A List Of WWE Champions

A comprehensive list of every WWE Champion in history, from the inaugural titleholder, Buddy Rogers, to the current champion, Drew McIntyre.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles in the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the Raw brand as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign.

List of WWE World Heavyweight Champions

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles in the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the RAW brand as a result of the 2016 Brand Extension. The current champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his first reign.

The title was established under WWE’s then-parent company, World Wrestling Federation (WWF), in 1963 with Buddy Rogers becoming the inaugural champion. Since 2002, it has been vacant at least once. In its history, there have been a total of 70 different individual champions (not counting vacant periods), with John Cena having the most reigns at 16.

WWE considers Bruno Sammartino to have had the longest championship reign of all time at 2,803 days (more than seven years), as he held it for a second time from December 10, 1973 to April 30, 1977. The title has been won by 38 different wrestlers, and Lesnar being the youngest at age 25 when he won it for the first time in 2002. Only five wrestlers have won it on more than one occasion: Hulk Hogan (six times), Bret Hart (five times), Shawn Michaels (four times), The Rock (three times) and Triple H (three times). At 52 days, Edge has had the shortest reigning reign recognized by WWE – this was due to him vacating it on doctor’s advice after suffering an injury during his match with Kane at One Night Stand in 2008 where he won the title from The Undertaker under extreme rules conditions; if vacates are not counted then Brock Lesnar holds this record with 29 days following SummerSlam 2018 when Roman Reigns was forced to vacate it due to leukemia.

WWE Universal Championship

The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles in the WWE, alongside the WWE Championship on the Raw brand. The title was established as the WWE Championship on October 20, 1998, with the unification of the WCW and WWE World Heavyweight Championships.

List of WWE Universal Champions

Since the WWE Network’s launch in 2014, the WWE has aired live events globally on a monthly basis. At these events, various titles are contested for, including the WWE Universal Championship. The first ever Universal Champion was Finn Balor, who defeated Seth Rollins at SummerSlam in 2016. Brock Lesnar is the current champion, having defeated Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel in 2018. Below is a list of every Universal Champion in WWE history.

-Finn Balor
-Brock Lesnar
-Braun Strowman
-Seth Rollins
-Roman Reigns

WWE Championship

The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of WWE’s original championships, dating back to 1963. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign. AJ Styles is the most recent former champion, having won the title at WrestleMania 36.

List of WWE Champions

The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, currently defended on their Raw brand. It is one of WWE’s original titles dating back to 1963, which means it is also one of the oldest still promoted championships in professional wrestling. The inaugural champion was “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers. Since its inception, the title has undergone many name changes due to company name changes and restructuring, with the most recent being the WWE World Heavyweight Championship when WWE ceased using its full name in 2002.

In 2014 however, following the reintroduction of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship as a secondary title, it was moved back to exclusive usage on Raw with a new design, while remaining considered as one lineage of the original championship. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his second reign.

Since its inception, there have been 71 different individual champions overall – 63 heel (villainous) and 8 face (crowd favorite) – with John Cena having held it a record 11 times (10 times as a face and once as a heel). There have also been 50 reigns among 33 performers overall – 26 individual heel and 7 individual face – which are listed below in chronological order.

WWE Raw Women’s Championship

The WWE Raw Women’s Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of WWE’s three primary women’s championships, along with the SmackDown Women’s Championship on the SmackDown brand and the NXT Women’s Championship on the NXT brand.

List of WWE Raw Women’s Champions

The WWE Raw Women’s Championship is a women’s professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two female titles in WWE, alongside the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Ronda Rousey, who is in her first reign.

The inaugural champion was crowned at WrestleMania 32 on April 3, 2016, when Charlotte Flair defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match. There have been a total of seven reigns shared among five wrestlers. Flair has the most reigns at three, while Banks and Lynch have each held the title twice. In August 2017, then-champion Flair was drafted to SmackDown as part of the WWE draft, thus vacating the title; Lynch won a tournament to become the inaugural champion on that brand at No Mercy later that month. At Elimination Chamber in February 2018, Alexa Bliss became only the second wrestler to win both women’s championships after she defeated Sasha Banks to win Raw’s women’s title; she retained both titles until losing one back to Banks five days later on Raw 25 Years. Nia Jax has had two unlawful reigns not officially recognized by WWE; therefore her first official reign began following any one of those two illegal rule breakages that gave her an opportunity to become champion before having it taken away from her as punishment for breaking said rules.

