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Topic: WCW World Heavyweight Title

	WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (sometimes simply WCW Championship, WCW Title, or "World" Title) was the primary championship in the World Championship Wrestling professional wrestling organization.
		WCW decided to unify the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (represented by the new belt) and International Championship (represented by the "Big Gold Belt"), by having Flair wrestle Sting in June 1994.
		Another three WWE Champions (Kurt Angle, The Rock, and Chris Jericho) won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship between WCW's purchase by WWE and the unification of the WCW and WWE Championships in late 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Title (795 words)

	WCW World Heavyweight Title History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The former NWA World Heavyweight Title was officially referred to as the WCW World Heavyweight Title from January 1991 forward.
		World Championship Wrestling is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation during this title reign in March, 2001.
		The former WCW World Heavyweight Title is known as "The World Title" from 11/19/01 forward.
	www.thehistoryofwcw.com /WCWWorld.html (1888 words)

	WrestleLine.com: Title Histories - NWA World Heavyweight Title (NWA TNA World Title) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ric Flair was stripped of the NWA World Title on September 8, 1991, for jumping to the WWF, with the gold NWA World Title belt in hand.
		WCW continues promoting Flair as champion, changing the name of the title to "WCW International World Heavyweight Title." The NWA begins planning to crown a new NWA World Champion outside of WCW.
		Severn was stripped of the title by the NWA Board of Directors on May 28, 2002, for not being able to defend the title.
	www.wrestleline.com /titles/tna/nwatitle.shtml (501 words)

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		Sting and Lex Luger were to defend the WCW World Tag Team Titles against The Road Warriors in a Chicago Street Fight, however, Luger decided that he wouldn’t defend the Titles against The Road Warriors again.
		WCW was going to be represented by the 4 Horsemen, however, Sting and Luger asked Flair to let them substitute for Benoit and McMichael.
		On January 8, 1998, on Thunder, the WCW World Heavyweight Title was declared vacant by J.J. Dillon.
	www.midsouthwrestling.com /Sting4.html (2729 words)

	WCW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		WCW became a separate group in 1991, when the NWA would not recognize the creation of a WCW World Heavyweight Title.
		WCW attempted to counter this by breaking the nWo into the Hogan led, heel nWo Hollywood faction and crowd favourite nWo Wolfpac faction, but many felt that it was a poor rehash of the original WCW vs nWo feud.
		The WCW slowly slid into a period of decline, blamed both on the fact that Kevin Nash was writing the scripts, the tremendous popularity of Attitude era WWF, and the seeming inability for the federation to promote any wrestlers under 40 years old.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/WCW.htm (1136 words)

	WCW World International Title History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Biloxi, MS Defeats Barry Windham to win NWA World Heavyweight Title; recognition dropped by NWA in September 1993 when WCW withdraws from NWA; Flair continues to be recognized as "World Heavyweight Champion" by WCW; the NWA holds a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in 1994.
		WCW World Heavyweight title, defeating Vader on 27th Dec 1993 in Charlotte, NC; and so winning the International title unifies the two titles.
		Later the International title is dropped and the title is exclusively known as the WCW title with the original WCW International title belt.
	www.davejennings.co.uk /wcwint.htm (177 words)

	The rec.sport.pro-wrestling FAQ: Did the WCW World heavyweight title history really go back to 1905? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One of the more laughable claims made during WCW's history was that their world heavyweight championship had a lineage extending back to 1905 (or 1895, depending on the source).
		WCW's world title was created in January 1991, when they split from the NWA.
		The NWA world title can't be traced back to 1905 either, as the NWA itself was formed in 1948.
	www.theearlyevening.com /faqomatic/cache/109.html (157 words)

	Wrestling Information Archive - WCW International World Heavyweight Title History
		Ric Flair continued to be recognized as "World Heavyweight Champion" by WCW; the NWA holds a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in 1994.
		The title was renamed the WCW International World Heavyweight Title after the withdrawl of WCW from the NWA.
		The title, which was essentially a second "World" title in WCW, was defended until June 23, 1994, when the champion at the time, Sting, lost to WCW World Champion Ric Flair in a unification match, ending the controversy once and for all.
	www.100megsfree4.com /wiawrestling/pages/wcw/wcwint.htm (779 words)

	WCW World Heavyweight Title
		The NWA World Heavywieght Championship was, considered by many in the wrestling industry, to be the only legitimate world title belt in professional wrestling.
		Federations like World Championship Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling, United States Wrestling Association, and now World Wrestling Entertainment have, or had, world title belts that were legitimated by a claimed lineage to the NWA World Heavywieght Championship.
		During the AWA's second Pro Wrestling USA disaster, the AWA Title was merged with the CWA and WCCW Heavywieght titles.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/wcw_world_heavyweight_title (665 words)

