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| ⚫ | This is a chronological '''list of wrestlers that have been WCW World Heavyweight Champion''' by [[ring name]]. The [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] |
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| ⚫ | This is a chronological '''list of wrestlers that have been WCW World Heavyweight Champion''' by [[ring name]]. The [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] was a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]]. The title is the original [[World Heavyweight Championship|world championship]] of World Championship Wrestling. It was deactivated after being unified with the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]]. There have been a total of 22 recognized champions who have had a combined 63 official reigns. |
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The championship has been known as: |
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*WCW World Heavyweight Championship (January 11, 1991 – March 26, 2001) |
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*WCW Championship (June 25, 2001 – November 18, 2001) |
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*World Championship (November 19, 2001 - December 9, 2001) |
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*WCW World Championship (2007 - Present) <ref>[http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wcwchampionship/ WCW World Heavyweight Championship history] at WWE.com</ref> |
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==Title history== |
==Title history== |
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Revision as of 04:41, 19 June 2007
This is a chronological list of wrestlers that have been WCW World Heavyweight Champion by ring name. The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship. The title is the original world championship of World Championship Wrestling. It was deactivated after being unified with the WWF Championship. There have been a total of 22 recognized champions who have had a combined 63 official reigns.
The championship has been known as:
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship (January 11, 1991 – March 26, 2001)
- WCW Championship (June 25, 2001 – November 18, 2001)
- World Championship (November 19, 2001 - December 9, 2001)
- WCW World Championship (2007 - Present) [1]
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ric Flair | 1 | January 11 1991 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Defeated Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
| Vacant (titles split) | July 1 1991 | Flair leaves for the World Wrestling Federation. | ||
| Lex Luger | 1 | July 14 1991 | Baltimore, Maryland | Defeated Barry Windham. |
| Sting | 1 | February 29 1992 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Big Van Vader | 1 | July 12 1992 | Albany, Georgia | |
| Ron Simmons | 1 | August 2 1992 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Big Van Vader | 2 | December 30 1992 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Sting | 2 | March 11 1993 | London, England | |
| Big Van Vader | 3 | March 17 1993 | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Ric Flair | 2 | December 27 1993 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Vacant | April 17 1994 | Rosemont, Illinois | Title Held Up after Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat results in a double pin. This occurance is unrecognized by WWE, who considers Flair a six time WCW Champion, his first reign being a joint NWA/WCW reign. | |
| Ric Flair | 3 | April 24 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | Defeated Steamboat in a rematch. |
| Hulk Hogan | 1 | July 17 1994 | Orlando, Florida | |
| The Giant | 1 | October 29 1995 | Detroit, Michigan | In a match where the title could be changed by disqualifications, The Giant defeated Hogan by disqualification when Jimmy Hart interfered. |
| Vacant | November 6 1995 | Stripped due to controversial finish of October 29 match. | ||
| Randy Savage | 1 | November 26 1995 | Norfolk, Virginia | Won the title in a WCW World War 3 battle royal. |
| Ric Flair | 4 | December 27 1995 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Randy Savage | 2 | January 22 1996 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Ric Flair | 5 | February 11 1996 | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| The Giant | 2 | April 22 1996 | Albany, Georgia | |
| Hulk Hogan | 2 | August 10 1996 | Sturgis, South Dakota | |
| Lex Luger | 2 | August 4 1997 | Auburn Hills, Michigan | |
| Hulk Hogan | 3 | August 9 1997 | Sturgis, South Dakota | |
| Sting | 3 | December 28 1997 | Washington, DC | Bret Hart was the referee for the match. |
| Vacant | January 8 1998 | Held up due to controversy over finish of December 28 match. | ||
| Sting | 4 | February 22 1998 | San Francisco, California | Defeated Hulk Hogan in a rematch. |
| Randy Savage | 3 | April 19 1998 | Denver, Colorado | |
| Hulk Hogan | 4 | April 20 1998 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | |
| Goldberg | 1 | July 6 1998 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Kevin Nash | 1 | December 27 1998 | Washington, DC | |
