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WCW World Title (formerly NWA)
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Champ |
Date |
Won from |
Location |
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Lou Thesz |
Nov. 1949 |
Orville Brown |
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The National Wrestling Alliance, the precursor to today's WCW was formed in 1948 with Brown recognized as champ. Brown was forced to retire after a car crash in 1949 and Thesz, who was scheduled to challenge him for the belt, was recognized as champion. |
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Whipper Billy Watson |
3-15-56 |
Lou Thesz |
Toronto |
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Lou Thesz |
11-9-56 |
Whipper Billy Watson |
St. Louis |
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Dick Hutton |
11-14-57 |
Lou Thesz |
Toronto |
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Pat O'Connor |
1-9-59 |
Dick Hutton |
St. Louis |
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Buddy Rogers |
6-30-61 |
Pat O'Connor |
Chicago |
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Lou Thesz |
1-24-63 |
Buddy Rogers |
Toronto |
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Gene Kiniski |
1-7-66 |
Lou Thesz |
St. Louis |
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Dory Funk Jr. |
2-11-69 |
Gene Kiniski |
Tampa |
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Harley Race |
5-24-73 |
Dory Funk Jr. |
Kansas City |
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Jack Brisco |
7-20-73 |
Harley Race |
Houston |
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Shohei Baba |
12-2-74 |
Jack Brisco |
Japan |
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Jack Brisco |
12-9-74 |
Shohei Baba |
Tokyo |
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Terry Funk |
12-10-75 |
Jack Brisco |
Miami |
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Harley Race |
2-6-77 |
Terry Funk |
Toronto |
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Dusty Rhodes |
8-21-79 |
Harley Race |
Tampa |
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Harley Race |
8-26-79 |
Dusty Rhodes |
Orlando |
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Shohei Baba |
10-31-79 |
Harley Race |
Nagoya, Japan |
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Harley Race |
11-7-79 |
Shohei Baba |
Amagaseki, Japan |
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Shohei Baba |
9-4-80 |
Harley Race |
Saga, Japan |
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Harley Race |
9-10-80 |
Shohei Baba |
Otsu, Japan |
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Tommy Rich |
4-27-81 |
Harley Race |
Augusta, GA |
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Harley Race |
5-1-81 |
Tommy Rich |
Gainsville, GA |
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Dusty Rhodes |
6-21-81 |
Harley Race |
Atlanta |
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Ric Flair |
9-17-81 |
Dusty Rhodes |
Kansas City |
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Harley Race |
6-10-83 |
Ric Flair |
St. Louis |
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Ric Flair |
Starrcade
11-24-83 |
Harley Race |
Greensboro, NC |
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Harley Race |
3-21-84 |
Ric Flair |
New Zealand |
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Ric Flair |
3-23-84 |
Harley Race |
Singapore |
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Kerry Von Erich |
5-6-84 |
Ric Flair |
Irving, TX |
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Ric Flair |
5-24-84 |
Kerry Von Erich |
Japan |
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Dusty Rhodes |
7-26-86 |
Ric Flair |
Greensboro, NC |
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Ric Flair |
8-9-86 |
Dusty Rhodes |
St. Louis |
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Ronnie Garvin |
9-25-87 |
Ric Flair |
Detroit |
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Ric Flair |
Starrcade
11-26-87 |
Ronnie Garvin |
Chicago |
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Rick Steamboat |
Chi-Town Rumble
2-20-89 |
Ric Flair |
Chicago |
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Ric Flair |
5-7-89 |
Rick Steamboat |
Nashville |
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Sting |
Great American Bash, 7-7-90 |
Ric Flair |
Baltimore |
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Ric Flair |
1-11-91 |
Sting |
East Rutherford, NJ |
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Flair defeated Sting for the NWA title and during the reign was recognized as the first WCW champion. All prior listings were considered NWA champions. All subsquent listings are WCW champs. |
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Lex Luger |
Great American Bash, 7-14-91 |
Barry Windham |
Baltimore |
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Luger and Windham were deemed the top contenders to the title after Ric Flair was stripped of the belt. Flair had contractual problems with WCW and left for the WWF. |
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Sting |
Superbrawl
2-29-92 |
Lex Luger |
Milwaukee |
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Big Van Vader |
Great American Bash, 7-12-92 |
Sting |
Albany, GA |
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Ron Simmons |
8-2-92 |
Big Van Vader |
Baltimore |
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Big Van Vader |
12-30-92 |
Ron Simmons |
Baltimore |
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Sting |
3-11-93 |
Big Van Vader |
London |
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Big Van Vader |
3-17-93 |
Sting |
Dublin, Ireland |
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Ric Flair |
Starrcade
12-27-93 |
Big Van Vader |
Charlotte |
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Hulk Hogan |
Bash at the Beach, 7-17-94 |
Ric Flair |
Orlando |
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The Giant |
Halloween Havoc
10-29-95 |
Hulk Hogan |
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Due to a clause put in this match's contract by Jimmy Hart, The Giant won the title by a DQ. Since Hart caused the DQ, Giant was then stripped of the title and it was put up for grabs at World War III. |
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Randy Savage |
World War III
11-26-95 |
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Norfolk, VA |
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Savage won a 60-man battle royal to win the vacant title. |
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Ric Flair |
Starrcade
12-27-95 |
Randy Savage |
Nashville |
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Flair beat Sting and Lex Luger in a triangle match earlier in the card to earn the title shot. |
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Randy Savage |
1-22-96 |
Ric Flair |
Las Vegas |
