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- Promotion - WWE
- Brand - Raw
- Date established - April 25, 1963
- Other name(s)
- WWWF World Heavyweight Championship - (1963–1971)
- WWWF Heavyweight Championship - (1971–1979)
- WWF Heavyweight Championship - (1979–1983)
- WWF World Heavyweight Championship - (1983–1989)
- WWF Championship - (1989–2001)
- Undisputed WWF Championship - (2001–2002)
- Undisputed WWE Championship - (2002)
- WWE Undisputed Championship - (2002)
- WWE Championship - (2002–2013, 2016–present)
- WWE World Heavyweight Championship - (2013–2016)
- WWE World Championship - (2016)
WWE Championship Designs
Original Version
80s Version
Federation Version
Winged Version
Smoking Skull Version
Attitude Version
Undisputed Version
Cena Version
Rated R Version
Unified Version
New Era Version
WWE Championship Lineage
(Dates are the TV Air Dates where applicable)
World Wide Wrestling Federation
- Buddy Rogers - April 25, 1963 — Won a fictional tournament in Rio de Janeiro after the WWWF left the National Wrestling Alliance, of which Rogers was the 7th champion since defeating Pat O'Connor on 30 June 1961.
- Bruno Sammartino:May 17, 1963 - Live Event
- Ivan Koloff - January 18, 1971 - Live Event
- Pedro Morales - February 8, 1971 - Live Event
- Stan Stasiak - December 1, 1973 - Live Event
- Bruno Sammartino 2: December 10, 1973 - Live Event
- Billy Graham - April 30, 1977 - Live Event
- Bob Backlund - February 20, 1978 - Live Event
- Antonio Inoki - November 30, 1979: Reign is not recognized by WWE.
- Vacated — December 6, 1979: Inoki immediately vacated the title after a rematch with Backlund ended in a no contest due to the interference of Tiger Jeet Singh.
- Bob Backlund - December 17, 1979 - WWE recognizes Backlund's first and second reigns as being uninterrupted, and considers this a continuation of the first.
World Wrestling Federation
- Iron Sheik - December 26, 1983 - Live Event
- Hulk Hogan - January 23, 1984 - Live Event
- Andre the Giant - February 5, 1988 -The Main Event
Vacated: February 5, 1988 — The Main Event Immediately after winning the title from Hogan, André sold the title to Ted DiBiase; President Jack Tunney nullified this decision, and vacated the title.
- Randy Savage - March 27, 1988 - WrestleMania 4
- Hulk Hogan - April 2, 1989 - WrestleMania 5
- Ultimate Warrior: April 1, 1990 - WrestleMania 6
- Sgt. Slaughter - January 19, 1991 - Royal Rumble
- Hulk Hogan - March 24, 1991 - WrestleMania 7
- The Undertaker - November 27, 1991 - Survivor Series
- Hulk Hogan - December 3, 1991 - This Tuesday in Texas
Vacated: December 7, 1991 - Superstars of Wrestling Hogan was stripped of the title by Tunney due to the controversy surrounding both of the previous title changes.
- Ric Flair - January 19, 1992 - Royal Rumble
- Randy Savage - April 5, 1992 - WrestleMania 8
- Ric Flair - September 14, 1992 - Prime Time
- Bret Hart -: October 12, 1992 - Live Event
- Yokozuna - April 4, 1993 - WrestleMania 9
- Hulk Hogan - April 4, 1993 - WrestleMania 9
- Yokozuna - June 13, 1993 King of the Ring
- Bret Hart - March 20, 1994 - WrestleMania 10
- Bob Backlund - November 23, 1994 -Survivor Series
- Diesel - November 26, 1994 - Live Event
- Bret Hart - November 19, 1995 - Survivor Series
- Shawn Michaels - March 31, 1996 - WrestleMania 12
- Sycho Sid - November 17, 1996 - Survivor Series
- Shawn Michaels - January 19, 1997 - Royal Rumble
Vacated: February 13, 1997 — Michaels forfeited the title due to a knee injury.
