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World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that appeared on the national scene under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner . The promotion ended in 2001 when it was sold to the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ).


History
Although the name "World Championship Wrestling" had been used as a brand and television show name by various promotions affiliated with the NWA since 1983, (most notably Georgia Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions) it was not until five years later that an actual NWA -affiliated promotion called World Championship Wrestling appeared on the national scene, under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia. At the outset of WCW's existence, as well as with the promotions that came before it, the company was strongly identified with the Southern style of professional wrestling (or rasslin'), which emphasized athletic in-ring competition over the showmanship and cartoonish characters of the WWF . This identification persisted into the 1990s, even as the company signed former WWF stars such as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. WCW dominated pro wrestling's television ratings from 1996 to 1998, mainly due to its incredibly popular New World Order storyline, but thereafter began to lose heavy ground to the WWF , which had recovered greatly due to its new "Attitude" branding. The promotion began losing large amounts of money, leading to parent company AOL Time Warner selling the name copyrights and tape library to the WWF for $4.3 million in 2001.
Final champions
The champions as they were at the end of the last WCW Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001:

WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Booker T

WCW United States Champion: Booker T

WCW World Tag Team Champions: Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire

WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Shane Helms

WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions: Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.


The NWA World Heavyweight Championship was defended in World Championship wrestling until WCW was withdrawn from the National Wrestling Alliance in September 1993. The NWA World Tag Team Championship was briefly defended in WCW beginning on July 12, 1992. The title was unified with the WCW World Tag Team Championship on September 21, 1992 and was defended until WCW's withdrawal from the NWA , resulting in the two championships being separated once more. This title was considered the "unofficial" NWA World Tag Team Championship until a tournament was held in 1992 to declare an official NWA World Tag Team Championship for the first time in NWA history. This version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship in January 1991.


WCW programming
Throughout its history, World Championship Wrestling (and its predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions) has presented several wrestling programs.

WCW Monday Nitro (1995 - 2001) ..

WCW Thunder (1998 - 2001)

WCW Saturday Night, aka WCW Saturday Morning, Georgia Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling (1971 - 2000)

World Championship Wrestling: Sunday Edition (197? - 1987)

WCW WorldWide, aka World Wide Wrestling (1975 - 2001)

WCW Pro, aka NWA Pro Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Wrestling (1985 - 1998)

WCW Main Event, aka NWA Power Hour (1989 - 1992)

WCW Power Hour, aka NWA Power Hour (1989 - 1992)

WCW Prime (1995 - 1997) · WCW Clash of the Champions aka NWA Clash of Champions


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