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BillLongson 1950-05-18 Kansas City, KS Defeats SonnyMyers in 8-man tournament final to become the first champion. TarzanKowalski 1951-01-25 Kansas City, KS DennisClary 1951-04-26 Kansas City, KS SonnyMyers 1951-05-03 Kansas City, KS DennisClary [2] 1951-05-10 Kansas City, KS JimmyCoffield 1951-11-06 Topeka, KS AloLeilani 1951-11-29 Kansas City, KS BobOrton 1951-12-20 Kansas City, KS EnriqueTorres 1952-02-28 Kansas City, KS SonnyMyers [2]1952-03-06 Kansas City, KS Also defeats MauriceRoberre in 13-man tournament final on 52-04-11 to be recognized asMid-Western Heavyweight Champion and presented the oldMWA World Title belt by OrvilleBrown ; continues to be recognized as Heart of America Title outside St. Joseph; in Wichita, KS, Myers wins another 13-man tournament, defeating BobOrton in the final, in 52-04, but OrvilleBrown refuses to present him with the title because the final is only one fall; Myers later defeats Orton in a 3-fall match. RedBerry 1952-10-09 Kansas City, KS BobbyLane 1952-10-30 Kansas City, KS DaveSims 1953-01-15 Kansas City, KS LennyMontana 1953-10-08 Wichita, KS Renamed Central States Title in 53-10. JohnnyValentine 1953-12-10 Kansas City, KS SonnyMyers defeats Montana for the title next day in St. Joseph, MO, which may be a mistake by a local newspaper since Myers is not billed as champion afterwards. DaveSims [2] 1953-12-17 Kansas City, KS BobOrton [2]1954-01-28 Kansas City, KS SonnyMyers [3]1954-03-19 St. Joseph, MO JoeDusek 1954-09-13 Wichita, KS In Nebraska, Dusek is billed as having defeated Myers in tournament final for the title. RayVillmer 1954-12-16 Kansas City, KS Dusek continues to claim the title in Nebraska as late as 57-08-15. IkeEakins 1955-10-27 Kansas City, KS RichardBrown 1955-11-10 Kansas City, KS MikeDiBiase 1956-02-23 Kansas City, KS RichardBrown [2]1956-04-10 Topeka, KS BobbyBruns 1956-09-22 Kansas City, KS LeeGrable 1956-11-10 Kansas City, KS RichardBrown [3]1956-12-13 Kansas City, KS RedBerry [2]1957-09-15 Wichita, KS RichardBrown [4]1957-10-07 Wichita, KS Vacant in 58 (sometime after 58-04-23). BobGeigel 1958-10-31 St. Joseph, MO Defeats BobEllis in tournament final. BobEllis 1958-11-28 St. Joseph, MO LeeHenning 1960-01-22 St. Joseph, MO ThorHagen 1960-05-27 St. Joseph, MO Also wins a 8-man tournament for the title on 60-05-31 in Sedalia, MO with Henning as one of the participants. MikePaidousis 1960-09-22 Kansas City, KS LeeHenning [2] 1960-11-18 St. Joseph, MO BobEllis [3] 1960-12-23 St. Joseph, MO Vacant in 61 when Ellis leaves the area; one source has RonEtchison defeating LeeHenning for the title on 61-03-31 in St. Joseph, MO. BuddyAustin 1961-06-02 St. Joseph, MO Defeats ThorHagen ; SonnyMyers defeats Austin on 61-06-30, but the title is returned to Austni due to a fast count by referee ThorHagen . SonnyMyers [4]1961-11-03 St. Joseph, MO TarzanTyler 1961-11-10 St. Joseph, MO BuddyAustin [2] 1961-11-17 St. Joseph, MO RayGordon 1962-02-09 St. Joseph, MO LeeHenning [4] 1962-05-04 