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::''Please note that this page is specifically for the '''WCW World Television Championship''' defended in [[World Championship Wrestling]]. This page is not for the [[NWA World Television Championship]] which was a championship in WCW's predecessor, [[Jim Crockett Promotions]].''
   
 
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{{Infobox Championship
 
| championshipname = WCW World Television<br>Championship
 
| championshipname = WCW World Television<br>Championship
| image = [[Image:Wdw.jpg]]
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| image = [[File:WCW_TV_Championship.png|200px]]
 
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| created = January 14, [[1991]]
 
| created = January 14, [[1991]]
| titleretired = April 11, [[2000]]
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| titleretired = April 10, [[2000]]
 
| pastnames =
 
| pastnames =
 
| mostreigns = [[Booker T]] (6)
 
| mostreigns = [[Booker T]] (6)
 
| firstchamp = [[Arn Anderson]]
 
| firstchamp = [[Arn Anderson]]
 
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The [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) World Television Championship was one of the more unusual belts in the history of wrestling, as the championship (with rare exceptions) could only be defended (and won) on television.
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The title was created in [[1974]] by [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (JCP) as a secondary title. It was known as the Mid-Atlantic TV Championship and then simply the NWA TV Championship a few years later. As JCP grew, the title became known as the NWA World TV Championship. Upon WCW's withdrawal from the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), the title became known as the WCW World TV Championship until its final deactivation on April 10, [[2000]].
   
 
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.
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.
 
   
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==Previous Designs==
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|heat]]-building device to allow a heel champion to retain his title by the skin of his teeth.
 
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<gallery>
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NWA Television Championship Black Strap.png| The NWA Television Championship was used from January 1991 even after the withdrawal from the NWA until WCW created their own title in 1992.
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WCW_TV_Championship_92-95.png|WCW World Television Championship<br>{{small|(1992 - 1995)}}
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WCW_TV_Championship.png|WCW World Television Championship<br>{{small|(1995 - 2000)}}
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</gallery>
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[World Championship Wrestling]]
 
*[[World Championship Wrestling]]
*[[/Title history|Title history]] - History of the championship.
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*[[WCW World Television Championship/Champion history|Champion history]] - History of the wrestlers who have held the belt.
 
*[[WCW World Television Championship/Title matches|Title matches]] - Matches in which the title was defended.
*[[/Champion history|Champion history]] - History of the wrestlers who have held the belt.
 
 
*[[WCW World Television Championship/Champion gallery|Champion gallery]] - A gallery of all champions.
*[[/Title matches|Title matches]] - Matches in which the title was defended.
 
*[[/Reigns by length|Reigns by length]] - Lists of the length and reigns.
 
*[[/Champion Gallery|Champion Gallery]] - A gallery of all champions.
 
   
==External links and references==
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==External links==
 
*[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=150 WCW World Television Championship at CAGEMATCH.net]
 
*[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=150 WCW World Television Championship at CAGEMATCH.net]
 
[[Category:World Championship Wrestling championships|World Television]]
 
[[Category:World Championship Wrestling championships|World Television]]
 
[[Category:Television championships|WCW World Television]]
 
[[Category:Television championships|WCW World Television]]
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[[Category:Singles championships]]

Revision as of 19:28, 20 May 2019


Please note that this page is specifically for the WCW World Television Championship defended in World Championship Wrestling. This page is not for the NWA World Television Championship which was a championship in WCW's predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions.

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) World Television Championship was one of the more unusual belts in the history of wrestling, as the championship (with rare exceptions) could only be defended (and won) on television.

The title was created in 1974 by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) as a secondary title. It was known as the Mid-Atlantic TV Championship and then simply the NWA TV Championship a few years later. As JCP grew, the title became known as the NWA World TV Championship. Upon WCW's withdrawal from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the title became known as the WCW World TV Championship until its final deactivation on April 10, 2000.

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.

Previous Designs

See also

External links