List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions

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Three-time champion Diamond Dallas Page holding the Big Gold Belt upside down, which represented the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and 1994-2001 DDPChampBelt.jpg
Three-time champion Diamond Dallas Page holding the Big Gold Belt upside down, which represented the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and 1994–2001

The list of WCW World Heavyweight Champions is a chronological list of wrestlers that have held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by ring name.

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The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and its lineage began when Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which used the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) alliance name. Turner's organization was renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and split from the NWA in 1991. [1]

The WCW World Heavyweight Championship is the original world title of WCW and it remained as such until March 2001, when WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) and the championship was defended as the WCW Championship as part of the Invasion storyline, with the WCW initials being dropped from the title's name in November 2001. In December 2001, the renamed World Championship was unified with the WWF Championship to create the Undisputed WWF Championship.

The championship was generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. There have been a total of 22 recognized champions who have had a combined 62 official reigns, with Ric Flair holding the most at eight (but WWE does not recognize the title being vacated after the 1994 Spring Stampede match, although WCW did recognize this). At 51, Flair was also the oldest champion when he won it in May 2000, while The Giant was the youngest when he won it in October 1995 at 23. The longest reigning champion was Hulk Hogan, who held the title for 469 days, which is the only reign to exceed one year. The shortest reigning champion was Chris Jericho, who held the title for approximately 13+1⁄2 minutes, since he unified the title with the WWF Championship at Vengeance.

Title history

Names

Name [2] Years [2]
WCW World Heavyweight ChampionshipJanuary 11, 1991 – March 26, 2001
WCW Championship June 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001
World ChampionshipNovember 19, 2001 – December 9, 2001
WCW World ChampionshipAs listed on WWE.com

