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Three-time champion Diamond Dallas Page holding the Big Gold Belt upside down, which represented the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1991 and 1994–2001. The list of WCW World Heavyweight Champions is a chronological list of wrestlers that have held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by ring name.
In November 1988, Turner Broadcasting purchased Jim Crockett Promotions, which had promoted under the name "NWA World Championship Wrestling".While the promotion remained a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the use of the NWA name was gradually reduced on televised programming, in favor of the name "World Championship Wrestling", or "WCW".
Youngest, four-time and final champion Randy Orton. The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE.It was established by WWE in 2002 after WWE bought out World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown!, in a brand extension.
In late 2001, the WWF discontinued the WCW World Heavyweight and Tag Team Championships (which were unified with WWF's world and tag team championships, respectively), [20] [21] while the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was retired in favor of the Cruiserweight, which would also be retired in 2007.
WCW Light Heavyweight Championship; WCW United States Tag Team Championship; WCW Women's Championship; WCW World Heavyweight Championship; WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Television Championship; WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship; WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1996–2007) WWE United ...
Pages in category "WCW World Heavyweight Champions" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association) World Heavyweight Championship (Omaha) World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013) World Heavyweight Championship (Zero1) WSL World Heavyweight Championship; WSW World Heavyweight Championship; WWA World Heavyweight Championship
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship's origin is traced back to a match which took place on January 11, 1991, where Ric Flair defeated Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. When WCW pulled out of the NWA in early 1991, Flair was recognized as the first WCW World Heavyweight Champion.