List of World Championship Wrestling tournaments

The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on November 9, 1975 and was created to crown a new United States Champion after Johnny Valentine suffered a career ending back injury.[1]

The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on September 1, 1979 to crown a new United States Champion after Ric Flair vacated the championship due to winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days earlier.[1]

The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Champion after Wahoo McDaniel vacated the title due to injury.[1]

The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Champion after Wahoo McDaniel was forced to vacate the title due to his controversial title win over Ricky Steamboat, which took place due to outside interference by Tully Blanchard.[1]

The NWA World Television Championship Tournament was a tournament held on January 4, 1986 to crown a new World Television Champion after Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title due to injury at the hands of Ric Flair and The Minnesota Wrecking Crew.[2]

The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was a tournament held on April 19, 1986 at The Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana and had an afternoon & night show.[3]

The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was a tournament that ran from April 9 to April 10, 1987 with both shows at The Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.[3]

The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was a tournament.[3]

The NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Tag Team Champions after the titles were vacated when The Midnight Express won the NWA World Tag Team Championship on September 10, 1988.

Notes:
¹ The Sheepherders defeated Gilbert and Simmons in the semifinals but were replaced by them in the finals when they left for the WWF.

The NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams were forced to vacate the titles due to their Varsity Club teammates attacking special guest referee Nikita Koloff during their title defense against Road Warriors at WrestleWar.[4]

Notes:
¹ Terry Gordy originally teamed with Michael Hayes in the quarterfinals while Jimmy Garvin replaced him in the semifinals and finals.

The Iron Man and Iron Team tournaments were round-robin tournaments featuring four competing individuals and tag teams respectively. The point system: 20 points for a pinfall or submission victory, 15 for a countout victory, 10 for a disqualification victory, 5 for a time-limit draw and 0 for a loss.[5]

Iron Man tournament

Iron Team tournament

The NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Tag Team Champions after Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner vacated the titles due to Steiner splitting from Gilbert to form a tag team with his brother Scott.[4]

The Running the Gauntlet Tournament was a tournament.[5]

• September 14–16, 1990

Brian Pillman defeated Tim Horner and Buddy Landel, before losing to Dan Spivey.

• September 21–23, 1990

Scott Steiner defeated Bobby Eaton, Ric Flair, and Arn Anderson to run the gauntlet.

• September 28–30, 1990

Bobby Eaton defeated Tracey Smothers and Ricky Morton, before losing to Sid Vicious.

• November 11–13, 1990

Steve Armstrong defeated Stan Lane, but lost to his second opponent Buddy Landel. Had Armstrong defeated Landel, he would've wrestled Bobby Eaton.

• November 17–19, 1990

Rick Steiner defeated Moondog Rex, Sid Vicious and Ric Flair to run the gauntlet.

• November 23–25, 1990

Ric Flair defeated Buddy Landel, but lost to his second opponent Ron Simmons. Had Flair defeated Simmons, he would've wrestled The Nightstalker.

The Pat O'Connor Memorial International Tag Team Tournament was a tournament at Starrcade.[5]

The WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after Steiner Brothers vacated the titles due to Scott Steiner suffering an injury.[4]

• The Executioner replaced Black Blood

The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Champion after Lex Luger vacated the title upon winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash.[1]

The WCW Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament held in 1991 to crown the first-ever Light Heavyweight Champion. The finals took place at Halloween Havoc, where Brian Pillman defeated Richard Morton to become the inaugural champion.[2]

The NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever NWA World Tag Team Champions. The tournament took place at The Great American Bash on July 12, 1992.

The Nintendo Top Ten Challenge Tournament was a tournament.[5]

The King of Cable Tournament was a single-elimination tournament in 1992. The finals were held at Starrcade.[5]

The Jesse Ventura Invitational Strongest Arm Tournament was a 1992 arm wrestling tournament held on WCW WorldWide to determine which wrestler on the roster was the best. The competitors were (kayfabe) selected by WCW color analyst Jesse Ventura.[5]

The WCW World Television Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Television Champion after Scott Steiner was stripped of the title due to leaving WCW.[2]

The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that ran from December 14, 1992 to January 11, 1993.[1] This was initially a #1 contenders tournament for Rick Rude's United States Heavyweight Championship, but when Rude became injured, he was stripped of the title, thus the final between Ricky Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes was for the championship.

The European Cup Tournament was a tournament that took place from March 3 to March 20, 1994.[5][6]

The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Vader was stripped of the title due to injuring Dave Sullivan.[1]

The Slim Jim Challenge was a tournament.[7]

The Lord Of The Ring Tournament was a tournament from Slamboree 1996, where teams were randomly selected through lottery, which every team that won their respective matches, would win a spot at the Lord Of The Ring Battle Royal later on that night.[8]

The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Ric Flair vacated the title due to shoulder injury.[1]

The WCW Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to determine the first-ever Women's Champion, with the finals taking place at Starrcade.[2]

The WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever Women's Cruiserweight Champion.[2]

The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Scott Hall was stripped of the title by Ric Flair.[1]

• After Jericho was eliminated by Steiner, he was able to negotiate his way back in.

The WCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Heavyweight Champion after Sting was stripped of the title due to attacking a referee at Halloween Havoc. The tournament finals took place at Mayhem.[1]

The WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after The Outsiders vacated the title due to Scott Hall suffering an injury.

Scott Steiner became Kevin Nash's partner in the second round.

Vampiro replaced Kanyon in the third round.

The WCW Cruiserweight Championship Tournament was a tournament for the vacated Cruiserweight Championship, which took place after Oklahoma was forced to vacate the title due to exceeding the weight limit of a cruiserweight.[2]

The WCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Heavyweight Champion after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo vacated all the titles.[1]

The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo vacated all the titles. The tournament took place at Spring Stampede.[1]

The WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo vacated all the titles. The tournament took place at Spring Stampede.[1]

The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on July 18, 2000 for the vacated United States Championship after Scott Steiner was stripped of the title due to using his banned Steiner Recliner on Mike Awesome during a match at Bash at the Beach.[1]

The London Lethal Lottery Tag Team Tournament was a tournament.[9][10]

The WCW Hardcore Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the new Hardcore Champion after Mike Sanders stripped Norman Smiley of the title.[2]

• Sgt. AWOL originally defeated Reno in the finals but WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders reversed the decision and awarded the win to Reno.

The European Cup Tournament was a tournament.[11][12]

The WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the inaugural Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions.