WCW World Heavyweight Championship
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (January 11, 1991 – March 26, 2001
WCW Championship (June 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001)
World Championship (November 19, 2001 – December 9, 2001)
# Wrestler: Times: Date: Days Held: Location: Event:
1 Ric Flair 1 January 11, 1991 171 East Rutherford, NJ Live event
- Vacated July 1, 1991 0 N/A N/A
2 Lex Luger 1 July 14, 1991 230 Baltimore, MD The Great American Bash (1991)
3 Sting 1 February 29, 1992 134 Milwaukee, WI SuperBrawl II (1992)
4 Big Van Vader 1 July 12, 1992 21 Albany, GA The Great American Bash (1992)
5 Ron Simmons 1 August 2, 1992 150 Baltimore, MD Live event
6 Big Van Vader 2 December 30, 1992 71 Baltimore, MD Live event
7 Sting 2 March 11, 1993 6 London, England Live event
8 Big Van Vader 3 March 17, 1993 285 Dublin, Ireland Live event
9 Ric Flair 2 December 27, 1993 111 Charlotte, NC Starrcade (1993)
- Vacated April 17, 1994 0 Rosemont, IL Spring Stampede (1994)
10 Ric Flair 3 April 21, 1994 87 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
11 Hulk Hogan 1 July 17, 1994 469 Orlando, FL Bash at the Beach (1994)
12 The Giant 1 October 29, 1995 8 Detroit, MI Halloween Havoc (1995)
- Vacated November 6, 1995 0 Jacksonville, FL Nitro
13 Randy Savage 1 November 26, 1995 31 Norfolk, VA World War 3 (1995)
14 Ric Flair 4 December 27, 1995 26 Nashville, TN Starrcade (1995)
15 Randy Savage 2 January 22, 1996 20 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
16 Ric Flair 5 February 11, 1996 78 St. Petersburg, FL SuperBrawl VI (1996)
17 The Giant 2 April 29, 1996 103 Albany, GA Nitro
18 Hollywood Hogan 2 August 10, 1996 359 Sturgis, SD Hog Wild (1996)
19 Lex Luger 2 August 4, 1997 5 Auburn Hills, MI Nitro
20 Hollywood Hogan 3 August 9, 1997 141 Sturgis, SD Road Wild (1997)
21 Sting 3 December 28, 1997 11 Washington, D.C. Starrcade (1997)
- Vacated January 6, 1998 0 Daytona Beach, FL Thunder
22 Sting 4 February 22, 1998 56 Daly City, CA SuperBrawl VIII (1998)
23 Randy Savage 3 April 19, 1998 1 Denver, CO Spring Stampede (1998)
24 Hollywood Hogan 4 April 20, 1998 77 Colorado, Springs, CO Nitro
25 Goldberg 1 July 6, 1998 174 Atlanta, GA Nitro
26 Kevin Nash 1 December 27, 1998 8 Washington, D.C. Starrcade (1998)
27 Hollywood Hogan 5 January 4, 1999 69 Atlanta, GA Nitro
28 Ric Flair 6 March 14, 1999 28 Louisville, KY Uncensored (1999)
29 Diamond Dallas Page 1 April 11, 1999 15 Tacoma, WA Spring Stampede (1999)
30 Sting 5 April 26, 1999 0 Fargo, ND Nitro
31 Diamond Dallas Page 2 April 26, 1999 13 Fargo, ND Nitro
32 Kevin Nash 2 May 9, 1999 63 St. Louis, MO Slamboree (1999)
33 Randy Savage 4 July 11, 1999 1 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bash at the Beach (1999)
34 Hollywood Hogan 6 July 12, 1999 62 Jacksonville, FL Nitro
(Hulk Hogan)
35 Sting 6 September 12, 1999 43 Winston-Salem, NC Fall Brawl (1999)
- Vacated October 25, 1999 0 Phoenix, AZ Nitro
36 Bret Hart 1 November 21, 1999 29 Toronto, Ontario Mayhem (1999)
- Vacated December 20, 1999 0 Baltimore, MD Nitro
37 Bret Hart 2 December 20, 1999 27 Baltimore, MD Nitro
- Vacated January 16, 2000 0 Cincinnati, OH Souled Out (2000)
38 Chris Benoit 1 January 16, 2000 1 Cincinnati, OH Souled Out (2000)
- Vacated January 17, 2000 7 Columbus, OH Nitro
39 Sid Vicious 1 January 24, 2000 1 Los Angeles, CA Nitro
- Vacated January 25, 2000 0 Las Vegas, NV Thunder
40 Kevin Nash 3 January 25, 2000 0 Las Vegas, NV Thunder
