WCW
Heavyweight Champions

• Giant Baba--September 4, 1980 in Saga, Japan. He defeated Harley Race.
• Harley Race--September 9, 1980 in Ohtsu, Japan. 
• Tommy Rich--April 27, 1981 in Agusta, Georgia.
• Harley Race [2]--May 1, 1981 in Gainesville, Georgia.
• Dusty Rhodes--June 21, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Ric Flair--September 17, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri. 
• Midnight Rider--February 9, 1983 in Tampa, Florida. Midnight Rider was Dusty Rhodes, but he returned the belt when the NWA president asked him to identify himself.
• Harley Race [3]--June 10, 1983 in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Ric Flair [2]--November 24, 1983 in Greensboro, North Carolina. 
• Harley Race [4]--March 21, 1984 in Wellington, New Zealand.
• Ric Flair [3]--March 23, 1984 in Kallang, Singapore.
• Kerry Von Erich--May 6, 1984 in Irving, Texas.
• Ric Flair [4]--May 24, 1984 in Yokosuka City, Japan.
• Dusty Rhodes [2]--July 25, 1985 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Ric Flair [5]--August 7, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Ronnie Garvin--Septemer 25, 1987 in Detroit, Michigan.
• Ric Flair [6]--November 26, 1987 in Chicago, Illinois.
• Ricky Steamboat--February 20, 1989 in Chicago, Illinois.
• Ric Flair [7]--May 7, 1989 in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Sting--July 7, 1990 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Ric Flair [8]--January 1, 1991
• Ric Flair [9]--July 1, 1991 in East Ruthersford, New Jersey. Flair became the WCW Heavyweight Champion after WCW splits from NWA.
• TITLE VACANT--July 1, 1991. Ric Flair was fired from WCW.
• Lex Luger--July 14, 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland. He won a tournament by defeating Barry Windham in the finals.
• Sting--February 29, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Big Van Vader--July 12, 1992 in Albany, Georgia.
• Ron Simmons--August 2, 1992 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Big Van Vader [2]--December 30, 1992 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Sting [2]--March 11, 1993 in London, England.
• Big Van Vader [3]--March 17, 1993 in Dublin, Ireland.
• Ric Flair [10]--December 27, 1993 in Charolotte, North Carolina. 
• Ricky Steamboat--April 23, 1994. The match between Steamboat and Flair ended in a double pin, so the title was declared vacant.
• Ric Flair [11]--April 24, 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia. On June 23, Flair unified the Heavyweight Title with the International Title by defeating Sting in Charleston, South Carolina. 
• Hulk Hogan--July 17, 1994 in Orlando, Florida. Hogan's first match in WCW; took place at Bash at the Beach.
• The Giant--October 29, 1994. Hogan lost the title with a disqualification, as was the rules made by Jimmy Hart.
• TITLE VACANT--November 6, 1995. The ending to the last title match was dubious.
• Randy Savage--November 26, 1995 in Norfolk, Virginia. Savage won the 60 man battle royal by eliminating The One Man Gang when the referee thought that Hogan was already eliminated.
• Ric Flair [12]--December 27, 1995 in Nashville, Tennessee. The match took place at Starrcade.
• Randy Savage [2]--January 22, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Ric Flair [13]--February 11, 1996 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• The Giant [2]--April 22, 1996 in Albany, Georgia.
• "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan [2]--August 10, 1996 in Sturgis, South Dakota. The match took place at Hog Wild.
• Lex Luger [2]--August 4, 1997 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The match took place on Nitro.
• "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan [3]--August 9, 1997 in Sturgis, South Dakota. The match took place at Road Wild.
• Sting [3]--December 28, 1997 in Washington, DC. The match took place at Starrcade with Bret Hart as the referee.
• TITLE VACANT--January 8, 1998 in Daytona Beach, Florida. This was due to conterovisial endinds at Starrcade and the next night's Nitro in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Sting [4]--Febraury 22, 1998 in San Francisco, California. The match took place at SuperBrawl VIII.
• Macho Man Randy Savage [3]--April 19, 1998 in Denver, Colorado. The match took place at Spring Stampede.
• "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan [4]--April 20, 1998 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The match took place on Nitro.
• Bill Goldberg--July 6, 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia. The match took place on Nitro with Goldberg's record as 107-0.
• Kevin Nash--December 27, 1998 in Washington, DC. This was a No Disqualification Match at Starrcade.
• "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan [5]--January 4, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. Hogan pushed Nash down with one finger and then pinned him. The match took place at Nitro.
• Ric Flair [14]--March 14, 1999 in Louisville, Kentucky. The match was a First Blood Cage Match at Uncensored. The cage had no door and barbed wire at the top. Flair pinned Hogan in a Figure Four Leg Lock.
• Diamond Dallas Page--April 11, 1999 in Tacoma, Washington. This was a Texas Tornado Match at Spring Stampede against Ric Flair, Hollywood Hogan and Sting with Macho Man as the referee.
• Sting [5]--April 26, 1999 in Fargo, North Dakota. The match was on Nitro.
• Diamond Dallas Page [2]--April 26, 1999 in Fargo, North Dakota. This was a Four-Man Match on Nitro against Sting, Goldberg, and Kevin Nash. 
