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(Note that this page will only use the WWE World Heavyweight Championship name for the WWE Championship after TLC 2013 for simplicity. The actual championship names will be included in this page)
In the WWE main roster there is as of now two World Championships, those are the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Universal Championship. Please take into consideration that this page will NOT include information about the third World Championship, the NXT Championship as it not part of the main roster. It will also not include the mid-card Championships WWE United States Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Brands
editIn WWE the superior brand is often the one with the World Title however during most of the brand splits two different World Titles have exsisted.
| Time of transaction | WWE Championship | World Heavyweight Championship | Universal Championship | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 25th, 1963 | N/A | Non-Existant | Non-Existant | WWE (Formally known as WWWF) was established but the WWE Brand Split had never happened so the WWWF Championship was on neither brand. |
| September 2nd, 2002 | SmackDown | Raw | Non-Existant | WWE Undisputed Champion Brock Lesnar moved to SmackDown leaving Raw without a World Title.
No. 1 contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship Triple H got the World Heavyweight Championship as Lesnar couldn't defend his title on Raw. The WWE Undisputed Championship was renamed to the WWE Championship. |
| June 6th, 2005 | Raw | Raw | Non-Existant | WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to Raw during the 2005 Draft Lottery leaving SmackDown without a World Title. |
| June 30th, 2005 | Raw | SmackDown | Non-Existant | World Heavyweight Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown during the 2005 Draft Lottery. |
| June 11th, 2006 | ECW | SmackDown | Non-Existant | Rob Van Dam cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at ECW bringing the WWE Championship here because RVD was a member of the ECW roster. |
| July 3rd, 2006 | Raw | SmackDown | Non-Existant | Edge defeated RVD for the WWE Championship bringing the title back to Raw. |
| June 23rd, 2008 | SmackDown | SmackDown | Non-Existant | WWE Champion Triple H was drafted to SmackDown leaving Raw without a World Title. |
| June 30th, 2008 | SmackDown | Raw | Non-Existant | Raw member CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Edge winning the World Heavyweight Championship. |
| February 15th, 2009 | SmackDown | SmackDown | Non-Existant | SmackDown member Edge won the Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship leaving Raw without a World Title. |
| April 5th, 2009 | SmackDown | Raw | Non-Existant | John Cena defeated Edge and Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat at WrestleMania XXV. |
| April 13th, 2009 | Raw | Raw | Non-Existant | WWE Champion Triple H was drafted to Raw during the 2009 draft. |
| April 26th, 2009 | Raw | SmackDown | Non-Existant | Edge defeated John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship. |
| August 29th, 2011 | N/A | N/A | Non-Existant | The brand split ended so champions could appear on both brands. |
| December 15th 2013 | N/A | Unified | Non-Existant | Randy Orton defeated John Cena for the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship unifiing and subsequently retiring the World Heavyweight Title.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship was created. |
| July 19th, 2016 | SmackDown | Unified | Raw | WWE Champion Dean Ambrose was drafted to SmackDown leaving Raw without a World Title.
The WWE Universal Championship was created. |
| October 31st, 2019 | SmackDown | Unified | SmackDown | SmackDown member Bray Wyatt defeated Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship. |
| November 1st, 2019 | Raw | Unified | SmackDown | WWE Champion Brock Lesnar quit SmackDown for Raw. |
List of champions
edit| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buddy Rogers | April 11th, 1963 | House Show | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 36 | 22 | Buddy Rogers was crowned the inagural WWWF Champion in a tournament in Rio de Janeiro after WWWF left NWA (National Wrestling Alliance).However Vince McMahon, Sr. and Toots Mondt didn't recognice this until January 25th 1963 when Buddy recieved his title. Now WWE lists Rogers' reign to start April 11th 1963. | |
| 2 | Bruno Sammartino | May 17th, 1963 | House show | NYC, NY | 1 | 2,803 | 2,803 | This was the longest world championship reign ever. | |
| 3 | Ivan Koloff | January 18th, 1971 | House show | NYC, NY | 1 | 24 | 24 | First ever canadian world chamion. | |
| 4 | Pedro Morales | Febbruary 8th, 1971 | House show | NYC, NY | 1 | 1,027 | 1,027 | First ever costa rican world champion. | |
| 5 | Stan Stasiak | December 1st, 1973 | House show | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 6 | Bruno Sammartino | December 10th, 1973 | House show | NYC, NY | 2 | 1,237 | 1,237 | First ever multi-time world champion. | |
| 7 | Superstar Billy Graham | April 30th, 1977 | House show | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 296 | 296 | ||
| 8 | Bob Backlund | February 20th, 1978 | WWF on MSG Network | NYC, NY | 1 | 648 | 2,135 | ||
| † | Antonio Inoki | Novemer 30th 1979 | House show | Tokushima, Japan | N/A | 6 | N/A | Antonio immediatly relinquished the title because |