WCW World Championship - Ric Flair

January 11, 1991 - July 01, 1991

Heading into 1991, WCW was part of the National Wrestling Alliance and Sting was recognized as NWA World Champion. However, on Jan. 11 at a live event in East Rutherford, N.J, Ric Flair defeated Sting to win his seventh World Championship. When WCW pulled out of the NWA in early-1991, Flair became recognized as the first WCW Champion with this victory as the official beginning.

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