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The WWE European Championship was a championship competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple wrestlers held the European and WWE Intercontinental Championships within short spans of each other, and three held both simultaneously, becoming "Eurocontinental champions".
Established in 1997 as the "WWF European Championship", the title incurred a brief hiatus in 1999 due to then-champion Shane McMahon's desire to retire an "undefeated champion", before finally being unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship in 2002. Despite its name, only two holders were actually from Europe: the British Bulldog and William Regal. It became a prominent singles title of the Attitude Era, held by Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Chris Jericho, Owen Hart, Eddie Guerrero and others. It was contested in the main event of the WWF One Night Only.
Videos[]
- Perry Saturn vs Dean Malenko - European Championship - Aug 19 2000
- William Regal vs. Spike Dudley - European Championship - April 8, 2002
Championship Lineage[]
TV Airdates Used where appropriate.
- The British Bulldog: March 3, 1997 - Raw is War
- Shawn Michaels: September 20, 1997 - One Night Only
- Triple H: December 22, 1997 - Raw is War
- Owen Hart: January 26, 1998 - Raw is War
- Triple H 2: March 17, 1998 - Raw is War
- D'Lo Brown: July 20, 1998 - Raw is War
- X-Pac: September 21, 1998 - Raw is War
- D'Lo Brown 2: October 5 1998 - Raw is War
- X-Pac 2: October 18, 1998 - In Your House
- Shane McMahon: February 15, 1999 - Raw is War
Deactivated — April, 1999
- Mideon: June 21, 1999 - Raw is War
- D'Lo Brown 3: July 25, 1999 - Fully Loaded
- Jeff Jarrett: August 22, 1999 - SummerSlam
- Mark Henry: August 23, 1999 - Raw is War
- D'Lo Brown 4: September 26, 1999 - Unforgiven
- The British Bulldog 2: October 28, 1999 - SmackDown
- Val Venis: December 12, 1999 - Armageddon
- Kurt Angle: February 10, 2000 - SmackDown
- Chris Jericho: April 2, 2000 - WrestleMania 16
- Eddie Guerrero: April 3, 2000 - Raw is War
- Perry Saturn: July 23, 2000 - Fully Loaded
- Al Snow: August 31, 2000 - SmackDown
- William Regal: October 16, 2000 - Raw is War
- Crash Holly: December 2, 2000 - Rebellion
- William Regal 2: December 4, 2000 - Raw is War
- Test: January 22, 2001 - Raw is War
- Eddie Guerrero 2: April 1, 2001 - WrestleMania 17
- Matt Hardy: April 26, 2001 - SmackDown
- The Hurricane: August 27, 2001 - Raw is War
- Bradshaw: October 22, 2001 - Raw
- Christian: November 1, 2001 - SmackDown
- Diamond Dallas Page: January 31, 2002 - SmackDown
- William Regal 3: March 21, 2002 -SmackDown
- Spike Dudley: April 8, 2002 - Raw
- William Regal 4: May 6, 2002 - Raw
- Jeff Hardy: July 8, 2002 - Raw
- Rob Van Dam: July 22, 2002 - Raw
Unified — July 22, 2002 — with the WWE Intercontinental Championship