WCW World Heavyweight Title History
WCW World Heavyweight Title [January 1991 - November 2001]
World Heavyweight Title [November 2001 - December 2001]
| Name | Date | Location | Notes |
| Ric Flair | January 11, 1991 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | 1 |
| Lex Luger | July 14, 1991 | Baltimore, Maryland | 2 |
| Sting | February 29, 1992 | Milwaukee, Winsconsin | |
| Big Van Vader | July 12, 1992 | Albany, Georgia | |
| Ron Simmons | August 2, 1992 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Big Van Vader (2) | December 20, 1992 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Sting (2) | March 11, 1993 | London, England | |
| Big Van Vader (3) | March 17, 1993 | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Ric Flair (2) | December 27, 1993 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 3 |
| Ric Flair (3) | April 24, 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | 4 |
| Hulk Hogan | July 17, 1994 | Orlando, Florida | |
| The Giant | October 29, 1995 | Detroit, Michigan | 5 |
| Randy Savage | November 26, 1995 | Norfolk, Virginia | 6 |
| Ric Flair (4) | December 27, 1995 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Randy Savage (2) | January 22, 1996 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Ric Flair (5) | February 11, 1996 | Saint Petersburg, Florida | |
| The Giant (2) | April 22, 1996 | Albany, Georgia | |
| Hulk Hogan (2) | August 10, 1996 | Sturgis, South Dakota | |
| Lex Luger (2) | August 4, 1997 | Auburn Hills, Michigan | |
| Hulk Hogan (3) | August 9, 1997 | Sturgis, South Dakota | |
| Sting (3) | December 28, 1997 | Washington, D.C. | 7 |
| Sting (4) | February 22, 1998 | San Francisco, California | 8 |
| Randy Savage (3) | April 19, 1998 | Denver, Colorado | |
| Hulk Hogan (4) | April 20, 1998 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | |
| Bill Goldberg | July 6, 1998 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Kevin Nash | December 27, 1998 | Washington, D.C. | |
| Hulk Hogan (5) | January 4, 1999 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Ric Flair (6) | March 14, 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Diamond Dallas Page | April 11, 1999 | Tacoma, Washington | 9 |
| Sting (5) | April 26, 1999 | Fargo, North Dakota | |
| Diamond Dallas Page (2) | April 26, 1999 | Fargo, North Dakota | 10 |
| Kevin Nash (2) | May 9, 1999 | Saint Louis, Missouri | |
| Randy Savage (4) | July 11, 1999 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 11 |
| Hulk Hogan (6) | July 12, 1999 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Sting (7) | September 12, 1999 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |
| Bret Hart | November 21, 1999 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 12 |
| Bret Hart (2) | December 20, 1999 | Baltimore, Maryland | 13 |
| Chris Benoit | January 16, 2000 | Cincinatti, Ohio | 14 |
| Sid Vicious | January 24, 2000 | Los Angeles, California | 15 |
| Kevin Nash (3) | January 25, 2000 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 16 |
| Sid Vicious (2) | January 25, 2000 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 17 |
| Jeff Jarrett | April 16, 2000 | Chicago, Illinois | 18 |
| Diamond Dallas Page (3) | April 24, 2000 | Rochester, New York | |
| David Arquette | April 25, 2000 | Syracuse, New York | 19 |
| Jeff Jarrett (2) | May 7, 2000 | Kansas City, Missouri | 20 |
| Ric Flair (7) | May 15, 2000 | Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| Jeff Jarrett (3) | May 22, 2000 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 21 |
| Kevin Nash (4) | May 23, 2000 | Saginaw, Michigan | 22 |
| Ric Flair (8) | May 29, 2000 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 23 |
| Jeff Jarrett (4) | May 29, 2000 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| Booker T. | July 9, 2000 | Daytona Beach, Florida | 24 |
| Kevin Nash (5) | August 28, 2000 | Las Cruces, New Mexico | |
| Booker T. (2) | September 17, 2000 | Buffalo, New York | |
| Vince Russo | September 25, 2000 | Uniondale, New York | 25 |
| Booker T. (3) | October 2, 2000 | San Francisco, California | 26 |
| Scott Steiner | November 26, 2000 | Milwuakee, Winsconsin | |
| Booker T. (4) | March 26, 2001 | Panama City, Florida | |
| Kurt Angle | July 24, 2001 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 27 |
| Booker T. (5) | July 30, 2001 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| The Rock | August 19, 2001 | San Jose, California | |
| Chris Jericho | October 21, 2001 | Saint Louis, Missouri | |
| The Rock (2) | November 5, 2001 | Uniondale, New York | |
| Chris Jericho (2) | December 9, 2001 | San Diego, California | 28 |
Notes:
1. Ric Flair wins the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Sting, with the NWA no longer operating, Flair was recognized as the first WCW World heavyweight wrestling champion. Flair was then stripped on July 1, 1991 when Flair was fired by WCW.
