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From Wrestling Title Histories
by Royal Duncan and Gary Will
with additional information from Eric Roelfsema
1.Danny Miller
02/27/74-Raleigh, NC
Defeated Ole Anderson in tournament final.
2.Ivan Koloff
05/10/74-Richmond VA
3.Paul Jones
07/08/74-Charlotte, NC
4.Ivan Koloff [2]
10/24/74?-Anderson, SC?
5.Paul Jones [2]
12/26/74-Greensboro, NC
6.Ric Flair
02/08/75-Winston-Salem, NC
7.Paul Jones [3]
08/08/75-Richmond, VA
Title Vacant
12/03/75
Won the US Heavyweight Title on 11/27/75
8.Angelo Mosca
04/14/76-Raleigh, NC
Defeated Tim Woods in tournament final.
9.Paul Jones [4]
06/30/76-Raleigh, NC
10.Angelo Mosca [2]
08/11/76-Raleigh, NC
11.Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods)
10/1676-Greensboro, NC
12.Greg Valentine
11/08/76-Fayetteville, NC
13.Rufus R. Jones
11/30/76-Charleston, SC
14.Greg Valentine [2]
01/1977-Raleigh, NC
15.Rufus Jones [2]
02/15/77-Raleigh NC
16.Ric Flair [2]
04/04/77-Greenville, SC
17.Ricky Steamboat
06/15/77-Raleigh, NC
18.Baron Von Raschke
10/12/77-Raleigh, NC
Won a tournament (*) to become NWA Television champion in 03/78 (03/03/78 and/or 03/04/78).
19.Johnny Weaver 03/05/78 Charlotte, NC
20.Baron Von Raschke [2] 03/26/78 Greensboro, NC
21.Paul Jones [3] 06/07/78 Raleigh, NC
22.Ricky Steamboat [2]
06/10/79 -Ashville, NC
Title Vacant
?/80
23.Masked Superstar
04/80-Raleigh, NC
Defeated Blackjack Mulligan in tournament final; vacant in 80/10.
24.Roddy Piper
11/01/80 -Richmond, VA
Defeated Paul Jones in tournament final
Title Vacant
01/27/81
Vacated when Piper won United States Heavyweight Title.
25.Sweet Ebony Diamond
04/29/81-Raleigh, NC
Defeated Greg Valentine in tournament final.
26.Greg Valentine [3]
?/81
27.Sweet Ebony Diamond [2]
05/30/81-Charlotte, NC
28.Greg Valentine [4]
?/81
29.Ron Bass
09/06/81-Ashville, NC
30.Ivan Koloff [3]
11/03/81-Charlotte, NC
31.Jimmy Valiant
01/02/82-Hampton, VA May not be recognized in Toronto where he wins the title from Koloff on 06/06/82.
32.Jos LeDuc
09/19/82-Charlotte, NC
Title Vacant
10/26/82<
Stripped sometime after 10/26/82 for using ropes in a match against Johnny Weaver
Ivan Koloff is again billed as champion in Toronto as of 10/03/82 and loses to Valiant on 10/17/82.
33.Leroy Brown
11/27/82-Greensboro, NC
Won 20-man battle royal.
34.Mike Rotundo
12/25/82-Charlotte, NC
35.Dick Slater
02/22/83-Columbia, SC
36.Roddy Piper [2]
03/27/83-Ashville, NC
37.Dick Slater [2]
04/03/83-Greensboro, NC
38.Jos LeDuc [2]
04/30/83-Richmond, VA
39.Great Kabuki
05/23/83-Greenville, SC
40.Charlie Brown (Jimmy Valiant) [3]
11/24/83-Greensboro, NC
Title Vacant
01/84
Vacates in when Valiant stops wrestling as Brown.
41.Mark Youngblood
03/07/84-Spartanburg, SC
Defeated Dick Slater in 8-man tournament final.
42.Tully Blanchard
03/28/84
43.Dusty Rhodes
03/16/85-Greensboro, NC
Recognized as NWA World Television Title in 04/85.
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