World Title History

Giant Baba [3] 9/04/80
Harley Race [5] 9/09/80
Tommy Rich 4/27/81
Harley Race[6] 5/01/81
Dusty Rhodes [2] 6/21/81
Ric Flair 9/17/81
Midnight Rider 2/09/82
Rider returns the belt when asked to indentify himself by NWA president Bob Geigel.
Harley Race [7] 6/10/83
Ric Flair [2] 11/24/83
Harley Race [8] 3/21/84
Ric Flair [3] 3/23/84
Kerry Von Erich 5/06/84
Ric Flair [4] 5/24/84
Dusty Rhodes [3] 7/25/86
Ric Flair [5] 8/07/86
Ronnie Garvin 9/25/87
Ric Flair [6] 11/26/87
Ricky Steamboat 2/20/89
Ric Flair [7] 5/07/89
Sting 7/07/90
Ric Flair [8] 1/11/91
Tatsumi Fujinami 3/21/91
Ric Flair [9] 5/19/91
Stripped on 09/08/91 when Flair Leaves for the WWF.nWa World Heavyweight Title is vacant
Masahiro Chono 8/12/92
Great Muta 1/04/93
Barry Windham 2/21/93
Ric Flair [10] 7/18/93
from '91 to '93 the company reconizes two world champions-The nWa world champion and the WcW world Champion.The WcW title history starts below.
Ric Flair 1/11/91
Lex Luger 7/14/91
Sting(2) 2/21/92
Big Van Vader7/12/92
Ron Simmons8/02/92
Big Van Vader (2)12/30/92
Sting (3) 3/11/93
Big Van Vader (3)3/17/93
Ric Flair (11) 12/27/93
Hulk Hogan7/17/94
The Giant 10/29/95
Randy Savage 11/26/95
Ric Flair (12)
Randy Savage (2)1/22/96
Ric Flair (13) 2/11/96
The Giant (2) 4/22/96
Hulk Hogan (2) 8/10/96
Lex Luger (2)8/04/97
Hulk Hogan (3)8/09/97
Sting (4)12/30/97
Title held up after hogan-sting re-match.Another re-match signed to crown new champion.
Sting (5)2/22/98
Randy Savage (3)4/19/98
Hollywood Hogan (4) 4/20/98
Goldberg7/06/98
Kevin Nash
Hollywood Hogan(5)1/4/99
Ric Flair(14) 3/14/99
Diamond Dallas Page 4/11/99