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WCW World
Championship (January 1991 - November 2001 ),
became the "World Heavyweight Championship" (November
2001 - December 2001 ) when WCW was defeated by
the WWF at Survivor Series 2001, and then was
unified with the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
at Vengeance. In 2002, Eric Bischoff revived the
title so that his RAW brand could have their own
World Champion.
No.
Name
Amount
Date
Place
1
Orville Brown
1
14-Jul-1948
N/A
2
Lou Thesz
1
27-Nov-1949
St. Louis, MO
3
"Whipper" Billy
Watson
1
15-Mar-1956
Toronto, ONT
4
Lou Thesz
2
09-Nov-1956
St. Louis, MO
5
Edouard
Carpentier
1
14-Jun-1957
Chicago, IL
6
Lou Thesz
3
17-Aug-1957
N/A
7
Dick Hutton
1
14-Nov-1957
Toronto, ONT
8
Pat O'Connor
1
09-Jan-1959
St. Louis, MO
9
Buddy Rogers
1
30-Jun-1960
Chicago, IL
10
Lou Thesz
4
24-Jan-1963
Toronto, ONT
11
Gene Kiniski
1
07-Jan-1966
St. Louis, MO
12
Dory Funk, Jr.
1
11-Feb-1969
Tampa, FL
13
Harley Race
1
24-Mar-1973
Kansas City, MO
14
Jack Brisco
1
20-Jul-1973
Houston, TX
15
Giant Baba
1
02-Dec-1974
Kagoshima,
Japan
16
Jack Brisco
2
09-Dec-1974
Toyohashi,
Japan
17
Terry Funk
1
10-Dec-1975
Miami, FL
18
Harley Race
2
06-Feb-1977
Toyohashi,
Japan
19
Dusty Rhodes
1
21-Aug-1979
Tampa, FL
20
Harley Race
3
26-Aug-1979
Orlando, FL
21
Giant Baba
2
31-Oct-1979
Nagoya, Japan
22
Harley Race
4
07-Nov-1979
Amagasaki,
Japan
23
Giant Baba
3
04-Sep-1980
Saga, Japan
24
Harley Race
5
09-Sep-1980
Ohtsu, Japan
25
Tommy Rich
1
27-Apr-1981
Augusta, GA
26
Harley Race
6
01-May-1981
Gainsville, GA
27
Dusty Rhodes
2
21-Jun-1981
Atlanta, GA
28
Ric Flair
1
17-Sep-1981
Kansas City, MO
29
Harley Race
7
10-Jun-1983
St. Louis, MO
30
Ric Flair
2
24-Nov-1983
Greensboro, NC
31
Harley Race
8
21-Mar-1984
Wellington, New
Zealand
32
Ric Flair
3
23-Mar-1984
Kallang,
Singapore
33
Kerry von Erich
1
06-May-1984
Irving, TX
34
Ric Flair
4
24-May-1984
Yokosuka, Japan
35
Dusty Rhodes
3
25-Jul-1986
Greensboro, NC
36
Ric Flair
5
07-Aug-1986
St. Louis, MO
37
Ronnie Garvin
1
25-Sep-1987
Detroit, MI
38
Ric Flair
6
26-Nov-1987
Chicago, IL
39
Ricky Steamboat
1
20-Feb-1989
Chicago, IL
40
Ric Flair
7
07-May-1989
Nashville, TN
41
Sting
1
07-Jul-1990
Baltimore, MD
42
Ric Flair
8
11-Jan-1991
East
Rutherford, NJ
[Vacant]
01-Jul-1991
43
Lex Luger
1
14-Jul-1991
Baltimore, MD
44
Sting
2
29-Feb-1992
Milwaukee, WI
45
Big Van Vader
1
12-Jul-1992
Albany, GA
46
Ron Simmons
1
02-Aug-1992
Baltimore, MD
47
Big Van Vader
2
30-Dec-1992
Baltimore, MD
48
Sting
3
11-Mar-1993
London, UK
49
Big Van Vader
3
17-Mar-1993
Dublin, Ireland
50
Ric Flair
9
27-Dec-1993
Charlotte, NC
[Vacant]
23-Apr-1994
Chicago, IL
51
Ric Flair
10
24-Apr-1994
Atlanta, GA
52
Hulk Hogan
1
17-Jul-1994
Orlando, FL
53
The Giant
1
29-Oct-1995
Detroit, MI
[Vacant]
06-Nov-1995
54
Randy Savage
1
26-Nov-1995
Norfolk, VA
55
Ric Flair
11
27-Dec-1995
Nashville, TN
56
Randy Savage
2
22-Jan-1996
Las Vegas, NV
57
Ric Flair
12
11-Feb-1996
St. Petersburg,
