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Professional wrestling's championship belts are modeled similarly to the championship belts in boxing, and other combat sports such as mixed martial arts. They are made of elaborately designed plates of gold or other precious metals , usually bearing the name of the title and the wrestling promotion, and is on a leather strap.
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 World Wrestling Championships are the Greco-Roman Wrestling (men's, since 1904) and Freestyle Wrestling (men's since 1951 and women's since 1987) World Championships organized by United World Wrestling (UWW).
It was originally known as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and began as a regional championship created by and defended in Jim Crockett Jr.'s Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Harley Race became the inaugural champion on the title's introduction on January 1, 1975.
The 2025 championship is scheduled for March 20-22, 2025 in Philadelphia. Starting in 2025–26, all currently existing NCAA men's wrestling championships will add the word "Men's" to their official titles, following the elevation of women's wrestling from the Emerging Sports for Women program to full championship status.
In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion's roster of contracted wrestlers. [1] WWE is an American-based company and is the world's largest professional wrestling promotion.
WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut, and the world's largest promotion.As with other professional wrestling promotions, WWE promotes several championships, with titleholders typically determined via the results of professional wrestling matches within scripted storylines.
On May 6, 2002, after the World Wrestling Federation was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" due to a lawsuit by the World Wide Fund for Nature, the title was subsequently renamed to WWE Intercontinental Championship. [103] [104] WWE: Raw: 87 Rob Van Dam: May 27, 2002: Raw: Edmonton, AB, Canada: 2 63: 62 This was a ladder match.