This day in wrestling history 425 david arquette won. The strap is made of simulated leather and the metal center medallion measures 11. Awarded by booker t and ecw owner stephanie mcmahon. In fall 1997, they fired sherri and added a new manager, jacqueline. The list of wcw world heavyweight champions is a chronological list of wrestlers that have held the wcw world heavyweight championship by ring name 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. Flair won and unified the wcw world heavyweight championship with the wcw international world heavyweight championship. There were 22 heavyweight champions from 1991 when they left the nwa until the folded the belt in 2001. Booker t defeats scott steiner for the wcw world championship on the final episode of nitro. Eventually, bischoff was pinned by arquette and what was arguably the worst wrestling decision in history was completed. Nitro, july 24, 2000booker t defends the wcw title against goldberg.
The wwe united states championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in the american promotion wwe on the raw brand. Wcws assets, trademarks and select wrestler contracts but not the promotion itself are purchased by the world wrestling federation at this time. Wcw world heavyweight champion booker t pinned jeff jarrett after a bookend to retain the title, march 1, 2002 wwe house show at the sundome in tampa. The wcw championship is brought over to the wwf where it is still referred to as the wcw championship and defended among both wcw and wwf wrestlers. Booker t defeats scott steiner for the wcw world youtube. But its prestigious lineage can actually be traced back all the way to george hackenschmidt and 1904. Wcw world tag team championship tournament january 2000. People will tell me that mark henry and booker t held the world heavyweight championship but that was after wwe had decided to push the wwe championship as the main title. Also wins world heavyweight title on 010326 in panama beach, fl. Til booker t won all five of his wcw world heavyweight titles in just over a year. Booker and goldberg go back and forth in the opening minutes of the match with both feeling each other out. Shortly after, steiner beat him down and threw him out of the group. Originally, wcw was a member of the national wrestling alliance nwa, which had numerous member promotions. How many total championship has booker t won in his entire.
Wcw world television champion booker t pinned chris benoit to retain the title. Goldberg looks to extend his historic undefeated streak by defeating hollywood hogan for the wcw championship in his hometown of atlanta. The following is a listing of events that booker t has participated in. Booker t is an 11time wcw tag team champion, a sixtime world champion, winner of the 2006 king of the ring tournament and the man responsible for popularizing the word, sucka. Booker is a sixtime world champion, having won the wcw world heavyweight. Til booker t won all five of his wcw world heavyweight titles. Bei world championship wrestling traten sie dann als. Wcw world heavyweight adult size replica belt ringside. Pittsburgh, pa won on the july 26 edition of wwf smackdown became the first person to win the wcw championship on world wrestling federation programing. He has earned most of his earnings from his wrestling career with the wcw, tna and the wwe. Booker is a sixtime world champion, having won the wcw world heavyweight championship five times four times in wcw, and once in the wwf and wwes world heavyweight championship once.
Booker t won the wcw world tag team championship for an eleventh time, this time with test, and he also had a wwf tag team championship reign with test. Wcw world heavyweight adult size replica belt description. Booker t after winning his first wcw world heavyweight. In a perfect world booker wouldve got it sooner due to all the hard work he put into his role in the company but instead it seemed to be more like well this guys still here, lets go for it territory.
Jun 26, 2012 this would allow another world title contest to be set between jarrett and booker t, with the latter winning the match, becoming the 2nd africanamerican to win the wcw world heavyweight championship after ron simmons, after spending 14 years in the professional wrestling business. August, 2000 wcw new blood rising at the pne center in vancouver. In 1997, they feuded with public enemy, the steiner brothers, and the nwo. Goldberg again uses his strength though booker eventually fights back and gets a couple close stuns the big man and he has to rethink his approach. Booker won a total of twentyone two more title wins in the. Booker huffman, better known as booker t, realized his goal when he won the wcw world heavyweight championship on july 9 in daytona beach.