41 Sid Vicious 2 January 25, 2000 76 Las Vegas, NV Thunder
- Vacated April 10, 2000 6 Denver, CO Nitro
42 Jeff Jarrett 1 April 16, 2000 8 Chicago, IL Spring Stampede (2000)
43 Diamond Dallas Page 3 April 24, 2000 1 Rochester, NY Nitro
44 David Arquette 1 April 25, 2000 12 Syracuse, NY Thunder
45 Jeff Jarrett 2 May 7, 2000 8 Kansas City, MO Slamboree (2000)
46 Ric Flair 7 May 15, 2000 7 Biloxi, MS Nitro
- Vacated May 22, 2000 0 Grand Rapids, MI Nitro
47 Jeff Jarrett 3 May 22, 2000 1 Grand Rapids, MI Nitro
48 Kevin Nash 4 May 23, 2000 6 Saginaw, MI Thunder
49 Ric Flair 8 May 29, 2000 0 Salt Lake City, UT Nitro
50 Jeff Jarrett 4 May 29, 2000 41 Salt Lake City, UT Nitro
51 Booker T 1 July 9, 2000 50 Daytona Beach, FL Bash at the Beach (2000)
52 Kevin Nash 5 August 28, 2000 20 Las Cruces, NM Nitro
53 Booker T 2 September 17, 2000 8 Buffalo, NY Fall Brawl (2000)
54 Vince Russo 1 September 25, 2000 7 Uniondale, NY Nitro
- Vacated October 2, 2000 0 Daly City, CA Nitro
55 Booker T 3 October 2, 2000 55 Daly City, CA Nitro
56 Scott Steiner 1 November 26, 2000 120 Milwaukee, WI Mayhem (2000)
57 Booker T 4 March 26, 2001 120 Panama City Beach, FL Nitro
58 Kurt Angle 1 July 24, 2001 6 Pittsburgh, PA SmackDown!
59 Booker T 5 July 30, 2001 20 Philadelphia, PA RAW is WAR
60 The Rock 1 August 19, 2001 63 San Jose, CA SummerSlam (2001)
61 Chris Jericho 1 October 21, 2001 15 St. Louis, MO No Mercy (2001)
62 The Rock 2 November 5, 2001 34 Uniondale, NY RAW is WAR
63 Chris Jericho 2 December 9, 2001 0 San Diego, CA Vengeance (2001)
Notes:
1 Defeated Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. WWE recognized it as an NWA reign extended to WCW, but it is not considered as one of Flair's
16 world titles, which are made of 2 WWE titles, 6 WCW titles and 8 NWA titles.
Vacated Flair left for the World Wrestling Federation and was stripped of the title.
2 Defeated Barry Windham in a steel cage match.
5 Became first African American World Heavyweight Champion.
Vacated Title held up after Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat results in a double pin. This occurrence is unrecognized by WWE, who considers Flair a six-time WCW Champion, his first reign being an NWA reign extended to WCW.
10 Defeated Steamboat in a rematch. Aired on May 14, 1994.
11 This was Hogan's first match in WCW.
12 Won in a match where the title could be changed by disqualification. The Giant defeated Hogan by disqualification when Jimmy Hart interfered.
Vacated The Giant was stripped due to controversial finish of Halloween Havoc match.
13 Won in a World War 3 match.
16 Won in a Steel cage match.
21 Hogan first pinned Sting but guest referee Bret Hart accused the first referee Nick Patrick of making a fast count and restarted the match. Sting won by submission.
Vacated Aired January 8, 1998. Held up due to controversy over finish of December 28 match.
22 Defeated Hogan in a rematch.
24 Won a no-disqualification match.
25 also held WCW United States Championship
27 Nash laid down for Hogan.
28 Won a First Blood Steel Cage match.
29 Defeated Flair, Sting, and Hollywood Hogan in a four-way match.
31 Defeated Sting, Kevin Nash, and Goldberg in a No Disqualification Fatal Four-Way match.
33 Savage pinned Nash in a tag team match also featuring Sid Vicious and Sting; if Nash was pinned he would lose the championship
Vacated Sting is stripped of the title after losing a non sanctioned match against Goldberg and attacking referee Charles Robinson at Halloween Havoc (1999).
