Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Wins via DQ; Jimmy Hart, Hogan's manager, signed
the contract so that the title change hands via DQ; stripped on
95-11-06 when WCW claims decision was dubious.
Wins a 60-man, 3-ring battle royal, eliminating
One Man Gang; Hulk Hogan was not thrown over the top rope, but referee
Randy Anderson, believing Hogan was in fact eliminated, awarded
the match to Savage after Gang was eliminated.
Declared vacant on 98-01-08 in Daytona Beach,
FL by J.J. Dillon, the chairman of WCW Executive Committee, because
of the controversial endings at the 97-12-28 card in Washington,
DC and the 97-12-29 card in Baltimore, MD.
Defeats Chris Benoit in 32-man tournament final;
vacates on 99-12-20 after title defense against Bill Goldberg on
99-12-19 in Washington, DC ends in a controversy.
Defeats Sid Vicious; stripped on next day due
to a controversial ending (Benoit cancels the show and vacates the
title).
Sid Vicious
2000-01-24
Los Angeles, CA
Defeats Kevin Nash; stripped on 2000-01-25 by
Nash, who is also WCW Commissioner.
Kevin Nash [3]
2000-01-25
Las Vegas, NV
Nash awards himself the title after stripping
it from Sid Vicious.
Sid Vicious [2]
2000-01-25
Las Vegas, NV
Defeats Kevin Nash in a steel cage triangle
match against Nash and Ron Harris; declared vacant by WCW executives
Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo on 00-04-10 in Denver, CO.
On 00-07-09 in Daytona Beach, FL, Jarrett intentionally
lays down in the ring while Hulk Hogan covered him for the pin;
matchmaker 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".
