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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.
Pages in category "Professional wrestling champion lists" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 rare occasions, a ...
Full list of current WWE Champions, including Universal, Intercontinental, Women's, US, Tag Team, and more across Raw, SmackDown and NXT.
Georgia Championship Wrestling: NWA National Heavyweight Championship [j] The Spoiler: 1984 – 1985 [42] NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship [k] Les Thornton: 1984 – 1985 [43] Insane Championship Wrestling: ICW World Heavyweight Championship [l] Trent Seven: February 5, 2017 – April 16, 2017 [44] National Wrestling Alliance
The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in the American promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. 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 ...
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.
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 ...