Who is the Current WWE Champion?
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- The WWE Championship
- The Current WWE Champion
- The Previous WWE Champions
- The previous WWE Champion was AJ Styles, who held the title for 140 days. He defeated Jinder Mahal at Survivor Series on November 19, 2017, to win the title.
- The second previous WWE Champion was Brock Lesnar, who held the title for 504 days. He defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, 2017, to win the title.
The current WWE Champion is Drew McIntyre.
The 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 two world titles, 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.
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand.
The current champion is AJ Styles, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Jinder Mahal on November 7, 2017, at Survivor Series.
The WWE Championship was first created as the World Heavyweight Championship of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1963. It was first awarded to Buddy Rogers after he defeated Antonino Rocca in a match on April 25, 1963. The inaugural holder of the title was also the man who created it, as Buddy Rogers had been instrumental in its conception. When the WWF split into two separate promotions in 2002 (the other being World Championship Wrestling), the championship remained with the WWF/E and was renamed the WWE Championship. The title underwent several name changes throughout its history as it changed hands between various wrestlers and promotions; these changes generally occurred as a result of contract negotiations between the former and current champion or due to outside input from fans and/or critics.
It is one of the two world titles of the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that is promoted on the Raw brand.
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 the two world titles of the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that is promoted on the Raw brand. The current champion is Kofi Kingston, who is in his first reign.
The title was introduced in 1963 by WWE’s predecessor, the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). It received its name when WWWF president Vincent J. McMahon declared it to be distinct from any other professional wrestling championship and introduced a specially commissioned title belt to be its physical embodiment, which became available for purchase by fans atWWWF events. The inaugural holder was Buddy Rogers, who won a tournament to claim the title, which had been vacant since Antonio Rocca’s death in 1963. Since then, there have been 74 different official champions who have held the title for a combined total of 1,omon days. Of these champions, six (Bruno Sammartino twice foundation; Pedro Morales; Bob Backlund full tenure as WWF Champion through his faction The Hart Foundation; Hulk Hogan as Hollywood Hulk Hogan; and Brock Lesnar as “The Next Big Thing”) have held it for more than 1 year each while 29 others have held it for less than one day.
In professional wrestling, a championship is usually designated by its weight class. The first ever WWF Heavyweight Champion was crowned in 1963 when Buddy Rogers defeated Nature Boy Bruno Sammartino in the finals of a tournament to unify various regional heavyweight titles: New York State Athletic Commission’s World Title, Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium’s World Title, Chicago Tribune International TV Title and Boston NWA World Heavyweight Title (not to be confused with National Wrestling Alliance ‘s world title).
The Current WWE Champion
The current WWE Champion is Brock Lesnar. Lesnar is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and an NCAA Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. He is also a four-time WWE Champion, making him one of the most accomplished wrestlers in WWE history.
The current WWE Champion is Kofi Kingston, who is in his first reign. He defeated Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 on April 7, 2019, to win the title.
Kofi Kingston is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is a member of The New Day alongside Big E and Xavier Woods, and is the current WWE Champion in his first reign.
Kingston debuted on WWE’s main roster in 2008, with his first major storyline being a feud with CM Punk in 2009. During his time on the main roster, he has won 12 championships, including the WWE Championship, which he won at WrestleMania 35 in 2019 to become the first African-born WWE Champion.
The Previous WWE Champions
The current WWE Champion is Drew McIntyre. Drew defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 to become champion. He is the first British-born WWE Champion in history. The previous WWE Champion was Kofi Kingston. Kofi held the title for 140 days before losing it to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 35.
The previous WWE Champion was AJ Styles, who held the title for 140 days. He defeated Jinder Mahal at Survivor Series on November 19, 2017, to win the title.
AJ Styles was the most recent WWE Champion, holding the title for 140 days. He defeated Jinder Mahal at Survivor Series on November 19, 2017, to win the title. Styles is a two-time WWE Champion, having previously held the title for one day in 2016. He is also a former United States Champion and a former World Heavyweight Champion.
The second previous WWE Champion was Brock Lesnar, who held the title for 504 days. He defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, 2017, to win the title.
Brock Lesnar held the WWE Championship for 504 days, defeating Goldberg at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, 2017. He vacated the title on August 26, 2019, due to injury.