I'm currently in April 1998, and Austin is my WHC, and I'm starting to thinking about who should take his title in the future (I think I will make him loose the title at Starrcade in December) , and here are the options that I have :
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DDP (HEEL) (currently feuding with Austin, but honestly idk if I'll make him win)
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Chris JERICHO (HEEL) (he's really over now, and this is my favorite pick for now)
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NWO's Hogan & SAVAGE (HEEL) (they're in the midcard for now, waiting for three potential signings from WWF, and I don't really want to give them the title again)
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STING (FACE)(he was the champ before and for now I have no special plans for him)
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Warrior (FACE) (he has creative control so that's a NO)
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Regal (FACE) (he's as over as Jericho, but I'd like to wait a little bit with him)
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WWF signing (Bret Hart's contract is over in a month, and so as Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, so I wanted to book them as "The Outsiders" and make them feud with the nWo, but after that, bringing Hart to the WHC could be nice)
NWA Jim Crockett Promotions and NWA World Championship Wrestling Years (1983-1990)
1983:
- Ric Flair - Starrcade 1983 (Defeated Harley Race in Steel Cage Match)
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1984:
- Harley Race - House Show in Wellington, New Zealand (Mar. 20, 1984) (Defeated Ric Flair
- Ric Flair - House Show in Kallang, Singapore (Mar. 23, 1984) (Defeated Harley Race)
- Kerry Von Erich - 1st Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions (Defeated Ric Flair)
- Ric Flair - House Show in Yokosuka, Japan (May 24,1984) (Defeated Kerry Von Erich)
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1985:
- Dusty Rhodes - The Great American Bash 1985 (Defeated Ric Flair)
- Ric Flair - Starrcade 1985 (Defeated Dusty Rhodes in No Disqualification Match; In Feb. 14, 1986; The Big Gold Belt Version of NWA made a debut.)
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1986:
- Dusty Rhodes - The Great American Bash 1986 (Defeated Ric Flair in Steel Cage Match)
- Ric Flair - NWA World Championship Wrestling [Saturday Night] (Aug. 9, 1986) (Defeated Dusty Rhodes)
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1987:
- Ron Garvin - NWA WorldWide Wrestling (Sep. 25. 1987) (Defeated Ric Flair)
- Ric Flair - Starrcade 1987 (Defeated Ron Garvin)
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1988:
- Sting - Clash of the Champions I (Defeated Ric Flair)
- Ric Flair - Clash of the Champions II (Defeated Sting in Submission Match)
- Lex Luger - The Great American Bash 1988 (Defeated Ric Flair)
- Ric Flair - Starrcade 1988 (Defeated Lex Luger and Sting in Three-Way Dance Match)
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- Ric Flair - Starrcade 1990 (Defeated Sting; In 1991, The WCW begins and NWA-WCW ends)
- Lex Luger - The Great American Bash 1991 (Defeated Ric Flair in Steel Cage Match)
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1992:
- Sting - SuperBrawl II (Defeated Lex Luger)
- Lex Luger - The Great American Bash 1992 (Defeated Sting)
- Ron Simmons - WCW Saturday Night (Aug. 1, 1992) (Defeated Lex Luger)
- Vader - Starrcade 1992 (Defeated Ron Simmons; as the Longest Reigning WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
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1993:
- Ric Flair - Starrcade 1993 (Defeated Vader in Title vs. Career Match)
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1994:
- Ricky Steamboat - Spring Stampede 1994 (Defeated Ric Flair)
- Ric Flair - WCW Saturday Night (Jun. 18, 1994) (Defeated Ricky Steamboat)
- Hulk Hogan - Bash at the Beach 1994 (Defeated Ric Flair; as the Longest Reigning WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
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1995:
- Randy Savage - Starrcade 1995 (Defeated Hulk Hogan and The Giant in Three-Way Dance Elimination Match)
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1996:
- Ric Flair - SuperBrawl VI (Defeated Randy Savage in Steel Cage Match)
- The Giant - WCW Monday Nitro (Apr. 29, 1996) (Defeated Ric Flair)
- Hollywood Hogan - WCW Hog Wild (1996) (Defeated The Giant; as the Longest Reigning WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
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Part 1: The Beginning of Everything
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REIGNS
60._ Kerry Von Erich (1st Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions) (May 6, 1984) - 200 days
61._ Ric Flair (2) (International Wrestling) (November 21, 1984) - 612 days
62._ Dusty Rhodes (4) (The Great American Bash) (July 26, 1986) - 101 days
63._ Ric Flair (3) (Mid-Atlantic Wrestling) (November 4, 1986) - 325 days
64._ Barry Windham (World Wide Wrestling) (September 25, 1987) - 62 days
65._ Ric Flair (4) (Starrcade) (November 26, 1987) - 452 days
66._ Ricky Steamboat (Chi-Town Rumble) (February 20, 1989) - 76 days
67._ Ric Flair (5) (WrestleWar) (May 7, 1989) - 220 days
68._ Sting (Starrcade) (December 13, 1989) - 463 days
69._ Tatsumi Fujinami (WCW/New Japan Supershow) (March 21, 1991) - 59 days
70._ Sting (2) (SuperBrawl I) (May 19, 1991) - 127 days
71._ Tatsumi Fujinami (2) (Memorial Battle In Yokohama) (September 23, 1991) - 324 days
72._ Masahiro Chono (G1 Climax Special) (August 12, 1992) - 145 days
73._ The Great Muta (Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome) (January 4, 1993) - 306 days
74._ Shinya Hashimoto (Explosion in Ariake) (November 6, 1993) - 290 days
Vacated so the title could be decided in a tournament.
