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After the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) due to a lawsuit by the World Wide Fund for Nature on May 6, 2002, the title was also renamed Undisputed WWE Championship and then WWE Undisputed Championship. [96] World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 66 The Undertaker: May 19, 2002: Judgment Day: Nashville, TN: 4 63: 62 [97] 67 The ...
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.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter stated actual attendances were about 150,000 and 165,000. [2] [3] Regardless, the second night of Collision in Korea remains the most attended overall live event of all-time. It is generally accepted that many attendees at Collision in Korea attended for free.
The following is a list of the largest attendances in the history of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. The list is dominated by WWE's flagship WrestleMania pay-per-view (PPV) event, which since 2007's WrestleMania 23 has been held exclusively in stadiums that typically have a seating capacity of at least
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE): SmackDown: 51 The Hurricane: May 14, 2002: SmackDown! Montreal, QC, Canada: 2 40: 38 Formerly known as Shane Helms. This was a triple threat match, also involving Billy Kidman. WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on May 16, 2002, when the episode aired on tape delay. [46] 52 Jamie Noble: June 23, 2002 ...
Wrestler of the Year (1974) [24] Ranked No. 200 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 [64] Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Class of 2002 [65] Sports Illustrated. Ranked No. 10 of the 20 Greatest WWE Wrestlers Of All Time [66] World Wide Wrestling Alliance. Hall of Fame (Class of 2008) [67] World Wide ...
The title was introduced into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1979. Pat Patterson , holder of the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship , was awarded the title (with the kayfabe explanation that he won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and unified the North American and South American titles).
Gus Sonnenberg (c) vs. Ed "Strangler" Lewis in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship [99] 8. Lou Daro Gus Sonnenberg vs. Joe Malcewicz July 24, 1929: Los Angeles, California: Grand Olympic Auditorium: 10,700 Gus Sonnenberg (c) vs. Joe Malcewicz in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the AWA World Heavyweight ...