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WCW Hardcore Championship

WCW Hardcore Championship

Infobox championship
championshipname=WCW Hardcore Championship
promotion=World Championship Wrestling
created=November 21, 1999
mostreigns=Brian Knobbs & Terry Funk (3 reigns)
firstchamp=Norman Smiley
longestreign=Norman Smiley
(51 days)
shortestreign=Carl Ouellet (c. <1 day)
oldest=Terry Funk (56 years)
youngest=Shannon Moore (with 3 Count) (20 years)
heaviest=Bam Bam Bigelow (convert|360|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on)
lightest=Shannon Moore (with 3 Count) (convert|181|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on)
pastnames=
titleretired=March 26, 2001

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Hardcore Championship was a title in World Championship Wrestling. The title was defended in Hardcore matches, in which there were few rules restrictions and weapons were allowed. Eventually, the rules were changed so that matches began in the backstage area but would only end by pinfall in the ring. The belt was created in response to the growing popularity of hardcore wrestling in North America, but it never reached the heights of the WWF Hardcore Championship.

The title lasted from 1999 to 2001. It was abandoned after Meng, the reigning champion, left the company to return to the WWF. Meng gave the belt to Barbarian as a gift, but this didn't take place on TV and isn't considered part of the title history.

The belt design of the commercially available WCW Hardcore Championship belt is not the same as the belt that was seen on WCW programming. The replica belt was based off original artwork sent to beltmaker JMar before the belt was made. Through his website a few months earlier, JMar held a contest to have a fan's belt made into a real belt.

ee also

*List of WCW Hardcore Champions
*List of WCW Hardcore Championship reigns by length
*World Championship Wrestling


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