List of World Championship Wrestling tournaments
World Championship Wrestling had held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that were a part of their roster.
Sporadic tournaments
[edit]Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; DDQ-Double Disqualification Ref-Referee's decision; NC-No Contest
Bunkhouse Stampede Tournament
[edit]Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
[edit]NWA United States Championship Tournament (1975)
[edit]The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on November 9, 1975, and was created to crown a new United States Champion after Johnny Valentine suffered a career ending back injury.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Rufus R. Jones | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Funk | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Funk | ||||||||||||||
| Dusty Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
| Blackjack Mulligan | ||||||||||||||
| Dusty Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Funk | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Jones | ||||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | ||||||||||||||
| Harley Race | ||||||||||||||
| Harley Race | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Jones | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Jones | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Weaver | ||||||||||||||
NWA United States Championship Tournament (1979)
[edit]The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on September 1, 1979, to crown a new United States Champion after Ric Flair vacated the championship due to winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days earlier.[1]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Rick Steamboat | PIN | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Ladd | |||||||||||||||
| Rick Steamboat | COUNT OUT | ||||||||||||||
| "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers | |||||||||||||||
| "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers | SUB | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Marcus | |||||||||||||||
| "TV Champion" Rick Steamboat | PIN | ||||||||||||||
| "Mid-Atlantic Champion" Ken Patera | |||||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | DDQ | ||||||||||||||
| Big John Studd | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Patera | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Patera | PIN | ||||||||||||||
| Rufus R. Jones | |||||||||||||||
| Rick Steamboat | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Snuka | PINFALL; WINNER | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Snuka | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka | REF DECISION | ||||||||||||||
| "Mr Wrestling" Tim Woods | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Snuka | |||||||||||||||
| "High Flyer" Jim Brunzell | |||||||||||||||
| Bruiser Brody | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny Weaver | |||||||||||||||
| Bruiser Brody | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Brunzell | PIN | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Brunzell | REF DECISION | ||||||||||||||
| Dewey Robertson | |||||||||||||||
NWA United States Championship Tournament (1981)
[edit]The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Champion after Wahoo McDaniel vacated the title due to injury.[1]
NWA United States Championship Tournament (1984)
[edit]The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Champion after Wahoo McDaniel was forced to vacate the title due to his controversial title win over Ricky Steamboat, which took place due to outside interference by Tully Blanchard.[1]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Mike Rotunda | |||||||||||||||
| The Assassin | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Rotunda | |||||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | |||||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Youngblood | |||||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| Ivan Koloff | |||||||||||||||
| Brian Adias | |||||||||||||||
| Ivan Koloff | DDQ | ||||||||||||||
| Dusty Rhodes | |||||||||||||||
| Don Kernodle | |||||||||||||||
| Dusty Rhodes | |||||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | |||||||||||||||
| Manny Fernandez | |||||||||||||||
| Manny Fernandez | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Kelly | |||||||||||||||
| Manny Fernandez | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Graham | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Graham | |||||||||||||||
| Carlos Colon | |||||||||||||||
| Manny Fernandez | |||||||||||||||
| Tully Blanchard | |||||||||||||||
| Tully Blanchard | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Valiant | |||||||||||||||
| Tully Blanchard | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | DRAW | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Bass | |||||||||||||||
NWA World Television Championship Tournament (1986)
[edit]The NWA World Television Championship Tournament was a tournament held on January 4, 1986, to crown a new World Television Champion after Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title due to injury at the hands of Ric Flair and The Minnesota Wrecking Crew.[2]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Arn Anderson | pin | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Valiant | 11:13 | |||||||||||||
| Arn Anderson | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| Black Bart | DCO | |||||||||||||
| Road Warrior Animal | 04:45 | |||||||||||||
| Arn Anderson | pin | |||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 13:24 | |||||||||||||
| Tully Blanchard | pin | |||||||||||||
| Ron Bass | 10:38 | |||||||||||||
| Tully Blanchard | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 12:15 | |||||||||||||
| The Barbarian | pin | |||||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 9:31 | |||||||||||||
Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1986)
[edit]The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was a tournament held on April 19, 1986, at The Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana and had an afternoon & night show.[3]
Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1987)
[edit]The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was a tournament that ran from April 9 to April 10, 1987, with both shows at The Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.[3]
Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1988)
[edit]The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was a tournament.[3]
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament (1988)
[edit]The NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Tag Team Champions after the titles were vacated when The Midnight Express won the NWA World Tag Team Championship on September 10, 1988.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Fantastics | ||||||||||||||
| The Varsity Club | ||||||||||||||
| The Fantastics | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| The Russian Assassins | ||||||||||||||
| Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff | ||||||||||||||
| The Fantastics | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Perez & Larry Zbyszko | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons | ||||||||||||||
| The Sheepherders | ||||||||||||||
| The Sheepherders | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
Notes:
1 The Sheepherders defeated Gilbert and Simmons in the semifinals but were replaced by them in the finals when they left for the WWF.
NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1989)
[edit]The NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams were forced to vacate the titles due to their Varsity Club teammates attacking special guest referee Nikita Koloff during their title defense against Road Warriors at WrestleWar.[4]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Fabulous Freebirds1 | ||||||||||||||
| The Road Warriors | ||||||||||||||
| The Fabulous Freebirds | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Victory and Rip Morgan | ||||||||||||||
| The Fabulous Freebirds | ||||||||||||||
| The Midnight Express | ||||||||||||||
| Samoan Swat Team | ||||||||||||||
| Ranger Ross and Ron Simmons | ||||||||||||||
| The Samoan Swat Team | ||||||||||||||
| The Midnight Express | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Reed and The Raider | ||||||||||||||
| The Midnight Express | ||||||||||||||
Notes:
1 Terry Gordy originally teamed with Michael Hayes in the quarterfinals while Jimmy Garvin replaced him in the semifinals and finals.
Iron Man Tournaments (1989)
[edit]The Iron Man and Iron Team tournaments were round-robin tournaments featuring four competing individuals and tag teams respectively. The point system: 20 points for a pinfall or submission victory, 15 for a countout victory, 10 for a disqualification victory, 5 for a time-limit draw and 0 for a loss.[5]
- Iron Man tournament
| Sting | Luger | Flair | Muta | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sting | * | 0 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Lex Luger | 20 | * | 5 | 10 | 35 |
| Ric Flair | 0 | 5 | * | 20 | 25 |
| The Great Muta | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
- Iron Team tournament
| Warriors | Steiners | Samoans | Doom | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Road Warriors | * | 0 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| The Steiner Brothers | 20 | * | 0 | 15 | 35 |
| The New Wild Samoans | 0 | 10 | * | 20 | 30 |
| Doom | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament (1990)
[edit]The NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Tag Team Champions after Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner vacated the titles due to Steiner splitting from Gilbert to form a tag team with his brother Scott.[6]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Victory and Rip Morgan | ||||||||||||||
| Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk | ||||||||||||||
| The Midnight Express | ||||||||||||||
| The Midnight Express | ||||||||||||||
| Rock and Roll Express | ||||||||||||||
| Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk | ||||||||||||||
| The Fabulous Freebirds | ||||||||||||||
| The Fabulous Freebirds | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Rich and Eddie Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| The Fabulous Freebirds | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| The MOD Squad | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas | ||||||||||||||
Running the Gauntlet Tournament (1990)
[edit]The Running the Gauntlet Tournament was a tournament.[5]
- September 14–16, 1990
Brian Pillman defeated Tim Horner and Buddy Landel, before losing to Dan Spivey.
- September 21–23, 1990
Scott Steiner defeated Bobby Eaton, Ric Flair, and Arn Anderson to run the gauntlet.
- September 28–30, 1990
Bobby Eaton defeated Tracey Smothers and Ricky Morton, before losing to Sid Eudy.
- November 11–13, 1990
Steve Armstrong defeated Stan Lane, but lost to his second opponent Buddy Landel. Had Armstrong defeated Landel, he would've wrestled Bobby Eaton.
- November 17–19, 1990
Rick Steiner defeated Moondog Rex, Sid Vicious and Ric Flair to run the gauntlet.
- November 23–25, 1990
Ric Flair defeated Buddy Landel, but lost to his second opponent Ron Simmons. Had Flair defeated Simmons, he would've wrestled The Nightstalker.