The wcw world tag team championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in world championship wrestling wcw. Booker t discusses bray wyatts universal championship win. Safe to say the wcw world heavyweight championship. The wcw world heavyweight championship tournament was a tournament to crown the new world heavyweight champion after sting was stripped of the title due to attacking a referee at halloween havoc. July,24,2000 goldberg vs booker t c world heavyweight championship rematchincluded segments. Wcw world heavyweight champions show list info the wcw world heavyweight championship served as wcw s main title from 1991 to 2001, after which it became property of the wwf, before being unified with the wwf championship. In a perfect world booker wouldve got it sooner due to all the hard work he. At the survivor series, booker t was eliminated third by the rock after a rollup and eventually the alliance was defeated, causing them to disband. Booker headlined many payperview events in wcw, the wwfe and tna between 1993 and 2008 and is a six time world champion, having won the wcw world heavyweight championship five times four times in wcw, with the fourth reign commencing on the 2001 final wcw broadcast under the ownership of the wwf and continuing in that company.
It was the original world title of the world championship wrestling promotion, spun off from the nwa world heavyweight championship. Stevie ray is best known for his sevenyear tenure with world championship wrestling wcw from 1993 to 2000, where he was onehalf of the tag team harlem heat, with his younger brother booker t. Til booker t won all five of his wcw world heavyweight. World hevavyweight title, using the old wcw belt design, is created for wwe raw in 200209. Unified with wwf world heavyweight title on the same day when jericho defeats steve austin. Also wins wcw world heavyweight championship on march 26. He was the inaugural champion of the tna legends championship.
Booker t comments on the state of wrestling at the moment. Wwe wrestlers were crowned after the wwe bought wcw how many can you name. How many times did wcws world title change hands in 2000. Wcw world heavyweight championship the official wrestling. Ric flair the legendary nature boy ric flair not only holds the distinction of being an officially recognized 16time world champion, but he is also a 6time united states champion. Top 15 worst heavyweight championship changes in wcw history. He is the first nonmixed race african american to become a world champion in wwe, 15 and was voted the greatest world heavyweight champion in a wwe viewer poll. The dudley boyz were the final wcw world tag team champions. Jul 03, 2019 booker t is a sixtime world champion, having won the wcw world heavyweight championship five times four times in wcw, and once in the wwf and wwes world heavyweight championship once. He would take the world heavyweight championship to the wwf, where it was renamed the wcw championship with booker t as the inaugural champion. He held the wcw world heavyweight championship 4 times.
One of the greatest bouts in the history of this great spectacle. Booker t defeated kevin nash in the main event of the 2000 fall brawl payperview to win the second wcw world heavyweight championship of his career. The wcw world television championship was a professional wrestling world television championship owned by the nowdefunct world championship wrestling wcw promotion the title was introduced on february 27, 1974 in midatlantic championship wrestling macw, a territory of the national wrestling alliance nwa. Unlike most other championships currently defended on raw and smackdown, the united states championship did not start out as a recognized wwe championship. Wcw united states heavyweight championshipchampion history. First goldberg comes down to finally get his hands on russo. Many of the rings greatest names have staked claim to the u. Nov 24, 2011 booker t defeats scott steiner for the wcw world championship on the final episode of nitro.
It was originally known as the nwa united states heavyweight championship and began as a regional championship created by and defended in jim crockett jr. Booker t defeats jeff jarrett to win his first wcw world championship. Wcw bash at the beach 2000 jeff jarrett vs booker t wcw championship. The world heavyweight championship that has been carried by such greats as batista and triple h got its start in wwe back in 2002. Booker t is a sixtime world champion, having won the wcw world heavyweight championship five times four times in wcw, and once in the wwf and wwes world heavyweight championship once. List of world championship wrestling tournaments wikipedia. Levestia was also used to further the feud between himself and jeff jarrett when jarrett hit her in the head with a guitar on nitro on july 31, 2000. Booker t defeats scott steiner for the wcw world championship on the final episode of. The fourth was bobby lashely who was the first to in the ecw world. Wcw world heavyweight championship steel cage match nitro, sept.
