| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| CM Punk |
Edge |
6/30/08 |
| Edge [3] |
n/a |
6/1/08 |
Defeated The Undertaker in a TLC Match to win the vacant title. |
| The Undertaker [2] |
Edge |
3/30/08 |
Stripped of the title on 4/29/08 by Vickie Guerrero. |
| Edge [2] |
Batista |
12/16/07 |
Defeated Batista and The Undertaker to win the title. |
| Batista [3] |
The Great Khali |
9/16/07 |
Defeated Khali and Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the title. |
| The Great Khali |
n/a |
7/17/07 |
Won a 20 man battle royal to win the vacant title. |
| Edge |
The Undertaker |
5/8/07 |
Edge vacates the title on 7/17/07 due to injury. |
| The Undertaker |
Batista |
4/1/07 |
| Batista [2] |
Booker T. |
11/26/06 |
| Booker T. [6] |
Rey Mysterio Jr. |
7/23/06 |
| Rey Mysterio Jr. |
Kurt Angle |
4/2/06 |
| Defeated Kurt Angle & Randy
Orton in a Triple Threat Match to win the title. |
| Kurt Angle [2] |
n/a |
1/10/06 |
| Won a 20 man battle royal by
last eliminating Mark Henry to win the vacant title. |
| Batista |
Triple H |
4/3/05 |
| Forced to vacate the title on
1/10/06 due to various injuries. |
| Triple H [5] |
n/a |
1/9/05 |
| Defeated Randy Orton, Batista,
Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, & Edge in an "Elimination Chamber" match to win
the vacant title. |
| Triple H [4] |
Randy Orton |
9/12/04 |
| Title is vacated by WWE
Chairman Vince McMahon on 12/6/04 after the controversial ending to a Triple
Threat Match on 11/29/04 that involved Triple H, Chris Benoit, & Edge. |
| Randy Orton |
Chris Benoit |
8/15/04 |
| Chris Benoit [2] |
Triple H |
3/14/04 |
| Chris Benoit defeated Triple H
& Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match to win the title. |
| Triple H [3] |
Bill Goldberg |
12/14/03 |
| Triple H defeated Bill Goldberg
& Kane in a triple threat match to win the title. |
| Bill Goldberg [2] |
Triple H |
9/21/03 |
| Triple H [2] |
Shawn Michaels |
12/15/02 |
| Triple H defeated Shawn
Michaels in a "Best Two out of Three Falls" match to win the title. First
fall was a Street Fight Match. The Second fall was a Steel Cage Match. The
third fall was a Ladder Match. |
| Shawn Michaels |
Triple H |
11/17/02 |
| Shawn Michaels defeated Triple
H, Booker T., Chris Jericho, Kane, and Rob Van Dam in an "elimination
chamber" to win the title. |
| Triple H |
n/a |
9/2/02 |
| Title was resurrected and
awarded by Eric Bischoff when WWE Undisputed World Champion, Brock Lesnar,
was announced to be exclusive to the WWE SmackDown! show. So, Eric Bischoff
announced that Triple H is announced as RAW's World Heavyweight Champion.
Title was originally known as the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
Unified the title with the WWE Intercontinental Championship when he pinned Kane on October 20, 2002 in Little
Rock, Arkansas. |
| Chris Jericho [2] |
The Rock |
12/9/01 |
| Chris Jericho
unifies with the WCW World Heavyweight Title with the WWF World Heavyweight
Title on December 9, 2001 when he defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Title then becomes inactive. |
| The Rock [2] |
Chris Jericho |
11/5/01 |
| Chris Jericho |
The Rock |
10/21/01 |
| The Rock |
Booker T. |
8/19/01 |
| Booker T. [5] |
Kurt Angle |
7/30/01 |
| Kurt Angle |
Booker T. |
7/24/01 |
| This is the first
time the WCW World Heavyweight Title changed hands on WWF Television. |
| Booker T. [4] |
Scott Steiner |
3/26/01 |
| The Same day that
Booker T. defeats Scott Steiner the WWF buys out WCW and starts an
Invasion angle. From this date forward the WWF controls WCW. |
| Scott Steiner |
Booker T. |
11/26/00 |
| Booker T. [3] |
n/a |
10/2/00 |
| Booker T. defeated
Jeff Jarrett in a "San Francisco 49er box" Match to win the vacated title. |
| Vince Russo |
Booker T. |
9/25/00 |
| This was a steel
cage match. Title vacated by Russo on 10/2/00. |
| Booker T. [2] |
Kevin Nash |
9/17/00 |
| Kevin Nash [5] |
Booker T. |
7/9/00 |
| Booker T. |
Jeff Jarrett |
7/9/00 |
|
Hulk Hogan pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the World
Heavyweight Title. But, Vince Russo comes back out and explains to the
crowd that he has been dealing with Hogan's politics all day and gives Hogan
