WCW World Television Championship

The WCW World Television Championship belt.

The World Championship Wrestling World Television Championship was one of the more unusual belts in the history of wrestling. Unlike most wrestling titles, this belt had to be defended by unique set of rules, as the championship could only be defended (and won) on television.

The title was often defended in matches with a time limit of ten or fifteen minutes. More often than with other championships, title matches resulted in time limit draws and the champion retaining the belt. This was often used as a heat-building device to allow a heel champion to retain his title by the skin of his teeth.

Statistics

Record:	Record holder:	Record number:	Notes:
Most reigns	Booker T	Six	Booker T first took this record on June 14, 1998, after beating Fit Finlay for his 5th title. He had previously been tied with Lord Steven Regal. He won his 6th title on March 14, 1999, after beating Scott Steiner.
Longest reign	Steve Austin	329 days	Austin beat Bobby Eaton for the belt on June 3, 1991, and held it until April 27, 1992, when he lost the title to Barry Windham.
Shortest reign	Lex Luger, Chris Benoit, & Booker T	1 day	Luger won the title from Johnny B. Badd on February 17, 1996 and lost it back to Johnny the next day. Booker T. and Benoit traded the belt back and forth four times during a series of successive house shows from April 30 to May 3, 1998. Booker T lost the belt to Fit Finlay the day after his matches with Benoit ended.
Oldest champion	Jim Duggan	46 years	Duggan claimed the title for himself on February 16, 2000, after finding it in a dumpster (previous champ Scott Hall had thrown it out). The title was vacated during his reign on April 10 of that year.
Youngest champion	Alex Wright	22 years	Wright beat Ultimo Dragon for the title on August 21, 1997. He would lose it to Disco Inferno on September 22 of that year.
Heaviest champion	Stevie Ray	289 lbs.	Stevie Ray was given the right to defend the title by "power of attorney" after his brother, Booker T, was sidelined with an injury. Stevie Ray would lose the title to Chris Jericho on September 10, 1998.
Lightest champion	Ultimo Dragon	185 lbs	N/A

Trivia

• Arn Anderson was recognized as the first WCW Television Champion on January 14 1991, having been the NWA World Television Champion up to that point.
• The only wrestler to win both the WCW and ECW World Television Championships is Chris Jericho. He won the ECW TV title on June 22, 1996.

See also

• List of WCW World Television Champions