# Wrestler Reigns Date Days held: Location Notes 1 Ted DiBiase 1 March 6, 1979 105 Allentown, PA Awarded when he signed with the WWF 2 Pat Patterson 1 June 19, 1979 158 Allentown, PA 3 Seiji Sakaguchi 1 November 8, 1979 498 Otaru, Japan — Title retired — March 20, 1981 — — WWF abandoned the title