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While not the first wrestling championship belt to incorporate a name plate, it popularized the concept. The original championship belt design was known for being unbranded as it only read “World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion” and bore no initials or trademark of its owning promotion. The original belt is currently owned by Conrad Thompson.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsHistory[edit]NWA World Heavyweight Championship[edit]WCW World Heavyweight Championship[edit]WCW International World Heavyweight Championship[edit]WCW World Heavyweight Championship again[edit]WCW bought by the WWF[edit]Undisputed WWF Championship[edit]Unbranded World Heavyweight Championship[edit]WWE World Heavyweight Championship[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]NWA World Heavyweight Championship[edit]The Big Gold Belt was first introduced in 1986 to replace the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt that had been used since 1973, historically known as the “domed globe”, and nicknamed by both wrestlers and fans the “Ten Pounds of Gold”. Jim Crockett Jr., of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), commissioned Charles Crumrine, a Reno, Nevada, silversmith specializing in rodeo-style belt buckles, to produce the new championship belt. The championship belt debuted on February 14, 1986, at a Championship Wrestling from Florida card called “Battle of the Belts II”, where NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defended the title against Barry Windham.[2]In 1988, the assets of JCP were purchased by media mogul Ted Turner, whose cable network TBS broadcast JCP programming. He launched the promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which took its name from JCP’s flagship tv show, and inherited its membership in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), continuing to promote the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair.WCW World Heavyweight Championship[edit]         (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Sting and Ric Flair pose with a replica of the belt. They are the only two men to have held all three of the championships it represented in WCW.In January 1991, WCW officially recognized Ric Flair as their world champion in conjunction with the NWA’s recognition. During this time, the Big Gold Belt represented the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as well as the newly established WCW World Heavyweight Championship.[citation needed] An exception to this arose in the spring of 1991. On March 21, 1991, Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Flair at the WCW\/New Japan Supershow. Following this match, the NWA recognized Fujinami as their new champion. However, WCW did not recognize this title change. While Flair would defeat Fujinami at SuperBrawl I on May 19, 1991 to reunify the NWA and WCW world titles, during Fujinami’s approximately two-month reign as NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Flair retained possession of the championship belt and it only represented the WCW World Heavyweight Champion."},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/big-gold-belt-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Big Gold Belt – Wikipedia"}}]}]