Champion (Title Reigns): Date Became Champ (Unusual Circumstances)

Mark Youngblood: March 7th, 1984 (Beat Dick Slater in tournament)

Tully Blanchard: July 9th, 1984

Dusty Rhodes: March 16th, 1985

Tully Blanchard(2nd): April 28th, 1985

Dusty Rhodes(2nd): July 6th, 1985

Arn Anderson: January 4th, 1986 (Won final over Wahoo McDaniel after Rhodes was injured)

Dusty Rhodes(3rd): September 9th, 1986

Tully Blanchard(3rd): November 27th, 1986

Nikita Koloff: August 17th, 1987

Mike Rotunda: January 26th, 1988

Rick Steiner: December 26th, 1988

Mike Rotunda(2nd): February 20th, 1989

Sting: March 31st, 1989

The Great Muta: September 4th, 1989

Arn Anderson(2nd): January 20th, 1990

Tom Zenk: December 4th, 1990

Arn Anderson(3rd): January 7th, 1991

Bobby Eaton: May 19th, 1991

Steve Austin: June 3rd, 1991

Barry Windham: April 27th, 1992

Steve Austin(2nd): May 23rd, 1992

Rick Steamboat: September 2nd, 1992

Scott Steiner: September 29th, 1992

Paul Orndorff: March 2nd, 1993 (won over Erik Watts, after Steiner went to WWF)

Rick Steamboat(2nd): August 18th, 1993

Lord Steven Regal: September 19th, 1993

Larry Zbyszko: May 2nd, 1994

Lord Steven Regal(2nd): June 23rd, 1994

Johnny B. Badd: September 18th, 1994

Arn Anderson(4th): January 9th, 1995

The Renegade: June 18th, 1995

Diamond Dallas Page: September 17th, 1995

Johnny B. Badd(2nd): October 29th, 1995

Lex Luger: February 17th, 1996

Johnny B. Badd(3rd): February 18th, 1996

Lex Luger(2nd): March 6th, 1996

Lord Steven Regal(3rd): August 20th, 1996

Prince Iaukea: February 17th, 1997

Ultimo Dragon: April 7th, 1997

Lord Steven Regal(4th): May 18th, 1997

Ultimo Dragon(2nd): July 22nd, 1997

Alex Wright: August 21st, 1997

Disco Inferno: September 22nd, 1997

Saturn: November 3rd, 1997

Disco Inferno(2nd): December 8th, 1997

Booker T: December 29th, 1997

Rick Martel: February 16th, 1998

Booker T(2nd): February 22nd, 1998

Chris Benoit: April 30th, 1998

Booker T(3rd): May 1st, 1998

Chris Benoit(2nd): May 2nd, 1998

Booker T(4th): May 3rd, 1998

"Fit" Finlay: May 4th, 1998

Booker T(5th): June 14th, 1998 (later usurped by brother Stevie Ray, while Booker T was out with a knee injury)

Chris Jericho: August 10th, 1998

Konnan: November 30th, 1998

Scott Steiner(2nd): December 28th, 1998

Booker T(6th): March 13th, 1999

Rick Steiner(2nd): May 9th, 1999

Chris Benoit(3rd): September 13th, 1999

Rick Steiner(3rd): October 24th, 1999

Scott Hall: November 21st, 1999 (Steiner injured)

* Title abandoned at the end of November, when Hall threw the title in the trash.

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan: February 16th, 2000 (belt briefly revived when Duggan found title in trash; belt vacated by Eric Bischoff & Vince Russo on April 10th, 2000, and again retired)