Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
[...]
Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
*
If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
<
Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
+
Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
@
Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
#
Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
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.
Rick Rude
1993-09-19
Houston, TX
Recognized as "WCW International" World Heavyweight Champion after withdrawal of WCW from NWA.
Hase Hiroshi
1994-03-16
Tōkyō, JPN
Billed as WCW International Heavyweight Title in Japan.
Rick Rude defeats Sting for the title on 94-05-01 in Fukuoka, JPN, 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.
