| Race won a ficticious tournament, supposedly defeating Johnny Weaver in the finals to be crowned the first champion. | ||
| Belt was vacated 10/04/1975 after Valentine was involved in a career-ending plane crash (also involving Ric Flair and other famous wrestlers). | ||
| Funk won the vacated title, winning over Paul Jones in the finals of the tournament. | ||
| This title change has not been recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment. | ||
| This title change has not been recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment. | ||
| Flair vacated the title on 8/12/1979, after winning the NWA World Tag-Team Titles. | ||
| Snuka won the vacated title by defeating Ricky Steamboat in the tournament finals. | ||
| This title change has not been recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment. | ||
| This title change has not been recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment. | ||
| McDaniel vacated the title on 9/1981, when he was injured by Abdullah the Butcher. | ||
| Slaughter won the vacated title, beating Ricky Steamboat in the tournament finals. | ||
| Slaughter won the title via forfeit, due to McDaniel, having been injured, being unable to compete. | ||
| McDaniel was stripped of the title in 7/1984, due to Tully Blanchard's interference during McDaniel's win. | ||
| McDaniel regained the vacated title, defeating Manny Fernandez in the tournament final. | ||
| Magnum TA was stripped of the title on 5/29/1986, after he attacked NWA President Bob Geigel. | ||
| Koloff won a "Best of Seven" Series over Magnum T.A. to win the vacated title. Koloff unified the NWA United States Title with the NWA National Heavyweight Title on 9/28/1986 by beating Wahoo McDaniel. | ||
| Rhodes was forced to vacate the title when he was suspended on 4/15/1988 after attacked promoter Jim Crockett. | ||
| Windham won the vacated title by defeating Nikita Koloff in the tournament finals. | ||
| The title was renamed the WCW United States Heavyweight Title in 1/1991, when WCW left the NWA. Luger vacated the title 7/14/1991 after he won the WCW World Heavyweight Title. | ||
| Sting won the vacated title by defeating Steve Austin in the tournament finals. | ||
| Rude was forced to vacate the championship in 12/1991, due to a legitimate injury. | ||
| Rhodes defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the vacated title. The title was vacated again in 5/1993 after a double pinfall during a match between Rhodes and Rick Rude. | ||
| Rhodes regained the vacated championship by defeating Rick Rude in the rematch between the two. | ||
| Steamboat was unable to defend the title at Fall Brawl '94 and was forced to vacate 9/18/1994. | ||
| Austin was awarded the title at Fall Brawl '94, but was immediately forced to defend the belt. | ||
| Duggan defeated Steve Austin in less than a minute to become the new champion. | ||
| Vader was stripped of the belt on 4/23/1995 by WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkle. | ||
| Sting won the vacated championship by defeating Meng in the tournament finals. | ||
| Flair was forced to vacate the championship in 11/1996 due to a shoulder injury. | ||
| Guerrero won the vacated title by defeating Diamond Dallas Page in the tournament finals. | ||
| Goldberg vacated the title on 7/06/1998, after winning the WCW World Heavyweight Title from Hulk Hogan. | ||
| Hart won the vacated title, defeating Diamond Dallas Page to get the championship. | ||
| Hall was stripped by WCW President Ric Flair on 3/18/1999, due to Hall being injured. | ||
| Steiner won the vacated title, defeating Booker T in the tournament final. Steiner was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair on 7/05/1999, due to Steiner suffering from shoulder & lower back injuries. | ||
| David was awarded the title by his father, Ric Flair, after Ric had stripped Steiner. | ||
| Hart immediately vacated the title the next week (11/01/1999), due to having won the belt because of interference from The Outsiders. | ||
| Hall won a "Texas Tornado Four-Way" Match over Bill Goldberg, Bret Hart, and Sid Vicious to win the vacated title. Hall was stripped of the title on 12/19/1999 due to injury. | ||
| Benoit won the vacated championship, defeating Jeff Jarrett in a "Ladder" Match. | ||
| Jarrett was stripped of the title on 1/16/2000, due to having a concussion and being unable to compete. | ||
| Jarrett had the title awarded back to him by "Commissioner" Kevin Nash. All WCW belts were declared vacant on 4/10/2000 by Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo. | ||
| Steiner won the vacated title, defeating Sting in the tournament finals. Steiner was stripped of the title on 7/09/2000, after Steiner used his banned finisher, the Steiner Recliner, on Mike Awesome. | ||
| Storm won the vacated title, defeating Mike Awesome in the tournament finals. Storm renamed it the Canadian Heavyweight Title. | ||
| General Rection won a "Handicap" Match over Lance Storm & Jim Duggan. | ||
| Booker T also won the WCW World Heavyweight Title on 3/26/2001, which is the last WCW show. WCW is purchased by the WWF, who took over the titles. | ||
| Kanyon was awarded the WCW United States Heavyweight Title by Booker T, who was still the WCW World Champion. | ||
| Belt unified on 11/18/01, when Edge defeated the WWF Intercontinental Champion, Test. The US Title was retired. | ||
| Belt was restored by General Manager Stephanie McMahon. Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit in the tournament finals to win the championship. | ||
| Cena was stripped of the title by General Manager Kurt Angle on 7/06/2004, due to Cena accidentally hitting Angle. | ||
| Booker T won an Eight-Man Elimination Match for the belt over John Cena, Rob Van Dam, Rene Dupree, Billy Gunn, Luther Reigns, and Kenzo Suzuki | ||
| Cena won a Best-of-Five Match Series over Booker T to regain the championship. | ||
| Cena replaced the traditional belt with a "spinner" version of the United States Heavyweight Title. | ||
| Jordan's first act as champion is to destroy John Cena's "spinner" belt and replace it with the previous version of the US Title. | ||
| The title was vacated on 11/22/2005 after a match between Booker T and Chris Benoit ends in a double pin. | ||
| Booker T was injured during the series, and had Randy Orton sub for him the last 3 matches. Orton defeated Chris Benoit in the seventh match to make Booker T the champion. | ||
| Kennedy became champion by winning a "Triple Threat" Match over Finlay and Bobby Lashley. | ||
| Hart vacated the championship on 5/24/2010, when he became the Raw General Manager. | ||
| R-Truth won the vacated championship by defeating The Miz in a singles match. | ||
| The Miz won a "Fourway" Match over R-Truth, John Morrison, and Zack Ryder. | ||
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