36 Defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final.
Vacated Hart vacates title because of controversial match with Bill Goldberg at Starrcade 1999.
37 Defeated Goldberg in a rematch.
Vacated Defeated Goldberg in a rematch.
38 Defeated Sid Vicious.
Vacated Benoit forfeits the title and leaves for the WWF after dispute with management.
39 Defeated Kevin Nash after defeating the Harris Brothers for the right to wrestle Nash for the belt.
Vacated Stripped by Commissioner Kevin Nash due to Sid pinning the wrong Harris Brother.
40 Awards himself the title.[3] Not listed by mistake in the title lineage at WWE.com.
41 Defeated Nash and Ron Harris in a handicap match by making Nash submit. Aired January 26, 2000.
Vacated All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted.
42 Defeated Dallas Page in tournament final.
43 Defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Cage Match
44 Arquette pinned Eric Bischoff in a tag team title match also featuring Diamond Dallas Page and Jeff Jarrett; the wrestler who scored the decisive fall would be declared champion. Aired April 26, 2000.
45 Won in a Triple Cage match that also included Page.
Vacated Vince Russo stripped Flair of the title.
47 Awarded by Vince Russo
48 Defeats Jarrett and Scott Steiner in a Triple Threat match. Aired on May 24, 2000.
49 Nash gave title back to Flair.
51 The match was originally billed as Jarrett vs. Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (which Hogan won after Jarrett intentionally laid down for him), but head writer Vince Russo fired Hogan after cutting a shoot promo about getting frustrated with dealing with Hogan's backstage politics, and announced that Jarrett was still the champion (nullifying the result of the Hogan match) and would defend the title in an impromptu match against Booker T
53 Won a Caged Heat match.
54 Won in a steel cage match.
Vacated Russo decides he is not a wrestler and does not want the title.
55 Defeated Jeff Jarrett in a "San Francisco 49ers match".
56 Won in a "Straight Jacket steel cage match".
57 Won on the final edition of WCW Monday Nitro. WCW was purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001; title was simply referred to as "WCW Championship" afterward.
58 Became the first person to win the WCW Championship on WWF programing. Aired July 26, 2001.
62 The title is referred to as simply the "World Championship" on November 19 after the demise of The Alliance.
63 The title was unified with the WWF Championship and retired.
WCW Championship (June 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001)
World Championship (November 19, 2001 – December 9, 2001)
# Wrestler: Times: Date: Days Held: Location: Event:
1 Ric Flair 1 January 11, 1991 171 East Rutherford, NJ Live event
- Vacated July 1, 1991 0 N/A N/A
2 Lex Luger 1 July 14, 1991 230 Baltimore, MD The Great American Bash (1991)
3 Sting 1 February 29, 1992 134 Milwaukee, WI SuperBrawl II (1992)
4 Big Van Vader 1 July 12, 1992 21 Albany, GA The Great American Bash (1992)
5 Ron Simmons 1 August 2, 1992 150 Baltimore, MD Live event
6 Big Van Vader 2 December 30, 1992 71 Baltimore, MD Live event
7 Sting 2 March 11, 1993 6 London, England Live event
8 Big Van Vader 3 March 17, 1993 285 Dublin, Ireland Live event
9 Ric Flair 2 December 27, 1993 111 Charlotte, NC Starrcade (1993)
- Vacated April 17, 1994 0 Rosemont, IL Spring Stampede (1994)
10 Ric Flair 3 April 21, 1994 87 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
11 Hulk Hogan 1 July 17, 1994 469 Orlando, FL Bash at the Beach (1994)
12 The Giant 1 October 29, 1995 8 Detroit, MI Halloween Havoc (1995)
- Vacated November 6, 1995 0 Jacksonville, FL Nitro
13 Randy Savage 1 November 26, 1995 31 Norfolk, VA World War 3 (1995)
14 Ric Flair 4 December 27, 1995 26 Nashville, TN Starrcade (1995)