Lash huffman born august 22, 1958 is an american semiretired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, stevie ray. In that episode, scott steiner lost the wcw world heavyweight championship to booker t, who also held the united states heavyweight championship at the time, making him a double champion. Oddly enough, this began as a joke when tony schiavone mentioned to wcw s top booker, vince russo, that itd be a good idea for arquette to win the title. Booker presented her to the nitro crowd the night after his wcw world heavyweight championship win at bash at the beach. Hogan dropped the wcw world heavyweight championship in a first blood barbed wire steel cage match at uncensored to ric flair and steiner lost the world television championship to booker t after buff bagwell accidentally nailed him with a chair.
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. Harlem heat booker t and stevie ray held the most reigns as a tag team 10, and booker t held the most individual reigns 11, which is the same number of times the title was vacated. The 10 final world heavyweight title reigns in wcw history. The wcw world television championship was a professional wrestling world television. Goldberg wins the wcw world heavyweight championship by wwe. I hope i don t get any hate for this but as a young black kid growing up ive always wanted to see a black man hold the wwe championship. Booker t c vs goldberg for the world heavyweight championship. He also bears the distinction of holding the wcw world heavyweight championship when the promotion folded in 2001. This web site exists to provide the information on professional wrestling and is neither affiliated nor endorsed by any prowrestling organization. Wcw world heavyweight championshiptitle matches pro. Though in its later years the title was almost completely destroyed, its golden years cannot be forgotten. What if booker t won the world heavyweight championship at. At 282 days, dooms reign during wcws nwa withdrawal was the longest in.
This title reign would only last eight days, however, until vince russo won it eight days later. World heavyweight championship titles database cagematch. Im going to win the match because im the chosen one and i have all the stroke, slappy slap ass slapnuts. From january 11, 1991 to december 9, 2001, professional wrestlers competed for the wcw world heavyweight championship also known as the wcw championship and world championship. Wcw united states heavyweight champion booker t singles match booker by pinfall at 5. Wcw world heavyweight championship replica belt alliance edition adult size. Thanks to awful booking, the history, and lineage of the title were severely damaged. Champions who won the wwe championship and seven who won the wcw world heavyweight championship.
In 2001, he debuted in wwe at the 2001 king of the ring, when he attacks stone cold steve austin, during the triple threat wwe title match wrestlemania xix 2003 edit on the february 24, 2003 episode of raw, booker won a 20man battle royal by last eliminating the. In 1994, they acquired the services of sensational sherri, dubbedsister sherri as their manager. The title had been vacated by vince russo after winning it from booker t in a steel cage match the previous week. Wcw decided to unify the wcw world heavyweight championship represented by the new belt and international championship represented by the big gold belt, by having flair wrestle sting in june 1994. Can you name the 22 wrestlers who earned the right to wear that belt during that time until it was unified with the wwe championship belt. The wcw world title would be on the line for whoever got the pinfall. In 2000, during the payperview bash at the beach, hulk hogan was booked to lose to wcw world heavyweight champion jeff jarrett. Chris benoit v booker t best of seven series match pro. Then as booker is leaving the cage for the win, steiner slams the door on this face but booker returns the assault. Booker and his brother stevie ray signed with world championship wrestling in august 1993, they debuted as the tag team harlem heat. This is a list the two series that were fought between chris benoit and booker t in a best of seven series match for the wcw world television championship in 1998 and the wwe united states championship in 2005. He is the first nonmixed race african american to become a world champion in wwe, and was voted the greatest world heavyweight champion in a wwe viewer poll. Vince russo shocks the world when he wins the wcw world heavyweight championship from booker t in a steel cage match. Booker t after winning his first wcw world heavyweight championship nitro 2000.
Wins first blood rules, with a chain hung above the ring match. Sep 20, 20 can booker t become a five time wcw champion. He also won the united states championship three times, once the intercontinental championship, three times the wwf world tag team championship with test, goldust and rob van dam and twice the wwf hardcore championship. Til booker t won all five of his wcw world heavyweight titles in.
Booker t is a sixtime world champion, having won four wcw world heavyweight championships in wcw, and one wcw championship and one world heavyweight championship in wwf wwe. Title during the titles early years, including wwe hall of famers sgt. The list of wcw world heavyweight champions is a chronological list of wrestlers that have. World championship wrestling world tag team championship fourcorners match. Wcw world heavyweight championship title matches wcw world heavyweight championship. Wcw world heavyweight championshipchampion history pro.
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