| Ric Flair[4] | 4/19/80 |
| Greg Valentine | 7/26/80 |
| Ric Flair [5] | 11/24/80 |
| Roddy Piper | 1/27/81 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 8/08/81 |
| Vacated in 09/81 when injured by Abdullah the Butcher. | |
| Sgt. Slaughter | 10/04/81 |
| Wahoo McDaniel [2] | 5/21/82 |
| Awarded to Slaughter when McDaniel got injured | |
| Sgt. Slaughter [2] | 6/07/82 |
| Wahoo McDaniel [3] | 8/22/82 |
| Greg Valintine [2] | 11/04/82 |
| Roddy Piper [2] | 4/16/83 |
| Greg Valentine [3] | 4/30/83 |
| Dick Slater | 12/14/83 |
| Ricky Steamboat[3] | 4/21/84 |
| Wahoo McDaniel [4] | 6/24/84 |
| Vacated in 84/07 because of Tully Blanchard's interference in the title change to McDaniel. | |
| Wahoo McDaniel [5] | 10/07/84 |
| Magnum T.A. | 3/23/85 |
| Tully Blanchard | 7/21/85 |
| Magnum T.A. [2] | 11/28/85 |
| Stripped on 86/05/29 for attacking the NWA president Bob Geigel. | |
| Nikita Koloff | 8/17/86 |
| Lex Luger | 7/11/87 |
| Dusty Rhodes | 11/26/87 |
| Vacated on 88/04/15 when Rhodes suspended for attacking Jim Crockett. | |
| Barry Windham | 5/13/88 |
| Lex Luger [2] | 2/20/89 |
| Michael Hayes | 5/07/89 |
| Lex Luger [3] | 5/22/89 |
| Stan Hansen | 10/27/90 |
| Lex Luger [4] | 12/16/90 |
| With NWA no longer operating as an organization, the title exclusively referred to as WCW United States Heavyweight title from 01/91;Luger vacates on 07/14/91 after winning WCW World Title. | |
| Sting | 8/25/91 |
| Rick Rude | 11/19/91 |
| Vacates on 12/92 because of injury. | |
| Dustin Rhodes | 1/11/93 |
| Defeats Rick Steamboat in tournament final; title held up after a match against Rick Rude which airs in 05/93; Rhodes and Rude have several rematches. | |
| Dustin Rhodes [2] | 8/30/93 |
| Steve Austin | |
| Ricky Steamboat [4] | 8/24/94 |
| Steve Austin [2] | 9/18/94 |
| Awarded to Austin when injured Steamboat is unable to defend in a scheduled match against Austin. | |
| Jim Duggan | 9/18/94 |
| Vader | 12/27/94 |
| Stripped on 04/23/95 by WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel. | |
| Sting [2] | 6/18/95 |
| Kensuke Sasaki | 11/13/95 |
| One Man Gang | |
| Awarded when Sasaki vacates the title after defending against Gang. | |
| Konnan | 1/29/96 |
| Ric Flair [6] | 7/07/96 |
| Vacant in 11/96 because of an injury. | |
| Eddie Guerrero | 12/29/96 |
| Dean Malenko | 3/16/97 |
| Jeff Jarrett | 6/09/97 |
| Steve McMichael | 8/21/97 |
| Curt Hennig | 9/15/97 |
| Diamond Dallas Page | 12/28/97 |
| Raven | 4/19/98 |
| Bill Goldberg | 4/20/98 |
| Vacates the title after winning WCW World Heavyweight Title on 07/06/98. | |
| Bret Hart | 7/20/98 |
| Lex Luger [5] | 8/10/98 |
| Bret Hart [2] | 8/13/98 |
| Diamond Dallas Page [2] | 10/26/98 |
| Bret Hart [3] | 11/30/98 |
| Roddy Piper [3] | 2/08/99 |
| Scott Hall | 2/21/99 |
| Scall Hall striped due to injury. | |
| Scott Steiner | 4/11/99 |