Pat O'Connor Memorial International Tag Team Tournament (1990)
[edit]The Pat O'Connor Memorial International Tag Team Tournament was a tournament at Starrcade.[5]
WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1991)
[edit]The WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after Steiner Brothers vacated the titles due to Scott Steiner suffering an injury.[7]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| One Man Gang & Black Blood | ||||||||||||||
| El Gigante & Big Josh | ||||||||||||||
| One Man Gang and The Executioner | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmaier | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Steiner and Bill Kazmaier | ||||||||||||||
| The Ringlords | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmaier | ||||||||||||||
| The Enforcers | ||||||||||||||
| Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion | ||||||||||||||
| Terrance Taylor and Richard Morton | ||||||||||||||
| Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion | ||||||||||||||
| The Enforcers | ||||||||||||||
| The Young Pistols | ||||||||||||||
| The Enforcers | ||||||||||||||
- The Executioner replaced Black Blood
WCW United States Championship Tournament (1991)
[edit]The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Champion after Lex Luger vacated the title upon winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash.[1]
| First round | Quarterfinal | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Arn Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Diamond Studd | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Eaton | |||||||||||||||||||
| Diamond Studd | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Windham | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Windham | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Zenk | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||
WCW Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament
[edit]The WCW Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament held in 1991 to crown the first-ever Light Heavyweight Champion. The finals took place at Halloween Havoc, where Brian Pillman defeated Richard Morton to become the inaugural champion.[2]
NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1992)
[edit]The NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever NWA World Tag Team Champions. The tournament took place at The Great American Bash on July 12, 1992.
Nintendo Top Ten Challenge Tournament (1992)
[edit]The Nintendo Top Ten Challenge Tournament was a tournament.[5]
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Rick Rude | |||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Rude | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dustin Rhodes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dustin Rhodes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Zbyszko | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Rude | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Rude | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Big Van Vader | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nikita Koloff | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Simmons | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||||||
King of Cable Tournament
[edit]The King of Cable Tournament was a single-elimination tournament in 1992. The finals were held at Starrcade.[5]
Jesse Ventura Invitational Strongest Arm arm wrestling tournament (1992)
[edit]The Jesse Ventura Invitational Strongest Arm Tournament was a 1992 arm wrestling tournament held on WCW WorldWide to determine which wrestler on the roster was the best. The competitors were (kayfabe) selected by WCW color analyst Jesse Ventura.[5]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Van Hammer | ||||||||||||||
| Vinnie Vegas | ||||||||||||||
| Van Hammer | ||||||||||||||
| Vader | ||||||||||||||
| Vader | ||||||||||||||
| Nikita Koloff | ||||||||||||||
| Van Hammer | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Simmons | ||||||||||||||
| The Barbarian | ||||||||||||||
| Arn Anderson | ||||||||||||||
| The Barbarian | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Simmons | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Simmons | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | ||||||||||||||
WCW World Television Championship Tournament (1993)
[edit]The WCW World Television Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Television Champion after Scott Steiner was stripped of the title due to leaving WCW.[2]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | |||||||||||||||
| Too Cold Scorpio | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | |||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | |||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Zenk | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny B. Badd | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny B. Badd | |||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny B. Badd | |||||||||||||||
| Steven Regal | |||||||||||||||
| The Barbarian | |||||||||||||||
| Steven Regal | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | |||||||||||||||
| Erik Watts | |||||||||||||||
| Erik Watts | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gunn | |||||||||||||||
| Erik Watts | |||||||||||||||
| Maxx Payne | |||||||||||||||
| Maxx Payne | |||||||||||||||
| Marcus Bagwell | |||||||||||||||
| Erik Watts | |||||||||||||||
| Vinnie Vegas | |||||||||||||||
| Robbie V | |||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Pierce | |||||||||||||||
| Robbie V | |||||||||||||||
| Vinnie Vegas | |||||||||||||||
| Vinnie Vegas | |||||||||||||||
| Van Hammer | |||||||||||||||
WCW United States Championship Tournament (1993)
[edit]The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that ran from December 14, 1992, to January 11, 1993.[1] This was initially a #1 contenders tournament for Rick Rude's United States Heavyweight Championship, but when Rude became injured, he was stripped of the title, thus the final between Ricky Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes was for the championship.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Dustin Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
