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WCW Hardcore Title History
Posted by Matt
| 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
WCW World Cruiserweight Title History
Posted by Matt
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Pillman | Richard Morton | 10/27/1991 | Halloween Havoc[1] |
| Jushin Liger | Brian Pillman | 12/25/1991 | Atlanta, GA |
| Brian Pillman (2) | Jushin Liger | 2/29/1992 | Superbrawl II |
| Scotty Flamingo | Brian Pillman | 6/20/1992 | Beach Blast |
| Brad Armstrong | Scotty Flamingo | 7/5/1992 | Atlanta, GA[2] |
| Shinjiro Ohtani | Wild Pegasus | 3/20/1996 | Japan[3] |
| Dean Malenko | Shinjiro Ohtani | 5/2/1996 | Worldwide |
| Rey Mysterio | Dean Malenko | 7/8/1996 | Monday Nitro |
| Dean Malenko (2) | Rey Mysterio | 10/27/1996 | Halloween Havoc |
| Ultimo Dragon | Dean Malenko | 12/29/1996 | Starrcade |
| Dean Malenko (3) | Ultimo Dragon | 1/21/1997 | Clash 34 |
| Syxx | Dean Malenko | 2/23/1997 | Superbrawl VII |
| Chris Jericho | Syxx | 6/28/1997 | Saturday Nitro |
| Alex Wright | Chris Jericho | 7/28/1997 | Monday Nitro |
| Chris Jericho (2) | Alex Wright | 8/16/1997 | Saturday Night |
| Eddie Guerrero | Chris Jericho | 9/14/1997 | Fall Brawl |
| Rey Mysterio (2) | Eddie Guerrero | 10/26/1997 | Halloween Havoc |
| Eddie Guerrero (2) | Rey Mysterio | 11/10/1997 | Monday Nitro |
| Ultimo Dragon (2) | Eddie Guerrero | 12/29/1997 | Monday Nitro |
| Juventud Guerrera | Ultimo Dragon | 1/8/1998 | Thunder |
| Rey Mysterio (3) | Juventud Guerrera | 1/15/1998 | Thunder |
| Chris Jericho (3) | Rey Mysterio | 1/24/1998 | Souled Out |
| Dean Malenko (4) | Chris Jericho | 5/17/1998 | Slamboree[4] |
| Chris Jericho (4) | Dean Malenko | 6/14/1998 | Great American Bash[5] |
| Juventud Guerrera (2) | Chris Jericho | 8/8/1998 | Road Wild[6] |
| Billy Kidman | Juventud Guerrera | 9/14/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Juventud Guerrera (3) | Billy Kidman | 11/16/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Billy Kidman (2) | Juventud Guerrera | 11/22/1998 | World War III |
| Rey Mysterio (4) | Billy Kidman | 3/15/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Psychosis | Rey Mysterio | 4/19/1999 | Monday Nitro[7] |
| Rey Mysterio (5) | Psychosis | 4/26/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Lenny Lane | Rey Mysterio | 8/19/1999 | Thunder[8] |
| Disco Inferno | Psychosis | 10/4/1999 | Monday Nitro[9] |
| Evan Karagias | Disco Inferno | 11/22/1999 | Mayhem |
| Madusa | Evan Karagias | 12/19/1999 | Starrcade |
| Oklahoma | Madusa | 1/16/2000 | Souled Out[10] |
| The Artist | Lash Leroux | 2/20/2000 | Superbrawl 2000[11] |
| Billy Kidman (3) | The Artist | 3/30/2000 | Baltimore, MD |
| The Artist (2) | Billy Kidman | 3/31/2000 | Pittsburgh, PA[12] |
| Chris Candido | – | 4/16/2000 | Spring Stampede[13] |
| Crowbar & Daffney | Chris Candido & TammyLynnSytch |
5/15/2000 | Monday Nitro[14] |
| Daffney | Crowbar | 5/22/2000 | Monday Nitro[15] |
| Lieutenant Loco | Daffney | 6/6/2000 | Thunder[16] |
| Lance Storm | Lieutenant Loco | 7/31/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| Elix Skipper | – | 8/14/2000 | Monday Nitro[17] |
| Mike Sanders | Elix Skipper | 10/2/2000 | Monday Nitro[18] |
| Chavo Guerrero (2) | Mike Sanders | 12/4/2000 | Thunder |
| Shane Helms | Chavo Guerrero | 3/18/2001 | Greed |
| In March 2001, WWE buys out WCW and the title becomes defended on WWE programming. | |||
| Billy Kidman (4) | Gregory Helms | 7/5/2001 | Smackdown! |
| X-Pac (2) | Billy Kidman | 7/30/2001 | Raw is War[19] |
| Billy Kidman (5) | X-Pac | 10/11/2001 | Smackdown! |
| Tajiri | Billy Kidman | 10/22/2001 | Raw[20] |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final match to determine the first ever WCW Light Heavyweight champion.
