The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a world heavyweight championship originally used in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Reigns:[]
| 1 | Ric Flair | May 24, 1984 | Live event | Yokosuka, Japan | 1 | 793 | |
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| 2 | Dusty Rhodes | July 26, 1986 | The Great American Bash | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 14 | |
| 3 | Ric Flair | August 9, 1986 | Live event | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 412 | |
| 4 | Ron Garvin | September 25, 1987 | World Wide Wrestling | Detroit, MI | 1 | 62 | |
| 5 | Ric Flair | November 26, 1987 | Starrcade | Chicago, IL | 3 | 452 | |
| 6 | Ricky Steamboat | February 20, 1989 | Chi-Town Rumble | Chicago, IL | 1 | 76 | |
| 7 | Ric Flair | May 7, 1989 | WrestleWar | Nashville, TN | 4 | 426 | |
| 8 | Sting | July 7, 1990 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 188 | |
| 9 | Ric Flair | January 11, 1991 | House show | East Rutherford, NJ | 5 | 69 | |
| 10 | Tatsumi Fujinami | March 21, 1991 | Starrcade in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 59 | |
| 11 | Ric Flair | May 19, 1991 | SuperBrawl I | St. Petersburg, FL | 6 | 112 | |
| — | Vacated | September 8, 1991 | — | — | — | — | Ric Flair was stripped of the title upon signing with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). |
| 12 | Masahiro Chono | August 12, 1992 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 145 | |
| 13 | The Great Muta | January 4, 1993 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 48 | |
| 14 | Barry Windham | February 21, 1993 | SuperBrawl III | Asheville, NC | 1 | 147 | |
| 15 | Ric Flair | July 18, 1993 | Beach Blast | Biloxi, MS | 7 | 59 | |
| — | Vacated | September 15, 1993 | — | — | — | — |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||||
| 16 | Lex Luger | July 14, 1991 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 230 | |||
| 17 | Sting | February 29, 1992 | SuperBrawl II | Milwaukee, WI | 2 | 134 | |||
| 18 | Big Van Vader | July 12, 1992 | The Great American Bash | Albany, GA | 1 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Ron Simmons | August 2, 1992 | Main Event | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 150 | |||
| 20 | Big Van Vader | December 30, 1992 | House show | Baltimore, MD | 2 | 71 | |||
| 21 | Sting | March 11, 1993 | House show | London, England | 3 | 6 | |||
| 22 | Big Van Vader | March 17, 1993 | House show | Dublin, Ireland | 3 | 285 | |||
| 23 | Ric Flair | December 27, 1993 | Starrcade: 10th Anniversary | Charlotte, NC | 8 | 202 | |||
| — | 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. | ||
| 24 | Ric Flair | April 21, 1994 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA | 9 | 87 | Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat in a rematch for the vacant title. | ||
| 25 | Hulk Hogan | July 17, 1994 | Bash at the Beach | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 469 | |||
| 26 | The Giant | October 29, 1995 | Halloween Havoc | Detroit. Michigan | 1 | 8 | |||
| — | Vacated | November 6, 1995 | Nitro | Jacksonville, Florida | — | — | The Giant was stripped of the title due to the controversial finish of the Halloween Havoc match. | ||
| 27 | Randy Savage | November 26, 1995 | World War 3 | Norfolk, Virginia | 1 | 31 | This was the first-ever World War 3 match. Savage last eliminated One Man Gang to win the vacant title. | ||
| 28 | Ric Flair | December 27, 1995 | Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling | Nashville, Tennessee | 10 | 26 | |||
| 29 | Randy Savage | January 22, 1996 | Nitro | Las Vegas, Nevada | 2 | 20 | |||
| 30 | Ric Flair | February 11, 1996 | SuperBrawl VI | St. Petersburg, Florida | 11 | 71 | |||
| 31 | The Giant | April 22, 1996 | Nitro | Albany, Georgia | 2 | 110 | |||
| 32 | Hollywood Hogan | August 10, 1996 | Hog Wild | Sturgis, South Dakota | 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. | ||
| 33 | Lex Luger | August 4, 1997 | Nitro | Auburn Hills, Michigan | 2 | 5 | |||
| 34 | Hollywood Hogan | August 9, 1997 | Road Wild | Sturgis, South Dakota | 3 | 141 | |||
| 35 | Sting | December 28, 1997 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 4 | 11 | |||
| — | 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. | ||
| 36 | Sting | February 22, 1998 | SuperBrawl VIII | Daly City, California | 5 | 56 | Defeated Hollywood Hogan in a rematch for the vacant title. | ||
| 37 | Randy Savage | April 19, 1998 | Spring Stampede | Denver. Colorado | 3 | 1 | |||
| 38 | Hollywood Hogan | April 20, 1998 | Nitro | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 4 | 77 | |||
| 39 | Goldberg | July 6, 1998 | Nitro | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 174 | |||
| 40 | Kevin Nash | December 27, 1998 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 8 | |||
| 41 | Hollywood Hogan | January 4, 1999 | Nitro | Atlanta, Georgia | 5 | 69 | |||
| 42 | Ric Flair | March 14, 1999 | Uncensored | Louisville, Kentucky | 12 | 28 | |||
| 43 | Diamond Dallas Page | April 11, 1999 | Spring Stampede | Tacoma, Washington | 1 | 15 | |||
| 44 | Sting | April 26, 1999 | Nitro | Fargo, North Dakota | 6 | <1 | |||
| 45 | Diamond Dallas Page | April 26, 1999 | Nitro | Fargo, North Dakota | 2 | 13 | |||
| 46 | Kevin Nash | May 9, 1999 | Slamboree | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 63 | |||
