Champion(title reign): When Belt Was Won (Any Other Info)

George Hackenschmidt: May 4th, 1905

Frank Gotch: April 3rd, 1908 (retired with belt in 1913)

Joe Stecher: July 4th, 1915 (Won Vacant Title in match vs. Charlers Cutler)

Earl Caddock: April 9th, 1917

Joe Stecher(2nd): January 30, 1920

Ed "The Strangler" Lewis: December 13th, 1920

Stanislaus Zbyszko: May 6th, 1921

Ed "The Strangler" Lewis(2nd): March 3rd, 1922

Wayne Munn: January 8th, 1925

Stanislaus Zbyszko(2nd): April 15th, 1925

Joe Stecher(3rd): May 30th, 1925

Ed "The Strangler" Lewis(3rd): February 20th, 1928

Gus Sonnenberg: January 4th, 1929

Ed Don George: December 10th, 1930

Ed "The Strangler" Lewis(4th): April 13th, 1931

Henry DeGlane: May 4th, 1931

Ed Don George: April 7th, 1932

Dan O'Mahoney: July 30th, 1935

Dick Shikat: March 2nd, 1936

Ali Baba: April 25th, 1936

Everett Marshall: June 26th, 1936

Lou Thesz: December 29th, 1937

Crusher Casey: February 11th, 1938

Everett Marshall(2nd) September 14th, 1938 (Awarded after Casey refused to defend title)

Lou Thesz(2nd): February 23rd, 1939

Bronko Nagurski: June 23rd, 1939

Ray Steele: March 7th, 1940

Bronko Nagurski(2nd): March 11th, 1941

Sandor Szabo: June 5th, 1941

Bill Longson: February 19th, 1942

Yvon Robert: October 7th, 1942

Bobby Managoff: November 27th, 1942

Bill Longson(2nd): February 19th, 1943

Whipper Watson: February 21st, 1947

Lou Thesz(3rd): April 25th, 1947

Bill Longson(3rd): November 21st, 1947

Lou Thesz(4th): July 20th, 1948

Whipper Watson(2nd): March 15th, 1956

Lou Thesz(5th): November 9th, 1956

Dick Hutton: November 4th, 1957

Pat O'Connor: January 9th, 1958

Buddy Rogers: June 30th, 1961

Lou Thesz(6th): January 24th, 1963

Gene Kiniski: January 7th, 1966

Dory Funk, Jr: February 11th, 1969

Harley Race: May 24th, 1973

Jack Brisco: July 20th, 1973

Shohei "Giant" Baba: December 2nd, 1974

Jack Brisco(2nd): December 9th, 1974

Terry Funk: December 10th, 1975

Harley Race(2nd): February 6th, 1977

Dusty Rhodes: August 21st, 1979

Harley Race(3rd): August 26th, 1979

Shohei "Giant" Baba(2nd): October 31st, 1979

Harley Race(4th): November 7th, 1979

Shohei "Giant" Baba(3rd): September 4th, 1980

Harley Race(5th): September 10th, 1980

Tommy Rich: April 27th, 1981

Harley Race(6th): May 1st, 1981

Dusty Rhodes(2nd): June 21st, 1981

Ric Flair: September 17th, 1981

Harley Race(7th): June 10th, 1983

Ric Flair(2nd): November 24th, 1983

Kerry von Erich: May 6th, 1984

Ric Flair(3rd): May 24th, 1984

Dusty Rhodes(3rd): July 26th, 1986

Ric Flair(4th): August 9th, 1986

Ronnie Garvin: September 25th, 1987

Ric Flair(5th): November 26th, 1987

Ricky Steamboat: February 20th, 1989

Ric Flair(6th): May 7th, 1989

Sting: July 7th, 1990

Ric Flair(7th): January 11th, 1991

Lex Luger: July 14th, 1991 (Won Vacant Title in match over Barry Windham, when Flair went to WWF)