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA): World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
1 Ric Flair January 11, 1991 House show East Rutherford, New Jersey 1171Defeated Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. WCW began recognizing Flair as WCW World Heavyweight Champion while still using the NWA belt (the Big Gold Belt).
WWE recognizes this reign as an NWA world title reign for Flair's 16 world championships and not a WCW one.		 [3] [4]
— Vacated July 1, 1991———— Ric Flair left for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was stripped of the title. When Flair left, he took the Big Gold Belt, which represented the NWA and WCW world titles, with him. [3] [4]
2 Lex Luger July 14, 1991 The Great American Bash Baltimore, Maryland 1230Luger was originally the number one contender to face Ric Flair, but after Flair left WCW for the WWF and the title declared vacant, Barry Windham was named the number two contender. Luger defeated Windham in a steel cage match for the vacant title. A new WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt was created and awarded to Luger, but as it was not ready for the event, on the night he was presented with the adapted former PWF Heavyweight championship belt. [5] [3] [4]
3 Sting February 29, 1992 SuperBrawl II Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1134 [6] [7] [3] [4]
4 Big Van Vader July 12, 1992 The Great American Bash Albany, Georgia 121 [8] [9] [3] [4]
5 Ron Simmons August 2, 1992 Main Event Baltimore, Maryland 1150Due to injury, Sting was unable to have a rematch with Vader, so a raffle was done to take Sting's place as the number one contender. Ron Simmons won the raffle and with this win, WWE recognizes him as the first African-American to win a professional wrestling world championship.
Aired on tape delay on August 16, 1992.		 [10] [3] [4] [11]
6 Big Van Vader December 30, 1992 House show Baltimore, Maryland 271 [2] [12] [3] [4]
7 Sting March 11, 1993 House show London, England 26 [2] [13] [3] [4]
8 Big Van Vader March 17, 1993 House show Dublin, Ireland 3285During this reign in September 1993, WCW conclusively left the NWA and created a fictitious subsidiary called WCW International. Ric Flair, who had returned to WCW and won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, was recognized as the inaugural WCW International World Heavyweight Champion. [2] [14] [3] [4]
World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
9 Ric Flair December 27, 1993 Starrcade: 10th Anniversary Charlotte, North Carolina 2111This was a title vs. career match. [15] [16] [4] [3]
— Vacated April 17, 1994 Spring Stampede Chicago, Illinois ——A title match between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat ended in a double pin, which resulted in the title being vacated.
This vacancy was recognized by WCW, but is not recognized by WWE.		 [3] [4]
10 Ric Flair April 21, 1994 Saturday Night Atlanta, Georgia 387Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat in a rematch for the vacant title.<
Aired on tape delay on May 14, 1994. During this reign on June 23, 1994, Flair unified the title with the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship, Big Gold Belt. The Big Gold Belt was once again called the WCW World Title. The WCW title The Nature Boy won on April 21, 1994 was retired.		 [3] [4] [17]
11 Hulk Hogan July 17, 1994 Bash at the Beach Orlando, Florida 1469 [18] [19] [3] [4]
12 The Giant October 29, 1995 Halloween Havoc Detroit, Michigan 18This was a match in which the title could change hands via disqualification due to a contract clause. The Giant was declared winner by disqualification after Hulk Hogan's manager, Jimmy Hart, interfered, followed by attacks on Hogan from members of The Dungeon of Doom. [20] [3] [4]
— Vacated November 6, 1995 Nitro Jacksonville, Florida —— The Giant was stripped of the title due to the controversial finish of the Halloween Havoc match. [20] [3] [4]
13 Randy Savage November 26, 1995 World War 3 Norfolk, Virginia 131This was the first-ever World War 3 match. Savage last eliminated One Man Gang to win the vacant title. [21] [22] [3] [4]
14 Ric Flair December 27, 1995 Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling Nashville, Tennessee 426 [23] [24] [3] [4]
15 Randy Savage January 22, 1996 Nitro Las Vegas, Nevada 220 [25] [3] [4]
16 Ric Flair February 11, 1996 SuperBrawl VI St. Petersburg, Florida 571This was a steel cage match. [26] [27] [3] [4]
17 The Giant April 22, 1996 Nitro Albany, Georgia 2110Aired on tape delay on April 29, 1996. [28] [3] [4]
18 "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan August 10, 1996 Hog Wild Sturgis, South Dakota 2359First held title as Hulk Hogan. After the match, Hogan spray-painted the New World Order (nWo) initials on the title belt. It was often announced as the nWo/WCW World Heavyweight Championship during title defenses, though never officially renamed, while nWo members only referred to it as the nWo World Heavyweight Championship. [29] [30] [3] [4]
19 Lex Luger August 4, 1997 Nitro Auburn Hills, Michigan 25 [31] [3] [4]
20 Hollywood Hogan August 9, 1997 Road Wild Sturgis, South Dakota 3141 [32] [33] [3] [4]
21 Sting December 28, 1997 Starrcade Washington, D.C. 311 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 then won by submission. [34] [35] [36] [3] [4]
— Vacated January 8, 1998 Thunder Daytona Beach, Florida —— Sting was stripped of the title due to the controversy over the finishes of the Starrcade match and the rematch which took place the following night. [37] [38] [3] [4]
