Ric Flair
01/11/91
East Rutherford, NJ
Wins NWA World heavyweight title from Sting; with NWA no longer
operating
as an organization, Flair is recognized as the first WCW World
Heavyweight champion; stripped on 07/01/91 when Flair was fired by WCW.
Lex Luger
07/14/91
Baltimore, MD
Defeats Barry Windham
Sting
02/29/92
Milwaukee, WI
Big Van Vader
07/12/92
Albany, GA
Ron Simmons
08/02/92
Baltimore, MD
Big Van Vader [2]
12/30/92
Baltimore, MD
Sting [2]
03/11/93
London, England
Big Van Vader [3]
03/17/93
Dublin, Ireland
Ric Flair [2]
12/27/93
Charlotte, NC
Title held-up after a match against Rickey "The Dragon" Steamboat on
04/23/94 in Chicago, IL ends as a double pin.
Ric Flair [3]
12/27/94
Atlanta, GA
Defeats Steamboat in a rematch; unifies former NWA World Heavyweight
Title; renamed when WCW
withdrew from NWA in September, 1993, also won "WCW International" World
title defeating Sting on 06/23/94 in Charleston, SC
Hulk Hogan
07/17/94
Orlando, FL
The Giant
10/29/95
Detroit, MI
Wins via DQ, Jimmy Hart Hogan's manager, signed the contract so that the
title changes hands via DQ; stripped on 11/06/95 when WCW claimed that
the decision was doubtful.
Randy Savage
11/26/95
Norfolk, VA
Wins a 60-man, three ring battle royal, eliminating One Man Gang. Hulk
Hogan was not thrown over the top rope, but referee Randy Anderson
believing that Hogan was in fact eliminated, awarded the match to Randy
Savage after One Man Gang was eliminated.
Ric Falir [4]
12/27/95
Nashville, TN
Randy Savage [2]
01/22/96
Las Vegas, NV
Ric Falir [ 5]
02/11/96
St. Petersburg, FL
The Giant [2]
04/22/96
Albany, GA
Hulk Hogan [2]
08/10/96
Sturgis, SD
Lex Luger [2]
08/04/97
Auburn Hills, MI
Hulk Hogan [3]
08/09/97
Sturgis, SD
Sting [3]
12/28/97
Washington, DC
Declared vacant on 01/08/98 in Daytona Beach, Florida by J.J. Dillon, the
chairman of WCW Executive Committee, because of the controversial endings
at both the 12/28/97 card in Washington, DC and the 12/29/97 card in
Baltimore, MD. Rematch set-up for Superbrawl 8 by Rowdy Roddy Piper.
Sting [4]
02/22/98
San Francisco, CA
Defeats Hulk Hogan
Randy Savage [3]
04/14/98
Denver, CO
Hulk Hogan [4]
04/20/98
Colorado Springs, CO
Bill Goldberg
07/06/98
Atlanta, GA
174 - 0 before losing to Kevin Nash
Kevin Nash
12/27/98
Washington, DC
Beat Goldberg by Jacknifing him, only after Scott Hall dressed up as a
security guard came into the ring and used a stun gun on Goldeberg.
Hollywood Hogan [5]
1/04/99
Atlanta, GA
Hogan beat Nash in a cleverly planned out scheme where Hogan just taped
Nash and he laid down and gave Hogan the title.
Ric Flair
3/14/99
Knoxville, TN
Beat Hogan by pin in a First Blood Match
Diamond Dallas Page
4/11/99
Takoma, WA
Beat Flair, Hogan, & Sting by in a Four Corners Match
Sting
4/26/99
Fargo, ND
Diamond Dallas Page
4/26/99
Fargo, ND
Beat Goldberg, Nash, & Sting in a Four Corners Match
Kevin Nash
5/9/99
St. Louis, MO
Randy Savage
7/11/99
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Pinned Nash in a tag match where whoever makes the pinfall on Nash becomes the world champion
Hollywood Hogan
7/12/99
Jacksonville, FL
Sting
9/14/99
Winston Salem, NC
Belt declared vacant b/c Sting lost to Goldberg and there was controversy b/c of weather or not the match was for the title or not. A 32 man tournament was started.
Bret Hart
11/21/99
Toronto, Onterio, Canada
Beat Chris Benoit in the tournament final
Belt declared vacant due to Bret Hart's injury
Chris Benoit
1/16/00
Cincinatti, OH
Beat Sid Vicious in number one contendor's match for title.
Belt held up due to illegal submission by Chris Benoit as Sid's foor was under the rope
Sid Vicious
1/24/00
Las Angeles, CA
Beat Kevin Nash in a match for the vacant title
Russo and Bischoff take all titles away on 4/10/00.
Jeff Jarrett
4/16/00
Chicago, IL
Beats DDP to claim title
Diamond Dallas Page
4/24/00
Rochester, NY
David Arquette
4/26/00
Rochester, NY
Jeff Jarrett
5/7/00
Kansas City, MO
Ric Flair
5/15/00
Stripped by Vince Russo due to collapse in the ring during defense
Jeff Jarrett
5/22/00
Grand Rapids, MI
Beat Kevin Nash to claim vacant title
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