WCW World Television Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the WCW World Television 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 World Television Championship was a secondary title contested in World Championship Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance and Jim Crockett Promotions, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on February 27, 1974.

WCW World Television Championship: Title History

Promotions / Brands

Promotion	from	to
Promotion WCW	September 6, 1993	April 10, 2000
Promotion WCWNWA	November 21, 1988	September 5, 1993
Promotion NWAJCP	February 27, 1974	November 20, 1988

Championship Names & Belt Designs
- WCW World Television Championship June 18, 1995 April 10, 2000
- WCW World Television Championship May 23, 1992 June 17, 1995
- WCW World Television Championship January 11, 1991 May 22, 1992
- NWA World Television Championship April 8, 1985 January 10, 1991
- NWA Television Championship November 1, 1977 April 7, 1985
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship February 27, 1974 October 31, 1977

WCW World Television Championship: Title Reigns

N.	Image	Champion	Reign
	Deactivated April 10, 2000 Denver, CO \| WCW Nitro 8816+ days The title was retired by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted.
104		Jim Duggan 1 February 19, 2000 Bethlehem, PA \| WCW Saturday Night 51 days Duggan found the belt in a dumpster and claimed the title.	51 days
		Vacant November 29, 1999 Denver, CO \| WCW Nitro 82 days Hall abandoned the title by giving it to Kevin Nash / Diesel, who then threw the belt into a trashcan vacating it.	82 days
103		Scott Hall 1 November 21, 1999 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| WCW Mayhem 1999 8 days	8 days
102		Rick Steiner 3 October 24, 1999 Las Vegas, NV \| WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 28 days	28 days
101		Chris Benoit 3 September 13, 1999 Chapel Hill, North Carolina \| WCW Nitro 41 days	41 days
100		Rick Steiner 2 May 9, 1999 St. Louis, MI \| WCW Slamboree 1999 127 days	127 days
99		Booker T 6 March 14, 1999 Louisville, KY \| WCW/nWo Uncensored 1999 56 days	56 days
98		Scott Steiner 2 December 28, 1998 Baltimore, MD \| WCW Nitro 76 days	76 days
97		Konnan 1 November 30, 1998 Chattanooga, TN \| WCW Nitro 28 days	28 days
96		Chris Jericho 1 August 10, 1998 Rapid City, SD \| WCW Nitro 112 days	112 days
95		Stevie Ray 1 July 14, 1998 Baltimore, MD \| Live event 27 days Stevie Ray claimed the title saying he was given Power of Attorney by Booker T to defend the title due to him not being allowed to compete due to injury.	27 days
94		Booker T 5 June 14, 1998 Baltimore, MD \| WCW/nWo The Great American Bash 1998 30 days	30 days
93		Fit Finlay 1 May 4, 1998 Indianapolis, IN \| WCW Nitro 41 days	41 days
92		Booker T 4 May 3, 1998 Savannah, GA \| Live event 1 day	1 day
91		Chris Benoit 2 May 2, 1998 North Charleston, SC \| Live event 1 day	1 day
90		Booker T 3 May 1, 1998 Greenville, SC \| Live event 1 day	1 day
89		Chris Benoit 1 April 30, 1998 Augusta, GA \| Live event 1 day	1 day
88		Booker T 2 February 22, 1998 San Francisco, CA \| WCW/nWo SuperBrawl VIII 67 days	67 days
87		Rick Martel 1 February 16, 1998 Tampa, FL \| WCW Nitro 6 days	6 days
86		Booker T 1 December 29, 1997 Baltimore, MD \| WCW Nitro 49 days	49 days
85		Disco Inferno 2 December 8, 1997 Buffalo, NY \| WCW Nitro 21 days	21 days
84		Saturn 1 November 3, 1997 Philadelphia, PA \| WCW Nitro 35 days	35 days
83		Disco Inferno 1 September 22, 1997 Salt Lake City, UT \| WCW Nitro 42 days	42 days
82		Alex Wright 1 August 21, 1997 Nashville, TN \| WCW Clash of the Champions XXXV 32 days	32 days
81		Último Dragón 2 July 22, 1997 Jacksonville, FL \| WCW Nitro 30 days	30 days
80		Steven Regal 4 May 18, 1997 Charlotte, NC \| WCW Slamboree 1997 65 days	65 days
79		Ultimate Dragon 1 April 7, 1997 Huntsville, AL \| WCW Nitro 41 days	41 days
78		Prince Iaukea 1 February 17, 1997 Tampa, FL \| WCW Nitro 49 days	49 days
77		Lord Steven Regal 3 August 31, 1996 Dalton, GA \| WCW Saturday Night 170 days	170 days
76		Lex Luger 2 March 6, 1996 Macon, GA \| WCW Saturday Night 178 days	178 days
75		Johnny B. Badd 3 February 18, 1996 Norfolk, VA \| Live event 17 days	17 days
74		Lex Luger 1 February 17, 1996 Baltimore, MD \| Live event 1 day	1 day
73		Johnny B. Badd 2 October 29, 1995 Detroit, MI \| WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 111 days	111 days
72		Diamond Dallas Page 1 September 17, 1995 Asheville, NC \| WCW Fall Brawl 1995 42 days	42 days
71		The Renegade 1 June 18, 1995 Dayton, OH \| WCW The Great American Bash 1995 91 days	91 days
70		Arn Anderson 4 January 8, 1995 Atlanta, GA \| Main Event 161 days	161 days
69		Johnny B. Badd 1 September 18, 1994 Roanoke, VA \| WCW Fall Brawl 1994 112 days	112 days
68		Lord Steven Regal 2 June 23, 1994 North Charleston, SC \| WCW Clash of the Champions XXVII 87 days	87 days