22 Sting February 22, 1998 SuperBrawl VIII Daly City, California 456Defeated Hollywood Hogan in a rematch for the vacant title. [38] [3] [4]
23 Randy Savage April 19, 1998 Spring Stampede Denver, Colorado 31This was a no disqualification match. [39] [40] [3] [4]
24 Hollywood Hogan April 20, 1998 Nitro Colorado Springs, Colorado 477This was a no disqualification match. [41] [3] [4]
25 Goldberg July 6, 1998 Nitro Atlanta, Georgia 1174 [42] [3] [4]
26 Kevin Nash December 27, 1998 Starrcade Washington, D.C. 18This was a no disqualification match. [43] [44] [3] [4]
27 Hollywood Hogan January 4, 1999 Nitro Atlanta, Georgia 569Nash laid down for Hogan in a match that would later be known as the "Fingerpoke of Doom". [45] [3] [4]
28 Ric Flair March 14, 1999 Uncensored Louisville, Kentucky 628This was a First Blood barbed wire steel cage match. [46] [47] [3] [4]
29 Diamond Dallas Page April 11, 1999 Spring Stampede Tacoma, Washington 115This was a four corners match, also involving Sting and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Randy Savage was the special guest referee. [48] [49] [3] [4]
30 Sting April 26, 1999 Nitro Fargo, North Dakota 5<1WWE.com mistakenly lists Sting's reign as lasting from April 26, 1999 to April 29, 1999, despite this and the following match's descriptions stating that this reign began and ended on the same night. [50] [3]
31 Diamond Dallas Page April 26, 1999 Nitro Fargo, North Dakota 213This was a four corners match, also involving Goldberg and Kevin Nash who Page pinned.
WWE recognizes DDP's reign as lasting 14 days.		 [51] [3]
32 Kevin Nash May 9, 1999 Slamboree St. Louis, Missouri 263 [52] [53] [3] [4]
33 Randy Savage July 11, 1999 Bash at the Beach Fort Lauderdale, Florida 41This was a tag team match pitting Savage and Sid Vicious against Kevin Nash and Sting. Savage pinned Nash to win the title. [54] [3] [4]
34 Hollywood Hogan July 12, 1999 Nitro Jacksonville, Florida 662Hollywood Hogan reverted to his Hulkamania character midway through this reign. [55] [3] [4]
35 Sting September 12, 1999 Fall Brawl Winston-Salem, North Carolina 643 [56] [57] [3] [4]
— Vacated October 25, 1999 Nitro Phoenix, Arizona —— Sting was stripped of the title after losing an unsanctioned match against Goldberg and attacking referee Charles Robinson at Halloween Havoc. [58] [3] [4]
36 Bret Hart November 21, 1999 Mayhem Toronto, Ontario 129Defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final for the vacant title. [59] [60] [61] [3] [4]
— Vacated December 20, 1999 Nitro Baltimore, Maryland —— Bret Hart vacated the title due to the controversial end to a match with Goldberg at Starrcade. [62] [3] [4]
37 Bret Hart December 20, 1999 Nitro Baltimore, Maryland 227Defeated Goldberg in a rematch for the vacant title. [62] [3] [4]
— Vacated January 16, 2000 Souled Out Cincinnati, Ohio —— Bret Hart vacated the title due to a legitimate injury that eventually forced him to retire nine months later. [63] [3] [4]
38 Chris Benoit January 16, 2000 Souled Out Cincinnati, Ohio 11Defeated Sid Vicious for the vacant title. The following day, after a dispute with management, he left WCW for the WWF. The company withdrew recognition of Benoit's reign, which was not listed in the title lineage at WCW.com. However, WWE (who assumed the title upon purchasing WCW in March 2001) recognizes Benoit's reign at WWE.com. [64] [4] [3]
— Vacated January 17, 2000 Nitro Columbus, Ohio ——In storyline, Chris Benoit was stripped of the title because he won the match although Sid Vicious' foot was under the rope during the submission. In reality, Benoit forfeited the title and left for the WWF after dispute with management. [64] [65] [3] [4]
39 Sid Vicious January 24, 2000 Nitro Los Angeles, California 11Defeated The Harris Brothers for the right to face Kevin Nash. Sid then defeated Nash for the vacant title.
WWE recognizes Sid's reign as lasting 2 days, ending on January 26, 2000, when the following episode aired on tape delay.		 [66] [3] [4]
— Vacated January 25, 2000 Thunder Las Vegas, Nevada —— Sid Vicious was stripped of the title by Commissioner Kevin Nash due to Sid pinning the wrong Harris Brother.
Aired on tape delay on January 26, 2000.		 [2] [3] [4]
40 Kevin Nash January 25, 2000 Thunder Las Vegas, Nevada 3<1As Commissioner, Nash awarded himself the title.
Aired on tape delay on January 26, 2000.		 [2] [4] [3] [67]
41 Sid Vicious January 25, 2000 Thunder Las Vegas, Nevada 276This was a triangle steel cage match, also involving Kevin Nash and Ron Harris. Sid made Nash submit to win the title.
WWE recognizes Sid's reign as lasting 75 days, beginning on January 26, 2000, when the episode aired on tape delay.		 [68] [3] [4]
— Vacated April 10, 2000 Nitro Denver, Colorado ——All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted. [69] [3] [4]
42 Jeff Jarrett April 16, 2000 Spring Stampede Chicago, Illinois 18Defeated Diamond Dallas Page in tournament final for the vacant title. [69] [3] [4]
43 Diamond Dallas Page April 24, 2000 Nitro Rochester, New York 31This was a steel cage match. [3] [4]
44 David Arquette April 25, 2000 Thunder Syracuse, New York 112This was a tag team match pitting Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page against Eric Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett, in which whoever scored the fall would become champion. Arquette pinned Bischoff to win Page's title.
Aired on tape delay on April 26, 2000.		 [70] [3] [4]
