The inaugural
champion was Danny Miller who won a tournament final on February 27, 1974. There have been 104 different championship reigns, with
Booker T having the most reigns at six. The longest-reigning champion is
Paul Jones on his fifth reign, Jones held the championship for 368 days from June 7, 1978 to June 10, 1979.
Lex Luger,
Chris Benoit and Booker T hold the record for the shortest reign each having a reign of one day.
Arn Anderson holds the record for most days as champion, with 870 days over four title reigns. The last champion was
Jim Duggan, who claimed the title while working as the WCW janitor after
Scott Hall threw it in the garbage and he found it in a
dumpster. The title was retired on April 10, 2000, after the
Vince Russo-
Eric Bischoff WCW
reboot. == References ==