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Last updated on 2019/11/15
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| National Wrestling Alliance | [Nashville office] | ( | 1974 | - | 1986? | ) |
| American Wrestling Association | ( | 1978/07 | - | 1987/12 | ) | |


| Jerry Lawler | 1974/07 | |
| Defeats Tommy Gilbert for NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title on 74/07/27 in Chattanooga, TN; renamed Southern Heavyweight Title in late 74/07. | ||
| Robert Fuller | 1974/10/23 | Nashville, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [2] | 1974/10/30 | Nashville, TN |
| Vacant in 74/12. | ||
| Ron Fuller | 1974/12/29 | Memphis, TN |
| Wins an 8-man tournament. | ||
| Ron Wright | 1975/02/21 | Knoxville, TN |
| Ron Fuller [2] | 1975/02/28 | Knoxville, TN |
| Mongolian Stomper (Archie Gouldie) | 1975/06/09 | Memphis, TN |
| Robert Fuller is billed as champion in Chattanooga, TN as of 75/06/21; held up after a match between Stomper and Jerry Lawler on 75/07/14 in Memphis, TN. | ||
| Mongolian Stomper [2] | 1975/07/21 | Memphis, TN |
| Wins rematch; held up after a match against Bob Armstrong on 75/09/09 in Memphis, TN; rematch on 75/09/15 ends as a draw. | ||
| Bob Armstrong | 1975/09/29< | |
| Sometime between 75/09/24 and 75/09/29; possible on 75/09/26 in Huntsville, AL; may be help up again after a match against Mongolian Stomper sometime before 75/10/07. | ||
| Bob Armstrong [2] | 1975/10/09 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Defeats Stomper in rematch; may be a repeat of a match on 75/10/07 in Louisville, KY; also wins Mid-America Title, defeating Harley Race on 75/10/13 in Memphis, TN. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [4] | 1975/10 | Huntsville, AL |
| Sometime after 75/10/22. | ||
| Bob Armstrong [3] | 1975/11/07< | |
| Vacant in 75/11 possibly due to injury (no-shows scheduled title defense on 75/11/26 in Nashville, TN). | ||
| Jerry Lawler [5] | 1975/12/15 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Ron Fuller in a tournament final; held up after a match against Ricky Gibson in 76/01. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [6] | 1976/01/19 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Gibson in a rematch. | ||
| Tommy Rich | 1976/02/22 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [7] | 1976/03/20 | Memphis, TN |
| Jack Brisco | 1976/08/09 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [8] | 1976/08/16 | Memphis, TN |
| Tommy Rich [2] | 1976/09/14 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [9] | 1976/10< | |
| Sometime between 76/09/20 and 76/10/03. | ||
| Rocky Johnson | 1976/11/01 | Memphis, TN |
| Title moves to Jerry Jarrett's group on 77/03/20; held up, probably after a DQ loss to Jerry Lawler on 77/04/03 in Memphis, TN. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [10] | 1977/04/11 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Johnson in rematch. | ||
| Bob Armstrong [4] | 1977/04/28 | Knoxville, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [11] | 1977/05/01 | Memphis, TN |
| Paul Orndorff | 1977/05/29 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [12] | 1977/07/18 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee | 1977/07/25 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [13] | 1977/08/01 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee [2] | 1977/08/22 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [14] | 1977/08/29 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee [3] | 1977/08/30 | Louisville, KY |
| Jerry Lawler [15] | 1977/09< | |
| Vacates after a match against Bill Dundee on 77/09/13 when Lawler retires temporarily. | ||
| Jimmy Valiant | 1977/09/19 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Mr. Wrestling in a one-night 6-man tournament; repeated on 77/09/25 in Louisville, KY. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [16] | 1977/10/10 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant [2] | 1977/11/28 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [17] | 1977/12/05 | Memphis, TN |
| Billed as an AWA title in Memphis, TN after 78/07; may continue to be billed as an NWA Title in some other towns including Nashville and Louisville until 86. | ||
| Jos LeDuc | 1978/08/07 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [18] | 1978/08/14 | Memphis, TN |
