The WCW World Heavyweight Title and It's Legacy

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The Birth of The Big Gold Belt

 



When the NWA first closed down or was being bought out by Ted Turner in 1988. The 10 pounds of gold of the NWA has shifted until up to recently where it made it reemergence with the NWA-TNA which is now Impact Wrestling and later the National Wrestling Alliance again in 2019. I know the story is confusing with the NWA belt, but this is the story of The Big Gold Belt which was the WCW Heavyweight Championship Belt. Also, better known as the Ric Flair Belt. He started with the belt in 1986.

In the late 80's early 90's, Ric Flair battled with Sting and others and was the major champion of that belt which made it famous, but then Ric Flair left with the belt to the then WWF, now WWE proclaiming himself the "Real World's Champion."

The New World Order Belt


When The Big Gold Belt was known as the Ric Flair belt. It was also known as the nWo Belt with Hollywood Hulk Hogan. When Hogan turned heel, a wrestling term for bad guy, he won the Big Gold Belt and had sprayed painted it nWo. 

This was one historic period of WCW and the belt would be up there with the Spinner belt for John Cena if I had to compare belt to something. This was interesting time period which not only saw the rise and fall of the nWo, but of WCW.

WCW Bought out, The Big Gold Belt Carries On

Jericho was the last known WCW champion and won it in WWE when it was bought. However, when Eric Bischoff came over. He handed the belt to Triple H who was also known as the carrier of The Big Gold Belt under the WWE. 


The other names might not be remembered, but the belt slowly faded away in the history books. The last known carrier of the belt was Daniel Bryan before the merger of it. Then the title went away into retirement.

The Big Gold Belt left a Legacy from the belt carriers of Ric Flair to Hollywood Hogan to Triple H to Daniel Bryan. I know that there have been other belts that came into existence afterwards, but this was a 35-40 year time period that will never be replaced.





 

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