As of May 5, 2019, there have been seven official recognized champions who have had a combined 23 official recognized reigns – all between them – with three vacancies and one unlawful reign not officially recognized by WWE (as Jax won it via disqualification which does not normally award championships). The inaugural champion and record two-time champion Charlotte Flair (who also held both women’s titles at once until Bliss duplicated her feat) has held this title for a record combined 516 days (her first single reign lasting 192 days while her second single reign lasted 160 days) while Becky Lynch has held this title for a record single reign of 133 days (which is also the second longest single-reign as Flair holds that record). Alexa Bliss currently holds the record for most combined days as champion with 211 days (her first single reign lasting 56 days while her second single reign lasting 155 days); however if only considering Bliss’ first win over Bayley for this specific championship at Elimination Chamber 2018 then she would hold the record for shortest reigning undisputed champion ever with 27 seconds as she pinned Bayley immediately after being put through an announce table which gave Bliss an opportunity to be placed into position so Bliss could capitalize which led immediately into Bliss making Bayley submit to become undisputedRaw Women’s Champion for only 27 seconds until she was herself stripped minutes later due to being unable to compete..

Due to its lineage being descended from said lineage,theRaw Women’s Championship can also be referredto as “The Mae Young Classic Trophy”or “The Mae Young Classic Cup”.

WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship

The WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of the two female championships of WWE, together with the Raw Women’s Championship on the Raw brand. The current champion is Bayley, who is in her first reign.

List of WWE SmackDown Women’s Champions

The WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship is a professional wrestling women’s championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It was established on August 18, 2016, after WWE’s brand extension, which resulted in a divisional roster split between the Raw and SmackDown brands. The inaugural champion was Becky Lynch.
as of October 2020, there have been six reigns among five wrestlers. The title is currently held by Bianca Belair, who is in her first reign.

#List of WWE SmackDown Women’s Champions
#As of October 2020, there have been six reigns among five wrestlers.
#The title is currently held by Bianca Belair, who is in her first reign.

-Becky Lynch (inaugural)
-Alexa Bliss (2 Times)
-Naomi (1 Time)
-Charlotte Flair (4 Times)
-Bayley (2 Times)
-Bianca Belair (1 Time)

WWE United Kingdom Championship

The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the NXT UK brand. It is one of WWE’s three currently active male-exclusive singles championships for the United Kingdom-based brand, along with the NXT UK Tag Team Championship and the NXT UK Women’s Championship. The title is one of WWE’s two currently active championships for the United Kingdom-based brand, along with the NXT UK Women’s Championship.

List of WWE United Kingdom Champions

The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the American promotion WWE for its UK-based brand, NXT UK. It is one of three male singles titles, along with the NXT and NXT UK Tag Team Championships, to be contested for in NXT UK. The inaugural champion was Tyler Bate, who won a tournament at NXT TakeOver: Blackpool on January 14, 2019.

As of June 1, 2020, there have been two reigns by two champions. Pete Dunne was the longest reigning champion in the title’s history at 685 days, while WALTER is the current champion in his first reign.

#WWEUnitedKingdomChampionship #WWEChampions #NXTUK

WWE Intercontinental Championship

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two secondary titles in the WWE, along with the WWE United States Championship on the Raw brand. The current champion is Roman Reigns, who is in his second reign.

List of WWE Intercontinental Champions

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two secondary titles in the WWE, complementing the WWE Championship on Raw. The current champion is Big E, who is in his first reign.

WWE introduced the Intercontinental Championship on October 1, 1979, with Pat Patterson becoming the inaugural champion. The title quickly became regarded as one of wrestling’s most prestigious championships. As such, it often changed hands several times a year; typically as a result of cardiff matches or title defenses on pay-per-view events.

Following the introduction of brand extension in 2002, then-WWE Champion Brock Lesnar became exclusive to Raw, leaving SmackDown without a world championship. As a result, then-SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon introduced the Intercontinental Championship as a second world championship for the brand. She stated that it had been “a long time coming” and that “Pat Patterson would be proud”. The first brand extension ended in 2011; following which both titles were once again unified until 2016 when SmackDown instituted the WWE World Championship as its primary title while keeping the Intercontinental Championship as its secondary title.

