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After Chris Jericho unified the WWF and World Championships into the Undisputed WWF Championship, the "Big Eagle" championship belt was used in tandem with the "Big Gold Belt", the former WCW Championship belt, until a single Undisputed Championship belt was introduced to champion Triple H on the April 1, 2002, episode of Raw. [12]
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.
The company also ceased operations of three short-lived titles: the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1979–1981), [14] WWF Canadian Championship (1985–1986), [15] and WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (1983–1989). [16] Despite their names, the geographic-name-based titles were not restricted to wrestlers from that location.
The Women's World Championship is held by two-time champion Rhea Ripley, who won the title by defeating Liv Morgan during the Raw Netflix premiere on January 6, 2025. [11] The WWE Women's Championship is held by first-time champion Tiffany Stratton, who defeated Nia Jax in her Money in the Bank cash-in match on SmackDown on January 3, 2025. [12]
The Intercontinental Championship has been called the second most important championship in the company, after the WWE Championship. [3] It has been active in WWE for the second-longest period, but is the third-oldest active title overall, behind the WWE Championship (1963) and the United States Championship (1975), the latter of which was ...
What started as a quiet gesture from WWE has turned into a full-blown sports tradition honoring the world's biggest champions.
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