* Note that the title reigns aren't officlal. I use my own rankings. Reigns are the sum of WCW Heavyweight championship + NWA Heavyweight championships.
| Tape.Index | Date | Reign / Defense | Match Description | Event or Tour | Notes |
| 1.1 | 01/11/91 | 1 / - | (C) Sting vs. Ric Flair | - | NWA Heavyweight championship now called WCW Heavyweight championship. |
| 1.2 | --/--/91 | 8 / - | Clips of Flair as first WCW Heavyweight champion | - | Stripped when Flair was fired on 07/01/91. Flair went to WWF. |
| 1.3 | 07/14/91 | Vacant | WCW US (C) Lex Luger vs. Barry Windham | Great American Bash '91 | Steel Cage match for vacant title. |
| 1.4 | 10/27/91 | 1 / - | (C) Lex Luger vs. Ron Simmons | Halloween Havoc '91 | 2/3 Falls match. |
| 1.5 | 11/19/91 | 1 / - | (C) Lex Luger vs. Rick Steiner | Clash of the Champions XVII | - |
| 1.6 | 01/04/92 | 1 / - | (C) Lex Luger vs. Masahiro Chono | STARRCADE 1992 AT THE TOKYO DOME | Not the same event as regular Starrcade |
| 1.7 | 02/29/92 | 1 / - | (C) Lex Luger vs. Sting | SuperBrawl '92 | - |
| 1.8 | --/--/92 | 2 / - | (C) Sting vs. Cactus Jack | - | - |
| 1.9 | 07/12/92 | 2 / - | (C) Sting vs. Big Van Vader | Great American Bash '92 | - |
| 1.10 | 08/02/92 | 1 / - | (C) Big Van Vader vs. Ron Simmons | - | - |
| 1.11 | 10/25/92 | 1 / - | (C) Ron Simmons vs. The Barbarian | Halloween Havoc '92 | - |
| 1.12 | 12/30/92 | 1 / - | (C) Ron Simmons vs. Big Van Vader | - | - |
| 1.13 | --/--/93 | 2 / - | (C) Big Van Vader vs. Sting | - | Strap Match. |
| 1.14 | 03/11/93 | 2 / - | (C) Big Van Vader vs. Sting | - | Rare match from London, England. |
| 1.15 | 03/17/93 | 3 / - | (C) Sting vs. Vader | - | Rare match from Dublin, Ireland |
| 1.16 | --/--/93 | 3 / - | (C) Vader vs. British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith | - | - |
| 1.17 | --/--/93 | 3 / - | (C) Vader vs. Cactus Jack | - | - |
| 1.18 | 12/27/93 | 3 / - | (C) Vader vs. Ric Flair | Starcade '93 | - |
| 1.19 | 02/20/94 | 10 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. Vader | SuperBrawl '94 | Thundercage Match. |
| 1.20 | 04/17/94 | 10 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat | Spring Stampede '94 | Title held up. Flair wins rematch on 04/24/94 on WCW Saturday Night. |
| 2.1 | 06/23/94 | 10 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. WCW International (C) Sting | Clash of the Champions XXVII | Unification of WCW International & WCW World Heavyweight titles |
| 2.2 | 07/17/94 | 10 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan | Bash At The Beach '94 | - |
| 2.3 | 10/23/94 | 1 / - | (C) Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair | Halloween Havoc '94 | Steel Cage Retirement match |
| 2.4 | 07/16/95 | 1 / - | (C) Hulk Hogan vs. Vader | Bash At The Beach '95 | Cage Match |
| 2.5 | 10/29/95 | 1 / - | (C) Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant | Halloween Havoc '95 | Title can change hands on DQ |
| 2.6 | 11/26/95 | VacantTD> | 3 ring, 60 wrestlers battle royale | World War 3 '95 | 3 ring battle royale for vacant title |
| 2.7 | 12/27/95 | 1 / - | (C) "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair | Starcade '95 | - |
