| Date Champion Location 01/24/63 Buddy Rogers Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 05/17/63 Bruno Sammartino New York, NY 01/18/71 Ivan Koloff New York, NY 02/08/71 Pedro Morales New York, NY 12/01/73 Stan Stasiak Philadelphia, PA 12/10/73 Bruno Sammartino (2) New York, NY 04/30/77 Billy Graham Baltimore, MD 02/20/78 Bob Backlund New York, NY 11/30/79 Antonio Inoki Tokushima, Japan 12/07/79 Bob Backlund (2) Tokyo, Japan 12/26/83 Iron Sheik New York, NY 01/23/84 Hulk Hogan New York, NY 02/05/88 Andre the Giant Indianapolis, IN 03/27/88 Randy Savage Atlantic City, NJ 04/02/89 Hulk Hogan (2) Atlantic City, NJ 04/01/90 Ultimate Warrior Toronto, ON 01/19/91 Sgt. Slaughter Miami, FL 03/24/91 Hulk Hogan (3) Los Angeles, CA 11/27/91 Undertaker Detroit, MI 12/03/91 Hulk Hogan (4) San Antonio, TX 01/19/92 Ric Flair Albany, NY 04/05/92 Randy Savage (2) Indianapolis, IN 09/01/92 Ric Flair (2) Hershey, PA 10/12/92 Bret Hart Saskatoon, SK 04/04/93 Yokozuna Las Vegas, NV 04/04/93 Hulk Hogan (5) Las Vegas, NV 06/13/93 Yokozuna (2) Dayton, OH 03/20/94 Bret Hart (2) New York, NY 11/23/94 Bob Backlund (3) San Antonio, TX 11/26/94 Diesel New York, NY 11/29/95 Bret Hart (3) Landover, MD 03/31/96 Shawn Michaels Anahiem, CA 11/17/96 Sycho Sid New York, NY 01/19/97 Shawn Michaels (2) San Antonio, TX 02/16/97 Bret Hart (4) Knoxville, TN 02/17/97 Sycho Sid (2) Memphis, TN 03/23/97 The Undertaker (2) Chicago, IL 08/03/97 Bret Hart (5) East Rutherford, NJ 11/09/97 Shawn Michaels (3) Montreal, Canada 03/29/98 Stone Cold Steve Austin Boston, MA 06/28/98 Kane Pittsburgh, PA 06/29/98 Stone Cold Steve Austin (2) Cleveland, OH 11/15/98 The Rock St. Louis, MI 12/29/98 Mankind Worcester, MA 01/24/99 The Rock (2) Anahiem, CA 01/26/99 Mankind (2) Tuscon, AZ 02/15/99 The Rock (3) Birmingham, AL 03/28/99 Stone Cold Steve Austin (3) Philadelphia, PA 05/23/99 The Undertaker (3) Kansas City, MO 05/23/99 Stone Cold Steve Austin (4) Charlotte, NC 07/22/99 Mankind (3) Minneapolis, MN 07/23/99 Triple H Des Moines, IO 09/16/99 Vince McMahon Las Vegas, NV 09/26/99 Triple H (2) Charlotte, NC 11/14/99 The Big Show Detroit, MI 01/03/00 Triple H (3) Miami, FL 04/30/00 The Rock (4) Washington, DC 05/21/00 Triple H (4) Louisville, KY 06/23/00 The Rock(5) Raliegh, NC 10/22/00 Kurt Angle Washington D.C. 2/25/01 The Rock (6) |