15 Randy Savage 2 January 22, 1996 20 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
16 Ric Flair 5 February 11, 1996 78 St. Petersburg, FL SuperBrawl VI (1996)
17 The Giant 2 April 29, 1996 103 Albany, GA Nitro
18 Hollywood Hogan 2 August 10, 1996 359 Sturgis, SD Hog Wild (1996)
19 Lex Luger 2 August 4, 1997 5 Auburn Hills, MI Nitro
20 Hollywood Hogan 3 August 9, 1997 141 Sturgis, SD Road Wild (1997)
21 Sting 3 December 28, 1997 11 Washington, D.C. Starrcade (1997)
- Vacated January 6, 1998 0 Daytona Beach, FL Thunder
22 Sting 4 February 22, 1998 56 Daly City, CA SuperBrawl VIII (1998)
23 Randy Savage 3 April 19, 1998 1 Denver, CO Spring Stampede (1998)
24 Hollywood Hogan 4 April 20, 1998 77 Colorado, Springs, CO Nitro
25 Goldberg 1 July 6, 1998 174 Atlanta, GA Nitro
26 Kevin Nash 1 December 27, 1998 8 Washington, D.C. Starrcade (1998)
27 Hollywood Hogan 5 January 4, 1999 69 Atlanta, GA Nitro
28 Ric Flair 6 March 14, 1999 28 Louisville, KY Uncensored (1999)
29 Diamond Dallas Page 1 April 11, 1999 15 Tacoma, WA Spring Stampede (1999)
30 Sting 5 April 26, 1999 0 Fargo, ND Nitro
31 Diamond Dallas Page 2 April 26, 1999 13 Fargo, ND Nitro
32 Kevin Nash 2 May 9, 1999 63 St. Louis, MO Slamboree (1999)
33 Randy Savage 4 July 11, 1999 1 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bash at the Beach (1999)
34 Hollywood Hogan 6 July 12, 1999 62 Jacksonville, FL Nitro
(Hulk Hogan)
35 Sting 6 September 12, 1999 43 Winston-Salem, NC Fall Brawl (1999)
- Vacated October 25, 1999 0 Phoenix, AZ Nitro
36 Bret Hart 1 November 21, 1999 29 Toronto, Ontario Mayhem (1999)
- Vacated December 20, 1999 0 Baltimore, MD Nitro
37 Bret Hart 2 December 20, 1999 27 Baltimore, MD Nitro
- Vacated January 16, 2000 0 Cincinnati, OH Souled Out (2000)
38 Chris Benoit 1 January 16, 2000 1 Cincinnati, OH Souled Out (2000)
- Vacated January 17, 2000 7 Columbus, OH Nitro
39 Sid Vicious 1 January 24, 2000 1 Los Angeles, CA Nitro
- Vacated January 25, 2000 0 Las Vegas, NV Thunder
40 Kevin Nash 3 January 25, 2000 0 Las Vegas, NV Thunder
41 Sid Vicious 2 January 25, 2000 76 Las Vegas, NV Thunder
- Vacated April 10, 2000 6 Denver, CO Nitro
42 Jeff Jarrett 1 April 16, 2000 8 Chicago, IL Spring Stampede (2000)
43 Diamond Dallas Page 3 April 24, 2000 1 Rochester, NY Nitro
44 David Arquette 1 April 25, 2000 12 Syracuse, NY Thunder
45 Jeff Jarrett 2 May 7, 2000 8 Kansas City, MO Slamboree (2000)
46 Ric Flair 7 May 15, 2000 7 Biloxi, MS Nitro
- Vacated May 22, 2000 0 Grand Rapids, MI Nitro
47 Jeff Jarrett 3 May 22, 2000 1 Grand Rapids, MI Nitro
48 Kevin Nash 4 May 23, 2000 6 Saginaw, MI Thunder
49 Ric Flair 8 May 29, 2000 0 Salt Lake City, UT Nitro
50 Jeff Jarrett 4 May 29, 2000 41 Salt Lake City, UT Nitro
51 Booker T 1 July 9, 2000 50 Daytona Beach, FL Bash at the Beach (2000)
52 Kevin Nash 5 August 28, 2000 20 Las Cruces, NM Nitro
53 Booker T 2 September 17, 2000 8 Buffalo, NY Fall Brawl (2000)
54 Vince Russo 1 September 25, 2000 7 Uniondale, NY Nitro
- Vacated October 2, 2000 0 Daly City, CA Nitro
55 Booker T 3 October 2, 2000 55 Daly City, CA Nitro
56 Scott Steiner 1 November 26, 2000 120 Milwaukee, WI Mayhem (2000)
57 Booker T 4 March 26, 2001 120 Panama City Beach, FL Nitro
58 Kurt Angle 1 July 24, 2001 6 Pittsburgh, PA SmackDown!
59 Booker T 5 July 30, 2001 20 Philadelphia, PA RAW is WAR
60 The Rock 1 August 19, 2001 63 San Jose, CA SummerSlam (2001)
61 Chris Jericho 1 October 21, 2001 15 St. Louis, MO No Mercy (2001)
62 The Rock 2 November 5, 2001 34 Uniondale, NY RAW is WAR
63 Chris Jericho 2 December 9, 2001 0 San Diego, CA Vengeance (2001)
Notes:
1 Defeated Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. WWE recognized it as an NWA reign extended to WCW, but it is not considered as one of Flair's
16 world titles, which are made of 2 WWE titles, 6 WCW titles and 8 NWA titles.