[2]: Armstrong vacated the title at the Clash of the Champions 20 on 9/2/1992 because of a knee injury. A tournament was scheduled to begin, but never happened and the title was dropped when Eric Bischoff took over WCW in March 1993.
[3]: This was a tournament final match to crown the first ever WCW World Cruiserweight champion.
[4]: Since Malenko could no longer challenge for the WCW World Cruiserweight title, he won a battle royal under Cicople’s mask to get a shot at Jericho and his title. Because of the way he won the title, Malenko was stripped of the belt on the 6/11/98 Thunder.
[5]: This was a match to determine a champion. Jericho won by disqualification, which still counts as a title win for him.
[6]: Dean Malenko served as the special guest referee in this match.
[7]: This was a four-way match which also included Juventud Guerrera and Blitzkrieg.
[8]: Lane was stripped of the belt because of his homosexual gimmick that made TBS uncomfortable.
[9]: Disco Inferno and Psychosis wrestled to crown a new WCW World Cruiserweight champion.
[10]: Oklahoma was forced to vacate the belt because he exceeded the weight limit requirements.
[11]: This was a tournament final.
[12]: Once the Russo/Bischoff era started on 4/10/2000, all the titles were made vacant as they reset the company.
[13]: Candido won a six-way match which also included The Artist, Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore, Lash Leroux and Crowbar.
[14]: Crowbar and Daffney defeated Candido & Tammy Lynn Sytch in a mixed tag match to become co-champions.
[15]: Daffney defeated Crowbar to become the undisputed champion.
[16]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Disco Inferno.
[17]: Since Lance Storm was already the WCW U.S. champion and the WCW Hardcore champion, he awarded the WCW World Cruiserweight title to fellow Team Canada partner Elix Skipper.
[18]: Sanders and Kevin Nash defeated Elix Skipper in a handicap powerbomb match to win the belt.
[19]: With X-Pac’s WCW World Cruiserweight title win, this unified the belts with the WWF Light Heavyweight title.
[20]: With the demise of the Alliance at the Survivor Series PPV on 11/18/01, the title becomes known as the WWF Cruiserweight title.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
Posted in WCW
Tags: Alex Wright, Billy Kidman, Blitzkrieg, Brad Armstrong, Brian Pillman, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Chris Candido, Chris Jericho, Crowbar, Daffney, Dean Malenko, Devon Storm, Disco Inferno, Eddie Guerrero, Elix Skipper, Evan Karagias, Gregory Helms, Jushin Liger, Juventud Guerrera, Kevin Nash, Lance Storm, Lash Leroux, Lenny Lane, Madusa, Mike Sanders, Oklahoma, Prince Iaukea, Psychosis, Raven, Rey Mysterio, Ricky Morton, Scotty Flamingo, Shannon Moore, Shinjiro Ohtani, Syxx, Tajiri, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Ultimo Dragon, X-Pac
WCW World Tag Team Titles History
Posted by Matt
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doom | – | 1/1/1991 | –[1] |
| The Freebirds | Doom | 2/24/1991 | WrestleWar |
| Rick & Scott Steiner | The Freebirds | 3/9/1991 | Power Hour[2] |
| The Enforcers | Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmaier | 9/5/1991 | Clash 16[3] |
| Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes | The Enforcers | 11/19/1991 | Clash 17 |
| Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton | Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes | 1/16/1992 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Rick & Scott Steiner (2) | Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton | 5/3/1992 | Chicago, IL |
| Steve Williams & Terry Gordy | Rick & Scott Steiner | 7/5/1992 | Atlanta, GA |
| Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes | Steve Williams & Terry Gordy | 9/21/1992 | Saturday Night |
| Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas | Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes | 11/18/1992 | Clash 21 |
| The Hollywood Blondes | Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas | 3/2/1993 | Power Hour |
| Arn Anderson & Paul Roma | The Hollywood Blondes | 8/18/1993 | Clash 24 |
| The Nasty Boys | Arn Anderson & Paul Roma | 9/19/1993 | Fall Brawl |
| Marcus Bagwell & Too Cold Scorpio | The Nasty Boys | 10/4/1993 | Saturday Night |
| The Nasty Boys (2) | Marcus Bagwell & Too Cold Scorpio | 10/24/1993 | Halloween Havoc |
| Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan | The Nasty Boys | 5/22/1994 | Slamboree |
| Pretty Wonderful | Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan | 7/17/1994 | Bash at the Beach |
| Stars N Stripes | Pretty Wonderful | 9/25/1994 | Saturday Night |
| Pretty Wonderful (2) | Stars N Stripes | 10/23/1994 | Halloween Havoc |
| Stars N Stripes (2) | Pretty Wonderful | 11/16/1994 | Clash 29 |
| Harlem Heat | Stars N Stripes | 12/8/1994 | Saturday Night |
| The Nasty Boys (3) | Harlem Heat | 5/21/1995 | Slamboree |
| Harlem Heat (2) | The Nasty Boys | 6/24/1995 | Worldwide |
| Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater | Harlem Heat | 7/22/1995 | Saturday Night |
| Harlem Heat (3) | Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater | 9/17/1995 | Fall Brawl |
| The American Males | Harlem Heat | 9/18/1995 | Monday Nitro |
| Harlem Heat (4) | The American Males | 10/28/1995 | Saturday Night |
| Sting & Lex Luger | Harlem Heat | 1/22/1996 | Monday Nitro |
| Harlem Heat (5) | Sting & Lex Luger | 6/24/1996 | Monday Nitro |
| Rick & Scott Steiner (3) | Harlem Heat | 7/24/1996 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Harlem Heat (6) | Rick & Scott Steiner | 7/27/1996 | Dayton, OH |
| Public Enemy | Harlem Heat | 9/23/1996 | Monday Nitro |
| Harlem Heat (7) | Public Enemy | 10/5/1996 | Saturday Night |
| The Outsiders | Harlem Heat | 10/27/1996 | Halloween Havoc |
| Rick & Scott Steiner (4) | Scott Hall & Syxx | 10/13/1997 | Monday Nitro[4] |
| The Outsiders (2) | Rick & Scott Steiner | 1/12/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Rick & Scott Steiner (5) | The Outsiders | 2/9/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| The Outsiders (3) | Rick & Scott Steiner | 2/22/1998 | Superbrawl VIII |
| Sting & The Giant | The Outsiders | 5/17/1998 | Slamboree |
| Sting & Kevin Nash | – | 6/15/1998 | Monday Nitro[5] |
| The Giant & Scott Hall | Sting & Kevin Nash | 7/20/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Rick Steiner | The Giant & Scott Steiner | 10/25/1998 | Halloween Havoc[6] |
| Barry Windham & Curt Hennig | Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko | 2/21/1999 | Superbrawl IX[7] |
| Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko | Barry Windham & Curt Hennig | 3/14/1999 | UnCeNSoReD |
| Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman | Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko | 3/29/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Raven & Perry Saturn | Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman | 5/9/1999 | Slamboree |
| Jersey Triad | Raven & Perry Saturn | 5/31/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn | Jersey Triad | 6/10/1999 | Thunder |
| Jersey Triad (2) | Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn | 6/13/1999 | Great American Bash |
| Harlem Heat (8) | Jersey Triad | 8/14/1999 | Road Wild |
| Barry & Kendall Windham | Harlem Heat | 8/23/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Harlem Heat (9) | Barry & Kendall Windham | 9/12/1999 | Fall Brawl |
| Konnan & Rey Mysterio | Harlem Heat | 10/18/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Harlem Heat (10) | Konnan & Rey Mysterio | 10/24/1999 | Halloween Havoc |
| Konnan & Billy Kidman | Harlem Heat | 10/25/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Creative Control | Konnan & Billy Kidman | 11/22/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Bret Hart & Bill Goldberg | Creative Control | 12/6/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| The Outsiders (4) | Bret Hart & Bill Goldberg | 12/13/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| David Flair & Crowbar | Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner | 1/3/2000 | Monday Nitro[8] |
| The Mamalukes | David Flair & Crowbar | 1/19/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| The Harris Brothers (2) | The Mamalukes | 2/12/2000 | Germany |
| The Mamalukes (2) | The Harris Brothers | 2/13/2000 | Germany |
| The Harris Brothers (3) | The Mamalukes | 3/19/2000 | UnCeNSoReD[9] |
| Shane Douglas & Buff Bagwell | Ric Flair & Lex Luger | 4/16/2000 | Spring Stampede[10] |
| KroniK | Shane Douglas & Buff Bagwell | 5/15/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| Perfect Event | KroniK | 5/31/2000 | Thunder |
