Greatest NWA World Heavyweight Champions
Richard Morgan "Ric" Fliehr, better known by his ring name Ric Flair, is a professional wrestling manager and American retired professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE under a legends appearance contract.
Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer.
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, Jim Crockett Promotions, and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as the WWE.
Aloysius Martin "Lou" Thesz was an American professional wrestler and six-time world champion, most notably holding the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. This is a close race with Flair but the edge goes to Thesz. Back in Thesz’s days, he dominated the NWA region for 27 years. Of that domination, he had six reigns lasting a combined 3,749 days. He was a brilliant technician and hard nosed competitor, who could bend opponents up like pretzels. His tougher fights usually lasted over an hour because they wrestled a lot of 2 out 3 falls matches. Also, in those days he would occasionally go to WWWF and AWA and wrestled their champion. Those matches usually ended as draws because their promoters had to save face. Unlike today, wrestlers tended to get upset from time to time and started hitting each other for real. It was a different time, with a different, more rambunctious fan base. If you didn’t get hurt in the ring, it could happen around the crowd.
Steve Borden, better known by the ring name Sting, is an American retired professional wrestler, actor, author and former bodybuilder.
Jeffrey Leonard "Jeff" Jarrett is an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and co-founder of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which he founded along with his father, Jerry, and more recently, Global Force Wrestling.
Richard Henry Blood Sr., better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler.
Terrence "Terry" Funk was an American professional wrestler and actor. Funk was known for the longevity of his career - which spanned 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements - and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career.
Alejandro Muñoz Moreno, better known as Blue Demon, was a Mexican luchador Enmascarado who was widely considered to be one of the greatest Mexican wrestlers of his time.
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was born in Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Italy, to Alfonso and Emilia Sammartino on October 6, 1935. He then died on April 18, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He is known for his powerful bearhug finishing move, and is widely considered to be one of the ...read more.
Allen Neal Jones, better known by the ring name AJ Styles, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE.
Kerry Gene Adkisson was an American professional wrestler under the ring names Kerry Von Erich, The Modern Day Warrior and The Texas Tornado.
Buddy Rogers, better known by the ring name "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler who was one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in the beginning of the television era. Rogers was a thirteen-time world champion, notably holding the top championship in both the NWA ...read more.