Throughout its history, this title has served as a springboard to push wrestlers towards main event status; indeed all but three men who have held this title have also held either WWE’s world heavyweight (now Universal) or primary tag team championship at some point in their careers (Chris Jericho being an exception as he has held both titles multiple times). In recent years,[when?] however, it has become less relevant due to power shifts within WWE and an overall decrease in importance of midcard championships in general. Consequently,[citation needed] many wrestlers have desired to move up to main event status without ever having won this particular championship.[citation needed]

The Intercontinental Championship was introduced into WCW through Ted Turner’s purchase of half of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). On June 10, 1991 at The Great American Bash when JCP debuted under Ted Turner’s control under their new name World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Sting defeated Larry Zbyszko for WCW’s version of the NWA World Television Championship which was immediately retired and replaced with WCW’s version of the NWA World Television Championship which had been previously used by JCP. Rick Rude became its first champion three weeks later on June 27 at Beach Blast defeating Sting via disqualification.[1] At Halloween Havoc 1991 Rude successfully defended his title against Ricky Steamboat but lost it back to him in a return match on November 19 edition of Saturday Night.[2] Rude regained it 13 days later at Clash of Champions XVII defeating Steamboat once again.[3][4][5] He then went on to hold it for another month before losing it back to Steamboat for his third and final reign following a victory on December 28 edition Superstars.[6][7][8]

WWE United States Championship

The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two secondary titles in the WWE, along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on the SmackDown brand.

List of WWE United States Champions

The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in WWE on their SmackDown brand. It was originally known as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and began as a regional championship within the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). When the NWA folded in 1991, the title was adopted by WCW and became exclusive to that promotion until it was introduced in WWE in January 2003. The title has had several name changes throughout its history, being referred to as the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, the WCW United States Championship, and finally, the WWE United States Championship.

The title has been retained by some of wrestling’s most prominent names including Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Rick Rude, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and John Cena. The current champion is AJ Styles who is in his second reign.

Title history
Ric Flair (1)
Barry Windham
Lex Luger
Ricky Steamboat
Sting
Big Van Vader
Curt Hennig
Rick Rude
Sting (2)
Booker T
Kurt Angle
Chris Benoit
Eddie Guerrero

John Cena (2)

The Miz

Rusev (2)

Shinsuke Nakamura

WWE Cruiserweight Championship

The WWE Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on the Raw brand. The inaugural champion was Taka Michinoku.

List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions

The WWE Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two secondary titles for male wrestlers 205 lbs. (93 kg) and under, along with the NXT Cruiserweight Championship on the NXT brand. The title was originally established as the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in 1991 by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which was then acquired by Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1988. It was eventually unified with the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship in 2001, becoming known as the Undisputed WWE Cruiserweight Championship. It remained active until 2007 when WWE deactivated it to focus on their new ECW brand, but it was reactivated under its original name on September 14, 2016 as part of SmackDown’s new cruiserweight-exclusive division entitled the Cruiserweight Classic.

The inaugural champion was Shane Helms, who defeated Tajiri at SummerSlam on August 19, 2001 to unify the WCW and WWF titles. The longest reigning champion is Rey Mysterio, who held the title for 140 days from November 26, 2001 to April 21, 2002. Mysterio is also the youngest champion at 22 years old while Gregory Helms is the oldest at 37 years old. Overall, there have been 46 different cruiserweight champions (including 2 reigns as Undisputed Champion), with 36 recognized by WWE and 10 recognized by WCW while they were a separate entity before being bought out and absorbed into WWE in 2001. The current champion is Drew Gulak, who is in his first reign after defeating Tony Nese at Extreme Rules on July 14, 2019.

WWE Tag Team Championship

The WWE Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in WWE. It is the original world tag team championship of WWE and is currently shared between the Raw and SmackDown brands, as each brand has its own tag team titles.

List of WWE Tag Team Champions

##The WWE Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested in WWE on the SmackDown brand. Currently held by The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan), they are in their first reign as a team. Overall, there have been 73 different championship teams, and 75 recognized individual champions (57 of whom were inactive at the time ofwinning the title). The inaugural champions were Luke Grahamand Tarzan Tyler, who defeated The Kentuckians (Bucky Buchanan and DukeKEomuka) on October 20, 1971.