| Hulk Hogan | 5 | January 4 1999 | Atlanta, Georgia | Nash laid down for Hogan (see The Fingerpoke of Doom). |
| Ric Flair | 6 | March 14 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Diamond Dallas Page | 1 | April 11 1999 | Tacoma, Washington | Won four-way match with Flair, Sting & Hulk Hogan. |
| Sting | 5 | April 26 1999 | Fargo, North Dakota | |
| Diamond Dallas Page | 2 | April 26 1999 | Fargo, North Dakota | |
| Kevin Nash | 2 | May 9 1999 | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Randy Savage | 4 | July 11 1999 | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Hulk Hogan | 6 | July 12 1999 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Sting | 6 | September 12 1999 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |
| Vacant | October 25 1999 | Phoenix, Arizona | Sting is stripped of the title after attacking WCW referee Charles Robinson at the Halloween Havoc pay-per-view, after having a non sanctioned match with Goldberg. | |
| Bret Hart | 1 | November 21 1999 | Toronto, Ontario | Defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final. |
| Vacant | December 20 1999 | Hart vacates title because of controversial match with Bill Goldberg. | ||
| Bret Hart | 2 | December 20 1999 | Baltimore, Maryland | Defeated Goldberg in a rematch. |
| Vacant | January 16 2000 | Hart vacates the title due to injury. | ||
| Chris Benoit | 1 | January 16 2000 | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Vacant | January 17 2000 | Benoit forfeits the title and leaves for the WWF after dispute with management. | ||
| Sid Vicious | 1 | January 24 2000 | Los Angeles, California | Defeated Kevin Nash to win the title. |
| Vacant | January 25 2000 | Stripped by Commissioner Kevin Nash. | ||
| Kevin Nash | 3 | January 25 2000 | Awards himself title as Commissioner. | |
| Sid Vicious | 2 | January 25 2000 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Vacant | April 10 2000 | All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted. | ||
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | April 16 2000 | Chicago, Illinois | Defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the title. |
| Diamond Dallas Page | 3 | April 24 2000 | Rochester, New York | |
| David Arquette | 1 | April 25 2000 | Syracuse, New York | Pinned Eric Bischoff in a tag team match. |
| Jeff Jarrett | 2 | May 7 2000 | Kansas City, Missouri | Won a Triple Cage match that also included Page. |
| Ric Flair | 7 | May 15 2000 | Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| Vacant | May 22 2000 | Stripped by Vince Russo. | ||
| Jeff Jarrett | 3 | May 22 2000 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Awarded by Vince Russo. |
| Kevin Nash | 4 | May 23 2000 | Saginaw, Michigan | |
| Ric Flair | 8 | May 29 2000 | Title given to him by Kevin Nash. | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 4 | May 29 2000 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| Booker T | 1 | July 9 2000 | Daytona Beach, Florida | The match was originally billed as Jarrett vs. Hogan (which Hogan won after Jarrett intentionally laid down for Hogan), but WCW head writer Vince Russo stripped Hogan of the title after cutting a shoot promo about him (Russo) getting frustrated with dealing with Hogan's backstage politics, and announced that Jarrett was still officially recognized as the champion and would defend the title in an impromptu match against Booker T. |
| Kevin Nash | 5 | August 28 2000 | Las Cruces, New Mexico | |
| Booker T | 2 | September 17 2000 | Buffalo, New York | |
| Vince Russo | 1 | September 25 2000 | Uniondale, New York | Won in a cage match when a vengeance seeking Bill Goldberg speared Russo through the cage just before Booker exited. |
| Vacant | October 2 2000 | Russo decides he is not a wrestler and does not want the title. | ||
| Booker T | 3 | October 2 2000 | San Francisco, California | Defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the title. |
| Scott Steiner | 1 | November 26 2000 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Booker T | 4 | March 26 2001 | Panama City Beach, Florida | Last wrestler to hold the title under the WCW banner. WCW was acquired by the World Wrestling Federation. |
| Kurt Angle | 1 | July 24 2001 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | First WWF wrestler to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. |
| Booker T | 5 | July 30 2001 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| The Rock | 1 | August 19 2001 | San Jose, California | |
| Chris Jericho | 1 | October 21 2001 | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| The Rock | 2 | November 5 2001 | Uniondale, New York | Renamed the World Championship on November 19 after WCW goes out of business. |
| Chris Jericho | 2 | December 9 2001 | San Diego, California | Jericho unified the title with the WWF Championship at Vengeance on December 9 2001. |
See also
- List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions
- List of WWE Champions
- List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE)
- List of WCW World Heavyweight Championship reigns by length
External Links
- ^ WCW World Heavyweight Championship history at WWE.com