WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Revision history

IWEWrestling2012 at 12:56, 27 November 2025

IWEWrestling2012 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:56:57 GMT

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	\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>		\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>
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	Following the acquisition of WCW by the IWF in March 2001, it became one of two world titles in the IWF, with its name being immediately abbreviated to the WCW Championship and finally, the World Championship in November. It continued to complement the then-[[IWE Championship\|IWF Championship]] until the following month, when both titles were [[Championship Unification\|unified]] to create the [[Undisputed Championship#International Wrestling Federation/Entertainment\|Undisputed]] IWF Championship. The Undisputed title retained the lineage of the IWF Championship, and the World Championship was retired.		Following the acquisition of WCW by the IWF in March 2001, it became one of two world titles in the IWF, with its name being immediately abbreviated to the WCW Championship and finally, the World Championship in November. It continued to complement the then-[[IWE Championship\|IWF Championship]] until the following month, when both titles were [[Championship Unification\|unified]] to create the [[Undisputed Championship#International Wrestling Federation/Entertainment\|Undisputed]] IWF Championship. The Undisputed title retained the lineage of the IWF Championship, and the World Championship was retired.

-	[[Ric Flair]] was the first holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with [[~~Khris~~ Jericho]] being the last. The title was the second of six to be represented by the historic [[Big Gold Belt]], first introduced in 1986.	+	[[Ric Flair]] was the first holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with [[Kris McGowan<!--(McDonald's)-->\|Chris Jericho]] being the last. The title was the second of six to be represented by the historic [[Big Gold Belt]], first introduced in 1986.

	==History==		==History==

IWEWrestling2012 at 12:52, 27 November 2025

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	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[World Championship Wrestling]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[International Wrestling Federation]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[National Wrestling Alliance]]<br>[[World Championship Wrestling]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[International Wrestling Federation]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)
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	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date retired'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date retired'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" ~~\|[[IWF Vengeance (2001)~~\|December 9, 2001]]<br>(unified with the [[IWE Championship\|IWF Championship]])	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|December 9, 2001<br>(unified with the [[IWE Championship\|IWF Championship]])
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	* WCW Championship<br>(June 24, 2001 – November 19, 2001)		* WCW Championship<br>(June 24, 2001 – November 19, 2001)
	* World Championship<br>(November 19, 2001 – December 9, 2001)		* World Championship<br>(November 19, 2001 – December 9, 2001)
-	* WCW World Championship<br>(~~as the official~~ name listed in IWE's ~~website~~)	+	* WCW World Championship<br>(Official name listed on IWE's Website)
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	\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" class="collapsible collapsed" \|'''Statistics''' <!--		\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" class="collapsible collapsed" \|'''Statistics''' <!--

IWEWrestling2012 at 11:05, 20 June 2025

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	\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>		\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>
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-	\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \|The [[Big Gold Belt]] represented the WCW World~~<br>~~Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and then~~<br>~~from 1994–2001	+	\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \|The [[Big Gold Belt]] represented the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and then from 1994–2001
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	\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Details'''		\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Details'''
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	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[World Championship Wrestling ~~(WCW)\|WCW~~]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[~~IWE\|IWF~~]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[World Championship Wrestling]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[International Wrestling Federation]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)
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	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Date established'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Date established'''

IWEWrestling2012: /* Notes */

IWEWrestling2012 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:37:16 GMT

Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
-	~~:a. {{note\|Flair3Reign}}~~ [[~~Ric Meyer~~\|~~Ric Flair~~]] ~~actually held the championship eight times~~, ~~and WCW~~ recognized ~~this; however,~~ IWE ~~does not recognize Flair's third reign, and therefore~~ only recognizes ~~Flair~~ as a ~~seven-time champion~~.	+	In [[World Championship Wrestling\|WCW]], Flair was recognized as an eight-time champion but IWE only recognizes 6, counting his first reign as one of his 8 NWA title reigns and ignoring a title vacancy that occurred in 1994 and instead viewing that as one continuous reign.

	==References==		==References==

	==External links==		==External links==

IWEWrestling2012: /* See also */

IWEWrestling2012 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:36:28 GMT

IWEWrestling2012: /* Big Gold Belt */

IWEWrestling2012 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:35:35 GMT

Big Gold Belt

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	===Formation===		===Formation===

-	===~~Big Gold Belt~~===	+	=== Separate championship ===
-	:''Main article: [[Big Gold Belt]]''	+	[[File:WCW Championship (1991-1994).jpg\|150px\|thumb\|right\|The belt design used to represent the title from 1991 to 1994]]
		+	''Main article: [[Big Gold Belt]]''

	===Unification===		===Unification===

IWEWrestling2012 at 16:20, 29 July 2022

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	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date retired'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date retired'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|December 9, 2001<br>(unified with the [[IWE Championship\|IWF Championship]])	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[IWF Vengeance (2001)\|December 9, 2001]]<br>(unified with the [[IWE Championship\|IWF Championship]])
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	\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Other name(s)'''		\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Other name(s)'''

IWEWrestling2012 at 07:33, 15 January 2022

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	\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>		\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>

IWEWrestling2012 at 07:32, 15 January 2022

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	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)\|WCW]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[IWE\|IWF]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)		\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)\|WCW]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[IWE\|IWF]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)
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-	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Date~~<br>~~established'''	+	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Date established'''
	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|January 11, 1991		\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|January 11, 1991
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	\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>		\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>

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	\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>		\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''WCW World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>
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-	\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \|The [[Big Gold Belt]] represented the WCW World~~<br>~~Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and then~~<br>~~from 1994–2001	+	\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \|The [[Big Gold Belt]] represented the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and then from 1994–2001
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	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[World Championship Wrestling ~~(WCW)\|WCW~~]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[~~IWE\|IWF~~]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[World Championship Wrestling]]<br>(January 11, 1991 – March<br>23, 2001)<br>[[International Wrestling Federation]]<br>(March 26, 2001 –<br>December 9, 2001)
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	* [[IWE Championship]]		* [[IWE Championship]]
	* [[List of former championships in IWE]]		* [[List of former championships in IWE]]
-	* [[World ~~Championships~~ in IWE]]	+	* [[World championships in IWE]]
		+	* [[Big Gold Belt]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==