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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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data-file-width="421" data-file-height="236" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Big_Gold_Belt" title="Big Gold Belt">Big Gold Belt</a> represented the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship from 1993–94.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ddd">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Promotion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Brand</th><td class="infobox-data">WCW International</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date established</th><td class="infobox-data">July 18, 1993</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date retired</th><td class="infobox-data">June 23, 1994</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ddd">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">First champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Final champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px">Ric Flair</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Most reigns</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a> (3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Longest reign</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px">Rick Rude (178 days)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Shortest reign</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a> (8 days)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>WCW International World Heavyweight Championship</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship#World_championships" title="Professional wrestling championship">world heavyweight championship</a> that was contested in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) between 1993 and 1994. Although it was owned and controlled by WCW, the championship was presented as the highest accolade of "WCW International", a fictitious subsidiary. The championship was contested at WCW events and at several events in Japan under the aegis of <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW). </p><p>Represented by the historic <a href="/wiki/Big_Gold_Belt" title="Big Gold Belt">Big Gold Belt</a>, the championship originated as the <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA World Heavyweight Championship">world heavyweight title</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA), an umbrella organization of wrestling promotions from which WCW withdrew in 1993. At that time, WCW was responsible for deciding which of their wrestlers would hold the NWA championship. When the NWA withdrew WCW's control of the <a href="/wiki/Booking_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Booking (professional wrestling)">booking</a> of their championship, a fictitious alternative was created to promote the use of the title belt. </p><p>Over the title's history, eight title reigns were shared between four wrestlers. <a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a>'s three title reigns comprise the longest total time as champion with 202 cumulative days. <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a> is the champion with the shortest reign of eight days; Rude holds the longest individual reign of 178 days. <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> was the first and last titleholder. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship has its origins in the <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA World Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Heavyweight Championship</a>, the principal <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">championship</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA). The NWA was a syndicate of wrestling promotions who would <a href="/wiki/Booking_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Booking (professional wrestling)">book</a> an overall champion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELawler2002113_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELawler2002113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion was <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a>, who held the title when he wrestled for WCW. Flair was simultaneously considered the <a href="/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WCW World Heavyweight Champion">WCW World Heavyweight Champion</a>; he was stripped of both titles because he left to work for rival company <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">World Wrestling Federation</a> (WWF, now WWE).<sup id="cite_ref-flair_slam_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flair_slam-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a> won the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which would remain the promotion's primary title throughout WCW's existence until the company's assets were bought by the WWF;<sup id="cite_ref-wcw_world_hist_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wcw_world_hist-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a> won a tournament designed to crown the next holder of the NWA championship.<sup id="cite_ref-nwa_world_hist_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nwa_world_hist-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of WCW withdrawing its membership of the NWA in September 1993, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, now once again held by Flair, no longer carried the NWA name, but WCW retained the physical belt they had used to represent the title. This belt became the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. The NWA then appointed <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Eastern Championship Wrestling</a> as the promotion in charge of booking a new NWA champion.<sup id="cite_ref-nwa_world_hist_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nwa_world_hist-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sting.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A headshot photograph of a blonde man wearing blue, black and white facepaint" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Sting.JPG" decoding="async" width="204" height="193" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="204" data-file-height="193" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> held the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions.</figcaption></figure> <p>Ric Flair was the first WCW International World Heavyweight Champion; he had defeated Barry Windham for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in July 1993 and held it at the point when WCW withdrew from the NWA two months later.<sup id="cite_ref-nwa_world_hist_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nwa_world_hist-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flair was booked by WCW to lose the championship to Rick Rude in the 1993 <a href="/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall Brawl (1993)">Fall Brawl</a> event. After the NWA objected to this, WCW withdrew from the NWA and the title change went ahead, but with no mention of the NWA.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHornbaker2007341_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHornbaker2007341-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a brief time following WCW's withdrawal, the championship was not officially named; it was referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Big_Gold_Belt" title="Big Gold Belt">Big Gold Belt</a>" until WCW management renamed it the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. This was not intended to be the "International World Heavyweight Championship" contested by WCW, but rather the "World Heavyweight Championship" of a fictitious promotion named WCW International.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReynoldsBaer2003136–137_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReynoldsBaer2003136–137-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rude engaged in a promotional tour in Japan with the championship; WCW held a partnership with Japanese promotion <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW).<sup id="cite_ref-pwins_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pwins-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rude lost the championship briefly to NJPW wrestler <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a> as part of this arrangement, regaining it after eight days to set up a loss to <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Angle_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angle (professional wrestling)">angle</a> in which Rude defeated Sting for the championship in another NJPW-organized bout was then set up.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Finish" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">finish</a> was arranged to involve Rude illegally using the title belt as a weapon to score the victory, causing officials to declare the win null and void. Sting refused to accept the title without "winning" it back. This match caused a back injury to Rude, which ended his in-ring career.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShields2010110_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShields2010110-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Slamboree_(1994)" title="Slamboree (1994)">Slamboree</a> event, Rude had been scheduled to defend against Sting in a return match. However, due to the nature of Rude's win (and in reality because of his injury) WCW Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel" title="Nick Bockwinkel">Nick Bockwinkel</a> declared Rude's win void and returned the title to Sting. However, Sting immediately vacated the title, claiming that the fans had come to the event to see him win the title in the ring and they deserved to see a championship match. Therefore, a match for the then-vacant championship was held later that night, in which Sting defeated <a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> to begin a second title reign.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The title last changed hands at the <a href="/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XXVII" class="mw-redirect" title="Clash of the Champions XXVII">Clash of the Champions XXVII</a> event in 1994. The angle matched Sting against Flair, who was now the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, in a <a href="/wiki/Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">championship unification</a> match as a way of eliminate the WCW International title. Flair would win the match, unifying both championships and ending the existence of the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-int_world_hist_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-int_world_hist-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unified title would be represented by the Big Gold Belt. