WCW World Television Championship
Names Name Duration
NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship 1974–1977
NWA Television Championship 1977–1985
NWA World Television Championship 1985–1991
WCW World Television Championship 1991–2000
# Wrestler(s) Reign Date Days held Location Event
1 Danny Miller 1 February 27, 1974 72 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
2 Ivan Koloff 1 May 10, 1974 59 Richmond, Virginia Live event
3 Paul Jones 1 July 8, 1974 108 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
4 Ivan Koloff 2 October 24, 1974 63 Anderson, South Carolina Live event
5 Paul Jones 2 December 26, 1974 44 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
6 Ric Flair 1 February 8, 1975 181 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Live event
7 Paul Jones 3 August 8, 1975 117 Richmond, Virginia Live event
— Vacated — December 3, 1975 — N/A
8 Angelo Mosca 1 April 14, 1976 77 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event .
9 Paul Jones 4 June 30, 1976 108 Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
10 Mr. Wrestling 1 October 16, 1976 23 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
11 Greg Valentine 1 November 8, 1976 22 Fayetteville, North Carolina Live event
12 Rufus R. Jones 1 November 30, 1976 50 Charleston, South Carolina Live event
13 Greg Valentine 2 January 19, 1977 27 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
14 Rufus R. Jones 2 February 15, 1977 48 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
15 Ric Flair 2 April 4, 1977 72 Greenville, South Carolina Live event
16 Rick Steamboat 1 June 15, 1977 119 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
17 Baron Von Raschke 1 October 12, 1977 144 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
18 Johnny Weaver 1 March 5, 1978 21 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
19 Baron Von Raschke 2 March 26, 1978 73 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
20 Paul Jones 5 June 7, 1978 3 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
21 Rick Steamboat 2 June 10, 1978 661 Asheville, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated — 1980 — N/A
22 Masked Superstar 1 April 1, 1980 213 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event .
— Vacant — October 1980 — N/A
23 Roddy Piper 1 November 1, 1980 87 Richmond, Virginia Live event
— Vacant — January 27, 1981 — N/A The championship was vacated after Piper
won the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States
Heavyweight Championship.
24 Sweet Ebony Diamond 1 April 29, 1981 31 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event .
25 Greg Valentine 3 1981 31 N/A Live event
26 Sweet Ebony Diamond 2 May 30, 1981 99 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
27 Greg Valentine 4 1981 99 N/A Live event
28 Ron Bass 1 September 6, 1981 58 Asheville, North Carolina Live event
29 Ivan Koloff 3 November 3, 1981 60 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
30 Jimmy Valiant 1 January 2, 1982 155 Hampton, Virginia Live event
31 Ivan Koloff 4 1982 155 N/A Live event
32 Jimmy Valiant 2 June 6, 1982 133 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Live event
33 Ivan Koloff 5 1982 133 N/A Live event
34 Jimmy Valiant 3 October 17, 1982 41 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Live event
35 Jos LeDuc 1 1982 41 N/A Live event
— Vacant — 1982 --- N/A Leduc was stripped of the championship
due to cheating.
36 Bad Leroy Brown 1 November 27, 1982 28 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event .
37 Mike Rotundo 1 December 25, 1982 59 Charlotee, North Carolina Live event
38 Dick Slater 1 February 22, 1983 33 Columbia, South Carolina Live event
39 Roddy Piper 2 March 27, 1983 7 Asheville, North Carolina Live event
40 Dick Slater 2 April 3, 1983 27 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
41 Jos LeDuc 2 April 30, 1983 23 Richmond, Virginia Live event
42 The Great Kabuki 1 May 23, 1983 185 Greenville, South Carolina Live event
43 Charlie Brown 4 November 24, 1983 68 Greensboro, North Carolina Starrcade (1983)
— Vacated — January 1984 — N/A Valiant dropped the "Charlie Brown" alias
and vacated the title.
