World Heavyweight title history
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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 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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 28
Chris Jericho (2) December 9, 2001 San Diego, California 29
Hunter Hearst Helmsley September 2, 2002 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 30
Shawn Michaels November 17, 2002 New York City, New York 31
Hunter Hearst Helmsley (2) December 15, 2002 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 32
Bill Goldberg (2) September 21, 2003 Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hunter Hearst Helmsley (3) December 14, 2003 Orlando, Florida 33
Chris Benoit (2) March 14, 2004 New York City, New York 34
Randy Orton August 15, 2004 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hunter Hearst Helmsley (4) September 12, 2004 Portland, Oregon 35
Hunter Hearst Helmsley (5) January 9, 2005 San Juan, Puerto Rico 36
Batista April 3, 2005 Los Angeles, California
Kurt Angle (2) January 10, 2006 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 37
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. The title was referred as "The World Title" aftere November 19, 2001.
29. Chris Jericho unifies the WCW World Heavyweight Title with the WWF World Heavyweight Title on December 9, 2001 when he defeated Steve Austin.
30. Title was resurrected and awarded by Eric Bischoff when WWE Undisputed World Champion, Brock Lesnar, was announced to be exclusive to the WWE SmackDown! show. So, Eric Bischoff announced that Hunter Hearst Helmsley is announced as RAW's World Heavyweight Champion. Title unified with the WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight when Triple H pinned Kane on October 20, 2002 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
31. Shawn Michaels defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Booker T., Chris Jericho, Kane, and Rob Van Dam in the "Elimination Chamber" to win the title.
32. Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels in a "Best Two out of Three Falls" match to win the title. First fall was a Street Fight Match. The Second fall was a Steel Cage Match. The third fall was a Ladder Match.
33. Triple H defeated Bill Goldberg and Kane in a three-way match to win the title.
34. Chris Benoit defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a Three-Way Match to win the title.
35. Title vacated by Vince McMahon on December 6, 2004 in Charlotte, North Carolina after a controversial match on November 29, 2004 in a three-way match between Edge, Triple H, and Chris Benoit.
36. Triple H defeated Randy Orton, Batista, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Edge in an "Elimination Chamber" Match to win the vacant title.
37. Batista vacated the title due to various injuries he sustained on January 10, 2006. Kurt Angle won a Battle Royal to win the vacated title.
