The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship originally used in World Championship Wrestling and later, the World Wrestling Federation. Esta
Sting (left) and Ric Flair (right) holding a replica of the Big Gold Belt which represented both the WCW World Heavyweight championship and NWA World Championship at different points
Six-time champion Hulk Hogan shown here holding the title in 1994.
Chris Jericho, seen in 2003, was the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion under the WWF umbrella when he unified with Stone Cold Steve Austin's WWF Championship at Vengeance in 2001.
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Richard Morgan Fliehr, known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. As of November 2023, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling in a legends role for special appearanc
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
…on December 9, 2001, at Vengeance; the undisputed title followed the lineage of the WWF Championship while the WCW title was immediately retired. Ric Flair was the first holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with Chris Jericho being the last. The title was the second to be represented by the…
Flair in 2025
Flair (right) wrestling Paul Jones, c. 1979
One of Flair's signature robes
Flair in 1996