5-18-1950 "Wild" Bill Longson (Kansas City, KS)
-Defeated Sonny Meyers in a tournament final to become the first champion.
1-25-1951 Tarzan Kowalski (Kansas City, KS)
4-26-1951 Dennis Cleary (1) (Kansas City, KS)
5-3-1951 Sonny Meyers (1) (Kansas City, KS)
5-10-1951 Dennis Cleary (2) (Kansas City, KS)
11-6-1951 Jimmy Coffield (Topeka, KS)
11-29-1951 Alo Leilani (Kansas City, KS)
12-20-1951 Bob Orton (1) (Kansas City, KS)
2-28-1952 Enrique Torres (1) (Kansas City, KS)
3-6-1952 Sonny Meyers (2) (Kansas City, KS)
3-1952 VACATED
4-1952 Sonny Meyers (3) (Wichita, KS)
-Defeated Bob Orton in a tournament final. However, NWA official Orville Brown held up the title because the final only
went one fall. Sonny Meyers later defeated Bob Orton in a best-two-out-of-three falls rematch to solidify his title claim.
9-1952 "Wild" Red Berry (1)
11-1952 Bobby Lane (Kansas City, KS)
1-15-1953 Dave Sims (1) (Kansas City, KS)
10-1-1953 Lenny Montana
11-12-1953 Sonny Meyers (4) (St. Joseph, MO)
1-1954 Dave Sims (2)
1-28-1954 Bob Orton (2) (Kansas City, KS)
3-1954 Sonny Meyers (5)
1954 El Toro
1954 Sonny Meyers (6) (Kansas City, KS)
9-13-1954 Joe Dusek (Wichita, KS)
12-16-1954 Ray Villmer (1) (Kansas City, KS)
1955 Lu Kim
1955 Ray Villmer (2)
1956 "Iron" Mike DiBiase (1)
4-10-1956 Richard Brown (1) (Topeka, KS)
1956 Mighty Atlas
1957 Sonny Meyers (7)
1957 Richard Brown (2)
9-15-1957 "Wild" Red Berry (2) (Wichita, KS)
10-7-1957 Richard Brown (3) (Wichita, KS)
1958 VACATED
7-25-1958 Sonny Meyers (8) (St. Joseph, MO)
-Won a tournament final.
10-1958 VACATED
10-3-1958 Bob Geigel (1)
-Defeated Bob Ellis in a tournament final.
11-28-1958 Bob Ellis (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
1-22-1960 Lee Henning (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
1960 Kinji Shibuya
3-10-1960 Bob Ellis (2) (Kansas City, KS)
4-1960 Lee Henning (2)
5-27-1960 Thor Hagen (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
6-1960 Ricky Lee (St. Joseph, MO)
8-1960 Thor Hagen (2)
9-29-1960 Mike Paidousis (Kansas City, KS)
11-18-1960 Lee Henning (3) (St. Joseph, MO)
3-31-1961 Ron Etchison (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
4-21-1961 Lee Henning (4) (St. Joseph, MO)
5-1961 Bob Ellis (3)
5-1961 VACATED
-Title vacated when Bob Ellis left the area.