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Ric Flair |
Superbrawl
2-11-96 |
Randy Savage |
St. Petersburg, FL |
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The Giant |
4-22-96 |
Ric Flair |
Albany, GA |
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Hulk Hogan |
Hog Wild
8-10-96 |
The Giant |
Sturgis, SD |
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Lex Luger |
8-4-97 |
Hulk Hogan |
Detroit |
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Hulk Hogan |
Road Wild
8-9-97 |
Lex Luger |
Sturgis, SD |
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Sting |
Starrcade
12-28-97 |
Hulk Hogan |
Washington, D.C. |
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Sting |
Superbrawl
2-22-98 |
Hulk Hogan |
San Francisco |
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This was for the vacant title. Sting was stripped of the belt January 8 after two controversial wins over Hogan (at Starrcade and a rematch on Nitro the next day). |
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Randy Savage |
Spring Stampede
4-19-98 |
Sting |
Denver |
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Hollywood Hogan |
4-20-98 |
Randy Savage |
Colorado Springs, CO |
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Goldberg |
7-6-98 |
Hollywood Hogan |
Atlanta |
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Kevin Nash |
Starrcade
12-27-98 |
Goldberg |
Washington, D.C. |
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Hollywood Hogan |
1-4-99 |
Kevin Nash |
Atlanta |
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Kevin Nash "laid down" for Hogan as the nWo was reformed. |
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Ric Flair |
Uncensored
3-14-99 |
Hollywood Hogan |
Louisville |
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Diamond Dallas Page |
Spring Stampede
4-11-99 |
Ric Flair |
Tacoma, WA |
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DDP defeated Sting, Flair and Hollywood Hogan in a four-way after interference from special ref Randy Savage. |
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Sting |
4-26-99 |
Diamond Dallas Page |
Fargo, ND |
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Diamond Dallas Page |
4-26-99 |
Sting |
Fargo, ND |
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DDP beat Kevin Nash, Sting and Goldberg in a four-way dance by pinning Nash. He had lost to Sting earlier in the Nitro broadcast. |
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Kevin Nash |
Slamboree
5-9-99 |
Diamond Dallas Page |
St. Louis |
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Randy Savage |
Bash at the Beach
7-11-99 |
Kevin Nash |
Fort Lauderdale |
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Savage pinned Nash in a tag match of Savage and Sid Vicious vs. Nash and Sting where the title was on the line. |
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Hollywood Hogan |
7-12-99 |
Randy Savage |
Jacksonville, FL |
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Sting |
Fall Brawl
9-12-99 |
Hulk Hogan |
Winston-Salem, NC |
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Goldberg seemingly won the title from Sting at Halloween Havoc on Oct. 24, but it was ruled the match was non-title. Sting was stripped of the belt on the Oct. 25 Nitro for attacking the ref after the Havoc match. A 32-man tournament began to crown the new champ. |
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Bret Hart |
Mayhem
9-12-99 |
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Toronto, Canada |
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Bret Hart vacated the title due to injury before Souled Out. |
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Chris Benoit |
Souled Out
9-12-99 |
Sid |
Cinncinati, OH |
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Vacant |
Nitro
1-17-00 |
Chris Benoit |
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Chris Benoit vacated the title before Nitro 1-17-00. Sid and Kevin Nash will Face off for the World Title at Nitro on 1-24-00 |
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Sid |
Nitro
1-24-00 |
Nash |
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As part of Bischoff and Russo taking over the booking for WCW, this title was vacated on April 10, 2000, and a way to determine the new champ was chosen. |
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Jeff Jarrett |
Spring Stampede
4-16-00 |
DDP |
Chicago, IL. |
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DDP |
Nitro
4-24-00 |
Jeff Jarrett |
Rochester, NY. |
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David Arquette |
Thunder
4-26-00 |
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Syracuse, NY. |
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Arquette teamed with DDP against Jarrett and Bischoff in a tag match where the winning pinner won the title. Arquette pinned Bischoff to win the strap. |
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Jeff Jarrett |
Slamboree
5-7-00 |
David Arquette |
Kansas City, MO. |
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After Arquette laid out DDP with a guitar shot, Jarrett won the first ever triple cage match - a 3-way dance with DDP and Arquette. |
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Ric Flair |
Nitro
5-15-00 |
Jeff Jarrett |
Biloxi, MS. |
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After "fainting" on Thunder, Flair was stripped of the title by Vince Russo. Jarrett and Nash had a title match. |
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Jeff Jarrett |
Nitro
5-22-00 |
Kevin Nash |
Grand Rapids, MI. |
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Kevin Nash |
Thunder
5-24-00 |
Jeff Jarrett |
Saginaw, MI. |
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Nash relinquished the title to Ric Flair the following Monday because "he was wrongfully stripped." |
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Jeff Jarrett |
Nitro
5-29-00 |
Ric Flair |
Salt Lake City, UT. |
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Booker T |
Bash at the Beach
7-9-00 |
Jeff Jarrett |
Daytona Beach, FL. |
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Kevin Nash |
Nitro
8-28-00 |
Booker T |
Las Cruces, NM. |
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Booker T |
Nitro
9-17-00 |
Kevin Nash |
Buffalo, NY. |
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Vince Russo |
Nitro
9-24-00 |
Booker T |
Uniondale, NY. |
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Russo retired as an undefeated World Champion. Booker and Jeff fought after winning a tag team #1 contender's match. |
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Booker T |
Nitro
10-2-00 |
Jeff Jarrett |
San Francisco, CA. |
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Scott Steiner |
Mayhem
11-26-00 |
Booker T |
Milwaukee, WI. |
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Booker T |
Nitro
3-26-01 |
Scott Steiner |
Panama City, FL. |
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