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The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE, currently defended on the SmackDown brand. It was the first world title established in WWE, at the time known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), having been introduced in 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. The WWWF, a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory, did not recognize Lou Thesz's victory over reigning NWA champion Buddy Rogers and sought to create its own world title upon exiting the body.[a] The WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971; however, one of the caveats of rejoining is that the championship would no longer be recognised as a "world championship", and only as a regional heavyweight championship.[1] The promotion was renamed World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979 and ended its affiliation with the (NWA) in 1983, with the title also renamed to reflect the changes; it regained its world championship status upon leaving the NWA. In 2001, it was unified with the World Championship and became the Undisputed WWF Championship.[2][3] In 2002, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown.[4][5] The title, now renamed the WWE Championship, was then designated to the SmackDown brand while WWE established an alternate world title known as the World Heavyweight Championship for the Raw brand. A third alternate world title, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, was reactivated for the ECW brand in 2006. It was vacated and decommissioned when the ECW brand disbanded in 2010.[6]
When WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated World Heavyweight Champion John Cena at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view event on December 15, 2013, in a Tables, ladders, and chairs match, the World Heavyweight Championship was unified with the WWE Championship, resulting in the retiring of the former,[7] as well as the renaming of the latter to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. On June 27, 2016, the name was shortened back to the WWE Championship,[8] before assuming the WWE World Championship name on July 26, when the brand extension returned. It became designated to the SmackDown brand and WWE again established an alternate world title known as the WWE Universal Championship for the Raw brand. In December 2016, WWE again shortened the title's name back to WWE Championship.[9] Since April 2022, the title has represented one-half of the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, with the other half represented by the Universal Championship, but both titles have retained their individual lineages. Under the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship moniker, the title was moved to SmackDown in the 2023 draft and Raw established a new World Heavyweight Championship as an alternative title.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name while others use their real name. Cody Rhodes is the current champion in his first reign. He won the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship (WWE and Universal Championships) by defeating Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules match at WrestleMania XL Night 2 on April 7, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As of May 13, 2024, there have been 147 recognized reigns between 55 recognized champions and 11 recognized vacancies (there are 4 reigns, 2 people, and 2 vacancies that are not recognized by the WWE). The first champion was Buddy Rogers, who was awarded the championship in 1963. The champion with the single longest reign is Bruno Sammartino with a reign of 2,803 days while the record for longest combined reign is also held by Sammartino at 4,040. John Cena has the most reigns with 13. Nine men in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Bruno Sammartino (who achieved the feat on two occasions), Pedro Morales, Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, John Cena, CM Punk, AJ Styles, and Roman Reigns. Of those nine, four held the championship for a continuous reign of 1000 days or more: Bruno Sammartino (who achieved the feat on two occasions), Pedro Morales, Bob Backlund, and Hulk Hogan. [10]
Title history
Names
Name | Years |
---|---|
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship | April 25, 1963 – February 8, 1971 |
WWWF Heavyweight Championship | February 8, 1971 – March 1, 1979 |
WWF Heavyweight Championship | March 1, 1979 – December 26, 1983 |
WWF World Heavyweight Championship | December 26, 1983 – May 27, 1989 |
WWF Championship | May 27, 1989 – December 9, 2001 |
Undisputed WWF Championship | December 9, 2001[3] – May 6, 2002[4] |
Undisputed WWE Championship | May 6, 2002[4] – May 19, 2002[11] |
WWE Undisputed Championship | May 19, 2002[4] – September 2, 2002[12] |
WWE Championship | September 2, 2002[12] – December 15, 2013 |
WWE World Heavyweight Championship | December 15, 2013 – June 27, 2016 |
WWE Championship | June 27, 2016[13][14] – July 24, 2016 |
WWE World Championship | July 25, 2016[15] – December 9, 2016 |
WWE Championship | December 10, 2016[9] – present |
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship[b] | April 3, 2022 – April 7, 2024 |
Undisputed WWE Championship[c] | April 7, 2024 – present |
Reigns
As of May 13, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
---|---|
Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
† | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | |||||
World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) | ||||||||||
1 | Buddy Rogers | April 11, 1963 | Heavyweight Wrestling | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 36 | 21 | Awarded the title after the WWWF left the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), of which Rogers had been the 7th NWA World Heavyweight Champion since defeating Pat O'Connor on June 30, 1961. After Rogers' one fall loss to Lou Thesz for the title on January 24, 1963, Northeast promoters (led by Vince McMahon Sr. and Toots Mondt) did not recognize this title change and withdrew their membership from the NWA to form the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). The WWWF billed Rogers as their world champion since January 25, 1963, but it did not recognize him as the first ever WWWF World Heavyweight Champion until April 11, 1963, when he received the title belt. However, WWE lists Rogers' reign and the establishment of the title beginning on April 25, 1963. | [16][17][18] [19][20][21] [22] | |