	World Heavyweight Championship History
		This is 8 times as NWA World Champion (ignoring his title win in Singapore in 1984 and in Florida in 1991), 6 times as WCW World Champion and 2 times WWF Champion.
		World title was unified with the WWF title to become the WWE Undisputed title.
		The title belt was eventually dropped in favour of a new title belt and the championship was referred to as the WWE`s undisputed title.
	www.davejennings.co.uk /wweworldtitle.htm (1061 words)

	SOLIE'S TUESDAY MORNING REPORT: EXTRA! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The International Title was abandoned in favor of the WCW World Heavyweight Title, and The WCW World Heavyweight Belt was replaced by The International World Belt (FlairÕs old belt).
		The WCW Executive Committee had decided that a new World Heavyweight Champion would be crowned in a sixty man, three ring battle royal.
		He was handed the title on a silver platter by Scott Hall and Kevin Nash who helped in distracting the champion and the referee as Hogan cheated his way to The World Heavyweight Title.
	members.aol.com /solie99/svwn216.html (2674 words)

	WCW International World Heavyweight Title History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1992, the National Wrestling Alliance began crowned new World Heavyweight Champions and World Tag Team Champions, with the titles being defended primarily within World Championship Wrestling.
		WCW continued to recognize the NWA World Heavyweight Title as the "WCW International World Heavyweight Title" until the title was unified (and forgotten) with the WCW World Heavyweight Title on 06/23/94.
		Flair, who was also the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, unified the two titles, with the WCW World Heavyweight Title remaining and the WCW International World Heavyweight Title being forgotten.
	www.thehistoryofwcw.com /WCWInt.html (308 words)

	Wrestling Information Archive - WCW World Heavyweight Title History
		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.
		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.
		Title was vacated on January 15, 2000 due to Bret Hart's injury.
	www.100megsfree4.com /wiawrestling/pages/wcw/wcwworld.htm (754 words)

	WCW World Heavyweight Title @ Plancha
		Title changes with special circumstances are explained at the bottom of the page with the red markers.
		= The title was declared vacant by J.J. Dillon (chairman of WCW Executive Committee) on 08/01/98 because of a controversial ending in the match Sting won the title.
		The title was vacated on 19/12/99 after a contraversial ending to a match.
	plancha.freehosting.net /title/wcw_world_heavy.htm (700 words)

	WrestleView.com - World Heavyweight Championship Title History
		The title was known as the NWA World Title through January 1991 when the name was changed to the WCW World Title.
		This title was later reinstated on September 9th, 2002 when Eric Bischoff decided to have a exclusive World Champion for the RAW brand, renaming it simply the World Heavyweight Championship.
		Bischoff gave the title to Triple H since he was the last to hold the WCW Championship when it was once apart of the Undisputed Title, now the WWE Championship currently on SmackDown.
	www.wrestleview.com /info/wcwworldtitle.shtml (2796 words)

	WrestleLine.com: Title Histories - WWE World Heavyweight Title (formerly WCW World Title) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		East Rutherford, NJ Flair defeated Sting for the NWA title and during the reign was recognized as the first WCW champion.
		Winston-Salem, NC Goldberg seemingly won the title from Sting at Halloween Havoc on Oct. 24, but it was ruled the match was non-title.
		Uniondale, N.Y. As of November 19, 2001, the title becomes known as the World Heavyweight Title in WWE.
	www.wrestleline.com /titles/wwe/worldtitle.shtml (677 words)

	"W.C.W. International" World Heavyweight Title
		Biloxi, MS Defeats Barry Windham to win NWA World Heavyweight Title; recognition dropped by NWA in 93/09 when WCW withdraws from NWA; Flair continues to be recognized as "World Heavyweight Champion" by WCW; the NWA holds a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in 1994.
		Rosemont, IL Rick Rude defeats Sting for the title on 94/05/01 in Fukuoka, JAPAN, but the decision is reversed because Rude hit Sting with the belt to win; Sting refuses to accept the belt on 94/05/22 in Philadelphia, PA unless he can defeat Vader that night.
		Charleston, SC Has won WCW World Heavyweight title, defeating Vader on 93/12/27 in Charlotte, NC; unifies "WCW International" World title on 94/06/23.
	www.wrestling-titles.com /wcw/wcw-in-h.html (158 words)

	Solie's Title Histories: WCW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Flair was stripped of the title on 07/01/91 when he was fired by WCW after signing a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
		Title Held Up The title was held-up on 04/23/94 after a match with Ricky Steamboat ended in a double pin.
		Flair defeated Sting on 06/23/94 in Charleston, South Carolina to unify the WCW "International" World Heavyweight Title with the WCW World Heavyweight Title.
	www.solie.org /titlehistories/tiwcw.html (1655 words)