| 2.8 | 01/22/96 | 12 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage | Nitro | - |
| 2.9 | 02/11/96 | 2 / - | (C) "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair | SuperBrawl '96 | - |
| 2.10 | 04/22/96 | 13 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. The Giant | Nitro | - |
| 2.11 | 05/19/96 | 2 / - | (C) The Giant vs. Sting | Slamboree '96 | - |
| 2.12 | 06/16/96 | 2 / - | (C) The Giant vs. Lex Luger | Great American Bash '96 | - |
| 2.13 | 08/10/96 | 2 / - | (C) The GIant vs. Hollywood Hogan | Hogg Wild '96 | - |
| 2.14 | 02/23/97 | 3 / - | (C) Hollywood Hogan vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | SuperBrawl '97 | - |
| 3.1 | 08/04/97 | 3 / - | (C) Hollywood Hogan vs. Lex Luger | Nitro | - |
| 3.2 | 08/09/97 | 2 / - | (C) Lex Luger vs. Hollywood Hogan | Road Wild '97 | - |
| 3.3 | 12/28/97 | 4 / - | (C) Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting | Starcade '97 | - |
| 3.4 | 12/29/97 | 4 / - | (C) Sting vs. Hollywood Hogan | Nitro | Title held up after match |
| 3.5 | 02/22/98 | Vacant | Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting | SuperBrawl '98 | - |
| 3.6 | 03/15/98 | 5 / - | (C) Sting vs. Scott Hall | Uncensored '98 | - |
| 3.7 | 04/19/98 | 5 / - | (C) Sting vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage | Spring Stampede '98 | - |
| 3.8 | 04/20/98 | 3 / - | (C) "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hollywood Hogan | Nitro | - |
| 3.9 | 07/06/98 | 6 / - | (C) Hollywood Hogan vs. Goldberg | Nitro | - |
| 3.10 | 08/08/98 | 1 / - | (C) Goldberg vs. nWo | Road Wild '98 | Battle Royale |
| 3.11 | 10/25/98 | 1 / - | (C) Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page | Halloween Havoc '98 | - |
| 3.12 | --/--/98 | 1 / - | (C) Goldberg vs. The Giant | - | - |
| 3.13 | 12/27/98 | 1 / - | (C) Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash | Starcade'98 | - |
| 3.14 | 01/04/99 | 1 / - | (C) Kevin Nash vs. Hollywood Hogan | Nitro | - |
| 3.15 | 02/21/99 | 7 / - | (C) Hollywood Hogan vs. Ric Flair | SuperBrawl '99 | - |
| 3.16 | 03/14/99 | 7 / - | (C) Hollywood Hogan vs. Ric Flair | Uncensored '99 | First Blood Cage match |
| 4.1 | 04/11/99 | 14 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting vs. Diamond Dallas Page | Spring Stampede '99 | 4 way match |
| 4.2 | 04/--/99 | 1 / - | (C) Diamond Dallas Page vs. Scott Steiner | - | - |
| 4.3 | --/--/99 | 1 / - | (C) Diamond Dallas Page vs. Bam Bam Bigelow | - | - |
| 4.4 | 04/26/99 | 1 / - | (C) Diamond Dallas Page vs. Sting | Nitro | - |
| 4.5 | 04/26/99 | 6 / - | (C) Sting vs. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash | Nitro | 4 way match |
| 4.6 | 05/09/99 | 2 / - | (C) Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kevin Nash | Slamboree '99 | - |
| 4.7 | 07/11/99 | 2 / - | (C) Kevin Nash & Sting vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage & Sid Vicious | Bash At The Beach '99 | Title on the line in a tag team match |
| 4.8 | 07/12/99 | 4 / - | (C) "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hollywood Hogan | Nitro | - |
