WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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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). It was the original world title of the World Championship Wrestling promotion, spun off from the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It existed in WCW from 1991 to 2001.
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling (January 11, 1991 – March 23, 2001) World Wrestling Federation (March 23, 2001 – December 9, 2001) | ||||||||||
Date established | January 11, 1991 | ||||||||||
Date retired | December 9, 2001 (unified with the WWF Championship) | ||||||||||
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Following the acquisition of WCW by the WWF in March 2001, it became one of two world titles in the WWF, with its name being immediately abbreviated to the WCW Championship and finally, the World Championship in November. It continued to complement the then-WWF Championship until the following month, when both titles were unified to create the [[Undisputed championship (professional wrestling)#World
Ric Flair was the first holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with Chris Jericho being the last.[1] The title was the second of five to be represented by the historic Big Gold Belt, first introduced in 1986.