The World Championship Wrestling World Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Championship Wrestling.
The title was created in 1974 by Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling as a secondary title. It was known as the Mid-Atlantic TV Championship and then simply the NWA TV Championship a few years later. As Mid-Atlantic (later known as Jim Crockett Promotions) grew, the Title became known as the NWA World TV Championship. And upon what was then WCW's withdrawal from the NWA, the title became known as the WCW World TV Championship until its final deactivation on April 10, 2000.
The title was often defended in matches with a time limit of ten or fifteen minutes. More often than with other championships, title matches resulted in time limit draws and the champion retaining the belt. This was often used as a heat-building device to allow a heel champion to retain his title.
Tully Blanchard had the longest NWA TV Championship reign, holding the title for 353 days. Arn Anderson had the longest NWA World TV Championship reign (336 days). Booker T had the most reigns as World Television Champion, with six. Arn Anderson holds the record for most days as champion, with 870 over four title reigns. The last champion was Hacksaw Jim Duggan, who claimed the title after Scott Hall threw it in the garbage and he found it in a dumpster. The title was retired after the 2000 Vince Russo-Eric Bischoff WCW reboot.
Championship Lineage[]
National Wrestling Alliance Television Championship[]
Recognized by both NWA and WCW/WWE
- Danny Miller - February 27, 1974 - Live event
- Ivan Koloff - May 10, 1974 - Live event
- Paul Jones - July 8, 1974 - Live event
- Ivan Koloff 2 - October 24, 1974 - Live event
- Paul Jones 2 - December 26, 1974 - Live event
- Ric Flair - February 8, 1975 - Live event
- Paul Jones 3 - August 8, 1975 - Live event
Vacated — December 3, 1975
- Angelo Mosca - April 14, 1976 - Live event
- Paul Jones 4 - June 30, 1976 - Live event
- Angelo Mosca 2 - August 11, 1976 - Live event
- Mr. Wrestling - October 16, 1976 - Live event
- Greg Valentine - November 8, 1976 - Live event
- Rufus R. Jones - November 30, 1976 - Live event
- Greg Valentine 2 - January 19, 1977 - Live event
- Rufus R. Jones 2 - February 15, 1977 - Live event
- Ric Flair 2 - April 4, 1977 - Live event
- Rick Steamboat - June 15, 1977 - Live event
- Baron von Raschke - October 12, 1977 - Live event
- Johnny Weaver - March 5, 1978 - Live event
- Baron Von Raschke 2 - March 26, 1978 - Live event
- Paul Jones 5 - June 7, 1978 - Live event
- Rick Steamboat 2 - June 7, 1979 - Live event
Vacated — November 21, 1979
- Masked Superstar - April 1, 1980 - Live event
Vacated — October 1980
- Roddy Piper - November 1, 1980 - Live event
Vacated — January 27, 1981
- Sweet Ebony Diamond - April 29, 1981 - Live event
- Greg Valentine 3 - April 29, 1981 - Live event
- Sweet Ebony Diamond 2 - May 30, 1981 - Live event
- Greg Valentine 4 - 1981 - Live event
- Ron Bass - September 6, 1981 - Live event
- Ivan Koloff - 3 - November 3, 1981 - Live event
- Jimmy Valiant - January 2, 1982 - Live event
- Ivan Koloff 4 - 1982 - Live event
- Jimmy Valiant 2 - June 6, 1982 - Live event
- Ivan Koloff 5 - 1982 - Live event
- Jimmy Valiant 3 - October 17, 1982 - Live event
- Jos LeDuc - 1982 - Live event
Vacated — 1982
- Bad Leroy Brown - November 27, 1982 - Live event
- Mike Rotundo - December 25, 1982 - Live event
- Dick Slater - February 22, 1983 - Live event
