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1937

Kansas City, Missouri:
– World Champion Everett Marshall beat Orville Brown
– Ali Baba beat Karl Davis
– Bill Lee beat Eddie Newman
– Lou Thesz beat Chris Zaharias by DQ

1943

Dallas, Texas:
– Bobby Managoff defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Bill Longson

1952

Oakland, California:
– Ron Etchison and Sandor Szabo defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles

1957

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Whipper Billy Watson beat Hard Boiled Haggerty by dq
– Dick Hutton drew Joe Pazandak
– Johnny Rougeau beat Maurice LaPointe
– Red Bastien beat Johnny Barend

Houston, Texas:
– Pepper Gomez defeated El Medico to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

1958

Chicago, Illinois:
– Boris and Nicoli Volkoff defeated Reggie (Crusher) and Stan Lisowski to win the Chicago NWA World Tag Team Titles

1960

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Don and Luke Fields won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles by defeating The Corsicans (Jean and Joe)

1963

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Hercules Cortez won a 12-man battle royal
– Dick Steinborn beat Karol Kalmikoff by dq
– Kenji Shibuya beat Jack Lanza
– Gene Kiniski beat Jack Pesek
– Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff
– Haystacks Calhoun beat Duke Hoffman

1966

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race by dq
– Chris Tolos beat Reggie Parks
– Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Druk
– Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff
– Larry Heiniemi drew George Drake

1967

Lubbock, Texas:
– The Medics defeated Terry Funk and Dan Miller to win the Southwest NWA North American Tag Team Titles

1971

Fort Worth, Texas:
– Fritz Von Erich defeated Toru Tanaka to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title

1973

Osaka, Japan:
– Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine defeated Kintaro Ohki and Seiji Sakaguchi to win the NWA International Tag TeamTitles

Denver, Colorado:
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in an Indian strap match (winner must drag their opponent to all four corners twice)
– Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco by countout
– Ivan Koloff drew Reggie Parks
– Dick Murdoch beat Lord Blears

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Rufus R. Jones defeated Mickey Doyle
– Togo the Great defeated Argentina Zuma
– Bob Geigel defeated Tokyo Joe via DQ
– Stan Pulaski & Steve Bolus & Abe Jacobs defeated Benny Ramirez & The Viking & Mickey Doyle in three falls
– Roger Kirby defeated Black Angus via countout in three falls

1974

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Harley Race defeated Archie Gouldie to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title

1975

St. Petersburg, Florida:
– Jack Brisco defeated Bob Roop by dq in an NWA title match
– Dick Slater & “Cowboy” Bill Watts defeated Mongolian Stomper & Dick Murdoch in an elimination match
– Bob Armstrong beat Super Assassin
– Johnny Weaver defeated Swede Hanson
– Chris Taylor & Rocky Johnson defeated The Patriots
– Jos LeDuc defeated Baron Scicluna
– “Irish” Pat Barrett & Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci beat The Spider & George McCreary & Beautiful Bruce

1976

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Buddy Wayne beat Wayne Petty
– Rosey Jones beat Bill Costello
– Jerry Jarrett beat Al Greene via DQ
– Big Bad John beat Mitsu Arakawa via countout
– Tommy Gilbert, Bearcat Brown, Bill Dundee, & Tojo Yamamoto drew The Spoiler, Don Greene, David Schultz, & Sam Bass
– Tommy Rich pinned Jerry Lawler in a no DQ match to win the Southern Title

1978

Sacramento, California:
– Dean Ho and Moondog Mayne defeated Black Gordman and Goliath to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles

Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
– Ray Candy and Steven Little Bear defeated The Brute and Dr. X for the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Titles

1979

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bob Sweetan defeated Randy Allis (Randy Rose) to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title

1980

St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA Champion Harley Race defeated Kevin Von Erich in 2 out of 3 falls
– David Von Erich defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
– King Kong Brody defeated Sailor Art Thomas
– Jack Brisco defeated Bulldog Bob Brown
– Pak Song and Takachiho defeated Tom Andrews and Pat O’Connor
– Ed Wiskoski defeated Tommy Sharp
– Eddie Gilbert and Kerry Brown defeated Ron McFarlane and Billy Howard

1981

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Canadian Champion Angelo Mosca defeated Hossien Arab (Iron Sheik)
– The Masked Superstar defeated Ray Stevens by countout
– JimmySnuka pinned Maurice Vachon
– Bobby Duncum and Swede Hanson defeated Sweet Ebony Diamond and Dewey Robertson
– Tony Paris and Kurt von Hess went to a 20-minute draw
– Cowboy Frankie Maine pinned Ron Ritchie

Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Ivan Koloff and Ray Stevens defeated Paul Jones and The Masked Superstar for the NWA World Tag Team Titles

1982

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Ric McCord pinned Tojo Yamamoto
– Roy Rogers pinned The Iranian Assassin
– Ricky & Robert Gibson and Sweet Brown Sugar & Dream Machine went to a draw
– Stan Lane pinned The Cuban Assassin
– Bill Dundee & Ricky Gibson and Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose went to a no contest
– Stan Lane beat Kenny Shane & Jimmy Hart in a handicap match
– Norvell Austin beat Steve Keirn via DQ
– Southern Champion Dutch Mantel pinned Bobby Eaton

1983

Louisville, Kentucky:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler by dq
– Fabulous Ones beat Executioners
– Terry Taylor beat Jacques Rougeau by dq
– Bobby Eaton beat Sweet Brown Sugar in the finals of a tournament for the Mid American title
– Koko Ware beat Kenya Condorie
– Jesse Barr beat Dutch Mantel by dq
– Bill Dundee beat Carl Fergie

Regina, Saskatchewan:
– The Great Gama defeated The Dynamite Kid for the Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Title

