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Flair is an 18-time World Heavyweight Champion.
16-times between the NWA & WCW,and 2 during his first WWF stint.
The other 2 may not be recognized thanks to the BIG fiasco of WCW
splitting with NWA.
When Flair won the NWA belt from Sting in 1991,WCW said
that Flair was the first WCW Champion as well (since WCW
was a new company they used this match to crown their
Champion as well - but the NWA Title is NOT the same as
the WCW one; they are 2 different belts)....
In 1993,Flair won the NWA Title from Barry Windham; however,
when NWA & WCW split,the NWA no longer recognized him as
Champion.In the meantime,WCW had Flair continue defending
the belt,as the "WCW International Heavyweight Championship";
and eventually Sting won the title from Vader.
During all of that,Flair won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
So in 1994,Flair (WCW Champ) fought Sting (WCW International
Champ) to unify the titles,and he won.
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