• Kevin Nash [2]--May 9, 1999 in St. Louis, Missouri. The match took place at Slamboree.
• Macho Man [4]--July 11, 1999 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The match was at Bash at the Beach. The main event was Sting and Kevin Nash vs Macho Man and Sid--whoever pinned chmpion Nash would win the title. 
• "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan--July 12, 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida. The match was on Nitro. A few weeks later he renamed himself Hulk Hogan.
• Sting [6]--September 12, 1999 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The match was at Fall Brawl.
• Goldberg--October 24, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. At Holloween Havoc, Goldberg defeated Sting, but the next night on Nitro, J J Dillan declared the belt vacant because Golberg wasn't origianaly scheduled to fight Sting.
• TITLE VACANT--October 25, 1999 in Phoenix, Arizona. 
• Bret Hart--November 21, 1999 in Toronto, Canada. Hart defeated Chris Benoit in the finals of the Tag Team Tournament at Mayhem. 
• TITLE VACANT--December 20, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. Hart vacated the title due to the finish at the match at Starrcade.
• Bret Hart [2]--December 20, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. Hart won the title by defeating Goldberg. Hart then joined the new nWo with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Jeff Jarrett.
• TITLE VACANT--January 16, 2000 in Cincinatti, Ohio. Due to Bret Hart receiving a concussion from Nitro, he could not wrestle and his belt was taken away.
• Chris Benoit--January 16, 2000 in Cincinatti, Ohio. Benoit faced Sid Vicious at Souled Out for the title with referee Arn Anderson.
• TITLE VACANT--January 17, 2000 in Columbus, Ohio. Referee from last night's match Arn Anderson said he made a bad call with Sid's leg being under the rope. He took the title away from Benoit.
• Sid Vicious--January 24, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. Visious defeated Kevin Nash on Nitro.
• Kevin Nash [3]--January 26, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Commissioner Kevin Nash said that Sid Vicious pinned the wrong man on Nitro, so Nash took the belt on Thunder.
• Sid Vicious [2]--January 26, 2000 in Las Vegas Nevada. The match was a Caged Heat match between Vicious, Kevin Nash and Ron Harris on Thunder.
• TITLE VACANT--April 10, 2000 in Denver, Colorado. The title was vacated on Nitro.
• Jeff Jarrett--April 16, 2000 in Chicago, Illinois. He defeated Diamond Dallas Page at Spring Stampede.
• Diamond Dallas Page [3]--April 24, 2000 in Rochester, New York. He defeated Jeff Jarrett in a cage match on Nitro.
• David Arquette--April 26, 2000 in Syracuse, New York. He teamed with champ Diamond Dallas Page against Eric Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett; whoever pinned anyone would be the champion. He pinned Bischoff. The match took place on Thunder.
• Jeff Jarrett [2]--May 7, 2000 in Kansas City, Misouri. The match was a triple level cage match (from Ready to Rumble) against Jeff Jarrett, Diamond Dallas Page, and the champion David Arquette at Slamboree.
• Ric Flair [15]--May 15, 2000 in Birmingham, Alabama. The match took place on Nitro.
• Jeff Jarrett [3]--May 22, 2000 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ric Flair was stripped of his title and it was given to Jarrett, but he had to wrestle Kevin Nash for it.
• Kevin Nash [4]--May 24, 2000 in Saginaw, Michigan. Nash defeated Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett in a Three Way Match at Thunder.
• Ric Flair [16]--May 29, 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kevin Nash handed Flair the title on Nitro.
• Jeff Jarrett [4]--May 29, 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The match took place on Nitro.
• Booker T--July 9, 2000 in Daytona Beach, Florida. The match took place at Bash at the Beach.
• Kevin Nash [5]--August 28, 2000 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  The match took place on Nitro.
• Booker T [2]--September 17, 2000 in Buffalo, New York.  The match was at Fall Brawl.
• Vince Russo--September 25, 2000 in Uniondale, New York.  The match was a cage match with a questionable ending of who exited the cage first (it was a photo finish--he declared himself the winner).
• TITLE VACANT--September 27, 2000 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  Russo vacated the title and will give it to its rightful owner on October 2, 2000.
• Booker T [3]--October 2, 2000 in San Francisco, California.  Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett in a 49ers Match on Nitro.
• Scott Steiner--November 26, 2000 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The match took place at Mayhem and was a Caged Heat/Straight Jacket Match.
• Booker T [4]--March 25, 2001 in Panama City Beach, Florida. The match took place on the last Nitro on TNT.
• Kurt Angle--July 26, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The match took place on WWF Smackdown!, with Angle a member of WWF.
• Booker T [5]--July 30, 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The match was a No Disqualification Match on WWF RAW.
• The Rock--August 19, 2001 in San Jose, California. The match took place at Summer Slam. The Rock is in the WWF.
• Chris Jericho--October 21, 2001 in St. Louis, Missiour. The match took place at No Mercy.
• The Rock [2]--November 5, 2001 in Uniondale, New York. The match took place on RAW; The Rock is a member of the WWF.
• The title changed its name to the WWF World Championship on November 19, 2001. You can view its lineage by clicking here.
• Chris Jericho--December 9, 2001 in San Diego, California. He defeated the Rock at Vengeance in a mini tournament to unify this and the WWF Heavyweight Championship.