- Bret Hart - February 16, 1997 - In Your House
- Sycho Sid - February 17, 1997 - Raw
- The Undertaker - March 23, 1997 - WrestleMania 13
- Bret Hart - August 3, 1997 - SummerSlam
- Shawn Michaels - November 9, 1997 - Survivor Series, Montreal Screwjob.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin - March 29, 1998 - WrestleMania 14
- Kane - June 28, 1998 - King of the Ring
- Stone Cold Steve Austin - June 29, 1998 - Raw
Vacated - September 27, 1998 - In Your House, Vacated after Kane and The Undertaker simultaneously pinned Austin in a triple threat match.
- The Rock - November 15, 1998 - Survivor Series
- Mankind - December 29, 1998 - Raw
- The Rock - January 24, 1999 - Royal Rumble
- Mankind - January 26, 1999 - Halftime Heat
- The Rock - February 15, 1999 - Raw
- Stone Cold Steve Austin - March 28, 1999 - WrestleMania 15
- The Undertaker - May 23, 1999 - Over the Edge
- Stone Cold Steve Austin - June 28, 1999 - Raw
- Mankind - August 22, 1999 - SummerSlam
- Triple H - August 23, 1999 - Raw
- Mr McMahon: September 16, 1999 - SmackDown
Vacated - September 20, 1999: Raw
- Triple H - September 26, 1999 - Unforgiven
- Big Show - November 14, 1999 - Survivor Series
- Triple H - January 3, 2000 - Raw
- The Rock - April 30, 2000 - Backlash
- Triple H - May 21, 2000 - Judgment Day
- The Rock - June 25, 2000 - King of the Ring
- Kurt Angle - October 22, 2000 - No Mercy
- The Rock - February 25, 2001 - No Way Out
- Stone Cold Steve Austin 5 - April 1, 2001 - WrestleMania 17
- Kurt Angle - September 23, 2001 - Unforgiven
- Stone Cold Steve Austin 6 - October 8, 2001 - Raw
- Chris Jericho - December 9, 2001 - Vengeance
- Unified with the WCW Championship.
- Triple H - March 17, 2002 - WrestleMania
- Hulk Hogan - April 21, 2002 - Backlash
World Wrestling Entertainment - WWE
- The Undertaker - May 19, 2002 - Judgment Day
- The Rock - July 21, 2002 - Vengeance
- Brock Lesnar - August 25, 2002 - SummerSlam
- Big Show - November 17, 2002 - Survivor Series
- Kurt Angle - December 15, 2002 - Armageddon
- Brock Lesnar - March 30, 2002: WrestleMania 19
- Kurt Angle - July 27, 2003 - Vengeance
- Brock Lesnar - September 16, 2003 - SmackDown
- Eddie Guerrero - February 15, 2004 - No Way Out
- John Bradshaw Layfield - June 27, 2004 - The Great American Bash
- John Cena - April 3, 2005 - WrestleMania 21
- Edge - January 8, 2006 - New Year's Revolution
- John Cena - January 29, 2006 - Royal Rumble
- Rob Van Dam - June 11, 2006 ECW One Night Stand
- Edge - July 3, 2006 - Raw
- John Cena - September 17, 2006 - Unforgiven
Vacated: October 2, 2007 — ECW
- Randy Orton - October 7, 2007 - No Mercy
- Triple H - October 7, 2007 - No Mercy
- Randy Orton - October 7, 2007 - No Mercy
- Triple H - April 27, 2008 - Backlash
- Edge - November 23, 2008 - Survivor Series
- Jeff Hardy - December 14, 2008 - Armageddon
- Edge - January 25, 2009 - Royal Rumble
- Triple H - February 15, 2009 - No Way Out
- Randy Orton - April 26, 2009: Backlash
- Batista - June 7, 2009 - Extreme Rules
Vacated — June 9, 2009
