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At the top of WWE's championship hierarchy for male wrestlers are the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw and the Undisputed WWE Championship on SmackDown—regarded as world heavyweight championships. The World Heavyweight Championship is held by first-time champion Gunther. He defeated Damian Priest at SummerSlam on August 3, 2024. [2]
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 ...
WWE's inaugural world champion, Buddy Rogers, who became the WWWF World Heavyweight Champion in 1963, a title that is now known as the WWE Championship.. The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's world championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF ...
Youngest, four-time and final champion Randy Orton. The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE.It was established by WWE in 2002 after WWE bought out World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown!, in a brand extension.
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.
At the top of AEW's championship hierarchy for female wrestlers is the AEW Women's World Championship. It is held by first-time champion Mariah May, who defeated "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In on August 25, 2024. [7] The secondary title for female wrestlers is the AEW TBS Championship, which is also a television
Best in the World may refer to: The Best in the World Pack, an extended play by Drake; IFBB Best in the World, a former IFBB professional bodybuilding competition; ROH Best in the World, an annual professional wrestling event held by Ring of Honor; Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan), professional wrestler who called himself the "Best in the World"
At the top of the National Wrestling Alliance's championship hierarchy is the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship. The championship is currently held by first time champion Thom Latimer, who defeated previous champion EC3 on August 31, 2024 at NWA 76. The secondary title is the NWA National Championship.