| KroniK (2) | Perfect Event | 7/9/2000 | Bash at the Beach |
| Great Muta & Vampiro | KroniK | 8/13/2000 | New Blood Rising |
| Rey Mysterio & Juventud Guerrera | Great Muta & Vampiro | 8/14/2000 | Monday Nitro[11] |
| Sean O’Haire & Mark Jindrak | – | 9/25/2000 | Monday Nitro[12] |
| Misfits in Action | Sean O’Haire & Mark Jindrak | 10/9/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| Sean O’Haire & Mark Jindrak (2) | Misfits in Action | 10/9/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| Alex Wright & General Rection | Sean O’Haire & Mark Jindrak | 11/16/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| Perfect Event (2) | Alex Wright & General Rection | 11/20/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| The Insiders | Perfect Event | 11/26/2000 | Mayhem |
| Perfect Event (3) | The Insiders | 12/4/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| The Insiders (2) | Perfect Event | 12/17/2000 | Starrcade |
| Chuck Palumbo & Sean O’Haire | The Insiders | 1/14/2001 | Sin |
| In March 2001, WWE buys out WCW and the title becomes defended on WWE programming. | |||
| The Undertaker & Kane | Chuck Palumbo & Sean O’Haire | 8/9/2001 | Smackdown! |
| Booker T & Test | The Undertaker & Kane | 9/25/2001 | Smackdown! |
| The Hardy Boyz | Booker T & Test | 10/8/2001 | Raw |
| The Dudley Boyz | The Hardy Boyz | 10/25/2001 | Smackdown![13] |
Footnotes:
[1]: When WCW withdrew from the NWA in January 1991, Doom’s NWA world tag team title reign carried over to the first ever WCW world tag title reign.
[2]: The Steiners actually won the titles before WrestleWar in real time, giving the Freebirds a negative title reign.
[3]: After Scott Steiner suffered an injury in June 1991, the titles were vacated. This was a tournament final.
[4]: Syxx is subbing for an injured Kevin Nash.
[5]: When Sting and Giant couldn’t get along, they had a match to determine who would get the tag belts. Sting won the match and chose Kevin Nash as his new partner.
[6]: Rick Steiner won a handicap match against the Giant and Scott Steiner who was subbing for Scott Hall.
[7]: After Rick Steiner was suffered an injury in January 1999, he and partner Kenny Kaos were stripped of the titles. This was a tournament final.
[8]: On the December 27, 1999 Nitro, the Outsiders vacated the titles after Scott Hall sustained an injury. This was a tournament final.
[9]: On April 10, 2000 when Bischoff and Russo joined together to take control of WCW, all the titles were made vacant for the WCW reboot.
[10]: This was a tournament final.
[11]: The titles became vacant when WCW Commissioner Ernest Miller pinned Disco Inferno. Whatever.
[12]: O’Haire & Jindrak won the titles in a six-team battle royal.
[13]: At Survivor Series on 11/18/2001, the titles were retired after being unified with the WWF tag team championship.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
Posted in WCW
Tags: Alex Wright, American Males, Arn Anderson, Bam Bam Bigelow, Barry Windham, Big Vito, Bill Goldberg, Bill Kazmaier, Billy Kidman, Bobby Eaton, Booker T, Bret Hart, Brian Adams, Brian Knobbs, Brian Pillman, Bryan Clarke, Bubba Ray Dudley, Bunkhouse Buck, Butch Reed, Cactus Jack, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Chuck Palumbo, Crowbar, Curt Hennig, D-Von Dudley, David Flair, Dean Malenko, Devon Storm, Diamond Dallas Page, Dick Slater, Doom, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Dudley Boyz, Dustin Rhodes, Enforcers, Fabulous Freebirds, General Rection, Great Muta, Hardy Boyz, Harlem Heat, Hollywood Blondes, Jeff Hardy, Jerry Sags, Jimmy Garvin, Johnny Grunge, Johnny the Bull, Juventud Guerrera, Kane, Kanyon, Kendall Windham, Kevin Nash, Kevin Sullivan, Konnan, KroniK, Larry Zbyszko, Lash Leroux, Lex Luger, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Mark Jindrak, Matt Hardy, Michael Hayes, Miracle-Violence Connection, Paul Orndorff, Paul Roma, Perfect Event, Perry Saturn, Pretty Wonderful, Public Enemy, Raven, Rey Mysterio, Ricky Steamboat, Rocco Rock, Ron & Don Harris, Ron Simmons, Scott Hall, Scotty Riggs, Sean O'Haire, Shane Douglas, Shawn Stasiak, Stars N Stripes, Steiner Brothers, Steve Austin, Stevie Ray, Sting, Syxx, Terry Gordy, Test, The Giant, The Insiders, The Outsiders, The Patriot, Too Cold Scorpio, Undertaker, Vampiro
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