The original NWA World Championship Belt. Eventually, when NWA and WCW went their separate ways, it became exclusive WCW property. Many thought that The Big Gold Belt was black leather ...

Even a title reign as late as early 1999 saw Flair still drawing as WCW Champion while carrying the big gold belt with strong pride. There was no lower point for any title in WCW than when Vince ...

When WCW’s withdrawal from the NWA was completed in September 1993, the title became known as the Big Gold Belt for a short time. Since WCW owned the rights to the belt itself, they kept it and ...

Although the WCW Championship was no longer, the traditional "Big Gold Belt" did indeed resurrect. To further exercise the brand split officially started in 2002, WWE felt the obligation to have ...

In 1991, the title became WCW's property, and Ric Flair was the inaugural champion. The Big Gold Belt is a gorgeous ...

Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to ...

Vince Russo and even David Arquette possessed the Big Gold Belt. Steiner’s first and only run as champion will also go down as the penultimate reign of any WCW belt, as he lost the title on the ...

John Cena defeated Cody Rhodes for the WWE championship, his 17th world championship. According to WWE, the previous record was held by Ric Flair.

This Sunday marks the return of Clash of Champions, a night when every Raw title will be defended, so what better time to shine a light on some of wrestling’s lesser-known titles? We’re all ...

The WCW World Heavyweight Championship began it's lineage way back in January 1991. On January 11 of that year, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair defeated Sting to win the NWA World Heavyweight ...

Moreover, WCW had already seen its share of chaos and ... Despite this, the big guy held the Big Gold Belt for 174 days and enjoyed a good deal of support from fans until he eventually dropped ...

WCW was categorized as “Where the big boys play”, even though it had the best cruiserweight division in the United States in the ‘90s. And remarkable coincidences and circumstances happened ...