2 | Bruno Sammartino | May 17, 1963 | House show | New York, NY | 1 | 2,803 | 2,803 | [23] | ||
3 | Ivan Koloff | January 18, 1971 | House show | New York, NY | 1 | 21 | 21 | [24] | ||
4 | Pedro Morales | February 8, 1971 | House show | New York, NY | 1 | 1,027 | 1,027 | The title was renamed the WWWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971. | [25] | |
National Wrestling Alliance: World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF)[d] | ||||||||||
5 | Stan Stasiak | December 1, 1973 | House show | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 9 | 9 | [26] | ||
6 | Bruno Sammartino | December 10, 1973 | House show | New York, NY | 2 | 1,237 | 1,237 | [27] | ||
7 | "Superstar" Billy Graham | April 30, 1977 | House show | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 296 | 296 | [28] | ||
8 | Bob Backlund | February 20, 1978 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 648 | 2,135 | The title was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 1979 for marketing purposes. | [29][30][31] | |
National Wrestling Alliance: World Wrestling Federation (WWF)[e] | ||||||||||
† | Antonio Inoki | November 30, 1979 | Toukon Series | Tokushima, Japan | — | 6 | — | During the September 30, 2022, episode of SmackDown, while announcing the news of Inoki's death, commentator Corey Graves referred to Inoki as the first Japanese wrestler to hold the WWE Championship, but noted that due to the controversial nature of the championship match, his reign was never officially recognized. | [17][32][33][34] | |
— | Vacated | December 6, 1979 | — | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Inoki immediately vacated the title after a title defense rematch with Bob Backlund ended in a no contest due to the interference of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Tiger Jeet Singh. | [17][32] | |
† | Bob Backlund | December 17, 1979 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 1,470 | — | Defeated Bobby Duncum in a Texas deathmatch to fill the vacancy. On October 19, 1981, following a controversial match with Greg Valentine in Madison Square Garden, the title was vacated (recognized only in New York City) by the NY State Athletic Commission. Backlund defeated Valentine in a rematch in MSG on November 23, 1981, to end the vacancy. WWE recognizes this whole period as one uninterrupted reign. | [17][32][35][36] | |
9 | The Iron Sheik | December 26, 1983 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 28 | 28 | The Iron Sheik won by submission when Bob Backlund's manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel when Backlund was put into Sheik's camel clutch to prevent any major injury. The title was renamed the WWF World Heavyweight Championship when the WWF ended its affiliation with the NWA. | [37][38] | |
World Wrestling Federation (WWF) | ||||||||||
10 | Hulk Hogan | January 23, 1984 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 1,474 | 1,474 | [39] | ||
11 | André the Giant | February 5, 1988 | The Main Event I | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | <1 | <1 | Defeated Hulk Hogan when referee Earl Hebner, who was bribed by Ted DiBiase, scored the three-count despite Hogan raising his shoulder at the one-count. | [40] | |
† | Ted DiBiase | February 5, 1988 | The Main Event I | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 8 | — | Immediately after winning the title from Hulk Hogan, André the Giant handed the championship belt to Ted DiBiase, but WWF President Jack Tunney ruled this as vacating the title and therefore DiBiase's reign is not recognized by WWE, albeit he was announced as such in the following days and even defended the title once against Bam Bam Bigelow in a February 8, 1988 live event. | [32][40] | |
— | Vacated | February 13, 1988 | Superstars of Wrestling | Hershey, PA | — | — | — | WWF President Jack Tunney refused to recognize Ted DiBiase as champion and vacated the title. WWE recognizes the vacancy as starting on February 5, 1988, the date of the controversy, rather than the date in which the announcement was made in a video aired on tape delay on February 13, 1988. | [32][40] | |
12 | Randy Savage | March 27, 1988 | WrestleMania IV | Atlantic City, NJ | 1 | 371 | 371 | Defeated Ted DiBiase in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [41] | |
13 | Hulk Hogan | April 2, 1989 | WrestleMania V | Atlantic City, NJ | 2 | 364 | 364 | The title was renamed the WWF Championship in May 1989. | [42] | |
14 | The Ultimate Warrior | April 1, 1990 | WrestleMania VI | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 293 | 293 | This was a title vs. title match in which Warrior also defended the Intercontinental Championship. | [43] | |
15 | Sgt. Slaughter | January 19, 1991 | Royal Rumble | Miami, FL | 1 | 64 | 64 | [44] | ||
16 | Hulk Hogan | March 24, 1991 | WrestleMania VII | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | 248 | 248 | [45] | ||
17 | The Undertaker | November 27, 1991 | Survivor Series | Detroit, MI | 1 | 6 | 6 | [46] | ||
18 | Hulk Hogan | December 3, 1991 | This Tuesday in Texas | San Antonio, TX | 4 | 1 | 1 | [47] | ||
— | Vacated | December 4, 1991 | Superstars of Wrestling | New Haven, CT | — | — | — | Hogan was stripped of the title by WWF President Jack Tunney due to the controversy surrounding both of the previous title changes. Aired on tape delay on December 7, 1991. | [47] | |
19 | Ric Flair | January 19, 1992 | Royal Rumble | Albany, NY | 1 | 77 | 77 | This was the Royal Rumble match. Flair last eliminated Sid Justice to win the vacant title. | [48] | |
20 | Randy Savage | April 5, 1992 | WrestleMania VIII | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 149 | 149 | [49] | ||
21 | Ric Flair | September 1, 1992 | Prime Time Wrestling | Hershey, PA | 2 | 41 | 41 | Aired on tape delay on September 14, 1992.[50][51] | [52] | |
22 | Bret Hart | October 12, 1992 | House show | Saskatoon, SK, Canada | 1 | 174 | 174 | [53] | ||
23 | Yokozuna | April 4, 1993 | WrestleMania IX | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | <1 | <1 | [54] | ||
24 | Hulk Hogan | April 4, 1993 | WrestleMania IX | Las Vegas, NV | 5 | 70 | 70 | After Yokozuna pinned Bret Hart to win the title, Yokozuna's manager, Mr. Fuji, issued an immediate challenge to Hogan for the championship. Hogan accepted and won the impromptu match. | [55] | |
25 | Yokozuna | June 13, 1993 | King of the Ring
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