| Jos LeDuc [2] | 1978/08/28 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [19] | 1978/09/25< | |
| Sometime after 78/09/04. | ||
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| Don Fargo | 1978/11/06< | |
| Tommy Gilbert | 1978/11/20 | Memphis, TN |
| Don Fargo [2] | 1978/11/27 | Memphis, TN |
| Tommy Gilbert [2] | 1978/12/02 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [20] | 1978/12/04 | Memphis, TN |
| Austin Idol | 1978/12/25 | Memphis, TN |
| Ron Fuller [3] | 1979/01/15 | Memphis, TN |
| Toru Tanaka | 1979/02 | |
| Sometime between 79/02/13 and 79/02/17. | ||
| Robert Fuller [2] | 1979/03/19 | Memphis, TN |
| Wins by default. | ||
| Toru Tanaka [2] | 1979/03/26 | Memphis, TN |
| Buzz Sawyer | 1979/03/31 | Memphis, TN |
| Held up after a match against the Mongolian Stomper on 79/04/02. | ||
| Mongolian Stomper [3] | 1979/04/16< | |
| Robert Fuller [3] | 1979/06/04 | Memphis, TN |
| Ron Bass | 1979/06 | Bluefield, WV * |
| Sometime after 79/06/11. | ||
| Randy Taylor * | 1979/06 | |
| Ron Bass * | 1979/07/02 | Memphis, TN |
| May be for vacant title or contendership. | ||
| Bill Dundee [4] | 1979/08/27 | Memphis, TN |
| Held up after a match against Ron Bass on 79/09/11 in Memphis, TN. | ||
| Bill Dundee [5] | 1979/09/17 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Bass in rematch. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [21] | 1979/09/24 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee [6] | 1979/10/01 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [22] | 1979/10/15 | Memphis, TN |
| Jackie Fargo [2] | 1979/11/22 | Jackson, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant [3] | 1980/01/03 | Lexington, KY |
| Paul Ellering | 1980/03/27 | Jackson, TN |
| Bill Dundee [7] | 1980/07/07 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacant on 80/08/04 when Dundee wins CWA World Heavyweight title. | ||
| Bill Irwin | 1980/08/11 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Jimmy Valiant in a one-night 8-man tournament final; held up after a match against Jimmy Valiant on 80/08/18 in Memphis, TN. | ||
| Jimmy Valiant [4] | 1980/08/25 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Irwin in rematch. | ||
| Tommy Rich [3] | 1980/09/01 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant [5] | 1980/09/09 | Memphis, TN |
| Tommy Rich [4] | 1980/10/06< | |
| Sometime after 80/09/22; vacant in 80/11. | ||
| Jimmy Valiant [6] | 1981/01/17 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Hector Guerrero in tournament final. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [23] | 1981/02/15 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Hart | 1981/06/22 | Memphis, TN |
| Chick Donovan # | 1981/07/11 | Memphis, TN |
| Pins Hart when Hart lays down and lets himself be pinned without official referee; declared vacant on 81/07/18. | ||
| Dream Machine (Troy Graham) | 1981/08/16 | Jackson, TN |
| Defeats Steve Keirn in tournament final. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [24] | 1981/08/24 | Memphis, TN |
| Dream Machine [2] | 1981/09/07 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant [7] | 1981/09/14 | Memphis, TN |
| Dream Machine [3] | 1981/10< | |
| Sometime between 81/09/26 and 81/10/12. | ||
| Dutch Mantell | 1981/10/26 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [25] | 1981/01/18 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [2] | 1982/02/14 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [26] | 1982/03/01 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [3] | 1982/03/22 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [27] | 1982/03/29 | Memphis, TN |
| Kendo Nagasaki | 1982/05 | |
| Jerry Lawler [28] | 1982/05/24 | Memphis, TN |
| Kimala | 1982/06/07 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [29] | 1982/08/09 | Memphis, TN |
| Nick Bockwinkel | 1982/10/11 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [30] | 1982/11/08 | Memphis, TN |
| Sabu the Wildman (Coco Samoa) | 1982/11/15 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Hart & Sabu defeat Lawler in a handicap match; originally Hart wins the title but later Sabu is recognized as the champion. | ||
| Terry Taylor | 1982/11/29 | Memphis, TN |
| Jacques Rougeau | 1983/01/30 | Memphis, TN |