45 Jeff Jarrett May 7, 2000 Slamboree Kansas City, Missouri 28This was a Triple Cage match, also involving Diamond Dallas Page. [71] [3] [4]
46 Ric Flair May 15, 2000 Nitro Biloxi, Mississippi 77Despite being listed as Flair's sixth reign on WWE.com, the match description says that this was Flair's seventh reign. [72] [3] [4]
— Vacated May 22, 2000 Nitro Grand Rapids, Michigan —— Vince Russo stripped Ric Flair of the title. [73] [3] [4]
47 Jeff Jarrett May 22, 2000 Nitro Grand Rapids, Michigan 31 Vince Russo awarded the vacant title to Jarrett, but Kevin Nash stole the title belt. Nash was then forced to face Jarrett in a No Holds Barred match, which Jarrett won.
WWE recognizes Jarrett's reign as lasting 2 days, ending on May 24, 2000, when the following episode aired on tape delay.		 [74] [3] [4]
48 Kevin Nash May 23, 2000 Thunder Saginaw, Michigan 46This was a triangle match, also involving Scott Steiner. [75] [3] [4]
49 Ric Flair May 29, 2000 Nitro Salt Lake City, Utah 8<1 Kevin Nash gave the title to Flair. [75] [3] [4]
50 Jeff Jarrett May 29, 2000 Nitro Salt Lake City, Utah 441 David Flair was the special guest referee. [76] [3] [4]
51 Booker T July 9, 2000 Bash at the Beach Daytona Beach, Florida 150Earlier that night, Hollywood Hulk Hogan faced Jeff Jarrett for the title in a controversial match that ended in a shoot. In reality, Vince Russo wanted Hogan to lose to Jarrett, who would then lose to Booker T. However, Hogan refused to job to Jarrett, so Russo told Jarrett to just lie down and let Hogan win. Jarrett lay down and Russo threw the belt in the ring at a confused Hogan, telling Hogan to take the belt. After Hogan pinned Jarrett and was declared new champion, he called out Russo for his poor booking decisions before walking out of WCW. Russo reversed the decision, declaring that Jarrett was still champion. Jarrett then lost the title to Booker T in an impromptu match. [77] [3] [4]
52 Kevin Nash August 28, 2000 Nitro Las Cruces, New Mexico 520 Jeff Jarrett was the special guest referee. [67] [3]
53 Booker T September 17, 2000 Fall Brawl Buffalo, New York 28This was a Caged Heat match. [78] [79] [3]
54 Vince Russo September 25, 2000 Nitro Uniondale, New York 17This was a steel cage match; Russo 'escaped' the cage before Booker T by getting speared through the cage by Goldberg. [80] [3]
— Vacated October 2, 2000 Nitro Daly City, California —— Vince Russo decided he was not a wrestler and he did not want the title. [80] [3]
55 Booker T October 2, 2000 Nitro Daly City, California 355Defeated Jeff Jarrett in a San Francisco 49ers match for the vacant title. [81] [3]
56 Scott Steiner November 26, 2000 Mayhem Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1120This was a straitjacket steel cage match. [82] [83] [3]
57 Booker T March 26, 2001 Nitro Panama City Beach, Florida 4120This was a winner-take-all match for both the World Heavyweight and United States Heavyweight championships. This was also the final episode of Nitro, as WCW had been purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001. Booker T was also the United States champion. The title was then defended on WWF programming, where it was referred to as the WCW Championship. [84] [3]
World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
58 Kurt Angle July 24, 2001 SmackDown! Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 16Aired on tape delay on July 26, 2001. [85] [3]
59 Booker T July 30, 2001 Raw Is War Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 520 [86] [3]
60 The Rock August 19, 2001 SummerSlam San Jose, California 163 [87] [88] [3]
61 Chris Jericho October 21, 2001 No Mercy St. Louis, Missouri 115 [89] [90] [3]
62 The Rock November 5, 2001 Raw Uniondale, New York 234The title was referred to as the World Championship from November 19, 2001 after the demise of The Alliance. [91] [3]
63 Chris Jericho December 9, 2001 Vengeance San Diego, California 2<1 [92] [3]
— Unified December 9, 2001 Vengeance San Diego, California ——After defeating The Rock for the World Championship, Chris Jericho defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to unify the World Championship with the WWF Championship. The World Championship was retired and the WWF Championship became the Undisputed WWF Championship. [92] [3]

Combined reigns

Ric Flair Big Gold NWA 1988 colored.png
Record eight-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair
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Hulk Hogan, who reigned for a combined 1,177 days as champion. His first reign at 469 days is the longest single reign in the title's history.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days		Combined days
recognized by WWE
1 Hulk Hogan/Hollywood Hogan 61,177
2 Ric Flair 8 [a] 501505
3 Big Van Vader 3377
4 Booker T 5253
5 Sting 6250
6 Lex Luger 2235
7 Goldberg 1174
8 Ron Simmons 1150
9 Scott Steiner 1120
10 The Giant 2118
11 Kevin Nash 597
The Rock 297
13 Sid Vicious 277
14 Jeff Jarrett 45859
15 Bret Hart 256
16 Randy Savage 453
17 Diamond Dallas Page 32930
18 Chris Jericho 215
19 David Arquette 112
20 Vince Russo 17
21 Kurt Angle 16
22 Chris Benoit 11

Notes

  1. ↑ In WCW, Ric Flair was recognized as an eight-time champion, while WWE does not recognize Flair's third reign (they consider it a continuation of his second reign) and first reign (they consider it a continuation of his seventh reign NWA) and thus only recognizes him as a six-time champion.

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