- Randy Orton - June 15, 2009 - Raw
- John Cena - September 13, 2009 - Breaking Point
- Randy Orton - October 4, 2009 - Hell in a Cell
- John Cena - October 25, 2009 - Bragging Rights
- Sheamus - December 13, 2009 - TLC
- John Cena - February 21, 2010 - Elimination Chamber
- Batista - February 21, 2010 - Elimination Chamber
- John Cena - March 28, 2010 - WrestleMania 26
- Sheamus - June 20, 2010 - Fatal 4-Way
- Randy Orton - September 19, 2010 - Night of Champions
- The Miz - November 22, 2010 - Raw
- John Cena - May 1, 2011 - Extreme Rules
- CM Punk - July 17, 2011 - Money in the Bank
- Rey Mysterio - July 25, 2011 - Raw
- John Cena - July 25, 2011 - Raw
- Alberto Del Rio - August 14, 2011 - SummerSlam
- John Cena - September 18, 2011 - Night of Champions
- Alberto Del Rio 2 - October 2, 2011 - Hell in a Cell
- CM Punk - November 20, 2011 - Survivor Series
- The Rock - January 27, 2013 - Royal Rumble
- John Cena - April 7, 2013 - WrestleMania 29
- Daniel Bryan - August 18, 2013 - SummerSlam
- Randy Orton - August 18, 2013 - SummerSlam
- Daniel Bryan - September 15, 2013 - Daniel Bryan
Vacated — September 16, 2013 — Raw
- Randy Orton - October 27, 2013 - Hell in a Cell
- On December 15, 2013 at the TLC pay-per-view, Orton defeated John Cena to unify the WWE World Heavyweight Championship into his WWE Championship. Both belts were used till August 18 2014.
- Daniel Bryan - April 6, 2014 - WrestleMania 30
Vacated — June 9, 2014 — WWE Raw
- John Cena - June 29, 2014 - Money in the Bank
- Brock Lesnar - August 17, 2014 - SummerSlam
- Seth Rollins - March 29 2015 - WrestleMania 31
Vacated: November 5, 2015 - Rollins injured his knee at a live event in Dublin, Ireland on November 4, 2015.
- Roman Reigns - November 22 2015 - Survivor Series
- Sheamus - November 22 2015 - Survivor Series
- This was Sheamus' Money in the Bank Cash In.
- Roman Reigns - December 14 2015 - Raw
- Triple H - January 24 2016 - Royal Rumble
- Roman Reigns - April 3 2016 - WrestleMania 32
- Dean Ambrose - June 19 2016 - Money in the Bank
- AJ Styles - September 11 2016 - Backlash
- John Cena - January 29 2017 - Royal Rumble
- Bray Wyatt - February 12 2017 - Elimination Chamber
- Randy Orton - April 2 2017 - WrestleMania 33
- Jinder Mahal - May 21 2017 - Backlash
- AJ Styles - November 7 2017 - SmackDown Live
- Daniel Bryan - November 13 2018 - SmackDown Live
- Kofi Kingston - April 7 2019 - WrestleMania 35
- Brock Lesnar - October 4 2019 - Friday Night SmackDown
- Drew McIntyre - April 5 2020 - WrestleMania 36 (Night 2)
- Randy Orton - October 25 2020 - Hell in a Cell
- Drew McIntyre - November 16 2020 - Raw
- The Miz - February 21 2021 - Elimination Chamber
- Bobby Lashley - March 1 2021 - Raw
- Big E - September 13 2021 - Raw
- Brock Lesnar - January 1 2022 - Day 1
- Bobby Lashley - January 29 2022 - Royal Rumble
- Brock Lesnar - February 19, 2022 - Elimination Chamber
- Roman Reigns - April 3 2022 - WrestleMania
See Also
WWE World Heavyweight Championship -- WWE Universal Championship