Columbia, South Carolina:
– Dick Slater defeated Mike Rotundo to win the NWA Television Title

1984

Tokyo, Japan:
– International Champion Jumbo Tsuruta beat Nick Bockwinkel to win the AWA Title with Terry Funk as special referee
– Genichiro Tenryu beat Ricky Steamboat to become the new United National Champion
– Bruiser Brody & Super Destroyer I beat Giant Baba & Takashi Ishikawa
– NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion Chavo Guerrero beat Mighty Inoue when the referee stopped the match
– Ashura Hara & Magic Dragon & Masanobu Fuchi dcor Alexis Smirnoff & Super Destroyer II & Jerry Morrow
– Thomas Ivy beat Tarzan Goto
– Shiro Koshinaka beat Mitsuharu Misawa
– Motoshi Ohkuma & Great Kojika beat Rocky Hata & Yoshihiro Momota
– Ultraseven beat Toshiaki Kawada

1985

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Sgt. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors by dq
– AWA Champion Rick Martel and Bob Backlund went to a double countout
– Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Jim Garvin beat Baron Von Raschke
– Mr. Saito & Masked Superstar & King Tonga beat Steve O & Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig
– Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal
– John Nord drew Tom Zenk

1986

Tampa, Florida:
– The Cuban Assassin defeated Kendall Windham to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

1988

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler beat Tommy Rich dq
– Midnight Rockers beat Rock & Roll Express to win the held up AWA Tag Team Titles
– Maxx Payne beat Manny Fernandez by forfeit
– Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis beat Gary Young & Bill Dundee
– Ken Wayne beat Jimmy Jack Funk by dq
– The Samoans Samu & Kokina beat Zebra Warriors
– Bruise Brothers beat Scotty Levy & Terry Adonis
– Doug Gilbert beat Rikki Nelson

1991

Chicago, Illinois:
– Tim Horner defeated Rob Morgan
– Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated WCW Six-Man Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich
– Brian Pillman defeated Rip Rogers (sub. for Michael Wallstreet)
– Itsumi Yamasaki & Miki Handa defeated Miss A & Mami Kitamura
– Terry Taylor (sub. for WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson) defeated Bobby Eaton
– Tom Zenk, WCW US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Barry Windham, Stan Hansen, & Larry Zbyszko (sub. forSid Vicious)
– Sting & WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Doom via disqualification
– WCW World Champion Ric Flair fought El Gigante to a double disqualification

1993

Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Nightstalker (Tony Falk) beat Scott Campione
– Leslie Ballenger beat Regina Hale
– The Master of Terror beat Hurricane Hatchett
– Miss Texas beat Candy Cane
– PG-13 beat Danny Davis & Chris Michaels
– Tom Pritchard beat Jeff Gaylord by DQ
– The Rock-n-Roll Phantom beat Dutch Mantel
– Eddie Gilbert beat Doug Gilbert via countout
– Moondogs Spot & Splat beat Ron & Don Harris to win the USWA Tag Team Titles
– Lex Luger & Brian Christopher beat Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett by DQ

1997

Ponce, Puerto Rico:
– El Nene defeated Carlos Colón to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title

1998

WCW SuperBrawl | San Francisco, California:
– Ultimo Dragon defeated Shiryu
– The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) (w/Dusty Rhodes) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers (w/ Ted DiBiase) to win the titles
– Sting pinned Hollywood Hulk Hogan to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title
– WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page pinned Chris Benoit
– Lex Luger defeated Randy Savage (with Elizabeth)
– WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Juventud Guerrera
– Booker T pinned WCW World Television Champion Rick Martel to win the title
– WCW World Television Champion Booker T pinned Saturn to retain

Chihuahua, Mexico:
– Perro Aguayo, Sr. defeated Cibernético to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Title

1999

Nuevo Laredo, Texas:
– El Cobarde and El Cobarde, Jr. defeat Perro Aguayo, Sr. and Perro Aguayo, Jr. for the Mexican National Tag Team Titles

2002

Ventnor, England:
– Robbie Brookside defeated Dave Taylor to win the European Heavyweight Title

2004

Tokyo, Japan:
– Kaz Hayashi defeated Blue-K (Taka Michinoku) to win the vacant AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title

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Later in the night, Sting competed in the World War 3 battle royal for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which was won by Randy Savage.

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Billy Kidman defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.

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The fourth man for the nWo was indeed the nWo Sting, who had convinced everyone (including the broadcast team) that the real Sting was nWo. The real Sting showed up moments later as the last man for Team WCW and took apart the entire nWo by himself.

Why did WCW get canceled? ›

Beginning in 1999, WCW endured significant losses in ratings and revenue due to creative missteps and suffered from the fallout from the 2001 merger of America Online (AOL) and Turner Broadcasting parent Time Warner (later WarnerMedia, now known as Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)).

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Acquisition by the WWF

The WWF carried over the title, along with the United States Heavyweight Championship, Cruiserweight Championship, and the WCW Tag Team Championship. After the "Invasion" concluded at Survivor Series in 2001, the title was rebranded as the "World Championship".

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It took place on December 19, 1999, from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. The Battle to End the Millennium. The main event was between Bret Hart and Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

How long did Goldberg hold the WCW title? ›

Championship Holders over time
ChampionDate of Reign |Time Held
GoldbergJul 6, 1998 - Dec 27, 1998173 days
Hulk HoganApr 20, 1998 - Jul 6, 199876 days
Randy SavageApr 19, 1998 - Apr 20, 1998<1 day
StingFeb 22, 1998 - Apr 19, 199855 days
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Poor management, backstage politics, and the addition of WCW Thunder led to WCW's downfall, with Vince Russo failing to revive the company, resulting in its ultimate sale to WWE in 2001.

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