On this page, you find the full Title History for the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.
The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship was a World Title contested in World Championship Wrestling, by men wrestlers.
The championship was first established on July 18, 1993, and the inaugural champion was Ric Flair.
The championship was presented as the highest accolade of "WCW International", a fictitious subsidiary of WCW.
The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship was retired on June 23, 1994, when it was unified into the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with the final champion being Ric Flair.
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Title History
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion 
WCWJuly 18, 1993 June 23, 1994
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Championship Names & Belt Designs
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WCW International World Heavyweight Championship July 18, 1993 June 23, 1994
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For the Title History of the championship in which this title was unified into, see the page for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign Unified into the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
- June 23, 1994
- 11136+ days
The title was unified into the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and retired.7 
Ric Flair 2
- June 23, 1994
- North Charleston, SC
- | WCW Clash of the Champions XXVII
- 0 days
0- days
6 
Sting 2
- May 22, 1994
- Philadelphia, PA
- | WCW Slamboree 1994
- 32 days
Defeated Big Van Vader for the vacant title.32- days
Vacant
- May 22, 1994
- Philadelphia, PA
- | WCW Slamboree 1994
- 0 days
Sting was notified of the reversal at Slamboree, but refused the title, leaving it vacant.0- days
5 Sting 1
- April 17, 1994
- Rosemont, IL
- | WCW Spring Stampede 1994
- 35 days
During this reign, at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1994, Rude won the title but victory was his victory was reversed due to use of the belt as a weapon.35- days
4 
"Ravishing" Rick Rude 2
- March 24, 1994
- Kyoto, Japan | House show
- 24 days
24- days
3 
Hiroshi Hase 1
- March 16, 1994
- Tokyo, Japan | House show
- 8 days
8- days
2 "Ravishing" Rick Rude 1
- September 19, 1993
- Houston, TX
- | WCW Fall Brawl 1993
- 178 days
178- days
1 Ric Flair 1
- July 18, 1993
- Biloxi, MI
- | WCW Beach Blast 1993
- 63 days
Defeated Barry Windham for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. During this reign WCW conclusively left NWA; Flair returned to WCW and was recognized as the inaugural WCW International World Heavyweight Champion (for the fictitious new subsidiary WCW International).63- days
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Statistics
- Promotion
World Championship Wrestling
- Gender Male
- Title Type Primary Title
- Date Established July 18, 1993
- Date Retired June 23, 1994
- Unified Into
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
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| 1 | "Ravishing" Rick Rude | 2 |
| 2 | Sting | 2 |
| 3 | Ric Flair | 2 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Hase | 1 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
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| "Ravishing" Rick Rude | 202 | |
| Sting | 67 | |
| Ric Flair | 63 | |
| Hiroshi Hase | 8 |
Longest Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
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| "Ravishing" Rick Rude | September 19, 1993 - March 16, 1994 | 178 | |
| Ric Flair | July 18, 1993 - September 19, 1993 | 63 | |
| Sting | April 17, 1994 - May 22, 1994 | 35 | |
| Sting | May 22, 1994 - June 23, 1994 | 32 | |
| "Ravishing" Rick Rude | March 24, 1994 - April 17, 1994 | 24 |