| Vinnie Vegas | ||||||||||||||
| Dustin Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Atlas | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Atlas | ||||||||||||||
| Van Hammer | ||||||||||||||
| Dustin Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | ||||||||||||||
| Barry Windham | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny B. Badd | ||||||||||||||
| Barry Windham | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | ||||||||||||||
| Dan Spivey | ||||||||||||||
European Cup Tournament (1994)
[edit]The European Cup Tournament was a tournament that took place from March 3 to March 20, 1994.[5][8]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||
| Kane | |||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Simmons | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Simmons | |||||||||||||||
| Marcus Bagwell | |||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||
| Kole | |||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||
| Too Cold Scorpio | |||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||
| Vader | |||||||||||||||
| Ric Flair | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny B. Badd | |||||||||||||||
| Ric Flair | |||||||||||||||
| Steven Regal | |||||||||||||||
| Steven Regal | |||||||||||||||
| Maxx Payne | |||||||||||||||
| Ric Flair | |||||||||||||||
| Vader | |||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | |||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | |||||||||||||||
| Vader | |||||||||||||||
| Vader | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Roma | |||||||||||||||
WCW United States Championship Tournament (1995)
[edit]The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Vader was stripped of the title due to injuring Dave Sullivan.[1]
Slim Jim Challenge (1995)
[edit]The Slim Jim Challenge was a tournament.[9]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Paul Orndorff | ||||||||
| 4 | Jim Duggan | ||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | |||||||||
| Flyin' Brian | |||||||||
| 3 | Flyin' Brian | ||||||||
| 2 | Big Bubba Rogers | ||||||||
Lord Of The Ring Tournament (1996)
[edit]The Lord Of The Ring Tournament was a tournament from Slamboree 1996, where teams were randomly selected through lottery, which every team that won their respective matches, would win a spot at the Lord Of The Ring Battle Royal later on that night.[10]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booker T & Road Warrior Animal vs. Lex Luger & Road Warrior Hawk ended in Double Count Out | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 6:54 |
| 2 | Diamond Dallas Page & The Barbarian defeated Hugh Morrus & Meng | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 5:15 |
| 3 | Dick Slater & Earl Robert Eaton defeated Alex Wright & Disco Inferno | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 2:56 |
| 4 | Fire And Ice (Ice Train & Scott Norton) defeated Big Bubba Rogers & Stevie Ray | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 3:32 |
| 5 | "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan & V.K. Wallstreet defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal & Squire David Taylor) | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 3:46 |
| 6 | Randy Savage & Ric Flair defeated Arn Anderson & Eddie Guerrero | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 4:04 |
| 7 | Rick Steiner & The Booty Man defeated Scott Steiner & Sgt. Craig Pittman | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 8:21 |
| 8 | The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) defeated Chris Benoit & The Taskmaster | Lord Of The Ring First Round | 4:44 |
| 9 | Diamond Dallas Page & The Barbarian defeated Rick Steiner & The Booty Man | Lord Of The Ring Semi Final | 5:05 |
| 10 | Dick Slater & Earl Robert Eaton defeated Jim Duggan & VK Wallstreet | Lord Of The Ring Semi Final | 4:08 |
| 11 | The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) defeated Randy Savage & Ric Flair by forfeit | Lord Of The Ring Semi Final | — |
| 12 | Diamond Dallas Page defeated Dick Slater and The Barbarian and Earl Robert Eaton and Ice-Train and Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock and Scott Norton | Lord Of The Ring Final Battle Royal | 9:33 |
WCW United States Championship Tournament (1996)
[edit]The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Ric Flair vacated the title due to shoulder injury.[1]
WCW Women's Championship Tournament (1996)
[edit]The WCW Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to determine the first-ever Women's Champion, with the finals taking place at Starrcade.[2]
WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship Tournament (1997)
[edit]The WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever Women's Cruiserweight Champion.[2]
WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1999)
[edit]The WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after Rick Steiner was stripped of the titles due to suffering an injury. The tournament finals took place at Superbrawl IX.
WCW United States Championship Tournament (1999)
[edit]The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Scott Hall was stripped of the title by Ric Flair.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | ||||||||||||||
| Meng | ||||||||||||||
| Meng | ||||||||||||||
| Bam Bam Bigelow | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | ||||||||||||||
| Booker T | ||||||||||||||
| Booker T | ||||||||||||||
| Perry Saturn | ||||||||||||||
| Booker T | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho* | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Adams | ||||||||||||||
- After Jericho was eliminated by Steiner, he was able to negotiate his way back in.
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1999)
[edit]The WCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Heavyweight Champion after Sting was stripped of the title due to attacking a referee at Halloween Havoc. The tournament finals took place at Mayhem.[1]
WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament (January 2000)
[edit]The WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after The Outsiders vacated the title due to Scott Hall suffering an injury.
