List of WCW Hardcore Champions
Title history

List of WCW Hardcore Champions

Section Title: Title history
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No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days

1	Norman Smiley	November 21, 1999	Mayhem	Toronto	1	51	Defeated Brian Knobs in the finals of a tournament to crown the first champion.

2	Brian Knobs	January 12, 2000	Thunder	Erie, Pennsylvania	1	27	This title change aired on tape delay

3	Bam Bam Bigelow	February 7, 2000	Nitro	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1	13

4	Brian Knobs	February 20, 2000	SuperBrawl 2000	San Fransicso, California	2	8

5	Shane Helms, Evan Karagias, and Shannon Moore	February 28, 2000	Nitro	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	20	Helms, Karagias, and Moore, known as the 3 Count stable, defeated Knobs simultaneously in a match, and as a result, WCW allowed the Freebird Rule in which all three wrestlers were able to defend the title.

6	Brian Knobs	March 19, 2000	Uncensored	Miami, Florida	3	22

—	Vacated	April 10, 2000	Nitro	Denver, Colorado	—	—	WCW Presidents Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated every WCW championship during WCW's reboot.

7	Terry Funk	April 16, 2000	Spring Stampede	Chicago, Illinois	1	36	Defeated Norman Smiley to win the vacant title.

8	Shane Douglas	May 22, 2000	Nitro	Grand Rapids, Michigan	1	1

9	Terry Funk	May 23, 2000	Thunder	Saginaw, Michigan	2	13

10	Eric Bischoff	June 5, 2000	Nitro	Atlanta, Georgia	1	1

11	Big Vito and Johnny the Bull	June 6, 2000	Thunder	Knoxville, Tennessee	1	13	WCW President Eric Bischoff awarded Vito and Johnny the title, and he announced that the Freebird Rule was in effect for this title reign, allowing both wrestlers to defend the title.

12	Big Vito	June 19, 2000	Nitro	Billings, Montana	2	35	Defeated Johnny The Bull to be named the sole champion.

13	Lance Storm	July 24, 2000	Nitro	Cleveland, Ohio	1	21	Storm renames championship "Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title" shortly after winning it.

14	Carl Ouellet	August 14, 2000	Nitro	Kelowna, British Columbia	1	<1	Storm awarded Ouellet the title.

15	Norman Smiley	August 14, 2000	Nitro	Kelowna, British Columbia	2	42

—	Vacated	September 25, 2000	Nitro	Uniondale, New York	—	—	The title was vacated by WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders.

16	Reno	October 2, 2000	Nitro	San Francisco, California	1	37	Sgt. AWOL originally defeated Reno to win the title in a tournament final.

17	Crowbar	November 8, 2000	Thunder	Chicago, Illinois	1	39	This title change aired on tape delay

18	Terry Funk	December 17, 2000	Starrcade	Washington, D.C.	3	28

19	Meng	January 14, 2001	Sin	Indianapolis, Indiana	1	7	This was a triple threat hardcore match also involving Crowbar.

—	Deactivated	January 21, 2001	—	—	—	—	Meng left WCW for WWF a week after winning the title to compete as Haku in the 2001 Royal Rumble and the title was abandoned.

Sentence(s)

The WCW Hardcore Championship was held jointly among Helms, Moore, and Karagias using the Freebird Rule.
Helms and Moore, were World Championship Wrestling WCW Hardcore Champions.
The WCW Hardcore Championship was held jointly among Helms, Moore, and Karagias using the Freebird Rule.

final_sentence: The WCW Hardcore Championship was held jointly among Helms, Moore, and Karagias using the Freebird Rule.
final_sentence: Helms and Moore, were World Championship Wrestling WCW Hardcore Champions.
final_sentence: The WCW Hardcore Championship was held jointly among Helms, Moore, and Karagias using the Freebird Rule.