WCW World Heavyweight Championship

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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)
Other name(s)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (January 11, 1991 – March 26, 2001) WCW Championship (June 24, 2001 – November 19, 2001) World Championship (November 19, 2001 – December 9, 2001) WCW World Championship (as the official name listed in IWE's website)
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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 1 History 1.1 Formation 1.2 Separate championship 1.3 Unification 1.4 Acquisition by the IWF 2 Reigns 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Formation

[edit] Separate championship

Main article: Big Gold Belt

[edit] Unification

[edit] Acquisition by the IWF

[edit] Reigns

Main article: List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions

[edit] See also

• NWA World Heavyweight Championship
• WCW International World Heavyweight Championship
• World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)
• IWE Championship
• List of former championships in IWE
• World championships in IWE
• Big Gold Belt

[edit] Notes

In WCW, Flair was recognized as an eight-time champion but IWE only recognizes 6, counting his first reign as one of his 8 NWA title reigns and ignoring a title vacancy that occurred in 1994 and instead viewing that as one continuous reign.

[edit] References

[edit] External links