WCW/WWF/WWE WORLD TITLE HISTORY
| WINNER | WON FROM | DATE | EVENT/SHOW | NOTES |
| "Nature Boy" Ric Flair | Sting | 01/11/1991 | WCW was a member of the NWA, but made their own World Belt and the two #1 contenders wrestled for it which were Flair and Sting. When Flair left WCW for the WWF he was stripped of the title. | |
| Lex Luger | Barry Windham | 07/14/1991 | Great American Bash | Windham and Luger were the considered the #1 contenders and wrestled for the title |
| Sting | Lex Luger | 02/29/1992 | Superbrawl 2 | |
| Vader | Sting | 07/12/1992 | Great American Bash | |
| Ron Simmons | Vader | 08/02/1992 | ||
| Vader(2) | Ron Simmons | 12/30/1992 | ||
| Sting(2) | Vader | 03/11/1993 | ||
| Vader(3) | Sting | 03/17/1993 | ||
| "Nature Boy" Ric Flair(2) | Vader | 12/27/1993 | Starrcade | |
| Hulk Hogan | Ric Flair | 07/17/1994 | Bash at the Beach | Title went vacant in 1995 |
| "Macho Man" Randy Savage | 11/26/1995 | World War 3 | Savage won a 60-Man Battle Royal to determine the new champ | |
| "Nature Boy" Ric Flair(3) | Randy Savage | 12/27/1995 | Starrcade | |
| "Macho Man" Randy Savage(2) | Ric Flair | 01/22/1996 | Nitro | |
| "Nature Boy" Ric Flair(4) | Randy Savage | 02/11/1996 | Superbrawl 5 | |
| The Giant | Ric Flair | 04/22/1996 | Nitro | |
| Hulk Hogan(2) | The Giant | 08/10/1996 | Hog Wild | |
| Lex Luger(2) | Hulk Hogan | 08/04/1997 | Nitro | |
| Hulk Hogan(3) | Lex Luger | 08/09/1997 | Road Wild | |
| Sting(3) | Hulk Hogan | 12/28/1997 | Starrcade | On 12/29/1998 Nitro Sting beat Hogan in a controversial match and a new champ would be decided at Superbrawl 8 in 02/1998 which Sting won. |
| "Macho Man" Randy Savage(3) | Sting | 04/19/1998 | Spring Stampede | |
| Hulk Hogan(4) | Randy Savage | 04/20/1998 | Nitro | |
| Bill Goldberg | Hulk Hogan | 07/06/1998 | Nitro | |
| Kevin Nash | Bill Goldberg | 12/27/1998 | Starrcade | |
| Hulk Hogan(5) | Kevin Nash | 01/04/1999 | Nitro | Nash puporsely layed down for Hogan so Hogan can win the title. |
| "Nature Boy" Ric Flair(5) | Hulk Hogan | 03/14/1999 | Uncensored | |
| Diamond Dallas Page | Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Sting | 04/11/1999 | Spring Stampede | Won in a 4-way Tornado Match |
| Sting(4) | Diamond Dallas Page | 04/26/1999 | Nitro | |
| Diamond Dallas Page(2) | Sting, Kevin Nash, Bill Goldberg | 04/26/1999 | Nitro | Won in a 4-way Tornado Match |
| Kevin Nash(2) | Diamond Dallas Page | 05/09/1999 | Slamboree | |
| "Macho Man" Randy Savage(4) | Kevin Nash | 07/11/1999 | Bash at the Beach | |
| Hulk Hogan(6) | Randy Savage | 07/12/1999 | Nitro | |
| Sting(5) | Hulk Hogan | 09/12/1999 | Fall Brawl | Bill Goldberg beats Sting in a nonsanctioned matched on 10/24/1999 and Sting gets stripped of belt the next day |
| Bret "Hitman" Hart | Chris Benoit | 11/21/1999 | Mayhem | Beats Benoit in a tournament final, Bret is stripped of the belt on 1/16/2000 due to injury |
| Chris Benoit | Sid Vicious | 01/16/2000 | Souled Out | Benoit & vicious were top 2 contenders for belt and wrestled for it. Next day Benoit quits WCW for the WWF, and is stripped of the title. |
| Sid Vicious | Kevin Nash | 01/17/2000 | Nitro | Nash & Sid wrestle where the winner gets the belt. |
| Kevin Nash(3) | See Notes | 01/18/2000 | Thunder | Nash was commissioner of WCW at at the time and strips Vicious of the belt and awards it to himself, later that night Nash puts the belt on the line in a triple threat cage match between himself, Sid, and Ron Harris which Sid wins |