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1._ Ric Flair (Starrcade) (November 26, 1987) - 452 days
Flair won the NWA title and would also be recognized as WCW champion.
2._ Ricky Steamboat (Chi-Town Rumble) (February 20, 1989) - 76 days
3._ Ric Flair (2) (WrestleWar) (May 7, 1989) - 426 days
4._ Sting (The Great American Bash) (July 7, 1990) - 372 days
5._ Lex Luger (The Great American Bash) (July 14, 1991) - 230 days
6._ Sting (2) (SuperBrawl II) (February 29, 1992) - 134 days
7._ Big Van Vader (The Great American Bash) (July 12, 1992) - 21 days
8._ Ron Simmons (Main Event) (August 2, 1992) - 148 days
9._ Big Van Vader (2) (Starrcade) (December 28, 1992) - 364 days
10._ Ric Flair (3) (Starrcade 10th Aniversary) (December 27, 1993) - 111 days
11._ Ricky Steamboat (2) (Spring Stampede) (April 17, 1994) - 154 days
12._ Ric Flair (4) (Fall Brawl) (September 18, 1994) - 100 days
13._ Hulk Hogan (Starrcade) (December 27, 1994) - 306 days
14._ The Giant (Halloween Havoc) (October 29, 1995) - 252 days
15._ Hulk Hogan (2) (Bash at the Beach) (July 7, 1996) - 175 days
16._ Lex Luger (2) (Starrcade) (December 29, 1996) - 140 days
17._ Hulk Hogan (3) (Slamboree) (May 18, 1997) - 224 days
18._ Sting (3) (Starrcade) (December 28, 1997) - 223 days
19._ Goldberg (Road Wild) (August 8, 1998) - 246 days
20._ Diamond Dallas Page (Spring Stampede) (April 11, 1999) - 155 days
21._ Chris Benoit (Nitro) (September 13, 1999) - 125 days
22._ Sting (4) (Souled Out) (January 16, 2000) - 175 days
23._ Booker T (Bash at the Beach) (July 9, 2000) - 140 days
24._ Scott Steiner (Mayhem) (November 26, 2000) - 120 days
25._ Booker T (2) (Nitro) (March 26, 2001) - 258 days
26._ Chris Jericho (Vengeance) (December 9, 2001) - 98 days
27._ Triple H (WrestleMania X8) (March 17, 2002) - 245 days
28._ Shawn Michaels (Survivor Series) (November 17, 2002) - 133 days
29._ Triple H (2) (WrestleMania XIX) (March 30, 2003) - 147 days
30._ Goldberg (2) (Summerslam) (August 24, 2003) - 112 days
31._ Triple H (3) (Armageddon) (December 14, 2003) - 91 days
32._ Chris Benoit (2) (WrestleMania XX) (March 14, 2004) - 154 days
33._ Randy Orton (Summerslam) (August 15, 2004) - 147 days
34._ Triple H (4) (New Year's Revolution) (January 9, 2005) - 84 days
35._ Batista (WrestleMania 21) (April 3, 2005) - 282 days
VACATED: Batista vacated the title after he was sidelined with a triceps injury.
36._ Kurt Angle (SmackDown!) (January 10, 2006) - 82 days
This was a 20-man battle roy
... keep reading on reddit ➡WCW split from the NWA and created their own world championship in 1991, and they went out of business 10 years and 2 months later. The championship existed for 9 more months as part of WWE.
The same Big Gold Belt returned as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in 2002 and was used for 11 years and 3 months.
WCW in 2000 may be the single worst year for a world championship in wrestling history, but the period where Jeff Jarrett held the title may take the cake as the worst month of the worst year.
It all started well and good on the April 10 edition of Monday Nitro, the infamous reboot episode where Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff came together on-screen as authority figures but also began their creative partnership. The following Sunday at Spring Stampede, Jeff Jarrett won the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship by defeating DDP in a tournament final.
What follows over the next six weeks should be printed in bold in how to devalue a championship.
April 16: Jeff Jarrett wins the championship for the first time
April 24: DDP defeats Jarrett on Nitro to win the championship
April 26: David Arquette pins Eric Bischoff in a tag team match to win DDP's championship (taped on April 25)
May 7: Jeff Jarrett wins back the WCW Championship for the second time in a triple cage match
May 15: Ric Flair wins the championship from Jeff Jarrett on Nitro
May 22: Flair is stripped of the title and Jarrett is awarded it
May 24: Kevin Nash wins the championship after defeating Jarrett and Scott Steiner in a triple threat match (taped on May 23)
May 29: Kevin Nash gives the title to Flair because Flair never lost it. Mark Madden, in a hilarious meta moment, said on air, "I think it's only a matter of time til Jarrett gets it back." Jarrett would win the title for the fourth and final time later that night. His reign would go an incredible...41 days.
Let's recap:
-In six weeks, there were 10 title changes
-Jeff Jarrett won the title four times, his longest reign in that period being eight days
-David Arquette held the record in that period for longest title reign with 12 days
-There were actually seven title changes in May, meaning WCW nearly had two title changes per week
-Not a single dime was drawn
