Midwest Wrestling Association
World Heavyweight Title
[Ohio]

John Pesek	31/03/21	Columbus, OH
Defeats Marin Plestina; defeats Joe Stecher on 01/01/32 in Columbus, OH and claims to be world champion; wins Kansas City version of world title by defeating Everett Marshall on 32/05/16 after their first match ended with a no contest on 32/04/11/32; Pesek drops the title claim in 33 when he starts wrestling for Jim Londos group.
Everett Marshall	35/07/03
Regning world champion in Colorado, recognized by MWA; also defeats world claimant Ali Baba on 36/06/26/36 in Columbus, OH.
Ray Steele	37/02/05	Columbus, OH
Awarded title on a reversed decvision; Marshall is still recognized in Illinois, Indiana, and Kansas.
Everett Marshall [2]	37/03
Again recognized as champion after Steele is injured in a car accident on 37/03/11.
Lou Thesz #	37/12/29	St. Louis, MO
Defeats Marshall for the title but is not recognized by MWA in Ohio.
John Pesek [2]	38/08
Has defended NWA title since 37/11; recognized as MWA champion after being stripped of the NWA title on 38/08/17; stripped on 40/06/15.
Orville Brown	40/06/27	Columbus, OH
Defeats Dick Shikat.
Ed "Strangler" Lewis	42/12/03	Columbus, OH
Jon Pesek [3]	43/01/28	Columbus, OH
Vacant in 49; Pesek's final defence is on 48/12/16.
Don Eagle	50/08/31	Columbus, OH
Defeats Gorgeous Geroge for AWA (Boston) title, often billed as MWA champion in Ohio.

See A.W.A. World Heavyweight Title.