Vacated Flair left for the World Wrestling Federation and was stripped of the title.
2 Defeated Barry Windham in a steel cage match.
5 Became first African American World Heavyweight Champion.
Vacated Title held up after Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat results in a double pin. This occurrence is unrecognized by WWE, who considers Flair a six-time WCW Champion, his first reign being an NWA reign extended to WCW.
10 Defeated Steamboat in a rematch. Aired on May 14, 1994.
11 This was Hogan's first match in WCW.
12 Won in a match where the title could be changed by disqualification. The Giant defeated Hogan by disqualification when Jimmy Hart interfered.
Vacated The Giant was stripped due to controversial finish of Halloween Havoc match.
13 Won in a World War 3 match.
16 Won in a Steel cage match.
21 Hogan first pinned Sting but guest referee Bret Hart accused the first referee Nick Patrick of making a fast count and restarted the match. Sting won by submission.
Vacated Aired January 8, 1998. Held up due to controversy over finish of December 28 match.
22 Defeated Hogan in a rematch.
24 Won a no-disqualification match.
25 also held WCW United States Championship
27 Nash laid down for Hogan.
28 Won a First Blood Steel Cage match.
29 Defeated Flair, Sting, and Hollywood Hogan in a four-way match.
31 Defeated Sting, Kevin Nash, and Goldberg in a No Disqualification Fatal Four-Way match.
33 Savage pinned Nash in a tag team match also featuring Sid Vicious and Sting; if Nash was pinned he would lose the championship
Vacated Sting is stripped of the title after losing a non sanctioned match against Goldberg and attacking referee Charles Robinson at Halloween Havoc (1999).
36 Defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final.
Vacated Hart vacates title because of controversial match with Bill Goldberg at Starrcade 1999.
37 Defeated Goldberg in a rematch.
Vacated Defeated Goldberg in a rematch.
38 Defeated Sid Vicious.
Vacated Benoit forfeits the title and leaves for the WWF after dispute with management.
39 Defeated Kevin Nash after defeating the Harris Brothers for the right to wrestle Nash for the belt.
Vacated Stripped by Commissioner Kevin Nash due to Sid pinning the wrong Harris Brother.
40 Awards himself the title.[3] Not listed by mistake in the title lineage at WWE.com.
41 Defeated Nash and Ron Harris in a handicap match by making Nash submit. Aired January 26, 2000.
Vacated All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted.
42 Defeated Dallas Page in tournament final.
43 Defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Cage Match
44 Arquette pinned Eric Bischoff in a tag team title match also featuring Diamond Dallas Page and Jeff Jarrett; the wrestler who scored the decisive fall would be declared champion. Aired April 26, 2000.
45 Won in a Triple Cage match that also included Page.
Vacated Vince Russo stripped Flair of the title.
47 Awarded by Vince Russo
48 Defeats Jarrett and Scott Steiner in a Triple Threat match. Aired on May 24, 2000.
49 Nash gave title back to Flair.
51 The match was originally billed as Jarrett vs. Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (which Hogan won after Jarrett intentionally laid down for him), but head writer Vince Russo fired Hogan after cutting a shoot promo about getting frustrated with dealing with Hogan's backstage politics, and announced that Jarrett was still the champion (nullifying the result of the Hogan match) and would defend the title in an impromptu match against Booker T
53 Won a Caged Heat match.
54 Won in a steel cage match.
Vacated Russo decides he is not a wrestler and does not want the title.
55 Defeated Jeff Jarrett in a "San Francisco 49ers match".
56 Won in a "Straight Jacket steel cage match".
57 Won on the final edition of WCW Monday Nitro. WCW was purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001; title was simply referred to as "WCW Championship" afterward.
58 Became the first person to win the WCW Championship on WWF programing. Aired July 26, 2001.
62 The title is referred to as simply the "World Championship" on November 19 after the demise of The Alliance.
63 The title was unified with the WWF Championship and retired.