List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions
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Revision as of 14:35, 11 May 2020
File:DDPChampBelt.jpg
Three-time champion Diamond Dallas Page holding the Big Gold Belt, 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.
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.
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 International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now known as IWE) 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 IWF Championship to create the Undisputed IWF 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 61 official reigns, with Ric Flair holding the most at seven (the actual total is eight, but IWE 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 (365 days). The shortest reigning champion was Chris Jericho, who held the title for approximately 13 and a half minutes, since he unified with the title with the IWF Championship at Vengeance.
Contents |
Title history
Names
| Name | Years |
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| WCW World Heavyweight Championship | January 11, 1991 – March 26, 2001 |
| WCW Championship | June 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001 |
| World Championship | November 19, 2001 – December 9, 2001 |
| WCW World Championship | As listed on WWE.com |
Reigns
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| † | Indicates the title change is not recognized by IWE |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| National Wrestling Alliance (World Championship Wrestling) | ||||||||
| World Championship Wrestling | ||||||||
| — | Vacated | April 17, 1994 | Spring Stampede | Chicago, IL | — | — | 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 IWE. | |
| 10 | Ric Flair | April 21, 1994 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA | 3† | 87 | Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat in a rematch for the vacant title. During this reign in June 1994, Flair unified the title with the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship, which then ceased to exist. Aired on tape delay on May 14, 1994. | |
| 11 | Hulk Hogan | July 17, 1994 | Bash at the Beach | Orlando, FL | 1 | 469 | ||
| 12 | The Giant | October 29, 1995 | Halloween Havoc | Detroit, MI | 1 | 8 | This was a match where 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 Heart, interfered, followed by attacks on Hogan from members of The Dungeon of Doom. | |
| — | Vacated | November 6, 1995 | Nitro | Jacksonville, FL | — | — | The Giant was stripped of the title due to controversial finish of Halloween Havoc match. | |
| 13 | Brady Savage | November 26, 1995 | World War 3 | Norfolk, VA | 1 | 31 | Won in a World War 3 match, last eliminating One Man Gang. | |
| 14 | Ric Flair | December 27, 1995 | Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling | Nashville, TN | 3(4) | 26 | ||
| 15 | Brady Savage | January 22, 1996 | Nitro | Las Vegas, NV | 2 | 20 | ||
| 16 | Ric Flair | February 11, 1996 | SuperBrawl VI | St. Petersburg, FL | 4(5) | 71 | This was a steel cage match. | |
| 17 | The Giant | April 22, 1996 | Nitro | Albany, GA | 2 | 110 | Aired on tape delay on April 29, 1996. | |
| 18 | Hollywood Hogan | August 10, 1996 | Hog Wild | Sturgis, SD | 2 | 359 | 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. | |
| 19 | Lex Luger | August 4, 1997 | Nitro | Auburn Hills, Michigan | 2 | 5 | ||
| 20 | Hollywood Hogan | August 9, 1997 | Road Wild | Sturgis, South Dakota | 3 | 141 | ||
| 21 | Sting | December 28, 1997 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 3 | 11 | Hogan first pinned Sting, but guest referee Bret Heart accused the first referee, Nick Patrick, of making a fast count and restarted the match. Sting then won by submission. | |
| — | Vacated | January 8, 1998 | Thunder | Daytona Beach, Florida | — | — | Sting was stripped of the title due to the controversy over the finish of the Starrcade match. | |
| 22 | Sting | February 22, 1998 | SuperBrawl VIII | Daly City, California | 4 | 56 | Defeated Hollywood Hulk Hogan in a rematch for the vacant title. | |
| 23 | Brady Savage | April 19, 1998 | Spring Stampede | Denver, Colorado | 3 | 1 | This was a no disqualification match. | |
| 24 | Hollywood Hogan | April 20, 1998 | Nitro | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 4 | 77 | ||
| 25 | Goldberg | July 6, 1998 | Nitro | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 174 | ||
| 26 | Kevin Nash | December 27, 1998 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 8 | ||
| 27 | Hollywood Hogan | January 4, 1999 | Nitro | Atlanta, Georgia | 5 | 69 | This was The Fingerpoke of Doom. | |
| 27 | Ric Flair | March 14, 1999 | Uncensored (1999) | Louisville, Kentucky | 6 | 28 | This was a First Blood barbed wire steel cage match. | |
| 29 | Diamond Dallas Page | April 11, 1999 | Spring Stampede | Tacoma, Washington | 1 | 15 | This was a four corners match, also involving Sting and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Brady Savage was the special guest referee. | |
| 30 | Sting | April 26, 1999 | Nitro | Fargo, North Dakota | 5 | <1 | IWE.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. | |
| 31 | Diamond Dallas Page | April 26, 1999 | Nitro | Fargo, North Dakota | 2 | 13 | This was a four corners match, also involving Kevin Nash and Goldberg. IWE recognizes DDP's reign as lasting 14 days. | |
| 32 | Kevin Nash | May 9, 1999 | Slamboree | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 63 | ||
| 33 | Brady Savage | July 11, 1999 | Bash at the Beach | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 4 | 1 | This was a tag team match pitting Savage and Sid Vicious against Kevin Nash and Sting. Savage pinned Nash to win the title. | |
Combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by IWE |
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| 1 | Hulk Hogan/Hollywood Hogan | 6 | 1,177 | |
| 2 | Ric Flair | 8[a] | 501 | 505 |
| 5 | Sting | 6 | 250 | |
| 6 | Lex Luger | 2 | 235 | |
| 7 | Goldberg | 1 | 174 | |
| 11 | Kevin Nash | 4[b] | 97 | 96 |
| 16 | Brady Savage | 4 | 53 | |
| 17 | Diamond Dallas Page | 3 | 29 | 30 |
Notes
- a. ^ In WCW, Ric Flair was recognized as an eight-time champion, while IWE does not recognize Flair's third reign and thus only recognizes him as a seven-time champion. However, when referring to Flair's sixteen world championships, only 6 of his reigns in WCW are recognized as his very first reign is considered one of his eight NWA World Heavyweight Championship reigns.
- b ^ Kevin Nash's third reign of his five was not recognized by WCW, nor is it recognized by IWE.
See also
- List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions
- List of IWE Champions
- List of World Heavyweight Champions (IWE)
References
External links
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