justin Gabriel 09/09/24 Topeka, KS
Alex Riley 10/04/15 St. Louis, MO
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