- Roddy Piper 2 - March 27, 1983 - Live event
- Dick Slater 2 - April 3, 1983 - Live event
- Jos LeDuc 2 - April 30, 1983 - Live event
- Great Kabuki - May 23, 1983 - Live event
- Jimmy Valiant 4 - November 24, 1983 - Starrcade
Vacated — January 1984
- Mark Youngblood 1 - March 7, 1984 - Live event
- Tully Blanchard - March 28, 1984 - Live event
- Dusty Rhodes - March 16, 1985 - Live event
- Tully Blanchard 2 - April 28, 1985 - Live event
- Dusty Rhodes 2 - July 6, 1985 - The Great American Bash
Vacated — October 19, 1985
- Arn Anderson - January 4, 1986 - Live event
- Dusty Rhodes 3 - September 9, 1986 - Live event
- Tully Blanchard 3 - November 27, 1986 - Starrcade
- Nikita Koloff - August 17, 1987 - Live event
- Mike Rotunda 2 - January 26, 1988 - Live event
- Rick Steiner - December 26, 1988 - Starrcade
- Mike Rotunda 3 - February 20, 1989 - Chi-Town Rumble
- Sting - March 31, 1989 - Live event
- The Great Muta - September 3, 1989 - Live event
- Arn Anderson 2 - January 12, 1990 - NWA Power Hour
- The Z-Man - December 29, 1990 - World Championship Wrestling
- Arn Anderson 3 - February 2, 1991 - WCW Worldwide
WCW World Television Championship[]
Recognized by WCW/WWE
- Bobby Eaton - May 19, 1991 - SuperBrawl
- Steve Austin - June 29, 1991 - WCW Worldwide
- Barry Windham - May 9, 1992 - WCW Saturday Night
- Steve Austin - June 13, 1992 - WCW Worldwide
- Ricky Steamboat - September 2, 1992 - Clash of the Champions
- Scott Steiner - October 17, 1992 - WCW Worldwide
Vacated — November 1992
- Paul Orndorff - March 27, 1993 - WCW Power Hour
- Ricky Steamboat 4 - August 18, 1993 - Clash of the Champions
- Lord Steven Regal - September 19, 1993 - Fall Brawl
- Larry Zbyszko - May 28, 1994 - WCW Saturday Night
- Lord Steven Regal 2 - June 23, 1994 - Clash of the Champions
- Johnny B. Badd - September 18, 1994 - Fall Brawl
- Arn Anderson 4 - January 8, 1995 - WCW Main Event
- The Renegade - June 18, 1995]] - The Great American Bash
- Diamond Dallas Page - September 17, 1995 - Fall Brawl
- Johnny B. Badd 2 - October 29, 1995 - Halloween Havoc
- Lex Luger - February 17, 1996 - Live event
- Johnny B. Badd 3 - February 18, 1996 - Live event
- Lex Luger 2 - March 6, 1996 - Live event
- Lord Steven Regal 3 - August 31, 1996 - WCW Saturday Night
- Prince Iaukea - February 17, 1997 - Nitro
- Ultimo Dragon - April 7, 1997 - Nitro
- Lord Steven Regal 4 - May 18, 1997 - Slamboree
- Ultimo Dragon 2 - July 22, 1997 - Nitro
- Alex Wright - August 21, 1997 - Clash of the Champions
- Disco Inferno - September 22, 1997 - Nitro
- Perry Saturn - November 3, 1997 - Nitro
- Disco Inferno 2 - December 8, 1997 - Nitro
- Booker T - December 29, 1997 - Nitro
- Rick Martel 1 - February 16, 1998 - Nitro
- Booker T 2 - February 22, 1998 - SuperBrawl
- Chris Benoit - April 30, 1998 - Live event
- Booker T 3 - May 1, 1998 - Live event
- Chris Benoit 2 - May 2, 1998 - Live event
- Booker T 4 - May 3, 1998 - Live event
- Fit Finlay - May 4, 1998 -Nitro
- Booker T 5 - June 14, 1998 - The Great American Bash
- Stevie Ray - July 14, 1998 - Live event
- Chris Jericho - August 10, 1998 - Nitro
- Konnan - November 30, 1998 - Nitro
- Scott Steiner 2 - December 28, 1998 - Nitro
- Booker T 6 - March 14, 1999 - Uncensored
- Rick Steiner 2 - May 9, 1999 - Slamboree
- Chris Benoit 3 - September 13, 1999 - Nitro
- Rick Steiner 3 - October 24, 1999 - Halloween Havoc
- Scott Hall - November 21, 1999 - Mayhem
Vacated — November 29, 1999
- Jim Duggan - February 16, 2000 - Thunder
Retired — April 10, 2000