"his" WCW World title belt as the Hulk Hogan Memorial Belt because it
doesn't mean squat anymore; Russo claims Jarrett is still the WCW Champion
but with a new belt and will defend his title against Booker T, a man who
has been "held back by Hogan for 14 years". Booker then pinned Jarrett
to win the title. |
| Jeff Jarrett [4] |
Ric Flair |
5/29/00 |
| Ric Flair [8] |
Kevin Nash |
5/29/00 |
| Kevin Nash [4] |
Jeff Jarrett |
5/23/00 |
| Jeff Jarrett [3] |
n/a |
5/22/00 |
| Ric
Flair was stripped of the title, the title was then awarded by Vince Russo. |
| Ric Flair [7] |
Jeff Jarrett |
5/15/00 |
| Jeff Jarrett [2] |
David Arquette |
5/7/00 |
| David Arquette |
Diamond Dallas Page |
4/25/00 |
| Diamond Dallas Page [3] |
Jeff Jarrett |
4/24/00 |
| Jeff Jarrett |
n/a |
4/16/00 |
|
Vince Russo vacated the title on April 10, 2000 in Denver, Colorado. Jeff
Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final. |
| Sid Vicious [2] |
Kevin Nash |
1/25/00 |
| Kevin Nash [3] |
n/a |
1/25/00 |
|
Kevin Nash awards himself the title after stripping it from Sid Vicious. |
| Sid Vicious |
n/a |
1/24/00 |
| Sid
Vicious defeated Kevin Nash for the title. Was stripped of the title a day
later by "commissioner" Nash. |
| Chris Benoit |
n/a |
1/16/00 |
|
Title was vacated on January 15, 2000 due to Bret Hart's injury. Chris
Benoit defeated Sid Vicious for the title. Title was then vacated on January
17, 2000 due to a dispute with WCW. |
| Bret Hart [2] |
n/a |
12/20/99 |
| Bret
Hart vacated the title on "NITRO" in the show and defeated Bill Goldberg for
the title in the main event. |
| Bret Hart |
n/a |
11/21/99 |
| Bret
Hart defeated Chris Benoit in a 32-man tournament final to win the title. |
| Sting [6] |
Hulk Hogan |
9/12/99 |
| The
title was decalred vacant on October 25, 1999 when Sting attacked referee
Charles Robinson the previous night. |
| Hulk Hogan [6] |
Randy Savage |
7/12/99 |
| Randy Savage [4] |
Kevin Nash |
7/11/99 |
| Kevin Nash [2] |
Diamond Dallas Page |
5/9/99 |
| Diamond Dallas Page [2] |
Sting |
4/26/99 |
| Sting [5] |
Diamond Dallas Page |
4/26/99 |
| Diamond Dallas Page |
Ric Flair |
4/11/99 |
| Ric Flair [6] |
Hulk Hogan |
3/14/99 |
| Hulk Hogan [5] |
Kevin Nash |
1/4/99 |
| Kevin Nash |
Bill Goldberg |
12/27/98 |
| Bill Goldberg |
Hulk Hogan |
7/6/98 |
| Hulk Hogan [4] |
Randy Savage |
4/20/98 |
| Randy Savage [3] |
Sting |
4/19/98 |
| Sting [4] |
n/a |
2/22/98 |
|
Sting defeated Hulk Hogan for the vacated title. |
| Sting [3] |
Hulk Hogan |
12/28/97 |
| 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. |
| Hulk Hogan [3] |
Lex Luger |
8/9/97 |
| Lex Luger [2] |
Hulk Hogan |
8/4/97 |
| Hulk Hogan [2] |
The Giant |
8/10/96 |
| The Giant [2] |
Ric Flair |
4/22/96 |
| Ric Flair [5] |
Randy Savage |
2/11/96 |
| Randy Savage [2] |
Ric Flair |
1/22/96 |
| Ric Flair [4] |
Randy Savage |
12/27/95 |
| Randy Savage |
n/a |
11/26/95 |
|
Randy Savage wins a 60-man battle royal for the title when he eliminated the
One Man Gang. Hulk Hogan, who was not eliminated during the match, but was
according to referee Randy Anderson thus awarding the title to Randy Savage. |
| The Giant |
Hulk Hogan |
10/29/95 |
| The
Giant wins the title by Disqualification. Jimmy Hart, who was Hulk Hogan's
manager, signed the title contract so that the title can change hands on a
Disqualification. He was stripped of the title on November 6, 1995 when WCW
claimed the decision unfounded. |
| Hulk Hogan |
Ric Flair |
7/17/94 |
| Ric Flair [3] |
n/a |
4/24/94 |
| Ric Flair defeats
Ricky Steamboat in a rematch. |
| Ric Flair [2] |
Big Van Vader |
12/27/93 |
| 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. |
| Big Van Vader [3] |
Sting |
3/17/93 |
| Sting [2] |
Big Van Vader |
3/11/93 |
| Big Van Vader [2] |
Ron Simmons |
12/30/92 |
| Ron Simmons |
Big Van Vader |
8/2/92 |
| Big Van Vader |
Sting |
7/12/92 |
| Sting |
Lex Luger |
2/29/92 |
| Lex Luger |
n/a |
7/14/91 |
| Lex
Luger defeated Barry Windham for the vacated title. |
| Ric Flair |
Sting |
1/11/91 |
| Wins NWA World
Heavyweight Title from Sting and is recognized as first WCW World
Heavyweight Champion. |
