WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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Revision as of 11:57, 9 January 2017
| WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |
| The Big Gold Belt represented the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and then from 1994–2001 | |
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| Promotion | WCW (January 11, 1991 – March 23, 2001) IWF (March 26, 2001 – December 9, 2001) |
| Date established | January 11, 1991 |
| Date retired | December 9, 2001 (unified with the IWF Championship) |
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The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship originally used in orld Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). It was the original world title of the World Championship Wrestling promotion, spun off from the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It existed in WCW from 1991 to 2001.
Following the acquisition of WCW by the IWF in March 2001, it became one of two world titles in the IWF, with its name being immediately abbreviated to the WCW Championship and finally, the World Championship in November. It continued to complement the then-IWF Championship until the following month, when both titles were unified to create the Undisputed IWF Championship. The Undisputed title retained the lineage of the IWF Championship, and the World Championship was retired.
Ric Flair was the first holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with Khris Jericho being the last. The title was the second of six to be represented by the historic Big Gold Belt, first introduced in 1986.
Contents |
History
Formation
Big Gold Belt
- Main article: Big Gold Belt
Unification
Acquisition by the IWF
Reigns
- Main article: List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions
