What Is The WWE Belt Made Out Of?
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The WWE Championship belt is made out of gold, silver, and platinum.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship
The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is one of the two top championships in WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was introduced in 2016. The current holder is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign. The title was established under the then World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1963.
The original WWE World Heavyweight Championship
The original WWE World Heavyweight Championship was created in 1963. The physical belt was made of solid brass and featured a large, black leather strap. The center plate of the belt was gold-plated and featured a relief of world map. The words “World Heavyweight Champion” were written in raised lettering around the edge of the plate.
In 1988, the championship belt was redesigned. The new belt was made of solid gold and featured a wide, black leather strap. The center plate was diamond-studded and featured a relief of the globe surrounded bygemstones. The words “World Heavyweight Champion” were written in raised lettering around the edge of the plate.
In 2002, the championship belt was again redesigned. The new belt was made of solid platinum and featured a wide, black leather strap. The center plate was diamond-studded and featured a relief of the globe surrounded bygemstones. The words “World Heavyweight Champion” were written in raised lettering around the edge of the plate.
The current WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt is made of solid gold and features a wide, black leather strap with the WrestleMania XXX logo embossed in the center. The center plate is diamond-studded and features a relief of the globe surrounded bygemstones. The words “World Heavyweight Champion” are written in raised lettering around the edge of the plate.
The current WWE World Heavyweight Championship
The current WWE World Heavyweight 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 top championships in 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 AJ Styles, who is in his second reign.
The title was first introduced in 1963 as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, which was then shortened to WWF Championship in 1979, when it became exclusive to the WWF’s main event wrestlers, and then renamed to its current name in 2002 following the promotion’s name change to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers, who won a tournament to crown the first-ever champion. The title has been held by some of professional wrestling’s most prominent names including Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund, Pedro Morales, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and John Cena. Inaugural champion Buddy Rogers held the title for almost six months until January 24th 1964 when he was defeated by Bruno Sammartino. Sammartino holds the record for longest reign as champion with 1,237 days over his two reigns. The Rock holds the record for most days as champion with 780 (non-consecutive), during his second reign.
The title has changed hands a total of 158 times among 73 different wrestlers; Triple H has had 14 title reigns –the most among all wrestlers– while Hulk Hogan holds 12 different records related to championship reigns: most overall reigns at 634 combined days across his 8 total reigns (singles and tag team), longest individual reign at 469 days during his first run with the title (recognized by WWE as world record), most combined days as champion across all titles at 1160 total days (counting his 6 WCW World Heavyweight Championship reigns), and being a two-time Royal Rumble winner who went on to win the title at WrestleMania (WrestleMania X8 & WrestleMania XXX).
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 for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE Championship on the Raw brand. The current holder is “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, who is in his first reign.
The current WWE Universal Championship
The current 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 for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE Championship on the Raw brand. The title was introduced at SummerSlam in 2016 and resting atop a red spinner belt. The inaugural champion was Finn Bálor.
The title is one of WWE’s three world championships, along with the WWE Universal Championship on Raw and the NXT Championship on NXT, which were both introduced in 2016 as part of the Brand Extension. The current holder is Braun Strowman, who is in his first reign.
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of WWE’s original four titles, along with the World Heavyweight Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship, and the WWE Women’s Championship.
The current WWE Intercontinental Championship
The current 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 championships for WWE’s main roster, along with the United States Championship on the Raw brand. The current champion is Big E, who is in his first reign.
WWE United States Championship
The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in the American promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two secondary championships for the Raw brand, along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The current champion is AJ Styles, who is in his first reign. The title was introduced in 1975 by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), and was originally known as the WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship until January 1978.
The current WWE United States Championship
The current WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested on the SmackDown brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was first introduced in July 2003 as WWE’s version of the National Wrestling Alliance’s (NWA) United States Heavyweight Championship. The title has undergone several name changes as a result of WWE’s numerous branding practices, with the final change taking place in June 2006. The title is currently defended on the SmackDown brand; however, due to its exclusivity to that brand, it is also defended on the Raw and Live brands when SmackDown wrestlers appear on those programs.
As a result of the 2016 draft, it became exclusive to the SmackDown brand. The inaugural champion was Eddie Guerrero, and as of April 2018, there have been a total of nine reigns between seven champions. The longest reigning champion is John Cena, who held the title for 380 days from December 2016 to September 2017, while Baron Corbin has the shortest reign at 70 days.
