Wrestling Information Archive - WCW World Heavyweight Title History

WCW World Heavyweight Title History
WCW World Heavyweight Title [January 1991 - November 2001]
World Heavyweight Title [November 2001 - December 2001]

Name	Date	Location	Notes
Ric Flair	January 11, 1991	East Rutherford, New Jersey	1
Lex Luger	July 14, 1991	Baltimore, Maryland	2
Sting	February 29, 1992	Milwaukee, Winsconsin
Big Van Vader	July 12, 1992	Albany, Georgia
Ron Simmons	August 2, 1992	Baltimore, Maryland
Big Van Vader (2)	December 20, 1992	Baltimore, Maryland
Sting (2)	March 11, 1993	London, England
Big Van Vader (3)	March 17, 1993	Dublin, Ireland
Ric Flair (2)	December 27, 1993	Charlotte, North Carolina	3
Ric Flair (3)	April 24, 1994	Atlanta, Georgia	4
Hulk Hogan	July 17, 1994	Orlando, Florida
The Giant	October 29, 1995	Detroit, Michigan	5
Randy Savage	November 26, 1995	Norfolk, Virginia	6
Ric Flair (4)	December 27, 1995	Nashville, Tennessee
Randy Savage (2)	January 22, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada
Ric Flair (5)	February 11, 1996	Saint Petersburg, Florida
The Giant (2)	April 22, 1996	Albany, Georgia
Hulk Hogan (2)	August 10, 1996	Sturgis, South Dakota
Lex Luger (2)	August 4, 1997	Auburn Hills, Michigan
Hulk Hogan (3)	August 9, 1997	Sturgis, South Dakota
Sting (3)	December 28, 1997	Washington, D.C.	7
Sting (4)	February 22, 1998	San Francisco, California	8
Randy Savage (3)	April 19, 1998	Denver, Colorado
Hulk Hogan (4)	April 20, 1998	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Bill Goldberg	July 6, 1998	Atlanta, Georgia
Kevin Nash	December 27, 1998	Washington, D.C.
Hulk Hogan (5)	January 4, 1999	Atlanta, Georgia
Ric Flair (6)	March 14, 1999	Louisville, Kentucky
Diamond Dallas Page	April 11, 1999	Tacoma, Washington	9
Sting (5)	April 26, 1999	Fargo, North Dakota
Diamond Dallas Page (2)	April 26, 1999	Fargo, North Dakota	10
Kevin Nash (2)	May 9, 1999	Saint Louis, Missouri
Randy Savage (4)	July 11, 1999	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	11
Hulk Hogan (6)	July 12, 1999	Jacksonville, Florida
Sting (7)	September 12, 1999	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Bret Hart	November 21, 1999	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	12
Bret Hart (2)	December 20, 1999	Baltimore, Maryland	13
Chris Benoit	January 16, 2000	Cincinatti, Ohio	14
Sid Vicious	January 24, 2000	Los Angeles, California	15
Kevin Nash (3)	January 25, 2000	Las Vegas, Nevada	16
Sid Vicious (2)	January 25, 2000	Las Vegas, Nevada	17
Jeff Jarrett	April 16, 2000	Chicago, Illinois	18
Diamond Dallas Page (3)	April 24, 2000	Rochester, New York
David Arquette	April 25, 2000	Syracuse, New York	19
Jeff Jarrett (2)	May 7, 2000	Kansas City, Missouri	20
Ric Flair (7)	May 15, 2000	Biloxi, Mississippi
Jeff Jarrett (3)	May 22, 2000	Grand Rapids, Michigan	21
Kevin Nash (4)	May 23, 2000	Saginaw, Michigan	22
Ric Flair (8)	May 29, 2000	Salt Lake City, Utah	23
Jeff Jarrett (4)	May 29, 2000	Salt Lake City, Utah
Booker T.	July 9, 2000	Daytona Beach, Florida	24
Kevin Nash (5)	August 28, 2000	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Booker T. (2)	September 17, 2000	Buffalo, New York
Vince Russo	September 25, 2000	Uniondale, New York	25
Booker T. (3)	October 2, 2000	San Francisco, California	26
Scott Steiner	November 26, 2000	Milwuakee, Winsconsin
Booker T. (4)	March 26, 2001	Panama City, Florida
Kurt Angle	July 24, 2001	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	27
Booker T. (5)	July 30, 2001	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Rock	August 19, 2001	San Jose, California
Chris Jericho	October 21, 2001	Saint Louis, Missouri
The Rock (2)	November 5, 2001	Uniondale, New York
Chris Jericho (2)	December 9, 2001	San Diego, California	28

