The Big Gold Belt has represented and can refer to one or more of the following championships: * NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1986 – 1993) * In January 1991, the NWA title belt was extended to also represent the WCW title. * From March 21 to May 19, 1991, Tatsumi Fujinami was recognized as NWA Champion following a disputed victory over Ric Flair but Flair retained the belt as WCW Champion. * While champion, Flair was fired from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in July 1991. The belt was "by default" the property of Flair as he had a US$ 25,000 deposit on it and he took the belt with him when Jim Herd refused to pay the deposit back. * Flair soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and wore the belt as the "Real World Champion". * Upon his signing