| 4.9 | 08/14/99 | 8 / - | (C) Hulk Hogan vs. Kevin Nash | Road Wild '99 | Retirement Match |
| 4.10 | 09/12/99 | 8 / - | (C) Hulk Hogan vs. Sting | Fall Brawl '99 | - |
| 4.11 | 10/24/99 | 7 / - | (C) Sting vs. Hulk Hogan | Halloween Havoc '99 | - |
| 4.12 | 10/24/99 | 7 / - | (C) Sting vs. Goldberg | Halloween Havoc '99 | Title stripped and put up for grabs in 32 men tournament. |
| 4.13 | 11/21/99 | Vacant | Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Chris Benoit | Mayhem '99 | Tournament Final |
| 4.14 | 11/29/99 | 1 / - | (C) Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Meng | Nitro | Title vacated after Starrcade '99 match against Goldberg on 12/19/99 |
| 4.15 | 12/20/99 | Vacant | Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Goldberg | Nitro | Title vacated by Hart due to concussion side effects from 12/19/99 match against Goldberg |
| 4.16 | 01/16/00 | Vacant | Sid Vicious vs. Chris Benoit | Souled Out '00 | Vacated when Benoit jumps to WWF due to Kevin Sullivan being new booker once Russo was fired |
| 4.17 | 01/24/00 | Vacant | Sid Vicious vs. Kevin Nash | Nitro | Title stripped and awarded to Kevin Nash as he's commissioner |
| 4.18 | 01/25/00 | 3 / - | (C) Kevin Nash vs. Sid Vicious | Nitro | - |
| 4.19 | 02/20/00 | 2 / - | (C) Sid Vicious vs. Scott Hall vs. WCW US (C) Jeff Jarrett | SuperBrawl '00 | 3 way match |
| 4.20 | 02/28/00 | 2 / - | (C) Sid Vicious vs. Tank Abbott | Nitro | - |
| 4.21 | 03/19/00 | 2 / - | (C) Sid Vicious vs. WCW US (C) Jeff Jarrett | Uncensored '00 | - |
| 5.1 | 04/10/00 | Vacant | Vince Russo & Eric Bishoff strip all champions of their titles and puts all of them for grabs | Nitro | - |
| 5.2 | 04/16/00 | Vacant | Diamond Dallas Page vs. Jeff Jarrett | Spring Stampede '00 | Wins 6 men tournament for vacant title |
| 5.3 | 04/24/00 | 1 / - | (C) Jeff Jarrett vs. Diamond Dallas Page | Nitro | Cage Match |
| 5.4 | 04/25/00 | 3 / - | (C) Diamond Dallas Page & David Arquette vs. Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bishoff | Thunder | Title on the line in a tag team match |
| 5.5 | --/--/00 | 1 / - | (C) David Arquette vs. Tank Abbott | - | - |
| 5.6 | 05/07/00 | 1 / - | (C) David Arquette vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Diamond Dallas Page | Slamboree '00 | Triple Cage (Ready To Rumble) match |
| 5.7 | 05/15/00 | 2 / - | (C) Jeff Jarrett vs. Ric Flair | Nitro | Ric Flair collapses on Thunder, and Vince Russo strips him of the title on 05/22/00. Jarrett defeats Nash on 05/22/00 |
| 5.8 | 05/23/00 | 3 / - | (C) Jeff Jarrett vs. Kevin Nash | Thunder | Nash vacates title and awards it to Flair who never lost it on 05/29/00 |
| 5.9 | 05/29/00 | 16 / - | (C) Ric Flair vs. Jeff Jarrett | Nitro | - |
| 5.10 | 06/11/00 | 4 / - | (C) Jeff Jarrett vs. Kevin Nash | Great American Bash '00 | - |
| 5.11 | 06/19/00 | 4 / - | (C) Jeff Jarrett vs. WCW US (C) Scott Steiner | Nitro | - |
| 5.12 | 07/09/00 | 4 / - | (C) Jeff Jarrett vs. Hulk Hogan | Bash At The Beach '00 | Vince Russo will shoot on Hogan at the end |
| 5.13 | 07/09/00 | Vacant | Jeff Jarrett vs. Booker T | Bash At The Beach '00 | Vince Russo sets up this match for the title |