WWE Tag Team Championship
The WWE Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested in WWE. It is one of three world titles in WWE, alongside the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship. The current champions are The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford). The title was introduced in 2002 as part of the SmackDown! brand.
The current WWE Tag Team Championship
The current WWE Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested in WWE on the Raw, SmackDown, and Live brands. It is one of two world tag team championships for WWE, alongside the Universal Championship, which is also contested for on the Raw brand. The championship is currently held by The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), who are in their first reign.
The title was introduced as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Tag Team Championship on October 20, 2002, after then-WWF purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was unify with the WCW Tag Team Championship at the Vengeance pay-per-view in December 2002. The title has been defended in various promotions such as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Full Impact Pro (FIP), Ring of Honor (ROH), and Pro Wrestling Noah. WWE named their tag team division after it in 2011.
Due to its long lineage and past recognition as a “world” championship, it was one of three tag team championships included when WWE began recognizing their female wrestlers as part of their Women’s Evolution in 2018; Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch became inaugural champions by winning a fatal four-way match also involving Sasha Banks and Bayley at WrestleMania 34 that same year.
WWE Women’s Championship
Belts in WWE are not made out of one solid piece of metal. The metal plates on the WWE Women’s Championship are actually made of brass, and are then nickel plated. The WWE Women’s Championship belt has 108 stones on it, with an additional 16 on the side plates.
The current WWE Women’s Championship
The current WWE Women’s Championship is made out of leather and metal. The belt has a rectangular silver plate with the WWE logo in the center, surrounded by smaller silver plates. There are three leather straps on the back of the belt, each with a metal buckle.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The current WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The current WWE Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is contested for by wrestlers whose weight is below 205 lb (93 kg). The title was originally established as the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on June 14, 1991, with a weight limit of 225 lb (102 kg), making it WCW’s first singles championship created specifically for lighter wrestlers. It was later unified with the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, which became vacant when then-champion Shawn Michaels was drafted to the Raw brand during the 2001 WWF draft lottery. The title became SmackDown’s exclusive singles championship for all WCW Cruiserweight and WWE Light Heavyweight Champions after Vince McMahon acquired WCW in 2001. The final holder of the unified championship was Tajiri, who defeated Billy Kidman to win it on October 26, 2001.
WWE United Kingdom Championship
The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. The title is one of WWE’s two primary championships for male wrestlers in their United Kingdom division, alongside the NXT UK Championship. It is currently held by WALTER, who is in his first reign.
The current WWE United Kingdom Championship
The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. The title is one of WWE’s three primary championships for male competitors, alongside the WWE Universal Championship and the WWE World Championship, and is considered a world heavyweight championship within WWE. It was established on January 15, 2017, when then-WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens defeated United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate in a tournament final to unify both titles.
The inaugural champion was crowned on January 29, 2017, at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event, when Neville defeated Bate in the tournament final. He became the longest-reigning champion in history after holding the title for 280 days until he was defeated by Pete Dunne on September 19, 2017 at NXT UK TakeOver: Birmingham. As of 2021, there have been three champions with AJ Styles being the current champion in his first reign. The title is currently defended on both Raw and SmackDown.
WWE Championship
The WWE Belt is made of different materials depending on what era it is from. The current WWE Belt is made of black leather with a gold plated buckle. The WWE Belt has undergone many changes over the years, with the material used varying from leather to cloth to brass.
The current WWE Championship
The current 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 two world titles for WWE’s main roster, alongside the 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.
The title was introduced in 1963 by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, and it remained active until the promotion seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1971. In 1979, Titan Sports, Inc., acquired control of the NWA and its championship titles, including the World Heavyweight Championship. A year later, it was established as the sole world championship of Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
When the WWF split into its two television properties of Raw and SmackDown in 2002, each show began promoting its own exclusive world title: The original World Heavyweight Championship became exclusive to Raw while SmackDown introduced a new top title, known as the WWE Undisputed Championship. After being unified with_the NWA World Heavyweight Championship_in// 2002 and losing its lineage to be called simply “World Heavyweight Championship”, it became exclusive to SmackDown in 2003. The Undisputed Championship was deactivated in 2006 after WWE Champion John Cena became dual champion by defeating then-SmackDown General Manager Eddie Guerrero for _the vacant title at Vengeance_.