World Heavyweight Championship (Kansas City Version), 1940s
Name changes:
- Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship (Kansas City Version) (40/01 - 48/10)
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (48/10 - 88/01) [Note that this regional history differs slightly from the M.W.A. Ohio version and the NWA World Title history]
- World Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship (88) [ symbols ]
|
No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
Reign |
Event |
Note |
|
1. |
Bobby Bruns | 01/19/40 | Kansas City, KS | 1 | ||
| 2. | Orville Brown | 06/13/40 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 3. | Lee Wyckoff | 04/17/41 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 4. | Orville Brown [2] | 10/16/41 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 5. | Tom Zaharias | 03/05/42 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 6. | Orville Brown [3] | 06/25/42 | Kansas City, KS | 2 | ||
| 7. | Ed "Strangler" Lewis | 11/26/42 | Kansas City, KS | 3 | ||
| 8. | Lee Wyckoff [2] | 01/14/43 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 9. | Orville Brown [4] | 02/18/43 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 10. | Lee Wyckoff [3] | May,'43 | Great Bend, KS | |||
| 11. | Orville Brown [5] | 06/17/43 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 12. | Swedish Angel | 12/03/43 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 13. | Orville Brown [6] | 12/09/44 | Kansas City, KS | 4 | ||
| 14. | Dave Levin | 05/04/44 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 15. | Lee Wyckoff [4] | 06/29/44 | Topeka, KS | |||
| 16. | Orville Brown [7] | 08/16/44 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 17. | Bobby Bruns | 06/20/46 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 18. | Orville Brown [8] | 08/08/46 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 19. | Vic Christy | 03/14/47 | St. Joseph, MO | |||
| 20. | Roy Graham | 03/30/47 | St. Joseph, MO | |||
| 21. | Orville Brown [9] | 04/10/47 | Kansas City, KS | |||
| 22. |
Tug Carlson |
47/12/19 |
St. Joseph, MO |
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| 23. |
Orville Brown [10] |
47/12/26 |
St. Joseph, MO |
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| 24. | Bobby Bruns [2] | 04/29/48 | Kansas City, KS | 5 | ||
| 25. | Orville Brown [11] | 05/04/48 | Kansas City, KS | 6 | ||
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BECOMES NWA WORLD
TITLE
|
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (Kansas City Version)
|
No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
Reign |
Event |
Note |
| 1. | Orville Brown | 48/10 | 7 | |||
| 2. |
49/11/27 |
8 |
Notes:
2. Loses disputed decision to Ed "Strangler" Lewis on 11/05/42.
3. Lewis defeats Brown in a rematch.
4. Dave Levin wins a 1-fall match against Brown on 04/27/44 in Kansas City, KS and claims title; Brown claims the belt can only change hands in a best-of-three fall match.
6. MWA joins newly formed National Wrestling Alliance with Brown as the first champion in October,'48.
7. Reigning Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight champion, awarded as the first National Wrestling Alliance World champion; MWA absorbed into NWA.
8. Unifies following titles to become the Undisputed World Heavyweight champion (except in Europe) :
- National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title, defeating Bill Longson on 48/07/20 in Indianapolis, IN
- National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight title, awarded on 49/11/27 when champion Orville Brown is injured in an automobile accident on 49/11/01 before a unification match scheduled on 49/11/25 in St. Louis, MO
- Defends and wins against AWA (Boston) World Heavyweight champion Gorgeous George on 50/07/27 in Chicago, IL (AWA title not on line)
- Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium version of the world title, defeating Baron Michele Leone on 52/05/21 in Los Angeles, CA.
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