| Sid Vicious(2) | Kevin Nash | 01/18/2000 | Thunder | |
| Jeff Jarrett | Diamond Dallas Page | 04/16/2000 | Spring Stampede | Jarrett & DDP were top 2 contenders for the belt and wrestled for it. |
| Diamond Dallas Page(3) | Jeff Jarrett | 04/24/2000 | Nitro | |
| David Arquette | See Notes | 04/25/2000 | Thunder | DDP defends belt in a tag with Arquette as his parnter against Eric Bishoff and Jarrett where rule is whoever gets the pin is the champ, and Arquette pinned Bishoff |
| Jeff Jarrett(2) | David Arquette | 05/07/2000 | Slamboree | Defeats DDP and Arquette in a triple threat, triple stack cage match |
| "Nature Boy" Ric Flair(6) | Jeff Jarrett | 05/15/2000 | Nitro | ">Is stripped of the title on 05/22/2000 due to an anxiety attack a few days earlier |
| Jeff Jarrett(3) | See Notes | 05/22/2000 | Nitro | ">Awarded by WCW booker, Vince Russo |
| Kevin Nash(3) | Jeff Jarrett | 05/23/2000 | Thunder | |
| "Nature Boy" Ric Flair(7) | Kevin Nash | 05/29/2000 | Nitro | Nash gives Flair the title |
| Jeff Jarrett(4) | Ric Flair | 05/29/2000 | Nitro | On 07/09/2000 at Bash at the Beach Jarrett layed down for Hulk Hogan in a title match, later WCW head booker, Vince Russo said the belt Hogan won was revamped the 'Hogan Memorial Belt' and that Jarrett is still the WCW Champ. |
| Booker T | Jeff Jarrett | 07/09/2000 | Bash at the Beach | |
| Kevin Nash(4) | Booker T | 08/28/2000 | Nitro | |
| Booker T(2) | Kevin Nash | 09/17/2000 | Fall Brawl | |
| Vince Russo | Booker T | 09/25/2000 | Nitro | Russo vacates the belt on 10/02/2000 |
| Booker T(3) | Jeff Jarrett | 10/02/2000 | Nitro | Jarrett and Booker were both #1 contenders and fought in a pole match to determine the new champ |
| "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner | Booker T | 11/26/2000 | Mayhem | |
| Booker T(4) | Scott Steiner | 03/26/2001 | Nitro | |
| Kurt Angle | Booker T | 07/24/2001 | Smackdown | |
| Booker T(5) | Kurt Angle | 07/30/2001 | RAW | |
| "The Rock" Rocky Maivia | Booker T | 08/19/2001 | Summerslam | |
| Chris Jericho | Rocky Maivia | 10/21/2001 | No Mercy | |
| "The Rock" Rocky Maivia(2) | Chris Jericho | 11/05/2001 | RAW | |
| Chris Jericho(2) | Rocky Maivia | 12/09/2001 | Vengeance | Unifies with WWF Title after defeating WWWF Champ, Steve Austin on 12/09/2001 |
| "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley | See Notes | 09/02/2002 | RAW | Awarded the belt from Eric Bishoff as a separate "World Title" |
| Shawn Michaels | Triple H | 11/17/2002 | Survivor Series | Won in a 6 Man Elimination Chamber Match between Shawn Michaels, HHH, Booker T, Kane, Rob Van Dam, & Chris Jericho |
| "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley(2) | Shawn Michaels | 12/15/2002 | Armageddon | |
| Bill Goldberg (2) | Triple H | 09/21/2003 | Unforgiven | |
| "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley(3) | Bill Goldberg | 12/16/2003 | Armageddon | |
| Chris Benoit(2) | Triple H | 03/14/2004 | Wrestlemania 20 | |
| Randy Orton | Chris Benoit | 08/15/2004 | Summerslam | |
| "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley(4) | Randy Orton | 09/12/2004 | Unforgiven | A controversial finish in a HHH/Benoit/Edge triple threat match for the title on 11/29/2004 results in McMahon announcing the belt vacant on 12/6/2004 |
| "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley(5) | See Notes | 01/09/2005 | New Year's Revolution | Wins in an Elimination Chamber match between HHH, Randy Orton, Edge, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, and Batista |
