World Championship Wrestling

American professional wrestling company

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June 6 2024 Who Killed WCW?, a four-part documentary series about WCW's downfall, premieres on Vice TV, presented by Dwayne Johnson.
2022 The newer Cruiserweight Championship was retired.
2020 WWE revives the Halloween Havoc event.
January 15 2020 AEW revives the WCW Bash at the Beach series of shows.
2019 The newer Cruiserweight Championship was renamed to NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
2019 All Elite Wrestling (AEW) formed a partnership with WarnerMedia, returning professional wrestling to TNT for the first time since WCW's closure.
2018 WWE attempted to plan a revival of the cruiserweight tag team championship under the 205 Live brand, but the plans were not implemented.
2017 WWE revives the Starrcade event and holds its first annual NXT WarGames event, featuring the first WarGames match since September 4, 2000.
2017 The corporate subsidiary, Universal Wrestling Corporation, officially became defunct.
2016 A new WWE Cruiserweight Championship was created, with a different weight limit of 205 lbs, though it did not carry the lineage of the original championship.
2014 Sting finally joins WWE after remaining out of the company since WCW's closure.
2014 WWE Network launches, making WCW's library content available to viewers.

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