World Championship Wrestling Championships

World Championship Wrestling title histories. Born from Jim Crockett Promotions and run by Ted Turner, WCW was WWE's chief rival through the Monday Night War, home of the nWo and the cruiserweight revolution, until it was purchased by the WWF in March 2001. Several of its championships were absorbed into WWE and live on there. Active 1988–2001.

Lineages Continued Elsewhere

Championships contested in World Championship Wrestling whose title lineage now lives in another promotion. The full history is kept on the lineage's current home page.

United States Championship

Lineage now in WWE (WWE) · lineage active — Began as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship in the Mid-Atlantic territory (1975), became the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, and passed to WWE in 2001.

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WCW / WWE Cruiserweight Championship

Lineage now in WWE (WWE) · lineage retired — Originated as the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship in 1991 (revived in this lineage from 1996) and continued in WWE after 2001 until its retirement in 2007.

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Former Championships

WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship

Final champion: The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr.)

Abandoned on March 26, 2001 after WCW was purchased by the WWF; the title existed for only eight days and was never revived.

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WCW Hardcore Championship

Final champion: Meng

Abandoned on January 21, 2001 after final champion Meng (Haku) left WCW for the WWF. It was not among the titles the WWF revived during the 2001 Invasion storyline.

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WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship

Final champion: Sugar Sato

Deactivated on April 3, 1998 when WCW and GAEA Japan ended their working relationship. It saw only three reigns.

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WCW Women's Championship

Final champion: Devil Masami

Abandoned in early 1998 when WCW and GAEA Japan ended their working relationship.

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WCW International World Heavyweight Championship

Final champion: Ric Flair

Unified into the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on June 23, 1994, when Ric Flair defeated Sting at Clash of the Champions XXVII; the Big Gold Belt then represented the unified WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

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WCW Light Heavyweight Championship

Final champion: Brad Armstrong

Abandoned on September 2, 1992 after final champion Brad Armstrong was stripped due to injury; a planned tournament to crown a successor was never held.

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WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship

Final champion: The York Foundation (Ricky Morton, Terrence Taylor & Tommy Rich)

Abandoned by WCW on December 4, 1991.

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WCW World Heavyweight Championship

Final champion: Chris Jericho

Unified into the WWE Championship on December 9, 2001 following WCW's purchase by the WWF; the final champion was Chris Jericho, who became the first Undisputed WWF Champion.

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WCW United States Tag Team Championship

Final champion: The Barbarian & Dick Slater

Deactivated on July 31, 1992 when WCW stripped final champions The Barbarian & Dick Slater and consolidated its tag titles around the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Known as the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) until WCW rebranded it in January 1991.

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WCW World Tag Team Championship

Final champion: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley)

After WCW's March 2001 sale to the WWF, the title was defended on WWF programming as the WCW Tag Team Championship until it was unified into the WWF Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series on November 18, 2001, with The Dudley Boyz recognized as the final champions. A separately introduced NWA World Tag Team Championship does not share this lineage.

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WCW World Television Championship

Final champion: Jim Duggan

Deactivated on April 10, 2000 by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff during their on-air reboot of WCW; it was never reactivated before WCW closed in 2001. A separately introduced NWA World Television Championship does not share this lineage.

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