| Dave Batista | Triple H | 04/03/2005 | Wrestlemania 21 | Vacates belt on 1/10/2005 because of sustaining multiple injuries |
| Kurt Angle(2) | See notes | 01/10/2006 | Smackdown | Wins belt by winning a 20-man battle royal, last eliminating Marc Henry |
| Rey Mysterio | Kurt Angle | 04/02/2006 | Wrestlemania 22 | Won in a triple threat match against Angle and Randy Orton |
| Booker T(6) | Rey Mysterio | 07/23/2006 | Great American Bash | |
| Dave Batista(2) | Booker T | 11/26/2006 | Survivor Series | |
| The Undertaker | Dave Batista | 04/01/2007 | Wrestlemania 23 | |
| Edge | Undertaker | 05/08/2007 | Smackdown | Edge is forced to vacate the belt on 07/17/2007 due to injury |
| Great Khali | See Notes | 07/17/2007 | Smackdown | Khali wins a 20 man battle royal to determine new champ |
| Dave Batista(3) | Great Khali | 09/16/2007 | Unforgiven | |
| Edge(2) | Dave Batista | 12/16/2007 | Armageddon | |
| The Undertaker(2) | Edge | 03/30/2008 | Wrestlemania 24 | Undertaker is stripped of the belt on 4/30/2008 from GM, Vickie Guerrero for continued use of illegal choke hold |
| Edge(3) | Undertaker | 06/01/2008 | One Night Stand | Edge & Undertaker wrestle for the vacant belt in a TLC match |
| CM Punk | Edge | 06/30/2008 | RAW | |
| Chris Jericho(3) | See notes | 09/07/2008 | Unforgiven | CM Punk was scheduled to defend the belt in a 6 man Scramble match, but after a pre-match beatdown, Punk was incapacitated and removed from the match, though his belt still went up for grabs in the main event and was won by Chris Jericho. |
| Dave Batista(4) | Chris Jericho | 10/26/2008 | Cyber Sunday | |
| Chris Jericho(4) | Dave Batista | 11/03/2008 | RAW | |
| John Cena | Chris Jericho | 11/23/2008 | Survivor Series | |
| Edge(4) | John Cena | 02/15/2009 | No Way Out | Belt was defended in a 6 man elimination chamber match with Edge, Cena, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Chris Jericho and Mike Knox |
| John Cena(2) | Edge | 04/05/2009 | Wrestlemania 25 | Won in a triple threat match against Big Show and Edge |
| Edge(5) | John Cena | 04/26/2009 | Backlash | |
| Jeff Hardy | Edge | 06/07/2009 | Extreme Rules | |
| CM Punk(2) | Jeff Hardy | 06/07/2009 | Extreme Rules | |
| Jeff Hardy(2) | CM Punk | 07/26/2009 | Night of Champions | |
| CM Punk(3) | Jeff Hardy | 08/23/2009 | Summerslam | |
| Undertaker(3) | CM Punk | 10/04/2009 | Hell in a Cell | |
| Undertaker(3) | CM Punk | 10/04/2009 | Hell in a Cell | |
| Chris Jericho(4) | Undertaker | 02/21/2010 | Elimination Chamber | |
| Jack Swagger | Chris Jericho | 03/30/2010 | Smackdown | |
| Rey Mysterio(2) | Jack Swagger | 06/20/2010 | Fatal 4 Way | |
| Kane | Rey Mysterio | 07/18/2010 | Money in the Bank | |
| Edge(6) | Kane | 12/19/2010 | TLC | |
| Dolph Ziggler | See Notes | 02/15/2011 | Smackdown | Smackdown GM awards Dolph the title after ruling Edge used an illegal move in their match the previous week |
| Edge(7) | Dolph Ziggler | 02/15/2011 | Smackdown | MRI results force Edge to retire and he vacates the title on the 4/12/2011 episode of Smackdown |
| Christian | Alberto Del Rio | 05/01/2011 | Extreme Rules | Del Rio and Christian are named top contenders and compete for the title in a ladder match |
| Randy Orton(2) | Christian | 05/03/2011 | Smackdown | |
| Christian(2) | Randy Orton | 07/17/2011 | Money in the Bank |