1. Ric Flair wins the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Sting, with the NWA no longer operating, Flair was recognized as the first WCW World heavyweight wrestling champion. Flair was then stripped on July 1, 1991 when Flair was fired by WCW.

3. The title was held-up after a match against Ricky Steamboat on April 23, 1994 in Rosemont, Illinois when the match ended in a double pin.

4. The Giant wins the title by Disqualification. Jimmy Hart, who was Hulk Hogan's manager, signed the title contract so that the title can change hands on a Disqualification. He was stripped of the title on November 6, 1995 when WCW claimed the decision unfounded.

5. Randy Savage wins a 60-man battle royal for the title when he eliminated the One Man Gang. Hulk Hogan, who was not eliminated during the match, but was according to referee Randy Anderson thus awarding the title to Randy Savage.

6. The title was then declared vacant on January 8, 1998 in Dayton Beach, Florida by James J. Dillon because of the controversial ending in the match between Hulk Hogan and Sting on December 28, 1997 in Washington, D.C. and in another match on December 29, 1997 in Baltimore, Maryland.

8. Diamond Dallas Page defeated Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, and Sting in a four-corners match in which whoever gets the pin first, wins the title.

9. Diamond Dallas Page defeated Sting, Kevin Nash, and Bill Goldberg in a four-way match later on that night.

10. Randy Savage teamed with Sid Vicious in a tag team match against Sting and Kevin Nash. Savage won the title when Savage pinned Nash.

11. The title was decalred vacant on October 25, 1999 when Sting attacked referee Charles Robinson the previous night.

12. Bret Hart defeated Chris Benoit in a 32-man tournament final to win the title.

13. Bret Hart vacated the title on "NITRO" in the show and defeated Bill Goldberg for the title in the main event.

14. Title was vacated on January 15, 2000 due to Bret Hart's injury. Chris Benoit defeated Sid Vicious for the title. Title was then vacated on January 17, 2000 due to a dispute with WCW.

15. Sid Vicious defeated Kevin Nash for the title. Was stripped of the title a day later by "commissioner" Nash.

18. Vince Russo vacated the title on April 10, 2000 in Denver, Colorado. Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final.

19. David Arquette pins Eric Bischoff in a tag team match to win the title in a stipulation tag team match between Diamond Dallas Page and David Arquette vs. Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff. Vacated the title on May 1, 2000.

20. Jeff Jarrett defeated David Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in a triple cage match to win the title.

21. Ric Flair was stripped of the title, the title was then awarded by Vince Russo.

22. Kevin Nash defeated Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner in a three way to win the title.

24. Hulk Hogan pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the World Heavyweight Title. But, Vince Russo comes back out and explains to the crowd that he has been dealing with Hogan's politics all day and gives Hogan "his" WCW World title belt as the Hulk Hogan Memorial Belt because it doesn't mean squat anymore; Russo claims Jarrett is still the WCW Champion but with a new belt and will defend his title against Booker T, a man who has been "held back by Hogan for 14 years". Booker then pinned Jarrett to win the title.

27. This is the first time the WCW World Heavyweight Title changed hands on WWF television.

28. Chris Jericho unifies the WCW World Heavyweight Title with the WWF World Heavyweight Title on December 9, 2001 when he defeated Steve Austin.

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