67		Larry Zbyszko 1 May 28, 1994 Atlanta, GA \| WCW Saturday Night 26 days	26 days
66		Lord Steven Regal 1 September 19, 1993 Houston, TX \| WCW Fall Brawl 1993 251 days	251 days
65		Ricky Steamboat 4 August 18, 1993 Daytona Beach, FL \| WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV 32 days During this reign, in September 1, 1993, WCW conclusively left NWA.	32 days
64		Paul Orndorff 1 March 27, 1993 Macon, Georgia \| Power Hour 144 days Defeated Erik Watts in a tournament final for the vacant title.	144 days
		Vacant January 13, 1993 73 days Steiner was stripped of the title after he and his brother Rick Steiner left WCW for WWF.	73 days
63		Scott Steiner 1 October 10, 1992 Columbus, GA \| WorldWide 95 days	95 days
62		Ricky Steamboat 3 September 2, 1992 Atlanta, GA \| WCW Clash of the Champions XX: 20th Anniversary 38 days	38 days
61		Stunning Steve 2 June 13, 1992 Chattanooga, TN \| WorldWide 81 days	81 days
60		Barry Windham 1 May 9, 1992 Atlanta, GA \| WCW Saturday Night 35 days	35 days
59		Steve Austin 1 June 29, 1991 Birmingham, AL \| WorldWide 315 days	315 days
58		Bobby Eaton 1 May 19, 1991 St. Petersburg, FL \| WCW SuperBrawl I 41 days	41 days
57		Arn Anderson 3 February 2, 1991 Perry, GA \| WorldWide 106 days Anderson won the title defeating the previous champion The Z-Man, and during his reign in 1991 WCW split from the NWA and the NWA World Television Championship became the WCW World Television Championship.	106 days
56		Tom Zenk 1 December 29, 1990 Atlanta, GA \| World Championship Wrestling 35 days	35 days
55		Arn Anderson 2 January 2, 1990 Gainesville, GA \| Power Hour 361 days	361 days
54		The Great Muta 1 September 3, 1989 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 121 days Defeated Sting to win the vacant title.	121 days
		Vacant July 23, 1989 Baltimore, MD \| WCW The Great American Bash 1989 42 days The title was vacated after a controversial finish to a match between Sting and The Great Muta.	42 days
53		Sting 1 March 31, 1989 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 114 days	114 days
52		Mike Rotunda 3 February 20, 1989 Chicago, IL \| WCW Chi-Town Rumble 1989 39 days	39 days
51		Rick Steiner 1 December 26, 1988 Norfolk, VA \| WCW Starrcade 1988: True Gritt 56 days	56 days
50		Mike Rotunda 2 January 26, 1988 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 335 days On November 21, 1988 the NWA's flagship promotion JCP was purchased by Ted Turner and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW).	335 days
49		Nikita Koloff 1 August 17, 1987 Fayetteville, NC \| Live event 162 days At Starrcade 1987, Koloff defeated Terry Taylor to unify the UWF Television Championship into the NWA World Television Championship.	162 days
48		Tully Blanchard 3 November 27, 1986 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Starrcade 1986: Night of the Skywalkers 263 days	263 days
47		Dusty Rhodes 3 September 9, 1986 Columbia, SC \| Live event 79 days	79 days
46		Arn Anderson 1 January 4, 1986 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 248 days Defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	248 days
		Vacant October 19, 1985 77 days Rhodes was stripped of the title due to an injury.	77 days
45		Dusty Rhodes 2 July 6, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| NWA The Great American Bash 1985 105 days	105 days
44		Tully Blanchard 2 April 28, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 69 days	69 days
43		Dusty Rhodes 1 March 16, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 43 days During this reign, the title was renamed as "NWA World Television Championship".	43 days
42		Tully Blanchard 1 March 28, 1984 Spartanburg, SC \| Live event 353 days	353 days
41		Mark Youngblood 1 March 7, 1984 Spartanburg, SC \| NWA Starrcade 1984: The Million Dollar Challenge 21 days Defeated Dick Slater in a a tournament final to win the vacant title.	21 days
		Vacant January 1, 1984 66 days Jimmy Valiant dropped the "Charlie Brown" alias and vacated the title.	66 days
40		Charlie Brown 2 November 24, 1983 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 38 days	38 days
39		The Great Kabuki 1 May 23, 1983 Greenville, SC \| Live event 185 days	185 days
38		Jos LeDuc 2 April 30, 1983 Richmond, VA \| Live event 23 days	23 days
37		Dick Slater 2 April 3, 1983 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 27 days	27 days
36		Roddy Piper 2 March 27, 1983 Asheville, NC \| Live event 7 days	7 days
35		Dick Slater 1 February 22, 1983 Columbia, SC \| Live event 33 days	33 days
34		Mike Rotunda 1 December 25, 1982 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 59 days	59 days
33		Bad Leroy Brown 1 November 25, 1982 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 30 days Won a 20-man battle royal to win the vacant title.	30 days
		Vacant October 26, 1982 30 days Jos Leduc was stripped of the title due to cheating.	30 days
32		Jos LeDuc 1 September 19, 1982 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 37 days	37 days