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reigns">Reigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row">No. </th> <td>Overall reign number </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Reign </th> <td>Reign number for the specific champion </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Days </th> <td>Number of days held 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scope="col">Date </th> <th width="15%" scope="col">Event </th> <th width="14%" scope="col">Location </th> <th width="0" data-sort-type="number" scope="col">Reign </th> <th width="0" data-sort-type="number" scope="col">Days </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Flair, Ric"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>July 18, 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beach_Blast_(1993)" title="Beach Blast (1993)">Beach Blast 1993</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi, Mississippi</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>63 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Flair defeated <a href="/wiki/Barry_Windham" title="Barry Windham">Barry Windham</a> for the <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA World Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Heavyweight Championship</a>. The NWA withdraws recognition on September 15, 1993, when WCW leaves the NWA. Flair continued to be recognized as "World Heavyweight Champion" by WCW. WWE does not recognize this reign as a separate reign, and it is included as one of Flair's eight NWA title reigns recognized by WWE. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wcw1993_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wcw1993-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WON93_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON93-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Rude, Rick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>September 19, 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall Brawl (1993)">Fall Brawl 1993</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>178 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Rude was recognized as "WCW International" World Heavyweight Champion after withdrawal of WCW from NWA. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Hase, Hiroshi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>March 16, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">House show</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>8 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Rude, Rick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>March 24, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">House show</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>24 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> </td> <td>April 17, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spring_Stampede_(1994)" title="Spring Stampede (1994)">Spring Stampede 1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosemont,_Illinois" title="Rosemont, Illinois">Rosemont, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>14 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td>— </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rude, Rick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>May 1, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Dontaku_1994" title="Wrestling Dontaku 1994">Wrestling Dontaku 1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukuoka, Japan">Fukuoka, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Later, this victory was reversed due to use of the belt as a weapon and Rude's entire reign became unrecognized by WCW. However, Rude had already defended the title on the April 21, 1994 taping of <i><a href="/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night" title="WCW Saturday Night">WCW Saturday Night</a></i>, which was shown via <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a> on May 14. This reign is currently recognized by <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td>— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>May 22, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slamboree_(1994)" title="Slamboree (1994)">Slamboree 1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Sting was notified of the reversal at Slamboree, but refused the title, leaving it vacant. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-int_world_hist_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-int_world_hist-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> </td> <td>May 22, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slamboree_(1994)" title="Slamboree (1994)">Slamboree 1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>32 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Sting defeated <a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a>, who replaced Rude (who suffered a career-ending injury during the May 1 match) for the held-up championship later that same night. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Flair, Ric"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>June 23, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XXVII" class="mw-redirect" title="Clash of the Champions XXVII">Clash of the Champions XXVII</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="0.1 !"><1</span> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="8.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">Unified</a> </td> <td>June 23, 1994 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">The Big Gold Belt is renamed WCW World Title following the Unification match. The WCW World Title The Nature Boy won on April 21 1994 was retired. </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Combined_reigns">Combined reigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Combined reigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Wrestler </th> <th>No. of reigns </th> <th>Combined days </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Rude, Rick !"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a></span> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>202 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Flair, Ric !"><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <th 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 31,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=WCW+Spring+Stampede+1994+-+Pay+Per+View+%40+Rosemont+Horizon+in+Rosemont%2C+Illinois%2C+USA&rft.pub=Cagematch+-+The+Internet+Wrestling+Database&rft.date=1994-04-17&rft.aulast=Kreikenbohm&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cagematch.net%2F%3Fid%3D1%26nr%3D1594&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCW+International+World+Heavyweight+Championship" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKreikenbohm1994" class="citation web cs1">Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 1, 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=38853">"NJPW Wrestling Dontaku In Fukuoka Dome - TV-Show @ Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Japan"</a>. 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Sometimes</i>. <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0743475577" title="Special:BookSources/0743475577"><bdi>0743475577</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=It%27s+Good+to+be+the+King...+Sometimes&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0743475577&rft.aulast=Lawler&rft.aufirst=Jerry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCW+International+World+Heavyweight+Championship" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReynoldsBaer2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/R._D._Reynolds" title="R. D. Reynolds">Reynolds, R. D.</a>; <a href="/wiki/R._D._Reynolds" title="R. D. Reynolds">Baer, Randy</a> (2003). <i>WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling</i>. <a href="/wiki/ECW_Press" title="ECW Press">ECW Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1550225847" title="Special:BookSources/1550225847"><bdi>1550225847</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=WrestleCrap%3A+The+Very+Worst+of+Pro+Wrestling&rft.pub=ECW+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1550225847&rft.aulast=Reynolds&rft.aufirst=R.+D.&rft.au=Baer%2C+Randy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCW+International+World+Heavyweight+Championship" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShields2010" class="citation book cs1">Shields, Brian (2010). <i>Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s</i>. <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/145160467X" title="Special:BookSources/145160467X"><bdi>145160467X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Main+Event%3A+WWE+in+the+Raging+80s&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=145160467X&rft.aulast=Shields&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCW+International+World+Heavyweight+Championship" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" 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Championship">reigns</a>) (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCW_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WCW United States Tag Team Championship">United States Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/WCW_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="WCW United States Tag Team Championship">reigns</a>) (1991–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCW_Cruiserweight_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship">Cruiserweight Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/WCW_Cruiserweight_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship">reigns</a>) (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship">NWA World Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_NWA_World_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of NWA World Tag Team Champions">reigns</a>) (1992–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Six-Man_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship">NWA World Six-Man Tag Team</a> (<a 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