WCW Hardcore Championship/Champion history

The WCW Hardcore Championship was a professional wrestling title competed for in World Championship Wrestling under hardcore rules. This is a list, by ring name, of people that have held the WCW Hardcore Championship.
==History==
# 	Wrestler 	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location 	Event 	Notes
 	 	 	 	 	Toronto, Ontario 	Mayhem (1999) 	Defeated Brian Knobbs in the finals of a tournament to crown the first champion.
 	 	 	 	 	Erie, PA 	Thunder 	This title change aired on tape delay
 	 	 	 	 	Tulsa, OK 	Nitro 	
 	 	 	 	 	San Francisco, CA 	SuperBrawl (2000) 	
 	, Evan Karagias, and Shannon Moore	 	 	 	Minneapolis, MN 	Nitro 	Helms, Karagias, and Moore, known as the 3 Count stable, defeated Knobbs simultaneously in a match, and as a result, WCW allowed the Freebird Rule in which all three wrestlers were able to defend the title.
 	 	 	 	 	Miami, FL 	Uncensored (2000) 	
 	Vacated 	- 	 	- 	Denver, CO 	N/A 	WCW Presidents Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated every WCW championship during WCW's reboot.
 	 	 	 	 	Chicago, IL 	Spring Stampede (2000)	Defeated Norman Smiley to win the vacant title.
8 	 	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 	Nitro 	
9 	Vito LoGrasso and Johnny the Bull 	 	 	 	Knoxville, TN 	Thunder 	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. This title reign aired on tape delay.
10	 	 	 	 	Billings, MT 	Thunder 	WCW named Vito the sole champion.
11	Lance Storm 	 	 	 	Cleveland, OH 	Nitro 	Storm renames championship "Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title" shortly after winning it.
12	 	 	 	 	Kelowna, British Columbia	Nitro 	Storm awarded Ouellet the title.
13	 	 	 	 	Kelowna, British Columbia	Nitro 	
 	Vacated 	- 	 	- 	Uniondale, NY 	Nitro 	The title was vacated by WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders.
14	 	 	 	 	San Francisco, CA 	Nitro 	Sgt. AWOL originally defeated Reno to win the title in a tournament final. However, Mike Sanders reversed the decision and awarded Reno the title.
15	 	 	 	 	Chicago, IL 	Thunder 	This title change aired on tape delay
16	 	 	 	 	Washington, D.C. 	Starrcade (2000) 	
17	 	 	 	 	Indianapolis, IN 	Sin 	
 	Deactivated 	 	 	- 	- 	N/A 	Meng left WCW for WWF a week after winning the title to compete as Haku in the Royal Rumble and the title was abandoned.
==List of combined reigns==
Rank	Wrestler 	No. of reigns	Combined days
1 	Norman Smiley 	2 	93
2 	Terry Funk 	2 	78
3 	Brian Knobbs 	3 	57
4 	Big Vito 	2 	48
5 	Reno 	1 	35
6 	Crowbar 	1 	31
7 	Lance Storm 	1 	21
8 	Evan Karagias 	1 	20
8 	Shane Helms 	1 	20
8 	Shannon Moore 	1 	20
11 	Bam Bam Bigelow	1 	13
11 	Johnny the Bull	1 	13
13 	Meng 	1 	7
14 	Eric Bischoff 	1 	1
15 	Carl Ouellet 	1 	<1
Category:Champion history