31		Jimmy Valiant 1 January 2, 1982 Hampton, VA \| Live event 260 days	260 days
30		Ivan Koloff 3 November 3, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 60 days	60 days
29		Ron Bass 1 September 6, 1981 Asheville, NC \| Live event 58 days	58 days
28		Greg Valentine 4 June 14, 1981 Live event 84 days	84 days
27		Sweet Ebony Diamond 2 May 30, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 15 days	15 days
26		Greg Valentine 3 May 6, 1981 Live event 24 days	24 days
25		Sweet Ebony Diamond 1 April 29, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 7 days Won a tournament to win the vacant title.	7 days
		Vacant January 27, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 92 days The title was vacated after Roddy Piper won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.	92 days
24		Roddy Piper 1 November 1, 1980 Richmond, VA \| Live event 87 days Defeats Paul Jones in tournament final to win the vacant title.	87 days
		Vacant October 1, 1980 31 days The title was vacated after The Masked Superstar started to team with Paul Jones.	31 days
23		Masked Superstar 1 April 1, 1980 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 183 days Won a tournament to win the vacant title.	183 days
		Vacant October 24, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 160 days The title was vacated after Ricky Steamboat won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Jay Youngblood.	160 days
22		Ricky Steamboat 2 June 10, 1979 Asheville, NC \| Live event 136 days	136 days
21		Paul Jones 5 June 7, 1978 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 368 days	368 days
20		Baron von Raschke 2 March 26, 1978 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 73 days	73 days
19		Johnny Weaver 1 March 5, 1978 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 21 days	21 days
18		Baron von Raschke 1 October 12, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 144 days During this reign, the title was renamed as "NWA Television Championship" after he was billed as having won a tournament for all the regional NWA Television Champions.	144 days
17		Ricky Steamboat 1 June 15, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 119 days	119 days
16		Ric Flair 2 April 4, 1977 Greenville, SC \| Live event 72 days	72 days
15		Rufus R. Jones 2 February 15, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 48 days	48 days
14		Greg Valentine 2 January 19, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 27 days	27 days
13		Rufus R. Jones 1 November 30, 1976 Charleston, SC \| Live event 50 days	50 days
12		Greg Valentine 1 November 8, 1976 Fayetteville, NC \| Live event 22 days	22 days
11		Mr. Wrestling 1 October 16, 1976 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 23 days	23 days
10		Angelo Mosca 2 August 11, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 66 days	66 days
9		Paul Jones 4 June 30, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 42 days	42 days
8		Angelo Mosca 1 April 14, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 77 days Defeated Tim Woods in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	77 days
		Vacant December 3, 1975 133 days Paul Jones gave up the title after he won the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States Heavyweight Championship.	133 days
7		Paul Jones 3 August 8, 1975 Richmond, VA \| Live event 117 days	117 days
6		Ric Flair 1 February 8, 1975 Winston-Salem, NC \| Live event 181 days	181 days
5		Paul Jones 2 December 26, 1974 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 44 days	44 days
4		Ivan Koloff 2 October 24, 1974 Anderson, SC \| Live event 63 days	63 days
3		Paul Jones 1 July 8, 1974 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 108 days	108 days
2		Ivan Koloff 1 May 10, 1974 Richmond, VA \| Live event 59 days	59 days
1		Danny Miller 1 February 27, 1974 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 72 days Defeated Ole Anderson in a tournament final to become the first NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion.	72 days

WCW World Television Championship: Statistics

Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Gender Male
Title Type Secondary Title
Date Established February 27, 1974
Date Retired April 10, 2000

Final ChampionJim Duggan

Most Number of Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	Reigns
1	Booker T	6
2	Steven Regal	4
3	Arn Anderson	4
4	Ricky Steamboat	4
5	Greg Valentine	4

Most Combined Days

Rank	Wrestler	Days
1	Arn Anderson	876
2	Tully Blanchard	685
3	Steven Regal	573
4	Mike Rotunda	433
5	Stunning Steve	396

Longest Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	Reign	Days
1	Paul Jones	June 7, 1978 - June 10, 1979	368
2	Arn Anderson	January 2, 1990 - December 29, 1990	361
3	Tully Blanchard	March 28, 1984 - March 16, 1985	353
4	Mike Rotunda	January 26, 1988 - December 26, 1988	335
5	Steve Austin	June 29, 1991 - May 9, 1992	315