| 5.14 | 07/24/00 | 1 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Goldberg | Nitro | - |
| 5.15 | 07/31/00 | 1 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Sting | Nitro | - |
| 5.16 | 08/13/00 | 1 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Jeff Jarrett | New Blood Rising | - |
| 5.17 | 08/28/00 | 1 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Kevin Nash | Nitro | - |
| 5.18 | 09/17/00 | 4 / - | (C) Kevin Nash vs. Booker T | Fall Brawl '00 | Cage Match |
| 5.19 | 09/25/00 | 2 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Vince Russo | Nitro | Cage Match; Russo vacates title on 10/02/00 |
| 5.20 | 10/02/00 | Vacant | Booker T vs. Jeff Jarrett | Nitro | San Francisco 49ers Match |
| 5.21 | --/--/00 | 3 / - | (C) Booker T vs/ Scott Steiner | - | - |
| 5.22 | 11/26/00 | 3 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Scott Steiner | Mayhem '00 | Caged Heat Match |
| 5.23 | 12/17/00 | 1 / - | (C) Scott Steiner vs. Sid Vicious | Starcade '00 | - |
| 5.24 | 02/19/01 | 1 / - | (C) Scott Steiner vs. Kevin Nash | SuperBrawl '01 | - |
| 5.25 | 03/18/01 | 1 / - | (C) Scott Steiner vs. Diamond Dallas Page | Greed | WWF purchases WCW on 03/23/00 |
| 5.26 | 03/26/01 | 1 / - | (C) Scott Steiner vs. WCW US (C) Booker T | Nitro | Last ever Nitro |
| 5.27 | 04/02/01 | 4 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell | Raw | - |
| 5.28 | --/--/01 | 4 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Diamond Dallas Page | - | - |
| 5.29 | --/--/01 | 4 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Chris Jericho | - | - |
| 5.30 | --/--/01 | 4 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Kurt Angle | - | - |
| 5.31 | 07/24/01 | 4 / - | (C) Booker T vs. Kurt Angle | Smackdown! | - |
| 5.32 | 07/30/01 | 1 / - | (C) Kurt Angle vs. Booker T | Raw | - |
| 5.33 | 08/19/01 | 5 / - | (C) Booker T vs. The Rock | Summer Slam '01 | - |
| 6.1 | 09/23/01 | 1 / - | (C) The Rock vs. Booker T & Shane McMahon | Unforgiven '01 | Handicap match |
| 6.2 | 10/21/01 | 1 / - | (C) The Rock vs. Chris Jericho | No Mercy '01 | - |
| 6.3 | 11/03/01 | 1 / - | (C) Chris Jericho vs. WCW US (C) Kurt Angle | Rebellion '01 | - |
| 6.4 | 11/05/01 | 1 / - | (C) Chris Jericho vs. The Rock | Raw | - |
| 6.5 | 12/09/01 | 2 / - | (C) The Rock vs. Chris Jericho | Vengeance '01 | - |
| 6.6 | 12/09/01 | 2 / - | (C) Chris Jericho vs. WWF (C) Steve Austin | Vengeance '01 | Unifies World Championship & WWF Championship |
| Tape.Index | Date | Reign / Defense | Match Description | Event or Tour | Notes | |
| 1.1 | 04/30/83 | 2 / - | (C) Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine | - | - | |
| 1.2 | 12/14/83 | 3 / - | (C) Greg Valentine vs. Dick Slater | - | - | |
| 1.3 | 04/--/84 | 3 / - | Interview of (C) Ricky Steamboat | - | About his title win against Dick Slater | |
| 1.4 | 06/24/84 | 3 / - | (C) Ricky Steamboat vs. Wahoo McDaniels | - | Title vacated due to Tully Blanchard's interference | |
| 1.5 | --/--/84 | Vacant | Ricky Steamboat interview | - | About the Title tournament | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - | |
| 1. | --/--/83 | 2 / - | (C) vs. | - | - |