A history of the big gold belt till it’s retirement can be seen below:- Ric Flair NWA/WCW/ Crumrine Big Gold (Dual plated) (Crumrine) (Debut - 1991)- Vegas Big Gold (Reggie Parks) (1991)- All ...

The stories are mixed in how talents decided to treat the gold. Each of the following WCW champs either carried their belts with pride or didn’t care about it. Great Pride: Diamond Dallas Page ...

When WCW’s withdrawal from the NWA was completed in September 1993, the title became known as the Big Gold Belt for a short time. Since WCW owned the rights to the belt itself, they kept it and ...

He's an actor and had no right holding the coveted Big Gold Belt. Arquette held the WCW World Championship for 11 days, and ...

Retro Wednesday: The Revival And Burial Of The "Big Gold Belt" By Chris Featherstone Aug. 20, 2014 7:56 pm EST When WCW disbanded in 2001, the company's World Heavyweight Championship was still ...

He never left the title hunt after that, and held the belt twice more before WCW closed in 2001. By the time Page joined the WWE in 2001, he was 45 years old, the same age that Kane is today.

Another title belt expert, Dave Millican, authenticated Big Gold when an unknown WCW wrestler sold it to the collector when WWE's purchase of WCW went through in 2001.

Eventually, WCW and Flair came to an agreement regarding the original “Big Gold Belt” in 1992 — marking its return as the NWA world heavyweight championship.

WCW withdrew from the NWA shortly after Ric’s comeback, but wanted to keep the recently-reacquired Big Gold Belt, so they said it represented “WCW International,” a foreign branch of the WCW ...

Brace yourselves, this one is complicated. After Ted Turner bought Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988 WCW was born. The new promotion still used the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the big gold ...