| 47 | Randy Savage | July 11, 1999 | Bash at the Beach | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 4 | 1 | |||
| 48 | Hollywood Hogan | July 12, 1999 | Nitro | Jacksonville, Florida | 6 | 62 | |||
| 49 | Sting | September 12, 1999 | Fall Brawl | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 7 | 43 | |||
| — | Vacated | October 25, 1999 | Nitro | Phoenix, Arizona | — | — | Sting was stripped of the title after losing an unsanctioned match against Goldberg and attacked referee Charles Robinson at Halloween Havoc. | ||
| 50 | Bret Hart | November 21, 1999 | Mayhem | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 29 | Defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final for the vacant title. | ||
| — | Vacated | December 20, 1999 | Nitro | Baltimore, Maryland | — | — | Bret Hart vacated the title due to the controversial end to a match with Goldberg at Starrcade. | ||
| 51 | Bret Hart | December 20, 1999 | Nitro | Baltimore, Maryland | 2 | 27 | Defeated Goldberg in a rematch for the vacant title. | ||
| — | Vacated | January 16, 2000 | Souled Out | Cincinnati, Ohio | — | — | Bret Hart vacated the title due to a legitimate injury. | ||
| 52 | Chris Benoit | January 16, 2000 | Souled Out | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1 | 1 | Defeated Sid Vicious for the vacant title. | ||
| — | Vacated | January 17, 2000 | Nitro | Columbus, Ohio | — | — | In storyline, Chris Benoit was stripped of the title because he won the match although Sid Vicious' foot was under the rope during the submission. | ||
| 53 | Sid Vicious | January 24, 2000 | Nitro | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 1 | |||
| — | Vacated | January 25, 2000 | Thunder | Las Vegas, Nevada | — | — | Sid Vicious was stripped of the title by Commissioner Kevin Nash. | ||
| 54 | Kevin Nash | January 25, 2000 | Thunder | Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | <1 | As Commissioner, Nash awarded himself the title. | ||
| 55 | Sid Vicious | January 25, 2000 | Thunder | Las Vegas, Nevada | 2 | 76 | |||
| — | Vacated | April 10, 2000 | Nitro | Denver. Colorado | — | — | All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted. | ||
| 56 | Jeff Jarrett | April 16, 2000 | Spring Stampede | Chicago, Illinois | 1 | 8 | Defeated Diamond Dallas Page in tournament final for the vacant title. | ||
| 57 | Diamond Dallas Page | April 24, 2000 | Nitro | Rochester, New York | 3 | 1 | |||
| 58 | David Arquette | April 25, 2000 | Thunder | Syracuse, New York | 1 | 12 | |||
| 59 | Jeff Jarrett | May 7, 2000 | Slamboree | Kansas City, Missouri | 2 | 8 | |||
| 60 | Ric Flair | May 15, 2000 | Nitro | Biloxi, Mississippi | 13 | 7 | |||
| — | Vacated | May 22, 2000 | Nitro | Grand Rapids, Michigan | — | — | Vince Russo stripped Ric Flair of the title. | ||
| 61 | Jeff Jarrett | May 22, 2000 | Nitro | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 3 | 1 | Vince Russo awarded the vacant title to Jarrett, but Kevin Nash stole the title belt. Nash was then forced to face Jarrett in a No Holds Barred match, which Jarrett won. | ||
| 62 | Kevin Nash | May 23, 2000 | Thunder | Saginaw, Michigan | 4 | 6 | |||
| 63 | Ric Flair | May 29, 2000 | Nitro | Salt Lake City, Utah | 14 | <1 | |||
| 64 | Jeff Jarrett | May 29, 2000 | Nitro | Salt Lake City, Utah | 4 | 41 | |||
| 65 | Booker T | July 9, 2000 | Bash at the Beach | Daytona Beach, Florida | 1 | 50 | |||
| 66 | Kevin Nash | August 28, 2000 | Nitro | Las Cruces, New Mexico | 5 | 20 | |||
| 67 | Booker T | September 17, 2000 | Fall Brawl | Buffalo, New York | 2 | 8 | |||
| 68 | Vince Russo | September 25, 2000 | Nitro | Uniondale, New York | 1 | 7 | |||
| — | Vacated | October 2, 2000 | Nitro | Daly City, California | — | — | Vince Russo decided he was not a wrestler and he did not want the title. | ||
| 69 | Booker T | October 2, 2000 | Nitro | Daly City, California | 3 | 55 | Defeated Jeff Jarrett for the vacant title. | ||
| 70 | Scott Steiner | November 26, 2000 | Mayhem | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 1 | 120 | |||
| 71 | Booker T | March 26, 2001 | Nitro | Panama City Beach, Florida | 4 | 120 | This was the final episode of Nitro, as WCW had been purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001. The title was then defended on WWF programming, where it was referred to as the WCW Championship. | ||
| World Wrestling Federation (WWF) | |||||||||
| 72 | Kurt Angle | July 24, 2001 | SmackDown | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | 6 | |||
| 73 | Booker T | July 30, 2001 | Raw is War | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 5 | 20 | |||
| 74 | The Rock | August 19, 2001 | SummerSlam | San Jose, California | 1 | 63 | |||
| 75 | Chris Jericho | October 21, 2001 | No Mercy | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 15 | |||
| 76 | The Rock | November 5, 2001 | Raw | Uniondale, New York | 2 | 34 | The title was referred to as the World Championship from November 19, 2001 after the demise of The Alliance. | ||
| 77 | Chris Jericho | December 9, 2001 | Vengeance | San Diego, California | 2 | <1 | |||
| — | Unified | December 9, 2001 | Vengeance | San Diego, California | — | — | After defeating The Rock for the World Championship, Chris Jericho defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to unify the World Championship with the WWF Championship. The World Championship was retired and the WWF Championship became the Undisputed WWF Championship. | ||