| 35 | Sting | September 12, 1999 | Fall Brawl | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 6 | 43 | [56][57][3][4] | |
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| — | Vacated | October 25, 1999 | Nitro | Phoenix, Arizona | — | — | Sting was stripped of the title after losing an unsanctioned match against Goldberg and attacking referee Charles Robinson at Halloween Havoc. | [58][3][4] |
| 36 | Bret Hart | November 21, 1999 | Mayhem | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 29 | Defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final for the vacant title. | [59][60][61][3][4] |
| — | Vacated | December 20, 1999 | Nitro | Baltimore, Maryland | — | — | Bret Hart vacated the title due to the controversial end to a match with Goldberg at Starrcade. | [62][3][4] |
| 37 | Bret Hart | December 20, 1999 | Nitro | Baltimore, Maryland | 2 | 27 | Defeated Goldberg in a rematch for the vacant title. | [62][3][4] |
| — | Vacated | January 16, 2000 | Souled Out | Cincinnati, Ohio | — | — | Bret Hart vacated the title due to a legitimate injury that eventually forced him to retire nine months later. | [63][3][4] |
| 38 | Chris Benoit | January 16, 2000 | Souled Out | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1 | 1 | Defeated Sid Vicious for the vacant title. The following day, after a dispute with management, he left WCW for the WWF. The company withdrew recognition of Benoit's reign, which was not listed in the title lineage at WCW.com. However, WWE (who assumed the title upon purchasing WCW in March 2001) recognizes Benoit's reign at WWE.com. | [64][4][3] |
| — | Vacated | January 17, 2000 | Nitro | Columbus, Ohio | — | — | In storyline, Chris Benoit was stripped of the title because he won the match although Sid Vicious' foot was under the rope during the submission. In reality, Benoit forfeited the title and left for the WWF after dispute with management. | [64][65][3][4] |
| 39 | Sid Vicious | January 24, 2000 | Nitro | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 1 | Defeated The Harris Brothers for the right to face Kevin Nash. Sid then defeated Nash for the vacant title. WWE recognizes Sid's reign as lasting 2 days, ending on January 26, 2000, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [66][3][4] |
| — | Vacated | January 25, 2000 | Thunder | Las Vegas, Nevada | — | — | Sid Vicious was stripped of the title by Commissioner Kevin Nash due to Sid pinning the wrong Harris Brother. Aired on tape delay on January 26, 2000. | [2][3][4] |
| 40 | Kevin Nash | January 25, 2000 | Thunder | Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | <1 | As Commissioner, Nash awarded himself the title. Aired on tape delay on January 26, 2000. | [2][4][3][67] |
| 41 | Sid Vicious | January 25, 2000 | Thunder | Las Vegas, Nevada | 2 | 76 | This was a triangle steel cage match, also involving Kevin Nash and Ron Harris. Sid made Nash submit to win the title. WWE recognizes Sid's reign as lasting 75 days, beginning on January 26, 2000, when the episode aired on tape delay. | [68][3][4] |
| — | Vacated | April 10, 2000 | Nitro | Denver, Colorado | — | — | All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted. | [69][3][4] |
| 42 | Jeff Jarrett | April 16, 2000 | Spring Stampede | Chicago, Illinois | 1 | 8 | Defeated Diamond Dallas Page in tournament final for the vacant title. | [69][3][4] |
| 43 | Diamond Dallas Page | April 24, 2000 | Nitro | Rochester, New York | 3 | 1 | This was a steel cage match. | [3][4] |
| 44 | David Arquette | April 25, 2000 | Thunder | Syracuse, New York | 1 | 12 | This was a tag team match pitting Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page against Eric Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett, in which whoever scored the fall would become champion. Arquette pinned Bischoff to win Page's title. Aired on tape delay on April 26, 2000. | [70][3][4] |
| 45 | Jeff Jarrett | May 7, 2000 | Slamboree | Kansas City, Missouri | 2 | 8 | This was a Triple Cage match, also involving Diamond Dallas Page. | [71][3][4] |
| 46 | Ric Flair | May 15, 2000 | Nitro | Biloxi, Mississippi | 7 | 7 | Despite being listed as Flair's sixth reign on WWE.com, the match description says that this was Flair's seventh reign. | [72][3][4] |
| — | Vacated | May 22, 2000 | Nitro | Grand Rapids, Michigan | — | — | Vince Russo stripped Ric Flair of the title. | [73][3][4] |
| 47 | Jeff Jarrett | May 22, 2000 | Nitro | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 3 | 1 | Vince Russo awarded the vacant title to Jarrett, but Kevin Nash stole the title belt. Nash was then forced to face Jarrett in a No Holds Barred match, which Jarrett won. WWE recognizes Jarrett's reign as lasting 2 days, ending on May 24, 2000, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [74][3][4] |
| 48 | Kevin Nash | May 23, 2000 | Thunder | Saginaw, Michigan | 4 | 6 | This was a triangle match, also involving Scott Steiner. | [75][3][4] |
| 49 | Ric Flair | May 29, 2000 | Nitro | Salt Lake City, Utah | 8 | <1 | Kevin Nash gave the title to Flair. | [75][3][4] |
| 50 | Jeff Jarrett | May 29, 2000 | Nitro | Salt Lake City, Utah | 4 | 41 | David Flair was the special guest referee. | [76][3][4] |
| 51 | Booker T | July 9, 2000 | Bash at the Beach | Daytona Beach, Florida | 1 | 50 | Earlier that night, Hollywood Hulk Hogan faced Jeff Jarrett for the title in a controversial match that ended in a shoot. In reality, Vince Russo wanted Hogan to lose to Jarrett, who would then lose to Booker T. However, Hogan refused to job to Jarrett, so Russo told Jarrett to just lie down and let Hogan win. Jarrett lay down and Russo threw the belt in the ring at a confused Hogan, telling Hogan to take the belt. After Hogan pinned Jarrett and was declared new champion, he called out Russo for his poor booking decisions before walking out of WCW. Russo reversed the decision, declaring that Jarrett was still champion. Jarrett then lost the title to Booker T in an impromptu match. | [77][3][4] |
| 52 | Kevin Nash | August 28, 2000 | Nitro | Las Cruces, New Mexico | 5 | 20 | Jeff Jarrett was the special guest referee. | [67][3] |
It was Sid vs. Don. Ron interfered. According to Nash, in the confusion Sid pinned Ron and not Don. On Thunder Nash gave the title to himself. He then gave a chance for Sid to win it back with a handicap cage match against himself and the Harris Brother he didn't beat... and yet Ron was in that match. Make it make sense