| Terry Taylor [2] | 1983/02/14 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee [8] | 1983/03/21 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [4] | 1983/05/09 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee [9] | 1983/05/16 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [5] | 1983/05/23 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [31] | 1983/05 | |
| Bill Dundee [10] | 1983/05/30 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [32] | 1983/06/06 | Memphis, TN |
| Man Mountain Link | 1983/06/13 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [33] | 1983/06/20 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacant in 83/09< after Lawler fails to defend title within 30 days. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [34] | 1983/09/05 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Bill Dundee in tournament final. | ||
| Jesse Ventura | 1983/09/12 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [35] | 1983/10/03 | Memphis, TN |
| Jesse Ventura [2] | 1983/10/10 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [36] | 1983/11 | Chicago, IL * |
| Humongous (Mike Stark) | 1984/04/23 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [37] | 1984/05/21 | Memphis, TN |
| Rick Rude | 1984/06/11 | Memphis, TN |
| Tommy Rich [5] | 1984/07/16 | Memphis, TN |
| King Kong Bundy | 1984/07/30 | Memphis, TN |
| Special referee: Eddie Gilbert. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [38] | 1984/11/12 | Memphis, TN |
| Held up after a match against Eddie Gilbert on 85/01/28 in Memphis, TN. | ||
| Eddie Gilbert | 1985/02< | |
| Defeats Lawler in rematch. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [39] | 1985/02/11 | Memphis, TN |
| Randy Savage | 1985/03/17 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Oske | 1985/05/07 | Louisville, KY |
| Randy Savage [2] | 1985/05/13 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [40] | 1985/06/03 | Memphis, TN |
| Bota the Witch Doctor | 1985/06/24 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [41] | 1985/07/29 | Memphis, TN |
| Tarras Bulba | 1985/08/16 | Selmer, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [42] | 1985/09/06 | Martin, TN |
| Bill Dundee [11] | 1985/10/19 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [43] | 1985/12/21 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee [12] | 1985/12/30 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [44] | 1986/04/07 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee [13] | 1986/05/09 | Jackson, TN |
| Buddy Landel * | 1986/06/02 | Memphis, TN |
| Held up after winning the title; vacant in 86/06. | ||
| Buddy Landel [2] | 1986/06/16 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats The Flame (Roger Smith) in tournament final; vacant in 86/07 when Landel leaves the area. | ||
| Crusher Yurkov (Bam Bam Bigelow) | 1986/07/28 | Memphis, TN |
| Wins a battle royal. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [45] | 1986/09/08 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacant on 87/01/11 when Lawler injured. | ||
| Austin Idol [2] | 1987/02/03 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Soul Train Jones in tournament final. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [46] | 1987/04/20 | Memphis, TN |
| Austin Idol [3] | 1987/04/27 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [47] | 1987/06/08 | Memphis, TN |
| Brickhouse Brown | 1987/07/06 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [48] | 1987/07/13 | Memphis, TN |
| Title held-up after match with Don Bass on 87/08/03 in Memphis, TN. | ||
| Don Bass | 1987/08/03 | Memphis, TN |
| Wins title in a special tag team match, teaming with Brickhouse Brown to defeat Lawler & Rocky Johnson. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [49] | 1987/08 | |
| Don Bass [2] | 1987/08/24 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [50] | 1987/08/31 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacates in 87/10 to concentrate on AWA World Tag Team title. | ||
| Bobby Jaggers | 1987/10/19 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Billy Travis in a tournament final. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [51] | 1987/11/21 | Memphis, TN |
| Unified with CWA Heavyweight title on 87/12/07 in Memphis, TN; Southern Heavyweight title is revived by USWA in 89/10. | ||
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