6-2-1961 Buddy Austin (1)
11-3-1961 Sonny Meyers (9) (St. Joseph, MO)
11-10-1961 Tarzan Tyler (St. Joseph, MO)
11-1961 Buddy Austin (2)
2-9-1962 Ray Gordon (St. Joseph, MO)
5-4-1962 Lee Henning (5) (St. Joseph, MO)
10-1962 Pat O’Connor (1)
11-2-1962 Lee Henning (6) (St. Joseph, MO)
11-16-1962 Pat O’Connor (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
2-1-1963 Sonny Meyers (10) (St. Joseph, MO)
5-17-1963 Rock Hunter (St. Joseph, MO)
12-20-1963 Enrique Torres (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
12-20-1963 The Spoiler (St. Joseph, MO)
12-1964 "Iron" Mike DiBiase (2)
1-11-1965 Ron Reed (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
6-4-1965 The Stomper (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
7-4-1965 Sonny Meyers (11)
1-7-1966 Bob Geigel (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
2-18-1966 Ron Reed (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
6-17-1966 The Viking (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
12-16-1966 "Iron" Mike DiBiase (3) (St. Joseph, MO)
1-13-1967 Sonny Meyers (12) (St. Joseph, MO)
2-24-1967 Bob Geigel (3) (St. Joseph, MO)
4-7-1967 The Viking (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
6-9-1967 Sonny Meyers (13) (St. Joseph, MO)
10-27-1967 The Hangman (St. Joseph, MO)
11-17-1967 Bob Geigel (4) (St. Joseph, MO)
12-12-1967 Sonny Meyers (14) (St. Joseph, MO)
4-5-1968 Harley Race (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
5-3- 1968 Ron Etchison (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
5-10-1968 Roger Kirby (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
5-1968 VACATED
6-4-1968 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
-Defeated Thor Hagen in a tournament final.
10-11-1968 Tommy Martin (St. Joseph, MO)
12-13-1968 Dusty Rhodes (St. Joseph, MO)
1-10-1969 Don Kent (St. Joseph, MO)
2-28-1969 Dick Murdoch (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
6-20-1969 Pat O’Connor (3) (St. Joseph, MO)
10-1969 VACATED
11-28-1969 Danny Little Bear (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
-Won a tournament final.
4-3-1970 Roger Kirby (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
1-1-1971 Bob Geigel (5) (St. Joseph, MO)
1971 Harley Race (2)
1971 Bob Geigel (6)
6-1971 Harley Race (3)
2-11-1972 Danny Little Bear (2) (St. Joseph, MO)
1972 Black Angus Campbell
6-8-1972 The Stomper (2)
7-7-1972 Harley Race (4) (Kansas City, KS)
11-24-1972 Omar Atlas (St. Joseph, MO)
12-1972 Roger Kirby (3)
4-27-1973 Danny Little Bear (3)
6-1973 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (2)
9-22-1973 Harley Race (5) (Kansas City, KS)
10-11-1973 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (3) (Kansas City, KS)
3-21-1974 Mike George (1) (Kansas City, KS)
6-1974 Roger Kirby (4)
7-4-1974 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (4) (Kansas City, KS)
-Defeated Don Fargo.
7-11-1974 Harley Race (6) (Kansas City, KS)
8-1-1974 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (5) (Wichita, KS)
12-1974 Terry Martin
2-7-1975 Jerry Oates (St. Joseph, MO)
5-31-1975 Ed Wiskowski (Kansas City, KS)
2-12-1976 Mike George (2) (Kansas City, KS)
4-10-1976 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (6) (Wichita, KS)
4-17-1976 Mike George (3) (Wichita, KS)
5-18-1976 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (7) (Topeka, KS)
7-8-1976 Harley Race (7) (Kansas City, KS)
9-5-1976 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (8) (Wichita, KS)
10-1-1976 Rick Gibson (St. Joseph, MO)
1-1977 Bob (Sgt.) Slaughter (1)
2-4-1977 Ted Oates (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
2-11-1977 Bob Slaughter (2) St. Joseph, MO)
1977 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (9)
1977 Bob Slaughter (3)
5-19-1977 Ted DiBiase (1) (Kansas City, KS)
1977 "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan (1)
10-30-1977 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (10) (Topeka, KS)
1-7-1978 Ted DiBiase (2) (Kansas City, KS)
1-7-1978 Alexis Smirnoff (Kansas City, KS)
2-16-1978 Ken Lucas (Kansas City, KS)
4-27-1978 "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan (2) (Kansas City, KS)
8-31-1978 Doug Gilbert (Kansas City, KS)
10-7-1978 Col. Buck Robley (Des Moines, IA)
12-30-1978 Dick Murdoch (2) (Kansas City, KS)
1-2-1979 Randy Alls (St. Joseph, MO)
2-22-1979 "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan (3) (Kansas City, KS)
8-23-1979 Ron Starr
10-4-1979 The Turk
11-22-1979 The Avenger (Kansas City, KS)
1-24-1980 The Assassin (Kansas City, KS)
2-4-1980 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (11) (Kansas City, KS)
4-10-1980 Bruiser Brody (Kansas City, KS)
5-22-1980 Dick Murdoch (3) (Kansas City, KS)
7-24-1980 "Killer" Karl Kox (Kansas City, KS)
8-16-1980 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (12) (Topeka, KS)
9-11-1980 Mike George (4) (Kansas City, KS)
10-23-1980 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (13) (Kansas City, KS)
4-1-1981 Buzz Tyler (1) (Des Moines, IA)
6-7-1981 "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan (4)
11-19-1981 Tommy Martin (Kansas City, KS)
12-10-1981 "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan (5) (Kansas City, KS)
4-27-1982 Roger Kirby (5) (St. Joseph, MO)
-Defeated Harley Race.