2. Lex Luger defeated Barry Windham for the vacated title.
3. The title was held-up after a match against Ricky Steamboat on April 23, 1994 in Rosemont, Illinois when the match ended in a double pin.
4. The Giant wins the title by Disqualification. Jimmy Hart, who was Hulk Hogan's manager, signed the title contract so that the title can change hands on a Disqualification. He was stripped of the title on November 6, 1995 when WCW claimed the decision unfounded.
5. Randy Savage wins a 60-man battle royal for the title when he eliminated the One Man Gang. Hulk Hogan, who was not eliminated during the match, but was according to referee Randy Anderson thus awarding the title to Randy Savage.
6. The title was then declared vacant on January 8, 1998 in Dayton Beach, Florida by James J. Dillon because of the controversial ending in the match between Hulk Hogan and Sting on December 28, 1997 in Washington, D.C. and in another match on December 29, 1997 in Baltimore, Maryland.
7. Sting defeated Hulk Hogan for the vacated title.
8. Diamond Dallas Page defeated Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, and Sting in a four-corners match in which whoever gets the pin first, wins the title.
9. Diamond Dallas Page defeated Sting, Kevin Nash, and Bill Goldberg in a four-way match later on that night.
10. Randy Savage teamed with Sid Vicious in a tag team match against Sting and Kevin Nash. Savage won the title when Savage pinned Nash.
11. The title was decalred vacant on October 25, 1999 when Sting attacked referee Charles Robinson the previous night.
12. Bret Hart defeated Chris Benoit in a 32-man tournament final to win the title.
13. Bret Hart vacated the title on "NITRO" in the show and defeated Bill Goldberg for the title in the main event.
14. Title was vacated on January 15, 2000 due to Bret Hart's injury. Chris Benoit defeated Sid Vicious for the title. Title was then vacated on January 17, 2000 due to a dispute with WCW.
15. Sid Vicious defeated Kevin Nash for the title. Was stripped of the title a day later by "commissioner" Nash.
16. Kevin Nash awards himself the title after stripping it from Sid Vicious.
17. Sid Vicious defeated Kevin Nash and Ron Harris to win the title.
18. Vince Russo vacated the title on April 10, 2000 in Denver, Colorado. Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final.
19. David Arquette pins Eric Bischoff in a tag team match to win the title in a stipulation tag team match between Diamond Dallas Page and David Arquette vs. Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff. Vacated the title on May 1, 2000.
20. Jeff Jarrett defeated David Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in a triple cage match to win the title.
21. Ric Flair was stripped of the title, the title was then awarded by Vince Russo.
22. Kevin Nash defeated Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner in a three way to win the title.
23. Kevin Nash hands the title over to Ric Flair.
24. Hulk Hogan pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the World Heavyweight Title. But, Vince Russo comes back out and explains to the crowd that he has been dealing with Hogan's politics all day and gives Hogan "his" WCW World title belt as the Hulk Hogan Memorial Belt because it doesn't mean squat anymore; Russo claims Jarrett is still the WCW Champion but with a new belt and will defend his title against Booker T, a man who has been "held back by Hogan for 14 years". Booker then pinned Jarrett to win the title.
25. This was a steel cage match. Title vacated by Russo on October 2, 2000.
26. Booker T. defeated Jeff Jarrett in a "San Francisco 49er box" match.
27. This is the first time the WCW World Heavyweight Title changed hands on WWF television.
28. Chris Jericho unifies the WCW World Heavyweight Title with the WWF World Heavyweight Title on December 9, 2001 when he defeated Steve Austin.