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Nash | |||||||||||||||
| Wall & Sid Vicious | |||||||||||||||
| Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner | |||||||||||||||
| PG-13 | |||||||||||||||
| PG-13 | |||||||||||||||
| Rick Steiner & Berlyn | |||||||||||||||
| Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner | |||||||||||||||
| The Harris Brothers | |||||||||||||||
| The Harris Brothers | |||||||||||||||
| Meng & Fit Finlay | |||||||||||||||
| The Harris Brothers | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Rotunda & Buzzkill | |||||||||||||||
| Dean Malenko & Konnan | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Rotunda & Buzzkill | |||||||||||||||
| Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner | |||||||||||||||
| David Flair & Crowbar | |||||||||||||||
| Buff Bagwell & Kanyon | |||||||||||||||
| Disco Inferno & Big Vito | |||||||||||||||
| Buff Bagwell & Kanyon | |||||||||||||||
| Asya & Norman Smiley | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Duggan & Perry Saturn | |||||||||||||||
| Asya & Norman Smiley | |||||||||||||||
| Buff Bagwell & Vampiro | |||||||||||||||
| David Flair & Crowbar | |||||||||||||||
| Midnight & Lash LeRoux | |||||||||||||||
| Harlem Heat | |||||||||||||||
| Midnight & Lash Leroux | |||||||||||||||
| David Flair & Crowbar | |||||||||||||||
| Vampiro & Evan Karagias | |||||||||||||||
| David Flair & Crowbar | |||||||||||||||
Scott Steiner became Kevin Nash's partner in the second round.
Vampiro replaced Kanyon in the third round.
WCW Cruiserweight Championship Tournament (2000)
[edit]The WCW Cruiserweight Championship Tournament was a tournament for the vacated Cruiserweight Championship, which took place after Oklahoma was forced to vacate the title due to exceeding the weight limit of a cruiserweight.[2]
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2000)
[edit]The WCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Heavyweight Champion after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo vacated all the titles.[1]
WCW United States Championship Tournament (April 2000)
[edit]The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo vacated all the titles. The tournament took place at Spring Stampede.[1]
WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament (April 2000)
[edit]The WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo vacated all the titles. The tournament took place at Spring Stampede.[1]
WCW United States Championship Tournament (July 2000)
[edit]The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on July 18, 2000, for the vacated United States Championship after Scott Steiner was stripped of the title due to using his banned Steiner Recliner on Mike Awesome during a match at Bash at the Beach.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Shane Douglas | 3:53 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Kidman | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Shane Douglas | 4:30 | |||||||||||||
| Lance Storm | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Buff Bagwell | 4:00 | |||||||||||||
| Lance Storm | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Lance Storm | 5:05 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Awesome | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Mike Awesome | 6:34 | |||||||||||||
| Kanyon | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mike Awesome | 3:35 | |||||||||||||
| Great Muta | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Vampiro | 8:28 | |||||||||||||
| Great Muta | Pin | |||||||||||||
London Lethal Lottery Tag Team Tournament (2000)
[edit]The London Lethal Lottery Tag Team Tournament was a tournament.[11][12]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Scott Steiner and Sting | ||||||||
| 4 | Bam Bam Bigelow and Mike Awesome | ||||||||
| Scott Steiner and Sting | |||||||||
| Kronik | |||||||||
| 3 | KroniK | ||||||||
| 2 | Booker T and Lex Luger | ||||||||
WCW Hardcore Championship Tournament (2000)
[edit]The WCW Hardcore Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new Hardcore Champion after Mike Sanders stripped Norman Smiley of the title.[2]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Johnny The Bull | ||||||||
| 4 | Sgt. AWOL | ||||||||
| Sgt. AWOL | |||||||||
| Reno | |||||||||
| 3 | Crowbar | ||||||||
| 2 | Reno | ||||||||
- Sgt. AWOL originally defeated Reno in the finals but WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders reversed the decision and awarded the win to Reno.
European Cup Tournament (2000)
[edit]The European Cup Tournament was a tournament.[13][14]
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament (2001)
[edit]The WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the inaugural Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "WCW World & U.S. Title Tournaments".
- ^ a b c d e f g "Other WCW Singles Title Tournaments".
- ^ a b c "Crockett Cup".
- ^ "NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament 1989". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Misc. Tournaments".
- ^ "NWA U.S. Tag Team Title Tournament 1990". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ "WCW World Tag Team Title Tournament 1991". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "European Cup « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Slim Jim Challenge « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Lord Of The Ring « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "London Lethal Lottery Tag Team Tournament « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
- ^ "Solie's Title Histories: ECW".
- ^ "Sting Wins the WCW European Cup - WCW Millennium... - WCW WorldWide".