Although the WCW Championship was no longer, the traditional "Big Gold Belt" did indeed resurrect. To further exercise the brand split officially started in 2002, WWE felt the obligation to have ...

Having the "Big Gold Belt" (as it's known colloquially among fans) on TV every week makes it easier to sell toy belts to kids, expensive replica belts to collectors and so on. Taking the belt off ...

Eventually, WCW and Flair came to an agreement regarding the original “Big Gold Belt” in 1992 — marking its return as the NWA world heavyweight championship.

Despite this, the big guy held the Big Gold Belt for 174 days and enjoyed a good deal of support from fans until he eventually dropped it to Kevin Nash at Starrcade '98.

He never left the title hunt after that, and held the belt twice more before WCW closed in 2001. By the time Page joined the WWE in 2001, he was 45 years old, the same age that Kane is today.

WWE Championship Week, a celebration of the 60-year history of the most prestigious title in sports entertainment, started with a bang yesterday. But by the end of Monday night, Triple H made an ...

Flair took the title belt with him and WCW were forced to create a new title belt to represent the WCW World Championship. The "Big Gold" belt returned to WCW screens in 1992, and continued to ...

However, Flair personally paid for the creation of a new title belt, the famed “Big Gold Belt," in lieu of paying a deposit as champion, since it was roughly the same amount of money.