FL
58
The Giant
2
22-Apr-1996
Albany, GA
59
Hulk Hogan
2
10-Aug-1996
Sturgis, SD
60
Lex Luger
2
04-Aug-1997
Detroit, MI
61
Hulk Hogan
3
09-Aug-1997
Sturgis, SD
62
Sting
4
28-Dec-1997
Washington, DC
[Vacant]
08-Jan-1998
Daytona Beach,
FL
63
Sting
5
22-Feb-1998
San Francisco,
CA
64
Randy Savage
3
19-Apr-1998
Denver, CO
65
Hulk Hogan
4
20-Apr-1998
Colorado
Springs, CO
66
Bill Goldberg
1
06-Jul-1998
Atlanta, GA
67
Kevin Nash
1
27-Dec-1998
Washington, DC
68
Hulk Hogan
5
04-Jan-1999
Atlanta, GA
69
Ric Flair
13
14-Mar-1999
Louisville, KY
70
Diamond Dallas
Page
1
11-Apr-1999
Louisville, KY
71
Sting
6
26-Apr-1999
Fargo, ND
72
Diamond Dallas
Page
2
26-Apr-1999
Fargo, ND
73
Kevin Nash
2
09-May-1999
St. Louis, MO
74
Randy Savage
4
11-Jul-1999
Ft. Lauderdale,
FL
75
Hulk Hogan
6
12-Jul-1999
Jacksonville,
FL
76
Sting
7
12-Sep-1999
Winston-Salem,
NC
[Vacant]
25-Oct-1999
77
Bret Hart
1
21-Nov-1999
Toronto, ONT
[Vacant]
12-Dec-1999
78
Bret Hart
1
20-Dec-1999
Baltimore, MD
[Vacant]
16-Jan-2000
79
Chris Benoit
1
16-Jan-2000
Cincinnati, OH
[Vacant]
17-Jan-2000
80
Sid Vicious
1
24-Jan-2000
Los Angeles, CA
81
Kevin Nash
3
25-Jan-2000
Las Vegas, NV
82
Sid Vicious
2
25-Jan-2000
Las Vegas, NV
[Vacant]
10-Apr-2000
Denver, CO
83
Jeff Jarrett
1
16-Apr-2000
Chicago, IL
84
Diamond Dallas
Page
3
24-Apr-2000
Rochester, NY
85
David Arquette
1
25-Apr-2000
Syracuse, NY
86
Jeff Jarrett
2
07-May-2000
Kansas City, MO
87
Ric Flair
14
15-May-2000
Columbus, OH
[Vacant]
22-May-2000
88
Jeff Jarrett
3
22-May-2000
Grand Rapids,
MI
89
Kevin Nash
4
23-May-2000
Saginaw, MI
90
Ric Flair
15
29-May-2000
Salt Lake City,
UT
91
Jeff Jarrett
4
29-May-2000
Salt Lake City,
UT
[Hulk Hogan]
[7]
09-Jul-2000
Daytona Beach,
FL
92
Booker T
1
09-Jul-2000
Daytona Beach,
FL
93
Kevin Nash
5
28-Aug-2000
Las Cruces, NM
94
Booker T
2
17-Sep-2000
Buffalo, NY
95
Vince Russo
1
25-Sep-2000
Uniondale, NY
[Vacant]
02-Oct-2000
96
Booker T
3
02-Oct-2000
San Francisco,
CA
97
Scott Steiner
1
26-Nov-2000
Milwaukee, WI
98
Booker T
4
26-Mar-2001
Panama City
Beach, FL
99
Kurt Angle
1
24-Jul-2001
Pittsburgh, PA
100
Booker T
5
30-Jul-2001
Philadelphia,
PA
101
The Rock
1
19-Aug-2001
San Jose, CA
102
Chris Jericho
1
21-Oct-2001
St. Louis, MO
103
The Rock
2
05-Nov-2001
Uniondale, NY
104
Chris Jericho
2
09-Dec-2001
San Diego, CA
105
Triple H
1
02-Sep-2002
Milwaukee, WI
106
Shawn Michaels
1
17-Nov-2002
New York, NY
107
Triple H
2
15-Dec-2002
Ft. Lauderdale,
FL
108
Goldberg
2
21-Sep-2003
Hershey, PA
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Created
back in the old NWA days, it became the WCW World
Championship (January 1991 - November 2001),
became the "World Heavyweight Championship" (November
2001 - December 2001) when WCW was defeated by
the WWF at Survivor Series 2001, and then was
unified with the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
at Vengeance. In 2002, Eric Bischoff revived the
title so that his RAW brand could have their own
World Champion.