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WORLD TELEVISION TITLE HISTORY


TITLE HOLDER DATE CITY
Jake Roberts??/03/84-
Ron Garvin07/04/84Baltimore, MD
Jake Roberts (2)17/06/84Atalanta, GA
Ron Garvin (2)01/07/84Atalanta, GA
Bob Roop??/09/84-
Ron Garvin (3)28/12/84Saginaw, MI
Bob Roop (2)??/01/85-
Ron Garvin (4)14/04/85Atalanta, GA
Dusty Rhodes??/04/85-
Tully Blanchard28/04/85Charlotte, NC
Dusty Rhodes (2)06/07/85Charlotte, NC
Arn Anderson04/01/86Charlotte, NC
Dusty Rhodes (3)09/09/86Columbia, SC
Tully Blanchard (2)27/11/86Greensboro, NC
Nikita Koloff17/08/87Fayetteville, NC
Mike Rotundo26/01/88Raleigh, NC
Rick Steiner26/12/88Norfolk, VA
Mike Rotundo (2)20/02/89Chicago, IL
Sting31/03/89Atalanta, GA
The Great Muta03/09/89Atalanta, GA
Arn Anderson (2)02/01/90Gainesville, GA
Tom Zenk04/12/90Atalanta, GA
Arn Anderson (3)07/01/91Perry, GA
Bobby Eaton19/05/91St Petersburg, FL
Steve Austin03/06/91Birmingham, AL
Barry Windham27/04/92Atalanta, GA
Steve Austin (2)23/05/92Atalanta, GA
Ricky Steamboat02/09/92Atalanta, GA
Scott Steiner29/09/92Atalanta, GA
Paul Orndorff02/03/93Macon, GA
Ricky Steamboat (2)18/08/93Daytona Beach, FL
Lord Steven Regal19/09/93Houston, TX
Larry Zbyszko02/05/94Atalanta, GA
Lord Steven Regal (2)23/06/94Charleston, SC
Johnny B. Badd18/09/94Roanoke, VA
Arn Anderson (4)08/01/95Atalata, GA
Renegade18/06/95Dayton, OH
Diamond Dallas Page17/09/95Asheville, NC
Johnny B. Badd (2)29/10/95Detroit, MI
Lex Luger17/02/96Baltimore, MD
Johnny B. Badd (3)18/02/96Norfolk, VA
Lex Luger (2)06/03/96Macon, GA
Lord Steven Regal (3)20/08/96Dayton, OH
Prince Iaukea17/02/97Tampa, FL
Ultimo Dragon21/04/97Hunstville, AL
Lord Steven Regal (4)18/05/97Charlotte, NC
Ultimo Dragon (2)21/07/97Jacksonville, FL
Alex Wright21/08/97Nashville, TN
Disco Inferno22/09/97Salt Lake City, UT
Perry Saturn03/11/97Philadephia, PA
Disco Inferno (2)08/12/97Buffalo, NY
Booker T29/12/97Baltiore, MD
Rick Martel19/02/98Tampa, FL
Booker T (2)22/02/98San Francisco, CA
Chris Benoit30/04/98Augusta, GA
Booker T (3)01/05/98Greensville, SC
Chris Benoit (2)02/05/98/98Charleston, SC
Booker T (4)03/05/98Savannah, GA
Fit Finley04/05/98Indianapolis, IN
Booker T (5)14/06/98Baltimore, MD
Chris Jericho10/08/98Rapid City, SD
Konnan30/11/98Chattanooga, TN
Scott Steiner (2)28/12/98Baltimore, MD
REMARKS :
  1. On 06/11/83, Jake Roberts wins the Georgia-based NWA National Television Title from Ron Garvin in Atalanta, GA, and was recognized as the NWA World Television Champion after March 1983.

  2. On 17/06/84, the title was immediately held up when it was discovered that Jake Roberts had used a foreign object. Ron Garvin won the rematch by countout.

  3. Recognition of Ron Garvin's claim to be the NWA World Television Champion was withdrawn in April 1984.

  4. Dusty Rhodes won the Mid-Atlantic Television Title by beating Tully Blanchard on 16/03/85 in Greensboro, NC, and was recognized as the World Television Champion in April 1985.

  5. Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title due to his inability to defend it due to injury. The finals of the tournament to determine the next Champion was held on 04/01/86 in Charlotte, NC, Arn Anderson beat Wahoo McDaniel to win the title.

  6. On 27/11/86 at Starrcade 1986, Tully Blanchard beat Dusty Rhodes in a First Blood Match to win the title.

  7. On 26/11/87, in Chicago, IL, Nikita Koloff beat Terry Taylor to unify the UWF Television Title.

  8. On 23/07/93, Sting pin The Great Muta to defend his title but tapes showed that Muta had got his shoulders off the mat in time so the title was declared vacant. On 03/09/89 in Atalanta, GA, Muta beat Sting to win the title.

  9. From January 1991, the title is exclusively known as the WCW World Television Title after the NWA stopped operating as an organization.

  10. On 27/04/92 in Atalanta, GA, Barry Windham beat Steve Austin in a best of three falls match to win the title.

  11. On 02/09/92 at Clash of the Champions XX, Ricky Steamboat beat Steve Austin in a no-DQ match, with a flying bodypress off the top rope, with Paul E Dangerously locked in a cage suspended above the ring.

  12. When Scott Steiner went ot the WWF in November 1992, he was stripped of the title. On 02/03/93 in Macon, GA, the tournament final was held to determine the new Champion. Paul Orndorff beat Erik Watts to win the title.

  13. On 14/06/98, at The Great American Bash, Booker T beat Fit Finley for the title after earning the title shot following a best of seven series against Chris Benoit (which he won 4-3), with the final match being held earlier that same evening.

  14. On 10/08/98, on Nitro, Chris Jericho beat Stevie Ray to win the title. Ray had an official written approval letter from Booker T (who was injured) to defend the title on his behalf.


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