Sting(2nd): February 29th, 1992

Big Van Vader: July 12th, 1992

Ron Simmons: August 2nd, 1992

Big Van Vader(2nd): December 30th, 1992

Sting(3rd): March 11th, 1993

Big Van Vader(3rd): March 19th, 1993

Ric Flair(8th): December 27th, 1993

Hulk Hogan: July 17th, 1994

The Giant: October 29th, 1995

"Macho Man" Randy Savage: November 26th, 1995

Ric Flair(9th): December 27th, 1995

"Macho Man" Randy Savage(2nd): January 22nd, 1996

Ric Flair(10th): February 11th, 1996

The Giant(2nd): April 22nd, 1996

Hulk Hogan(2nd): August 10th, 1996

Lex Luger(2nd): August 4th, 1997

Hulk Hogan(3rd): August 9th, 1997

Sting(4th): December 28th, 1997 (Later declared vacant)

Sting(5th): February 22nd, 1998 (defeated Hulk Hogan for vacant title)

"Macho Man" Randy Savage(3rd): April 19th, 1998

Hulk Hogan(4th): April 20th, 1998

Bill Goldberg: July 6th, 1998

Kevin Nash: December 27th, 1998

Hulk Hogan(5th): January 4th, 1999

Ric Flair(11th): March 14th, 1999

Diamond Dallas Page: April 11th, 1999

Sting(6th): April 26th, 1999

Diamond Dallas Page(2nd): April 26th, 1999 (Sting defended title against Kevin Nash, Goldberg, & Page on the same night he won it)

Kevin Nash(2nd): May 9th, 1999

"Macho Man" Randy Savage(4th): July 11th, 1999 (Savage & Sid Vicious fought Nash & Sting. Savage got the pinfall and the title.)

Hulk Hogan(6th): July 12th, 1999

Sting(7th): September 12th, 1999

Bret "Hitman" Hart: November 21st, 1999 (Title vacated by committee; Hart beat Chris Benoit in 32-man tournament finals)

Bret "Hitman" Hart(2nd): December 20th, 1999 (Controversy between Hart and Goldberg's PPV match caused him to vacate; won it back the same night)

Chris Benoit: January 16th, 2000 (Hart stripped due to injury; Benoit defeated Sid Vicious, but left WCW for WWF the next day, so was stripped)

Sid Vicious: January 24th, 2000 (defeated "Commissioner" Kevin Nash)

Kevin Nash(3rd): January 25th, 2000 (used Commissioner powers to strip Vicious and award title to himself)

Sid Vicious(2nd): January 25th, 2000 (defeated Kevin Nash and Ron Harris)

Jeff Jarrett: April 16th, 2000 (belt vacated by Eric Bischoff & Vince Russo; Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page)

Diamond Dallas Page(3rd): April 24th, 2000

David Arquette: April 25th, 2000 (teamed with Page against Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff; pinned Bischoff to become champ)

Jeff Jarrett: May 7th, 2000 (defeated Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in Triple Cage Match)

Ric Flair(12th): May 15th, 2000

Jeff Jarrett(3rd): May 22nd, 2000 (belt stripped by Russo; Jarrett defeated Kevin Nash)

Kevin Nash(4th): May 23rd, 2000 (defeated Jarrett and Scott Steiner)

Ric Flair(13th): May 29th, 2000 (Nash gave belt "back" to Flair)

Jeff Jarrett(4th): May 29th, 2000

Booker T: July 9th, 2000 (Jeff Jarrett laid down to Hulk Hogan earlier in the night; Vince Russo explained that the old WCW World Title was gone, and that Jarrett and Booker T would wrestle for the new one; Booker T defeated Jarrett)

Kevin Nash(5th): August 28th, 2000

Booker T(2nd): September 17th, 2000

Vince Russo: September 25th, 2000

Booker T(3rd): October 2nd, 2000 (Russo vacated belt; Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett)

Scott Steiner: November 26th, 2000

Booker T(4th): March 26th, 2001

Kurt Angle: July 24th, 2001

Booker T(5th): July 30th, 2001

The Rock: August 19th, 2001

Chris Jericho: October 21st, 2001

The Rock(2nd): November 5th, 2001

Chris Jericho(2nd): December 9th, 2001 (Unified with WWF World Title)

Hunter Hearst Helmsley: September 2nd, 2002 (Introduced as Raw World Title; see other title history)