Who Is The WWE Raw Universal Champion?

The WWE Raw Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand.

The WWE Raw Universal Championship

The WWE Raw Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of WWE’s world titles, along with the WWE Universal Championship on the SmackDown brand, the NXT Championship on the NXT brand, and the WWE United Kingdom Championship on the United Kingdom-based brand.

Who is the WWE Raw Universal Champion?

The WWE Raw Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, alongside the WWE Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his second reign.

How long has the WWE Raw Universal Championship been around?

The WWE Raw Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling organization WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, alongside the WWE Universal Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his first reign.

The title was established as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on October 20, 2002, after then-WWE Undisputed Champion Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock at SummerSlam to unify the original WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship. The name “World Heavyweight Championship” was then deactivated in August 2016 and its lineage was continued through the WWE Universal Championship.

The WWE Raw Universal Championship’s History

The WWE Raw Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his second reign.

The inaugural WWE Raw Universal Champion

On January 23, 2017, at the Royal Rumble, Goldberg defeated Kevin Owens to become the inaugural WWE Raw Universal Champion. Goldberg had won the WWE Universal Championship at Survivor Series in November 2016, but he was forced to vacate the title due to an injury. The title was then won by Owens at a live event in December.

The current WWE Raw Universal Champion

The current WWE Raw Universal Champion is “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt. He defeated Seth Rollins at the Crown Jewel event on October 31, 2019, to become champion.

The WWE Raw Universal Championship’s Future

The WWE Raw Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of WWE’s two world titles, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the SmackDown brand. The title was established as a singular world championship on July 25, 2016, as a result of WWE’s rebranding of its world heavyweight championship as the WWE Universal Championship. The inaugural champion was Finn Bálor, who defeated Seth Rollins in the tournament final to become the first Universal Champion.

Who will be the next WWE Raw Universal Champion?

The WWE Raw Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for SmackDown. The current champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his first reign. He won it by defeating Goldberg at WrestleMania 34.

Inaugural champion Finn Bálor was determined as the winner of a Fatal 4-Way match at SummerSlam on August 21, 2016, to become the inaugural champion. However, he relinquished the title due to injury the following night on Raw. Since its inception, there have been seven reigns shared between five wrestlers. Roman Reigns has held it for the longest period of any champion, at 140 days; while Braun Strowman has held it for the shortest at 22 days (unified with Lesnar). Brock Lesnar holds the record for most combined days as champion, at 523 total days (448 as Universal Champion and 75 as WWE World Heavyweight Champion). Lesnar also has the most title defenses with eleven.

As of May 2020, there have been three vacancies. The inaugural champion Finn Bálor vacated the title due to injury on August 22, 2016. The title was declared vacant a second time on October 24, 2017 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs after then-champion Brock Lesnar did not defend it within thirty days as per WWE guidelines; this made Lesnar’s 488-day reign the longest in history without a successful title defense. Braun Strowman declared himself Universal Champion after pinning then-champion Seth Rollins in a tag team match on March 18, 2019; however WWE voided this decision later that same evening and proclaimed that there was no new champion.

How long will the WWE Raw Universal Championship reign last?

As of right now, the WWE Raw Universal Championship reign is held by “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt. The current WWE Raw Universal Championship reign began on October 6th, 2019, at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event, when “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt defeated Seth Rollins to become the WWE Raw Universal Champion.

The question on everybody’s mind is how long will “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt’s current WWE Raw Universal Championship reign last? Will he hold onto the title until WrestleMania 36? Or will someone else defeat him for the title before then?

Only time will tell how long “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt’s current WWE Raw Universal Championship reign will last.