	WCW
		WCW, or World Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001.
		In 1996, WCW became the hottest promotion in North America with the groundbreaking New World Order vs. WCW Feud, which was credited to WCW president Eric Bischoff.
		WCW was then sold to World Wrestling Entertainment which signalled the end of WCW.
	www.gotmo.net /info/wcw.htm (245 words)

	Untitled Normal Page
		Throughout the years, World Championship Wrestling (WCW, for short) has provided wrestling fans with some of the most exciting feuds, featuring the greatest pure-grappling matches to historic tag team battles to it's unique cruiserweight battles.
		Sting vs. Ric Flair: Even before the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) became WCW, Sting and "The Nature Boy" were providing fans with classic technical bouts at the NWA and early WCW Clash of the Champions, StarrCades, and Great American Bash's, battling over the NWA/WCW World Heavyweight Title.
		These two wrestled on the first WCW Monday Nitro on Labor Day 1995, and wrestled the last match on the last Nitro on Before Sting donned the fl ring attire and the white face-paint, these two legends were wrestling half-hour, and even hour-long, instant classics.
	www.geocities.com /joycebarber2001/wcwfeuds.htm (1235 words)

	WCW World Heavyweight Championship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, as used by World Championship Wrestling during the first post-Ric Flair era.
		Long before he was Stone Cold, Steve Austin was managed in WCW by Col. Rob Parker, and he won the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship from Dustin Rhodes.
		WCW had not yet fully transitioned their championships from NWA belts to WCW belts, however, all the champions were "WCW" champions, no longer "NWA" Champions.
	www.fabelover.com /wrestlerswithbeltswcw.html (765 words)

	Wrestling Digest: Giants of the Ring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On April 22, he upset Ric Flair for the WCW world heavyweight title and went on to defeat every major star in the promotion.
		Career valley: Two embarrassing moments set off a chain of events that brought the Giant/the Big Show to a world title: He fell off the arena roof in his WCW debut on October 29, 1995, and lie surfed on his "father's casket" in the WWF in the fall of 1999.
		As an "evil giant," he won the world heavyweight title on February 5, 1988, and the WWF world tag-team title (with Haku) on December 13, 1989.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_2_2/ai_64061210 (1372 words)

	W.C.W./W.W.E. RAW World Heavyweight Title
		East Rutherford, NJ Wins NWA World heavyweight title from Sting; recognized as the first WCW World Heavyweight champion; stripped on 91/07/01 when Flair fired by WCW.
		Charlotte, NC Title held-up after a match against Ricky Steamboat on 94/04/17 in Rosemont, IL ends as a double pin.
		Atlanta, GA Defeats Steamboat in rematch; unifies "WCW International" World title, defeating Sting on 94/06/23 in Charleston, SC.
	www.wrestling-titles.com /wcw/wcw-h.html (556 words)

	Y2Joe's Wrestling Matrix
		Russo went and grabbed the WCW World Heavyweight title, and threw it in the ring to Hogan, and left the ringside area, not looking back...
		He also said that the WCW World Heavyweight title meant nothing anymore, and as far as he was concerned, Hogan could keep it, and Russo renamed it the "Hulk Hogan Memorial Belt"...
		Now, on Nitro last night Booker T re-tained the WCW Title (which was way too big for him by the way) by defeating Mike Awsome.
	y2joe.8m.com (1840 words)

	WCW Bash at the Beach ( (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		WCW Bash at the Beach (7/17/94): Hogan (w/ Shaquille O'Neil) d.
		WCW Clash of the Champions #28 (8/28/94): Flair d.
		Flair in "Steel Cage Retirement Match" to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title w/ Mr.
	www.geocities.com /joycebarber2001/hoganflair.htm (107 words)

	NWA/WCW World Heavyweight Title Holders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sting(5th): February 22nd, 1998 (defeated Hulk Hogan for vacant title)
		Booker T: July 9th, 2000 (Jeff Jarrett laid down to Hulk Hogan earlier in the night; Vince Russo explained that the old WCW World Title was gone, and that Jarrett and Booker T would wrestle for the new one; Booker T defeated Jarrett)
		Chris Jericho(2nd): December 9th, 2001 (Unified with WWF World Title)
	www.accelerator3359.com /Wrestling/titles/wcwworld.html (378 words)

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		Later on in the same night that Sting got his revenge against Rick Steiner, Kevin Nash was scheduled to defend the WCW World Heavyweight Title against a returning Sid Vicious.
		The next night on Nitro, Hulk Hogan returned to WCW to challenge Savage for the World Heavyweight Title.
		Hart would win the WCW World Heavyweight Title later on in the night.
	www.midsouthwrestling.com /Sting5.html (889 words)

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