NWF World Heavyweight Championship/Champion history

== Title history ==
Wrestler: 	Reigns: 	Date: 	Place: 	Notes:
Johnny Powers 	1 	1970 	Los Angeles, California	Defeats Freddie Blassie to become inaugural champion
Waldo Von Erich 	1 	November 20, 1971	Akron, Ohio 	
Dominic DeNucci 	1 	December 8, 1971 	Buffalo, New York 	
Waldo Von Erich 	2 	January 5, 1972 	Buffalo, New York 	
Ernie Ladd 	1 	June 9, 1972 	Cleveland, Ohio 	
Abdullah the Butcher	1 	June 24, 1972 	Akron, Ohio 	Reign interrupted by Victor Rivera for under a month
Johnny Valentine 	1 	October 19, 1972 	Cleveland, Ohio 	Stripped of title in January 1973
Jacques Rougeau 	1 	January 24, 1973 	Buffalo, New York 	Defeats Waldo Von Erich in finals of tournament for the vacant title
Johnny Valentine 	2 	August 1973 	Location unknown 	
Johnny Powers 	1 	1973 	Location unknown 	Powers takes the title to Japan with him on a tour with Tokyo Pro Wrestling
Antonio Inoki 	1 	December 10, 1973	Tokyo, Japan 	Inoki vacates the title on February 12, 1975 as refusal of an NWF ordered defense against Tiger Jeet Singh
Tiger Jeet Singh 	1 	March 13, 1975 	Hiroshima, Japan 	Singh defeats Inoki for the vacant title
Antonio Inoki 	2 	June 26, 1975 	Tokyo, Japan 	Ordered by the NWA to stop referring to belt as a world title at annual NWA meeting on August 7, 1976
Stan Hansen 	1 	February 8, 1980 	Tokyo, Japan 	
Antonio Inoki 	3 	March 3, 1980 	Tokyo, Japan 	Title held up after a defence on April 17, 1981 against Stan Hansen ends in a no contest
Antonio Inoki 	4 	April 23, 1981 	Tokyo, Japan 	Inoki vacates the title following the match to enter the NJPW IWGP League
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Yoshihiro Takayama 	1 	January 4, 2003 	Tokyo, Japan 	Defeats Tsuyoshi Kosaka in a tournament for the vacant title at Wrestling World
Shinsuke Nakamura 	1 	January 4, 2004 	Tokyo, Japan 	Nakamura officially unifies NWF title with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestling World
Category:Champion history