44 Mark Youngblood 1 March 7, 1984 21 Spartanburg, South Carolina Live event
45 Tully Blanchard 1 March 28, 1984 353 N/A Live event
46 Dusty Rhodes 1 March 16, 1985 43 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
47 Tully Blanchard 2 April 28, 1985 69 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
48 Dusty Rhodes 2 July 6, 1985 105 Charlotte, North Carolina The Great American Bash (1985)
— Vacated — October 19, 1985 — N/A Rhodes was stripped of the title due to an
injury.
49 Arn Anderson 1 January 4, 1986 248 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
50 Dusty Rhodes 3 September 9, 1986 79 Columbia, South Carolina Live event
51 Tully Blanchard 3 November 27, 1986 263 Greensboro, North Carolina Starrcade (1986)
52 Nikita Koloff 1 August 17, 1987 162 Fayetteville, North Carolina Live event
53 Mike Rotunda 2 January 26, 1988 335 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
54 Rick Steiner 1 December 26, 1988 56 Norfolk, Virginia Starrcade (1988)
55 Mike Rotunda 3 February 20, 1989 39 Chicago, Illinois Chi-Town Rumble
56 Sting 1 March 31, 1989 156 Atlanta, Georgia Live event
57 The Great Muta 1 September 3, 1989 121 Atlanta, Georgia Live event .
58 Arn Anderson 2 January 2, 1990 336 Gainesville, Georgia NWA Power Hour .
59 The Z-Man 1 December 4, 1990 41 Gainesville, Georgia World Championship Wrestling
60 Arn Anderson 3 January 7, 1991 132 Perry, Georgia WCW Worldwide
61 Bobby Eaton 1 May 19, 1991 15 St. Petersburg, Florida SuperBrawl I
62 Steve Austin 1 June 3, 1991 329 Birmingham, Alabama WCW Worldwide
63 Barry Windham 1 April 27, 1992 26 Atlanta, Georgia WCW Saturday Night
64 Steve Austin 2 May 23, 1992 102 Chattanooga, Tennessee WCW Worldwide
65 Ricky Steamboat 3 September 2, 1992 27 Atlanta, Georgia Clash of the Champions XX
66 Scott Steiner 1 September 29, 1992 63 Columbus, Georgia WCW Worldwide
— Vacant — November 1992 — N/A Steiner was stripped of the title after he and
his brother Rick Steiner leave for the
World Wrestling Federation.
67 Paul Orndorff 1 March 2, 1993 169 Macon, Georgia WCW Power Hour
68 Ricky Steamboat 4 August 18, 1993 32 Daytona Beach, Florida Clash of the Champions XXIV
69 Lord Steven Regal 1 September 19, 1993 225 Houston, Texas Fall Brawl (1993)
70 Larry Zbyszko 1 May 2, 1994 52 Atlanta, Georgia WCW Saturday Night
71 Lord Steven Regal 2 June 23, 1994 87 Charleston, South Carolina Clash of the Champions XXVII
72 Johnny B. Badd 1 September 18, 1994 112 Roanoke, Virginia Fall Brawl (1994)
73 Arn Anderson 4 January 8, 1995 161 Atlanta, Georgia WCW Main Event
74 The Renegade 1 June 18, 1995 91 Dayton, Ohio The Great American Bash (1995)
75 Diamond Dallas Page 1 September 17, 1995 42 Asheville, North Carolina Fall Brawl (1995)
76 Johnny B. Badd 2 October 29, 1995 111 Detroit, Michigan Halloween Havoc (1995)
77 Lex Luger 1 February 17, 1996 1 Baltimore, Maryland Live event
78 Johnny B. Badd 3 February 18, 1996 17 Norfolk, Virginia Live event
79 Lex Luger 2 March 6, 1996 167 Macon, Georgia Live event
80 Lord Steven Regal 3 August 20, 1996 181 Dalton, Georgia Nitro
81 Prince Iaukea 1 February 17, 1997 49 Tampa, Florida Nitro
82 Último Dragón 1 April 7, 1997 41 Huntsville, Alabama Nitro
83 Lord Steven Regal 4 May 18, 1997 65 Charlotte, North Carolina Slamboree (1997)
84 Último Dragón 2 July 22, 1997 30 Jacksonville, Florida Nitro
85 Alex Wright 1 August 21, 1997 32 Nashville, Tennessee Clash of the Champions XXXV
86 Disco Inferno 1 September 22, 1997 42 Salt Lake City, Utah Nitro
87 Perry Saturn 1 November 3, 1997 35 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nitro
88 Disco Inferno 2 December 8, 1997 21 Buffalo, New York Nitro
89 Booker T 1 December 29, 1997 49 Baltimore, Maryland Nitro
