| Flair defeated Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Title. He then became recognized as the first WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair was stripped of the title on July 1st, 1991, when Flair was fired by WCW and went to the World Wrestling Federation. | ||
| Luger became the new champion by defeating Barry Windham in a singles match. | ||
| The championship was held up on April 17th, 1994, after a match between Flair and Ricky Steamboat ended in a double pin. Flair defeated Steamboat in a rematch on April 21st, 1994. Flair unified the WCW World Title with the WCW International World Title on June 23rd, 1994, defeating Sting. | ||
| Jimmy Hart, who was supposedly on Hogan's side against the Giant, rigged Hogan's contract to allow him to lose the belt via disqualification. The championship was later vacated on November 6th, 1995, due to the circumstances of the title change. | ||
| Savage became the new champion by winning the World War III '95 Three-Ring Battle Royal, last eliminating The One Man Gang. | ||
| The championship was vacated January 8th, 1998, due to the controversial ending of the Hogan/Sting match. | ||
| Sting regained the championship by defeating Hollywood Hogan in a rematch. | ||
| DDP became the champion by winning a "Four Corners" Match over Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, and Sting. | ||
| Sting defended the title the same night he won it, losing a "Four Corners" Match to DDP. The other participants were Kevin Nash and Bill Goldberg. | ||
| Savage & Sid Vicious won a "Tag-Team" Match over Kevin Nash & Sting. Since Savage got the pin, he won the title. | ||
| Hogan allowed Sting to pin him. Later that night, Sting wrestled against Goldberg and lost. Since Sting never officially put the belt on the line, Goldberg didn't win it, but the belt was vacated on October 25th, 1999. | ||
| Hart became the new champion by defeating Chris Benoit in the tournament final. The title was vacated on December 20th, 1999, after a controversial ending of a Hart/Goldberg match. | ||
| Hart regained the championship by defeating Bill Goldberg in a rematch. Hart was later stripped on January 16th, 2000, due to injury. | ||
| Benoit became the champion by defeating Sid Vicious, but then left WCW for the WWF the next day, so the belt was stripped due to Vicious supposedly having his leg under the ropes during the pin. | ||
| Sid became the new champion by defeating Commissioner Kevin Nash in a singles match. Vicious was stripped by Commissioner Nash on January 25th, 2000. | ||
| Nash, using his Commissioner powers, stripped Sid of the title and awarded it to himself. | ||
| Sid became champion by winning a "Steel Cage Handicap" Match over Ron Harris & Kevin Nash. The title was vacated on April 10th, 2000, by Eric Bischoff & Vince Russo. | ||
| Jarrett became the new champion by defeating Diamond Dallas Page in a singles match. | ||
| Arquette, an actor, was part of WCW due to his role in the movie "Ready To Rumble". Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page won a "Tag-Team" Match over Eric Bischoff & Jeff Jarrett. Arquette pinned Bischoff to win the title. | ||
| Jarrett became the champion by winning a "Triple Cage" Match over David Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page. | ||
| Flair was stripped of the championship on May 22nd, 2000, by Vince Russo, due to an apparent "heart attack". | ||
| Jarrett became the new champion by defeating Kevin Nash in a singles match. | ||
| Nash became the champion by winning a "Three Way" Match over Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner. | ||
| Flair was given the championship by Kevin Nash, who said Flair had never lost it and should not have been stripped by Russo. | ||
| Jarrett laid down to Hulk Hogan on July 9th, 2000, surprising all. Vince Russo explained that the old WCW World Title (which Hogan got) was gone, and that Jarrett would defend the new title that night against Booker T. | ||
| Booker T became the new champion by defeating Jeff Jarrett for the vacant title. | ||
| Russo, a non-wrestler, escaped a "Steel Cage" Match first to become the champion. Russo vacated the championship on October 2nd, 2000. | ||
| Booker T regained the championship by defeating Jeff Jarrett in a singles match. | ||
| Booker T won the championship from Steiner on the last episode of WCW Monday Nitro, as WWE bought WCW. All changes from now on happened on WWE Television. | ||
| Jericho unified the WCW World Title with the WWF World Title, creating the Undisputed Championship (later known as the WWE Title). | ||
| Triple H was given the World Heavyweight Title, which used the former WCW World Heavyweight belt (see World Title History). |
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