No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s). |
1 | Colt Cabana | 1 | October 26, 2002 | 882 | Grayslake, Illinois | Live event | Defeated Reckless Youth to become the first champion. | |
2 | Marco Cordova | 1 | March 26, 2005 | [Note 1] | Streamwood, Illinois | Live event | | |
3 | Dysfunction | 1 | 2005 | [Note 2] | N/A | Live event | | |
4 | Marco Cordova | 2 | June 17, 2005 | 2,535 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Live event | Was stripped of the title in 2007 after losing a loser leaves town match, was reinstated as champion in 2010. | |
5 | Bear St. Pierre | 1 | May 26, 2012 | 159 | Streator, Illinois | Live event | The title was converted to a Zero One USA title when NWA Midwest was disbanded in a legal dispute with the NWA. | |
— | Vacated | — | November 1, 2012 | — | N/A | N/A | The promoters of a new NWA affiliate set to open in March 2013 confirm in an interview that Bear St. Pierre would not be retained as champion. | |
6 | Shane Somers | 1 | April 27, 2013 | 56 | Jerseyville, Illinois | Live event | Defeated Johnathan Hampton to win the vacant title. | |
7 | Shane Fury | 1 | June 22, 2013 | 328 | Swansea, Illinois | Live event | Shane Fury Defeated *ShowTime* Shane Somers for the NWA IL championship. | |
— | Vacated | — | May 16, 2014 | — | N/A | N/A | Shane Fury was stripped of the title for lack of title defenses | |
8 | Evan Morris | 1 | May 17, 2014 | 329 | St. Robert, Missouri | Live event | Evan Morris won an over-the-top-rope battle royal, eliminating Elvis Aliaga, to capture the vacant Championship | |
9 | Mitch Johnson | 1 | April 11, 2015 | 3,330+ | Albion,Illinois | Live event | Mitch Johnson won a NO disqualification match over Evan Morris, to capture the vacant NWA Illinois State Championship | |