| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
City/Event |
| Norman Smiley |
Brian Knobbs |
11/21/1999 |
Mayhem[1] |
| Brian Knobbs |
Norman Smiley |
1/12/2000 |
Thunder |
Bam Bam
Bigelow |
Brian Knobbs |
2/7/2000 |
Monday Nitro |
| Brian Knobbs (2) |
Bam Bam
Bigelow |
2/20/2000 |
Superbrawl 2000 |
| 3 Count |
Brian Knobbs |
2/28/2000 |
Monday Nitro[2] |
| Brian Knobbs (3) |
3 Count |
3/19/2000 |
UnCeNSoReD[3] |
| Terry Funk |
Norman Smiley |
4/16/2000 |
Spring Stampede[4] |
| Shane Douglas |
Terry Funk |
5/22/2000 |
Monday Nitro |
| Terry Funk (2) |
Shane Douglas |
5/24/2000 |
Thunder[5] |
| Eric Bischoff |
Terry Funk |
6/5/2000 |
Monday Nitro |
| The Mamalukes |
– |
6/7/2000 |
Thunder[6] |
| Big Vito (2) |
Johnny the Bull |
6/19/2000 |
Monday Nitro[7] |
| Lance Storm |
Big Vito |
7/24/2000 |
Monday Nitro[8] |
| Carl Oulette |
– |
7/24/2000 |
Monday Nitro[9] |
Norman Smiley
(2) |
Carl Oulette |
8/14/2000 |
Monday Nitro[10] |
| Reno |
Sgt. AWOL |
10/2/2000 |
Monday Nitro[11] |
| Crowbar |
Reno |
11/8/2000 |
Thunder |
| Terry Funk (3) |
Crowbar |
12/17/2000 |
Starrcade |
| Meng |
Terry Funk |
1/14/2001 |
Sin[12] |
| In March 2001, WWE buys out WCW and the title is retired because the WWF already had a hardcore title at the time. |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final match to determine the first ever WCW Hardcore champion.
[2]: All three members of 3 Count (Shannon Moore, Shane Helms and Evan Karagias) pinned Knobbs simultaneously to win the title.
[3]: Once the Russo/Bischoff era started on 4/10/2000, all the titles were made vacant as they reset the company.
[4]: Due to the Hardcore title being vacant, Terry Funk and Norman Smiley were chosen to compete and the winner would capture the title.
[5]: This was a handicap match with Funk and Smiley taking on Shane Douglas. Terry Funk scored the pinfall and therefore regained the title.
[6]: Bischoff awarded the WCW Hardcore title to both Johnny the Bull and Big Vito of the Mamalukes tag team and deemed them as co-champions.
[7]: Vito pinned Johnny the Bull to become the undisputed WCW Hardcore champion.
[8]: When Lance Storm won the title, he changed the name of the belt to the Saskatchewan Hardcore International title. Turn it into an acronym, and you’ll see the joke.
[9]: Storm awarded the belt to fellow Canadian Carl Oulette to make him the new champion.
[10]: Acting WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders vacated the title and started up a tournament.
[11]: This was a tournament final. Sgt. AWOL actually won the match, but acting WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders overturned the decision and gave the belt to Reno.
[12]: The belt became vacant once Meng left for the WWF to appear at the Royal Rumble. With Meng’s departure from the company, WCW basically abandoned the belt.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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