WCW Title Backgrounds

WCW World Heavyweight Championship

First Champion: Ric Flair - January 11,1991
Final Champion: Chris Jericho - December 9, 2001

United States Championship

First Champion: Harley Race - January 1, 1975 (Mid Atlantic) / Eddie Guerrero - July 27, 2003 (WWE)
Final Champion: Edge - November 12, 2001 (WCW) / Still Active (WWE)

Television Championship

First Champion: Danny Miller - February 27, 1974 (Mid Atlantic) / Arn Anderson - January 7, 1991 (WCW)
Final Champion: Hacksaw Jim Duggan - February 16, 2000

Cruiserweight Championship

First Champion: Brian Pillman - October 27, 1991 (Light Heavyweight) / Shinjiro Otani - March 20, 1996 (Cruiserweight)
Final Champion: Tajiri - October 22, 2001 (WCW) / Hornswaggle - July 22, 2007 (WWE)

Tag Team Championship

First Champions: The Minnesota Wrecking Crew - January 29, 1975 (Mid Atlantic) / Doom - May 19, 1990 (WCW)
Final Champions: The Dudley Boyz - October 23, 2001

Hardcore Championship

First Champion: Norman Smiley - November 21, 1999
Final Champion: Meng - January 14, 2001

Women's Championship

First Champion: Akira Hokuto - December 29, 1996
Final Champion: Devil Masami - September 20, 1997

WCW International World Heavyweight Championship

First Champion: Ric Flair - July 18, 1993
Final Champion: Ric Flair - June 23, 1994

United States Tag Team Championship

First Champions: Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff - September 28, 1986
Final Champions: The Barbarian and Dick Slater - June 25, 1992

Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship

First Champions: Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper - March 18, 2001
Final Champions: The Filthy Animals - March 26, 2001

Women's Cruiserweight Championship

First Champion: Toshie Uematsu - April 7, 1997
Final Champion: Sugar Saito - September 20, 1997

Six-Man Tag Team Championship

First Champions: The Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich - February 17, 1991
Final Champions: The York Foundation - October 8, 1991