| Champions |
Date |
Circumstances |
| Dusty Rhodes |
March 16th, 1985 |
Rhodes became the NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Television Champion by defeating Tully Blanchard. Rhodes was then recognized as the NWA World Television Champion. |
| Tully Blanchard |
April 28th, 1985 |
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| Dusty Rhodes(2nd) |
July 6th, 1985 |
Rhodes was stripped of the championship on October 19th, 1985, due to a broken leg given to him from The Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, & Ric Flair). |
| Arn Anderson |
January 4th, 1986 |
Anderson became the new champion by defeating Wahoo McDaniel in the tournament finals. |
| Dusty Rhodes(3rd) |
September 9th, 1986 |
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| Tully Blanchard(2nd) |
November 27th, 1986 |
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| Nikita Koloff |
August 17th, 1987 |
Koloff unified the NWA World Television Title with the UWF Television Title on November 26th, 1987, by defeating Terry Taylor. |
| Mike Rotunda |
January 26th, 1988 |
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| Rick Steiner |
December 26th, 1988 |
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| Mike Rotunda(2nd) |
February 20th, 1989 |
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| Sting |
March 31st, 1989 |
The championship was held up on July 23rd, 1989, following a match between Sting and The Great Muta. |
| The Great Muta |
September 4th, 1989 |
The Great Muta became the new champion after defeating Sting in the rematch. |
| Arn Anderson(2nd) |
January 20th, 1990 |
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| Tom Zenk |
December 4th, 1990 |
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| Arn Anderson(3rd) |
January 7th, 1991 |
The title became known as the World Championship Wrestling World Television Title during Anderson's reign. |
| Bobby Eaton |
May 19th, 1991 |
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| Steve Austin |
June 3rd, 1991 |
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| Barry Windham |
April 27th, 1992 |
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| Steve Austin(2nd) |
May 23rd, 1992 |
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| Ricky Steamboat |
September 2nd, 1992 |
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| Scott Steiner |
September 29th, 1992 |
Steiner was stripped of the championship in November 1992, when the Steiner Brothers jumped to the World Wrestling Federation. |
| Paul Orndorff |
March 2nd, 1993 |
Orndorff became the new champion by defeating Erik Watts in the tournament final. |
| Ricky Steamboat(2nd) |
August 18th, 1993 |
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| Lord Steven Regal |
September 19th, 1993 |
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| Larry Zbyszko |
May 2nd, 1994 |
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| Lord Steven Regal(2nd) |
June 23rd, 1994 |
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| Johnny B. Badd |
September 18th, 1994 |
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| Arn Anderson(4th) |
January 9th, 1995 |
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| The Renegade |
June 18th, 1995 |
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| Diamond Dallas Page |
September 17th, 1995 |
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| Johnny B. Badd(2nd) |
October 29th, 1995 |
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| Lex Luger |
February 17th, 1996 |
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| Johnny B. Badd(3rd) |
February 18th, 1996 |
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| Lex Luger(2nd) |
March 6th, 1996 |
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| Lord Steven Regal(3rd) |
August 20th, 1996 |
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| Prince Iaukea |
February 17th, 1997 |
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| Ultimo Dragon |
April 7th, 1997 |
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| Lord Steven Regal(4th) |
May 18th, 1997 |
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| Ultimo Dragon(2nd) |
July 22nd, 1997 |
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| Alex Wright |
August 21st, 1997 |
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| Disco Inferno |
September 22nd, 1997 |
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| Saturn |
November 3rd, 1997 |
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| Disco Inferno(2nd) |
December 8th, 1997 |
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| Booker T |
December 29th, 1997 |
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| Rick Martel |
February 16th, 1998 |
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| Booker T(2nd) |
February 22nd, 1998 |
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| Chris Benoit |
April 30th, 1998 |
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| Booker T(3rd) |
May 1st, 1998 |
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| Chris Benoit(2nd) |
May 2nd, 1998 |
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| Booker T(4th) |
May 3rd, 1998 |
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| Fit Finlay |
May 4th, 1998 |
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| Booker T(5th) |
June 14th, 1998 |
Stevie Ray, Booker T's brother, took over the title when Booker T was injured in July 1998. He claimed that Booker T had given the belt to him. |
| Chris Jericho |
August 10th, 1998 |
Jericho became the champion by defeating Stevie Ray and claiming that, since Booker T had not defended the title in 30 days, he was the new champion. |
| Konnan |
November 30th, 1998 |
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| Scott Steiner(2nd) |
December 28th, 1998 |
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| Booker T(6th) |
March 13th, 1999 |
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| Rick Steiner(2nd) |
May 9th, 1999 |
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| Chris Benoit(3rd) |
September 13th, 1999 |
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| Rick Steiner(3rd) |
October 24th, 1999 |
Steiner was stripped of the championship on November 21st, 1999, due to injury. |
| Scott Hall |
November 21st, 1999 |
Hall was awarded the championship via forfeit, since he was supposed to face Steiner for the title at WCW Mayhem 1999. Hall abandoned the title on November 29th, 1999, by throwing it in a trash can. |
| Jim Duggan |
February 16th, 2000 |
Duggan found the WCW World Television Title in the garbage and proclaimed himself the new champion. The title was vacated on April 10th, 2000, by Eric Bischoff & Vince Russo. The championship was then retired. |
