GCW World Title
The GCW World Title is the top singles title in Global Championship Wrestling. The title was introduced on the very first card produced by GCW on January 5, 1963 in a 16-man tournament. Due to the caliber of wrestlers in the initial tournament, the GCW World Title was granted official World Title status from the very beginning.
1 Title History
1.1 Names
Name | Years |
---|---|
GCW World Title | 1963-current |
1.2 Reigns
# | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days Held | Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Buddy Rogers | 1 | January 5, 1963 | 112 | New York, NY | Live event | Finals of a 16-man tournament. Rogers defeated Bruno Sammartino in the finals. |
2 | Bruno Sammartino | 1 | April 27, 1963 | 84 | New York, NY | Live event | - |
3 | Lou Thesz | 1 | July 20, 1963 | 840 | Toronto, ON | Live event | Match of the Year for 1963. |
4 | Bill Watts | 1 | November 6, 1965 | 56 | Baltimore, MD | Live event | Lou Thesz retired after this match. |
5 | Bruno Sammartino | 2 | January 1, 1966 | 252 | Boston, MA | Live event | - |
6 | Gene Kiniski | 1 | September 10, 1966 | 224 | New York, NY | Live event | - |
7 | Bobo Brazil | 1 | April 22, 1967 | 616 | Baltimore, MD | Live event | - |
8 | Luke Graham | 1 | December 28, 1968 | 372 | New York, NY | Live event | Lou Thesz was the special referee for this match. |
9 | Antonio Inoki | 1 | January 4, 1970 | 20 | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | - |
10 | Luke Graham | 2 | January 24, 1970 | 168 | Washington, DC | Live event | - |
11 | Bruno Sammartino | 3 | July 11, 1970 | 1026 | Atlantic City, NJ | Live event | 2 out of 3 falls match that Sammartino won, 2 falls to 1. |
12 | Pedro Morales | 1 | May 2, 1973 | 237 | Montreal, QB, CA | Live event | - |
13 | Ivan Koloff | 1 | December 25, 1973 | 321 | New York, NY | Live event | - |
14 | Harley Race | 1 | November 11, 1974 | 842 | Providence, RI | Live event | - |
15 | Jumbo Tsuruta | 1 | March 2, 1977 | 231 | New York, NY | Live event | - |
16 | Billy Graham | 1 | October 19, 1977 | 106 | New York, NY | Live event | - |
17 | Jumbo Tsuruta | 2 | February 2, 1978 | 27 | Baltimore, MD | Live event | - |
18 | Harley Race | 2 | March 1, 1978 | 348 | New York, NY | Live event | 2 out of 3 falls match that Race won, 2 falls to 1. |
19 | Bob Backlund | 1 | February 12, 1979 | 544 | Boston, MA | Live event | - |
20 | Jimmy Snuka | 1 | August 9, 1980 | 143 | Chicago, IL | Live event | - |
21 | Bob Backlund | 2 | December 30, 1980 | 161 | New York, NY | Live event | Match of the Year for 1980. |
22 | Dusty Rhodes | 1 | June 9, 1981 | 566 | Atlantic City, NJ | Live event | - |
23 | Stan Hansen | 1 | December 27, 1982 | 99 | New York, NY | Live event | - |
24 | Dusty Rhodes | 2 | April 5, 1983 | 164 | New York, NY | Live event | Steel cage match. |
25 | Ric Flair | 1 | September 16, 1983 | 98 | New York, NY | Live event | Match of the year for 1983. |
26 | Stan Hansen | 2 | December 21, 1983 | 318 | New York, NY | Live event | - |
27 | Bob Backlund | 3 | November 3, 1984 | 369 | Hartford, CT | Live event | - |
28 | King Kong Bundy | 1 | November 7, 1985 | 222 | Chicago, IL | Grand 16 | - |
29 | Hulk Hogan | 1 | June 17, 1986 | - | Tacoma, WA | Live event | Strap match. |
2 List of top combined reigns
(does not include current reign)
Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bruno Sammartino | 3 | 1362 |
2 | Harley Race | 2 | 1190 |
3 | Bob Backlund | 3 | 1074 |
4 | Lou Thesz | 1 | 840 |
5 | Dusty Rhodes | 2 | 730 |
6 | Bobo Brazil | 1 | 616 |
7 | Luke Graham | 2 | 540 |
8 | Stan Hansen | 2 | 417 |
9 | Ivan Koloff | 1 | 321 |
10 | Jumbo Tsuruta | 2 | 258 |
11 | Pedro Morales | 1 | 237 |
12 | Gene Kiniski | 1 | 224 |
13 | King Kong Bundy | 1 | 222 |
14 | Jimmy Snuka | 1 | 143 |
15 | Buddy Rogers | 1 | 112 |
16 | Billy Graham | 1 | 106 |
17 | Ric Flair | 1 | 98 |
18 | Bill Watts | 1 | 56 |
19 | Antonio Inoki | 1 | 20 |