The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship originally used in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).

The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and its lineage began when Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which used the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) alliance name.

World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS).

The World Heavyweight Championship that has been carried by such greats as Batista and Triple H got its start in WWE back in 2002. But its prestigious lineage can actually be traced back all the way to George Hackenschmidt and 1904.

Join the revived WCW.com on a look back at World Championship Wrestling. In 2001, WWE acquired longtime rival WCW. What exactly was WCW and how does its legacy live on today?

Here, WWE.com recounts the events that built WCW into an empire and the missteps that made it fall. Let’s get ready to rumble! Throughout the 1980s, Ted Turner presents the action from Jim Crockett Promotions on the “World Championship Wrestling” program on his TBS network.

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The following champion history features the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Flair defeated Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and was also recognized as the first WCW World Heavyweight Champion. The "Big Gold Belt" simultaneously represented both …

World Championship Wrestling war eine zwischen 1988 und 2001 operierende Wrestling-Liga mit Firmensitz in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Die Liga ging aus den Jim Crockett Promotions von Jim Crockett Jr. hervor, als diese von Medienmogul Ted Turner aufgekauft wurden.

Results from WCW TV shows including Nitro and Thunder, and specials like Clash of the Champions; Results from WCW PPV events including Starrcade, The Great American Bash, and more; Histories for all of WCW’s championship titles, including the …