NOTES
¹   McDaniel was stripped of the title because of injury.  Slaughter defeated Rick Steamboat in the finals of a tournament for the vacated strap.
²   Slaughter awarded the title when an injured McDaniel didn't show up for the match.
³   Valentine awarded the title when the ref stopped the fight because of a nasty cut over Piper's ear.
⁴   McDaniel was stripped of the title because Tully Blanchard helped McDaniel win the match.  McDaniel defeated Manny Fernandez in the finals of a tournament for the vacated title.
⁵   Title was Vacated when Magnum TA attacked NWA President Bob Geigel.  A best of seven series was ordered between Nikita Koloff and Magnum TA.
⁶   Title was vacated because Rhodes hit NWA President Jim Crockett with a baseball bat.  Windham defeated Koloff in the finals of the tournament for the title.
⁷   Luger was forced to vacate the title because he had won the World Heavyweight Title.  Sting vs. Steve Austin was the final of the tournament for the US title.
⁸   Rude was stripped of the title because he failed to defend it due to injury.  Rhodes vs. Steamboat was supposed to be a match to determine the number 1 contender for the title but since the title had become vacant, it was changed to a title match.
⁹   Title was declared vacant after a controversial "double pin" ending to a match between Rhodes and Rude.
¹⁰ Austin was awarded the title because Steamboat could not defend it.  Duggan defeated Austin later that night.
¹¹ Vader was stripped of title after several violent offenses.  Sting vs. Meng was the final of the title tournament.
¹² Title was vacated after Flair failed to defend it because of injury.  Guerrero won after Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Syxx of the nWo attacked DDP.
¹³ Goldberg won the World Heavyweight Title so he was forced to vacate the US Title.  Bret Hart and DDP were named top contenders, Hart won the match.
¹⁴ Hall failed to defend title within 30 days, so he was forced to vacate it.  A tournament was held with Scott Steiner defeating Booker T in the final.
¹⁵ Steiner failed to defend because of an injury, so Ric Flair (who was involved in an angle as WCW President) gave the title to his son.
¹⁶  Hall was forced to forfeit the US Title because of an injury.
¹⁷  Jeff Jarrett was stripped of the title for failing to defend it.  Commisioner Kevin Nash later gave the championship back to Jarrett.
¹⁸  On 4-10-00, Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated all titles.  Steiner defeated Sting in the finals of a tournament to crown the new champion.
¹⁹  The Cat (commissioner) stripped Scott Steiner of the title because he used the banned Steiner Recliner.  The Cat held a tournament and Lance Storm defeated Mike Awesome in the finals.  Storm renamed the title the Canadian Heavyweight Title.