Who Has The Most WWE Titles?

We take a look at which WWE Superstar has the most championship reigns in history.

WWE Basics

WWE is a publicly traded, American entertainment company that deals primarily in professional wrestling, with revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales. WWE also refers to the professional wrestling promotion itself, founded by Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt in 1952 as Capitol Wrestling Corporation. As of 2020, it is the largest wrestling promotion in the world, holding over 500 events a year, with the roster primarily divided up between the Raw and SmackDown brands.

What is WWE?

WWE is a professional wrestling promotion founded in 1952. It is the largest wrestling company in the world, hosting events globally. WWE has five active brands: Raw, SmackDown, NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live. Each brand holds weekly televised events and pay-per-view events monthly.

What are the WWE titles?

The WWE has a number of different titles that wrestlers can compete for. The most prestigious title is the WWE Universal Championship, which is currently held by Brock Lesnar. Other titles include the WWE Championship, the WWE Raw Women’s Championship, the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the WWE United States Championship, and the WWE Tag Team Championships.

WWE Champions

The WWE Champion 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 championships, dating back to 1963. It has also been known as the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Universal Championship.

John Cena

John Cena is an American professional wrestler, actor, and rapper. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Cena started his professional wrestling career in 2000 with Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), and won the UPW Heavyweight Championship the following year. Cena signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2001, debuting on SmackDown in June 2002. Since then, he has won 25 championships, with 16 reigns as a world champion: a record 12 reigns as WWE Champion and four reigns as World Heavyweight Champion.

Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE as a Contract Superstar. He is a four-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, a UFC Heavyweight Champion, and was the NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion during his senior year of college. He is also a one-time King of the Ring, Royal Rumble winner, and three-time WWE Universal Champion.

The Rock

The Rock has held the WWE Championship seven times and the World Heavyweight Championship twice. He is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion and a five-time Tag Team Champion.

WWE Title History

The WWE Title 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 top three titles, along with the WWE Universal Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship.

WWE Championship

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 two world titles, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that is promoted for their main roster. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his second reign.

World Heavyweight Championship

The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It was established by WWE in 2002 after WWE bought out World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The championship was contested in WWE’s Raw brand division between 2002 and 2013, and was one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE Championship on SmackDown.

The first ever World Heavyweight Champion was Triple H, who won the title on September 2, 2002 at SummerSlam. The title has been held by some of the most prominent names in professional wrestling history, including Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Triple H (again), Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, John Cena, Edge and Rey Mysterio. Rey Mysterio’s win at The Bash in 2009 made him the youngest champion in history at 22 years old.

As of 2017, the current champion is Brock Lesnar. He is also the longest reigning champion in recent years, holding the title for 490 days as of June 2017.

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 champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Goldberg at WrestleMania 33.

The title was introduced on July 25, 2016, at SummerSlam, when then-WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose was drafted to SmackDown as part of the 2016 WWE draft. The following month at Backlash, Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural champion. Ambrose defended the title against AJ Styles and Dolph Ziggler before losing it to Lesnar in his first reign. Lesnar then went on to hold it for almost a year before losing it to Roman Reigns at SummerSlam 2018, only to regain it two days later on Raw.

As of February 2019, there have been nine championship reigns between three wrestlers. Brock Lesnar has had the most reigns with two. Roman Reigns has had the longest single reign at 156 days.

WWE Title Holders

WWE has changed a lot over the years, but one thing has remained the same: the importance of the WWE title. The WWE title is the most prestigious title in the company and has been held by some of the biggest names in the business. Who are the most decorated WWE superstars? Let’s take a look.

WWE Champion

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 the two world titles in WWE, alongside the Universal Championship that was created for their SmackDown 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-worldwide leader in professional wrestling, the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Heavyweight Championship. The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers. Since its inception, the title has undergone many name changes due to company name changes and title unifications. In 1971, the CWC was renamed World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Upon WWF’s second brand extension split in 2002, it became exclusive to SmackDown! and Raw—the main event programs of WWF’s successor promotion—and ceased to be promoted on other programming and pre-taped pay-per-view events; however it remained active within WWE’s development territories until 2018 before being withdrawn from all remaining territories outside North America upon WWE rebranding NXT UK as a separate entity from NXT. It then became exclusive to Raw once more as a result of the 2019 WWE draft but switched brands again to SmackDown after Brock Lesnar defeated Kofi Kingston at Crown Jewel.

In 2009, WWE released a DVD set called History of the World Heavyweight Championship, which chronicles certain key moments in the title’s history. The following year, WWE established two additional world titles: the WWE Tag Team Championship on SmackDown! and Classic Championship on ECW (which lasted until 2010). In 2010 at WrestleMania XXVI, ECW was closed; thus making third brand title vacant for over nine years before being revived exclusively on NXT UK on January 12th, 2019. In 2016 the brand extension returned with a draft; As a result, two world titles were once again active: The Universal Championship exclusively for Raw and for SmackDown—the WWE Championship—making three world championships promoted by WWE overall since 2002.

World Heavyweight Champion

The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It was established by the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, and later became promoted as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in 2002 after the WWF’s name change to WWE. The final holder was Rey Mysterio, who defeated Kurt Angle to win the title on October 7, 2019 at WWE Crown Jewel.

In 1963, the first World Heavyweight Champion was crowned in the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF): “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers. When the WWF split from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in August 1963 over its refusal to recognize Gorilla Monsoon as a legitimate challenger to Rogers’ title, it created its own version of the world title. In 1971, it became known as the “WWF World Heavyweight Championship”, and in 2002 became known as simply “the WWE World Heavyweight Championship”.

Over the course of its history, through multiple heavyweight champions and changes in company ownership and brand extension, it has remained one of WWE’s most prestigious titles. Since Donald Trump became President of the United States following his election victory on November 8, 2016, he has made numerous references to himself as “champion” of various causes; this eventually led to WWE owner Vince McMahon declaring Trump to be an honorary champion of their flagship program SmackDown at Madison Square Garden on July 23, 2017 during his big return after being absent for almost a year.

WWE Universal Champion

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 the SmackDown brand, alongside the WWE Championship on Raw. Theuniversal championship was established as WWE’s fifth world championship, exclusively forthe SmackDown brand, in 2016 following WWE’s draft. The inaugural Universal Champion was Goldberg, who defeated Brock Lesnar at that year’s Survivor Series event to become champion.

The title is one of WWE’s two top championships, alongside the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on Raw, with both being regarded as the promotion’s flagship titles. The Universal Champion has appeared and defended the title at all twelve ofSmackDown’s pay-per-view events through 2019.

As of 2020, Roman Reigns is in his second reign as the Universal Champion, having won the title at WrestleMania 36 in April 2020. He defeated Goldberg for it at that event, making him a two-time champion overall. Brock Lesnar has had three separate reigns with a combined total of 1,496 days —the longest single reign being 845 days from November 2017 to August 2019— while Goldberg has also had three separate runs as champion for a combined total of 156 days —the longest single reign being 71 days from November 2016 toJanuary 2017— making him tied with Lesnar as both men have had the mostreigns with three each.

Conclusion

In conclusion, as of May 2020, the wrestler with the most WWE titles is John Cena, with a total of 16.