The title you have chosen is: WCW World
Heavyweight Title
This title is up to date as of: 27/12/00
The WCW World Heavyweight Title was created on
the 11th January 1991
with the recognization of the first champion.
If you want the history before this date, please
see the NWA World Heavyweight Title History.
Title changes with special circumstances are
explained at the bottom of the page with the red markers.
| Title Holder |
Date won |
| Ric Flair |
11/01/91 (1) |
| Lex Luger |
14/07/91 (2) |
| Sting |
29/02/92 |
| Big Van Vader |
12/07/92 |
| Ron Simmons |
02/08/92 |
| Big Van Vader (2) |
30/12/92 |
| Sting (2) |
11/03/93 |
| Big Van Vader (3) |
17/03/93 |
| Ric Flair (2) |
27/12/93 (3) |
| Ric Flair (3) |
24/04/94 (4) |
| Hulk Hogan |
17/07/94 |
| The Giant |
29/10/95 (5) |
| Randy Savage |
26/11/95 (6) |
| Ric Flair (4) |
27/12/95 |
| Randy Savage (2) |
22/01/96 |
| Ric Flair (5) |
11/02/96 |
| The Giant (2) |
22/04/96 |
| Hulk Hogan (2) |
10/08/96 |
| Lex Luger (2) |
04/08/97 |
| Hulk Hogan (3) |
09/08/97 |
| Sting (3) |
28/12/97 (7) |
| Sting (4) |
22/02/98 (8) |
| Randy Savage (3) |
19/04/98 |
| Hulk Hogan (4) |
20/04/98 |
| Goldberg |
06/07/98 |
| Kevin Nash |
27/12/98 |
| Hulk Hogan (5) |
04/01/99 |
| Ric Flair (6) |
14/03/99 |
| Diamond Dallas Page |
11/04/99 (9) |
| Sting (5) |
26/04/99 |
| Diamond Dallas Page (2) |
26/04/99 (10) |
| Kevin Nash (2) |
09/05/99 |
| Randy Savage (4) |
11/07/99 (11) |
| Hulk Hogan (6) |
12/07/99 |
| Sting (6) |
12/09/99 (12) |
| Bret Hart |
21/11/99 (13) |
| Bret Hart (2) |
20/12/99 (14) |
| Chris Benoit |
16/01/00 (15) |
| Sid Vicious |
17/01/00 (16) |
| Kevin Nash (3) |
25/01/00 (17) |
| Sid Vicious (2) |
25/01/00 (18) |
| Jeff Jarratt |
16/04/00 (19) |
| Diamond Dallas Page (3) |
24/04/00 |
| David Arquette |
25/04/00 (20) |
| Jeff Jarratt (2) |
07/05/00 (21) |
| Ric Flair (7) |
15/05/00 (22) |
| Jeff Jarratt (3) |
22/05/00 (23) |
| Kevin Nash (4) |
23/05/00 (24) |
| Ric Flair (8) |
29/05/00 |
| Jeff Jarratt (4) |
29/05/00 (25) |
| Booker T |
09/07/00 (26) |
| Kevin Nash (5) |
28/08/00 |
| Booker T (2) |
17/09/00 (27) |
| Booker T (3) |
02/10/00 (28) |
| Scott Steiner |
26/11/00 |
(1)
= Flair wins the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Sting, and is then recognized
as the first WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
(2) = Ric
Flair was fired by WCW on 01/07/91, Lex Luger defeated Barry Windham to
win the vacated title.
(3) = The
world title was held up after a match between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat
on 17/04/94 ended in a double pin.
(4) = Ric
Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat in the rematch. On 23/06/94, defeats Sting
to unify the World Heavyweight and International Heavyweight titles.
(5) = The
Giant won the title via DQ, Hulk Hogan's manager Jimmy Hart signed a contract
saying the title could change hands on a DQ. The Giant was stripped on
06/11/95 after WCW claimed the decision was 'dubious'.
(6) = Randy
Savage won a 60 man, three ring battle royal to determine the new champ.
Conflicts arose because Hulk Hogan had not been properly eliminated during
the match, but referee Randy Anderson gave the match to Savage anyway.
(7) = The
title was declared vacant by J.J. Dillon (chairman of WCW Executive Committee)
on 08/01/98 because of a controversial ending in the match Sting won the
title.
(8) = Defeated
Hulk Hogan for the vacant title.
(9) = Diamond
Dallas Page won the title in a Four Corners match in which whoever got
the pin on anyone won the title.
(10) = Diamond
Dallas Page won the title in a Four Corners match in which whoever got
the pin on anyone won the title.
(11) = Randy
Savage won the title in a tag team match in which whoever got the pin on
anyone in the other team won the title.
(12) = Sting
was stripped of the title on 25/10/99 for attacking the referee of his
match the previous night.
(13) = Bret
Hart won the vacant title in the tournament final over Chris Benoit. The
title was vacated on 19/12/99 after a contraversial ending to a match.
(14) = Bret
Hart defeated Goldberg to regain the title, but the title was again vacated
on 16/01/00 due to injury.
(15) = Chris
Benoit defeated Sid Vicious to win the vacant title, but vacates it after
one day when he leaves to go to the WWF.
(16) = Sid
Vicious defeats Kevin Nash to win the vacant title, but is stripped by
Kevin Nash (who was also WCW Commissioner) on 25/01/00.
(17) = Kevin
Nash awards himself the vacant title.
(18) = Sid
Vicious wins the title in a triangle match over Kevin Nash and Ron Harris.
All titles were declared vacant on order from Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo
on 10/04/00.
(19) = Jeff
Jarratt won the vacant title in the tournament final over Diamond Dallas
Page.
(20) = David
Arquette, an actor, won the match in a tag team match in which whoever
got the pin on anyone in the other team won the title.
(21) = Jeff
Jarratt defeated David Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in a triple cage
triangle match.
(22) = Ric
Flair was stripped of the title by Vince Russo on 22/05/00 for no reason
at all.
(23) = Jeff
Jarratt defeated Kevin Nash to won the vacant title.
(24) =
Kevin Nash defeated Jeff Jarratt and Scott Steiner in a triangle match.
After his victory, he gave the belt back to Ric Flair, claiming "he was
it's rightful owner".
(25) = The
title was vacated by Vince Russo, claiming he was sick of backstage politics
and the fact that Jeff Jarratt was about to lie down for Hulk Hogan.
(26) = Booker
T defeated Jeff Jarratt to claim the vacant title.
(27) = Booker
T was stripped of the title on 25/09/00 over a contraversial ending to
a steel cage match he had with Vince Russo.
(28) = Booker
T won the vacant title over Jeff Jarratt.
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