A history of the big gold belt till it’s retirement can be seen below:- Ric Flair NWA/WCW/ Crumrine Big Gold (Dual plated) (Crumrine) (Debut - 1991)- Vegas Big Gold (Reggie Parks) (1991)- All ...

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 ...

He's an actor and had no right holding the coveted Big Gold Belt. Arquette held the WCW World Championship for 11 days, and ...

Retro Wednesday: The Revival And Burial Of The "Big Gold Belt" By Chris Featherstone Aug. 20, 2014 7:56 pm EST When WCW disbanded in 2001, the company's World Heavyweight Championship was still ...

C ontested for between January 1991 and December 2001, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a wrestling title equal ...

Having the "Big Gold Belt" (as it's known colloquially among fans) on TV every week makes it easier to sell toy belts to kids, expensive replica belts to collectors and so on.

WCW withdrew from the NWA shortly after Ric’s comeback, but wanted to keep the recently-reacquired Big Gold Belt, so they said it represented “WCW International,” a foreign branch of the WCW ...

Eventually, WCW and Flair came to an agreement regarding the original “Big Gold Belt” in 1992 — marking its return as the NWA world heavyweight championship.

Flair took the title belt with him and WCW were forced to create a new title belt to represent the WCW World Championship. The "Big Gold" belt returned to WCW screens in 1992, and continued to ...

Wrestling Declassified: Goldberg Defeats Hulk Hogan For The Big Gold Belt. By ... The match occurred on the July 6, 1998 episode of WCW Monday Nitro and was relatively short and straightforward.