WCW International World Heavyweight Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship was a World Title contested in World Championship Wrestling, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on July 18, 1993, and the inaugural champion was Ric Flair.

The championship was presented as the highest accolade of "WCW International", a fictitious subsidiary of WCW.

The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship was retired on June 23, 1994, when it was unified into the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with the final champion being Ric Flair.

WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Title History

For the Title History of the championship in which this title was unified into, see the page for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Title Reigns

N.	Image	Champion	Reign
	Unified into the WCW World Heavyweight Championship June 23, 1994 The title was unified into the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and retired.
7		Ric Flair 2 June 23, 1994 North Charleston, SC \| WCW Clash of the Champions XXVII	0 days
6		Sting 2 May 22, 1994 Philadelphia, PA \| WCW Slamboree 1994 Defeated Big Van Vader for the vacant title.	32 days
		Vacant May 22, 1994 Philadelphia, PA \| WCW Slamboree 1994 Sting was notified of the reversal at Slamboree, but refused the title, leaving it vacant.	0 days
5		Sting 1 April 17, 1994 Rosemont, IL \| WCW Spring Stampede 1994 During this reign, at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1994, Rude won the title but victory was his victory was reversed due to use of the belt as a weapon.	35 days
4		"Ravishing" Rick Rude 2 March 24, 1994 Kyoto, Japan \| House show	24 days
3		Hiroshi Hase 1 March 16, 1994 Tokyo, Japan \| House show	8 days
2		"Ravishing" Rick Rude 1 September 19, 1993 Houston, TX \| WCW Fall Brawl 1993: War Games	178 days
1		Ric Flair 1 July 18, 1993 Biloxi, MI \| WCW Beach Blast 1993 Defeated Barry Windham for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. During this reign WCW conclusively left NWA; Flair returned to WCW and was recognized as the inaugural WCW International World Heavyweight Champion (for the fictitious new subsidiary WCW International).	63 days

WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Names & Belt Designs

- WCW International World Heavyweight ChampionshipJuly 18, 1993June 23, 1994

WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Statistics

Promotions History
Promotion from to
PromotionWCW July 18, 1993 June 23, 1994

Promotion	from	to
PromotionWCW	July 18, 1993	June 23, 1994

Promotion World Championship Wrestling
TerritoryWorld Tier 1
DivisionPrimary
GenderMale
Date EstablishedJuly 18, 1993
Date RetiredJune 23, 1994
Unified Into WCW World Heavyweight Championship

First ChampionRic Flair
Final ChampionRic Flair

Most Number of Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	Reigns
	"Ravishing" Rick Rude	2
	Sting	2
	Ric Flair	2
	Hiroshi Hase	1

Most Combined Days

Rank	Wrestler	Days
	"Ravishing" Rick Rude	202
	Sting	67
	Ric Flair	63
	Hiroshi Hase	8

Longest Reigns

Wrestler	Reign	Days
"Ravishing" Rick Rude	September 19, 1993 - March 16, 1994	178
Ric Flair	July 18, 1993 - September 19, 1993	63
Sting	April 17, 1994 - May 22, 1994	35
Sting	May 22, 1994 - June 23, 1994	32
"Ravishing" Rick Rude	March 24, 1994 - April 17, 1994	24