1. Kevin Nash had 5 title reigns, 97 combined days. An average title reign of 19.4 days.
2. Booker T had 5 title reigns, 253 combined days. An average title reign of 50.6 days. Booker T defeated Scott Steiner on the last episode of Monday Nitro. Booker T was the last wrestler to win the title on WCW programming.
3. Chris Benoit’s only reign lasted 1 day. He forfeited the title and left for the WWF.
4. The title has been won in 4 different countries. (Ireland, England, Canada and USA).
5. Bret Hart had 2 title reigns, 56 days combined. An average title reign of 28 days. Hart was forced to vacate the title at Souled Out 2000 PPV. He would retire 9 months later.
6. Hulk Hogan’s historic 489 day title run started with his WCW debut at Bash at the Beach 1994.
7. Sid Vicious had 2 title reigns, 77 days. An average title reign of 38.5 days.
8. Only 10 wrestlers have held the title for 100+ combined days. (Hogan, Flair, Vader, Booker T, Sting, Lex Luger, Goldberg, Simmons, S. Steiner and The Giant).
9. David Arquette had a 12 day title reign.
10. Macho Man Randy Savage had 4 title reigns. Twice winning the title only to drop it the very next day. Combined 53 days. An average title reign of 13.25 days.
11. On January 25th, 2000 the title was vacated. The title was then self-awarded to Kevin Nash as acting GM. Later that evening Sid Vicious defeats Nash for the title. Recapping, 1 event. 1 vacated title. 1 self-awarded champion and 1 title change… On a Thunder show.
12. The title has been vacated on 12 occurrences.
13. Big Van Vader had 3 title reigns, 377 days combined. An average title reign of 125.66 days.
14. Ron Simmons’s only title reign lasted a solid 150 days. Simmons became the first African American World HW Champion.
15. Sting had 6 title reigns, 250 days combined. An average title reign of 41.66 days. Sting defeated Hogan on 3 separate occasions to win the title, (Starrcade 97, SuperBrawl 98 and Fall Brawl 99).
16. DDP had 3 title reigns, 29 days combined. An average title reign of 9.66 days.
17. Hulk Hogan holds the record for “Most Combined” days as champion (1,177). A total of 6 title reigns, an average title reign of 196.16 days.
18. Scott Steiner’s only title reign lasted 120 days.
19. Kurt Angle was the first wrestler to win the title on WWF programming. Angle defeated Booker T on Smackdown, in his hometown of Pittsburgh PA. His reign lasted 6 days.
20. Ric Flair had 7 reigns as champion, the most. A combined 501 days. An average title reign of 71.57 days.
21. The title was featured on 6 WWF/WWE events.
22. The title has changed hands 5 non televised house shows.
23. The Giant had 2 title reigns, 118 days combined. An average title reign of 59 days. The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc 1995 becoming the youngest champion at 23 years of age. This also ended Hogan’s historic 489 day reign.
24. Goldberg’s only reign as champion lasted 174 days.
25. Sting, Ric Flair, Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan have all had title reigns that have lasted less than 24 hours.