9-16-1982 "Ragin’ Bull" Manny Fernandez (Kansas City, KS)
2-10-1983 Dewey Robertson (1) (Kansas City, KS)
5-12-1983 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (14) (Kansas City, KS)
5-19-1983 Dewey Robertson (2) (Kansas City, KS)
6-2-1983 Harley Race (8) (Kansas City, KS)
6-10-1983 VACATED
-Harley Race was forced to vacate the title after winning the NWA World Championship.
6-30-1983 Super Destroyer (Kansas City, KS)
-Defeated Col. Buck Robley in a tournament final for the vacant title.
10-20-1983 Buzz Tyler (2) (Kansas City, KS)
1-26-1984 Tully Blanchard (Kansas City, KS)
2-9-1984 Buzz Tyler (3) (Kansas City, KS)
4-19-1984 "Crazy" Luke Graham (Kansas City, KS)
6-21-1984 Ted Oates (2) (Kansas City, KS)
8-12-1984 Buzz Tyler (4) (Columbia, MO)
10-6-1984 Hacksaw Higgins (Kansas City, KS)
10-25-1984 Harley Race (9) (Kansas City, KS)
1-10-1985 Mr. Pogo (Kansas City, KS)
9-22-1985 Marty Jannetty (1) (Des Moines, IA)
12-5-1985 Brett Sawyer (Kansas City, KS)
12-17-1985 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (15) (Ames, IA)
5-30-1986 VACATED
-Bob Brown was forced to vacate the title due to injury.
5-30-1986 The Shadow (Des Moines, IA)
-Won a 13-man battle royal for the vacant title.
6-1-1986 Marty Jannetty (2) (Marshalltown, IA)
6-1986 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (16)
9-26-1986 VACATED
-Title vacated when Jim Crockett, Jr. took over the territory.
11-16-1986 Sam Houston (St. Louis, MO)
-Defeats Bill Dundee in a tournament final.
1-3-1987 "Superstar" Bill Dundee (Topeka, KS)
2-27-1987 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (17) (Kansas City, KS)
5-21-1987 Rufus R. Jones (2) (Kansas City, KS)
7-10-1987 Porkchop Cash (St. Joseph, MO)
7-17-1987 Rufus R. Jones (3) (Kansas City, KS)
9-27-1987 Earthquake Farris (Des Moines, IA)
10-30-1987 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (18) (St. Joseph, MO)
12-25-1987 Dave Peterson (1) (St. Joseph, MO)
1-1988 VACATED
2-18-1988 Dave Peterson (2) (Kansas City, KS)
-Defeated Cuban Assassin for the vacant title.
1988 VACATED
3-23-1989 Akio Sato (Kansas City, KS)
-Defeated TC Carter for the vacant title.
1989 VACATED
-Title vacated when the Central States promotion closed.
3-30-2002 "Showtime" Shane Somers (Rolla, MO)
-Defeated "Cowboy" Butch McLaine to become the new NWA Central States Champion.