St. Joseph, MO SonnyMyers [5]1962-10-05 St. Joseph, MO TinyMills 1963-11-25 St. Joseph, MO SonnyMyers [6]1963-02-01 St. Joseph, MO RockHunter 1963-05-17 St. Joseph, MO LarryHamilton 1963-09-27 St. Joseph, MO Vacates after winning theUnited States Title on 64-01-31 in St. Joseph, MO (St. Joseph Gazette , 64-06-19). BobGeigel [2] 1964-06-19 St. Joseph, MO Defeats PatO'Connor in 8-man tournament final. SonnyMyers [7]1964-10-16 St. Joseph, MO MikeDiBiase [2]1964-11-06 St. Joseph, MO RonReed (BuddyColt ) 1965-01-22 St. Joseph, MO The Stomper (ArchieGouldie ) 1965-04-16 St. Joseph, MO RonReed [2] 1965-04-23 St. Joseph, MO The Stomper [2]1965-06-04 St. Joseph, MO SonnyMyers [8]1965-06-28 St. Joseph, MO BobGeigel [3] 1966-01-14 St. Joseph, MO RonReed [3] 1966-02-18 St. Joseph, MO The Viking (BobMorse ) 1966-06-17 St. Joseph, MO SonnyMyers [0]1966-06-24 St. Joseph, MO BobGeigel [4] 1967-02-24 St. Joseph, MO The Viking [2] 1967-04-07 St. Joseph, MO SonnyMyers [10]1967-06-09 St. Joseph, MO The Hangman 1967-10-27 St. Joseph, MO BobGeigel [5] 1967-11-17 St. Joseph, MO SonnyMyers [11]1967-12-12 St. Joseph, MO HarleyRace 1968-04-05 St. Joseph, MO RonEtchison [2]1968-05-03 St. Joseph, MO RogerKirby 1968-05-10 St. Joseph, MO Held up after the match against ThorHagen on 68-05-24 in St. Joseph, MO. RogerKirby [2] 1968-05-31 St. Joseph, MO Defeats Hagen in rematch. SonnyMyers [12]1968-06-07 St. Joseph, MO Myers has announced his retirement before the match; title vacant. BobBrown 1968-06-14 St. Joseph, MO Defeats ThorHagen in tournament final. TommyMartin 1968-10-04 St. Joseph, MO DustyRhodes 1968-12-13 St. Joseph, MO DonKent 1969-01-10 St. Joseph, MO DustyRhodes [2]1969-01-17 St. Joseph, MO DonKent [2] 1969-01-24 St. Joseph, MO DickMurdoch 1969-02-28 St. Joseph, MO PatO'Connor [3]1969-05-09 St. Joseph, MO Vacant in 69-10. Danny Little Bear 1969-11-28 St. Joseph, MO Defeats KillerKox in tournament final. RogerKirby [3] 1970-03-27 St. Joseph, MO Danny Little Bear [2]1970-04-03 St. Joseph, MO HarleyRace #1970-06-19 St. Joseph, MO Held up due to a controversial end to the match. Danny Little Bear [3]1970-06-26 St. Joseph, MO Wins rematch. RogerKirby [4] 1970-07-23 Kansas City, KS The Stomper defeats Kirby on 70-12-04 in St. Joseph, MO, but the title change is voided due to a controversial end to the match. BobGeigel [6] 1971-01-01 St. Joseph, MO HarleyRace [2]1971-01-21 Kansas City, KS Mongolian Stomper defeats Race for the title on 71-04-17 in Des Moines, IA but title is later returned to Race due to an unauthorized referee counting the fall. Danny Little Bear [4]1971-08-26 Kansas City, KS HarleyRace [3]1971-09-16 Kansas City, KS PatO'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 theMissouri Heavyweight title . Danny Little Bear [5]1972-02-11 St. Joseph, MO Black AngusCampbell 1972-04-27 Kansas City, KS The Stomper [5]1972-06-08 Kansas City, KS HarleyRace [4]1972-07-07 Kansas City, KS OmarAtlas 1972-11-24 St. Joseph, MO RogerKirby [5] 1973-01-11 Kansas City, KS Held up after the match