90 Rick Martel 1 February 16, 1998 6 Tampa, Florida Nitro
91 Booker T 2 February 22, 1998 67 San Francisco, California SuperBrawl VIII
92 Chris Benoit 1 April 30, 1998 1 Augusta, Georgia WCW Thunder
93 Booker T 3 May 1, 1998 1 Greenville, South Carolina Live event
94 Chris Benoit 2 May 2, 1998 1 Charleston, South Carolina Live event
95 Booker T 4 May 3, 1998 1 Savannah, Georgia Live event
96 Fit Finlay 1 May 4, 1998 41 Indianapolis, Indiana Nitro
97 Booker T 5 June 14, 1998 30 Baltimore, Maryland The Great American Bash (1998)
98 Stevie Ray 1 July 14, 1998 27 Baltimore, Maryland Live event
99 Chris Jericho 1 August 10, 1998 112 Rapid City, South Dakota Nitro
100 Konnan 1 November 30, 1998 28 Chattanooga, Tennessee Nitro
101 Scott Steiner 2 December 28, 1998 76 Baltimore, Maryland Nitro Thunder
102 Booker T 6 March 14, 1999 56 Louisville, Kentucky Uncensored (1999)
103 Rick Steiner 2 May 9, 1999 127 St. Louis, Missouri Slamboree (1999)
104 Chris Benoit 3 September 13, 1999 41 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Nitro
105 Rick Steiner 3 October 24, 1999 28 Las Vegas, Nevada Halloween (1999)
106 Scott Hall 1 November 21, 1999 8 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mayhem (1999)
— Vacated — November 29, 1999 — Denver, Colorado Nitro Hall abandoned the title by
throwing the belt into a trashcan.
107 Hacksaw Jim Duggan 1 February 16, 2000 54 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania WCW Saturday Night
— Retired — April 10, 2000 --- Denver, Colorado Nitro The title was retired after Vince
Russo and Eric Bischoff
rebooted WCW.
Notes
1 Miller defeated Ole Anderson in a tournament final to become the first NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion.
7 Jones gave up the TV Title after he won the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States Heavyweight Championship on November 27, 1975.
8 Mosca defeated Tim Woods in a tournament final to win the vacant championship
14 During Jones' reign, the championship was renamed the "NWA Television Championship".
22 Masked Superstar won a tournament to win the vacant championship
24 Sweet Ebony Diamond won a tournament to win the vacant championship
36 Brown won a 20 man battle royal to win the vacant championship
44 Youngblood won a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
46 During Rhodes' reign, the title was renamed the "NWA World Television Championship".
49 Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to claim the vacant championship.
52 Koloff defeated Terry Taylor to unify the UWF Television Championship and the NWA World Television Championship. On November 27, 1987 at Starrcade
58 This episode aired on tape delay on January 12, 1990
59 This episode aired on tape delay on December 29, 1990.
60 During Anderson's reign, the title was renamed the "WCW World Television Championship" following WCW's withdrawal from the NWA. This episode aired on tape delay on January 27, 1991.
62 This episode aired on tape delay on June 29, 1991.
63 This episode aired on tape delay on May 9, 1992.
64 This episode aired on tape delay on June 13, 1992.
66 This episode aired on tape delay on October 17, 1992.
67 Orndorff defeated Erik Watts in a tournament final to become the new champion. This episode aired on tape delay on March 27, 1993.
70 This episode aired on tape delay on May 28, 1994.
80 This episode aired on tape delay on August 31, 1996.
98 Ray was awarded the championship by a "power of attorney", which he claimed came from his injured brother.
106 Hall won the title by forfeit when Steiner, who was to be his opponent at Mayhem, was deemed too injured to compete.
107 Duggan found the championship belt in a dumpster and claimed the title.