against Danny Little Bear on 73-04-20 in St. Joseph, MO. Danny Little Bear 1973-04-27 St. Joseph, MO BobBrown [2]1973-05-28 Topeka, KS HarleyRace [5]1973-09-22 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [3]1973-10-11 Kansas City, KS Held up after the match against MikeGeorge on 73-12-14 in St. Joseph, MO. BobBrown [4]1974-01-04 St. Joseph, MO Defeats George in rematch. MikeGeorge 1974-03-21 Kansas City, KS DonFargo 1974-05-30 Kansas City, KS May lose the title to HarleyRace on 74-06-27 in Kansas City, KS but is still/again billed as champion as of 74-06-30. BobBrown [5]1974-07-04 Kansas City, KS HarleyRace [6]1974-07-11 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [6]1974-08-01 Kansas City, KS TerryMartin 1974-12-26 Kansas City, KS JerryOates 1975-02-07 St. Joseph, MO EdWiskoski 1975-05-31 Kansas City, KS MikeGeorge [2]1976-02-12 Kansas City, KS Held up after the match against EdWiskoski on 76-03-12 in St. Joseph, MO. MikeGeorge [3]1976-03-19 St. Joseph, MO Defeats Wiskoski in rematch. BobBrown [7]1976-04-10 Wichita, KS MikeGeorge [4]1976-04-17 Wichita, KS BobBrown [8]1976-05-18 Topeka, KS HarleyRace [7]1976-07-08 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [9]1976-09-05 Wichita, KS RickGibson 1976-10-01 St. Joseph, MO Vacant in 76-12 after Gibson leaves the area to "recuperate from an injury" (St. Joseph News-Press , 76-12-12). MikeGeorge [5]1976-12-09 Kansas City, KS Defeats DoryFunk Jr. in the 14-man tournament final. BobSlaughter (Sgt.Slaughter ) 1977-01-13 Kansas City, KS TedOates 1977-02-04 St. Joseph, MO BobSlaughter [2] 1977-02-11 St. Joseph, MO TedDiBiase may defeat Slaughter on 77-04-15 in St. Joseph, MO, but Slaughter is billed as the champion in the following week. TedDiBiase 1977-05-19 Kansas City, KS BobSweetan 1977-05-30 Wichita, KS BobBrown [10]1977-10-30 Topeka, KS AlexisSmirnoff 1978-01-16? Wichita, KS? Or sometime between 78-01-05 and 78-01-19. KenLucas 1978-02-16 Kansas City, KS BobSweetan [2] 1978-04-27 Kansas City, KS DougGilbert 1978-08-31 Kansas City, KS BuckRobley 1978-10-07 Des Moines, IA DickMurdoch *1978-12-30 Kansas City, KS RandyAlls (RandyRose ) 1979-01-02 St. Joseph, MO BobSweetan [3] 1979-02-22 Kansas City, KS RonStarr 1979-09-17 Wichita, KS The Turk 1979-10-04 Kansas City, KS The Avenger 1979-11-22 Kansas City, KS The Assassin (JodyHamilton ) 1980-01-24 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [11]1980-02-04 Kansas City, KS BruiserBrody 1980-04-10 Kansas City, KS DickMurdoch 1980-05-22 Kansas City, KS Killer KarlKox 1980-07-24 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [12]1980-08-16 Topeka, KS MikeGeorge [6]1980-09-11 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [13]1980-10-23 Kansas City, KS BuzzTyler 1981-04-01 Des Moines, IA BobSweetan [4] 1981-07-23 Kansas City, KS TommyMartin 1981-11-19 Kansas City, KS BobSweetan [5] 1981-12-10 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [14]1981-12-14 Wichita, KS Held up. BobBrown [15]1982-01-07 Kansas City, KS Wins rematch. RogerKirby [6] 1982-04-27 St. Joseph, MO MannyFernandez 1982-09-16 Kansas City, KS DeweyRobertson 1983-02-10 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [16]1983-05-12 Kansas City, KS DeweyRobertson [2]1983-05-19 Kansas City, KS HarleyRace [8]1983-06-02 Kansas City, KS Vacant on 83-06-10 when Race winsWorld Title . Super Destroyer 1983-06-30 Kansas City, KS Defeats BuckRobley in tournament final. BuzzTyler [2] 1983-10-20 Kansas City, KS TullyBlanchard 1984-01-26 Kansas City, KS BuzzTyler [3] 1984-02-09 Kansas City, KS LukeGraham 1984-04-19 Kansas City, KS TedOates [2] 1984-06-21 Kansas City, KS BuzzTyler [4] 1984-08-11 Kansas City, KS HacksawHiggins 1984-10-06 Kansas City, KS HarleyRace [9]1984-10-25 Kansas City, KS Mr.Pogo 1985-01-10 Kansas City, KS MartyJanetty 1985-09-22 Des Moines, IA BrettSawyer 1985-12-05 Kansas City, KS BobBrown [17]1985-12-17 Ames, IA * Vacates on 86-05-30 due to an ankle injury. The Shadow (JaymieKnight ) * 1986-05-30 Des Moines, IA Wins 13-man battle royal. MartyJanetty [2] * 1986-06-01 Marshalltown, IA BobBrown [18] *1986-06 Vacant on 86-09-26 when Jim Crockett Jr. starts using his own wrestlers. SamHouston 1986-11-16 St. Louis, MO Defeats BillDundee in a tournament final. BillDundee 1987-01-03 Topeka, KS BobBrown [19]1987-02-27 Kansas City, KS Rufus R.Jones [2] 1987-05-14 Kansas City, KS PorkchopCash 1987-07-10 St. Joseph, MO Rufus R.Jones [3] 1987-07-17 Kansas City, KS EarthquakeFerris 1987-09-28 Des Moines, IA BobBrown [20]1987-10-30 St. Joseph, MO Promotion withdraws from NWA and becomes WWA in 87-11. DavePeterson 1987-12-25 St. Joseph, MO Title held up. DavePeterson [2] 1988-02-18 Kansas City, KS Defeats Cuban Assassin for the held-up title; promotion withdraws from NWA and closes in 88. Satō Akio1989-03-23 Kansas City, KS Defeats T.C.Carter ; promotion closes in 90. Somers 2002-03-30 Rolla, MO Defeats ButchMcClain ; vacant on 02-10-22 due to injury. DerekStone 2002-11-16 Coffeyville, KS Defeats MichaelBarry , Griz and GaryJackson . Raven 2005-06-25 Lawrence, KS Stripped on 06-06-02 for lack of title defenses. MichaelStrider 2006-10-14 Muscatine, IA Defeats WoodyMaguire , Mississippi Madman, DerekStone , MarekBrave , and MarkSterling . MarkSterling 2009-07-25 House Springs, MO JeremyWyatt 2011-05-07 Lawrence, KS Defeasts Sterling, TylerCook , and JaysinStrife in a 4-way elimination match; also winsMetro Pro Title , defeating BullSchmitt on 12-03-03 in Kansas City, KS; vacant on 12-04-27 due to injury. A.C.H. 2012-06-02 Kansas City, KS Defeats DanWalsh and Neil DiamondCutter in an 8-man tournament 3-way final; stripped on 12-11-01 after Metro Pro leaves the NWA. EvanMorris 2013-03-30 Swansea, IL Defeats DevenSpade in tournament final to be recognized by NWA Central-States. ShaneSomers [2] 2013-10-27 Cahokia, IL G.Q.Smooth (ScottSomers ) 2014-05-10 Vienna, MO ShaneSomers [3] 2014-05-17 St. Robert, MO The Mad Hatter 2014-06-28 Waynesville, MO DevenSpade 2015-06-13 Newburg, MO MitchJohnson 2017-03-31 Lebanon, MO NWA Central-States closes in 17-10.
