Who Is The WWE World Heavyweight Champion Now?

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

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American 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.

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

The title is one of WWE’s original world championships, having been established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963. It is WWE’s primary championship for male wrestlers.

Since its inception, the title has undergone several name changes, as a result of WWE’s continual rebranding efforts; it was first known as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, then as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship until 2001, when it was renamed the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The current champion is Kofi Kingston, who is in his second reign.

The title was first introduced in 1963 at a WWWF live event; then-champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Mighty Igor to win the newly created heavyweight championship. The inaugural champion was crowned in a two-night tournament that took place at Madison Square Garden in October and November 1963, defeating Gorilla Monsoon and Lou Thesz en route to the finals, where he pinned Sammartino on November 7 to win the title. Since its inception, the title has been defended in various countries around the world.

The current champion is AJ Styles, who is in his second reign.

AJ Styles is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion, having won the title at the WWE SmackDown Live event on September 11, 2018 by defeating Jinder Mahal. He is in his second reign as champion.

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship History

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. 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 second reign.

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship was first awarded to Triple H at SummerSlam in 2002.

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is one of WWE’s top titles, along with the WWE Universal Championship and the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The current holder is Brock Lesnar, who is in his first reign.

The title was introduced in 2002 at SummerSlam as the original World Heavyweight Championship, replacing the Hardcore Championship. The title lineage began with Triple H winning a match against Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho to become the inaugural champion. At WrestleMania XXIV, the title was unified with the WWE Championship when then-champion Randy Orton defeated then-World Heavyweight Champion Edge in a unification match. For much of its history, this title was considered to be one of WWE’s premier championships.

However, due to the reinstatement of the WWE brand extension in 2016, it became exclusive to the Raw brand, while SmackDown created the WWE World Championship as its equivalent world title for that brand; as a result, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was renamed to its current name of WWE Universal Championship and became exclusive to Raw while SmackDown revived the original world heavyweight championship as its exclusive world title for that brand under its new name of WWE World Championship.

The title has been held by a number of wrestlers, including John Cena, The Rock, Brock Lesnar, and CM Punk.

The 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 world titles for WWE’s main roster, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the Raw brand as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. The current holder is Daniel Bryan, who is in his second reign.

The title was established under then-WWE CEO Linda McMahon in 2002 as a continuation of the original World Heavyweight Championship, which had been created by WCW in 1991. It is named after WWE’s flagship television program, Raw. Bret Hart defeated Hulk Hogan to win the inaugural title at SummerSlam, making him the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion as he became recognized as WWE’s first-ever world champion under its banner following the absorption of WCW by Vince McMahon earlier that year.

The Undisputed era began in May 2002 when then- SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon staged a “invasion” storyline leading to a unification match between The Rock, who was then serving as SmackDown authority figure and brand champion, and Brock Lesnar, who held Raw’s world title—the World Heavyweight Championship. This match resulted in The Rock becoming both champion and undisputed champion (a term used when referring to champions who have held both titles), thus unifying both titles. This era ended among controversy at Survivor Series when Triple H won back possession of Raw’s title Belt—thus vacating Lesnar’s championship and reverting it back to being exclusive to SmackDown—after defeating Lesnar in a No Holds Barred match earlier that evening; this enabled Kurt Angle to cash in his Money in the Bank contract (won on an episode of SmackDown earlier that year) moments later and defeat Big Show for the vacant title—thus vacating it from being exclusive to Raw; this led to Mr. McMahon declaring that there would now be only one world championship from then onwards (i.e., no more Undisputed Champion), thus unifying both titles once again into one—the WWE Undisputed Championship—and making Angle its inaugural champion once again just like The Rock before him did seven months earlier at Vengeance (he would hold onto it until WrestleMania X8 where he lost it back to Lesnar).

At WrestleMania 21 unifying both titles finally occurred when John Cena defeated JBL to win his first ever WWE Championship (coming over from SmackDown) after cashing-in his Money in the Bank contract from that same night which gave him a match with whomever was holding either title at any time he decided to cash it within one year; Cena subsequently pinned JBL following an FU to become only second ever dual-champion following The Rock seven years prior (however unlike The Rock whose victory at SummerSlam made him “The Undisputed Champion”, Cena simply became co-holder of each respective title without any moniker attached). Later that night Edge defeated Kane for possession of Raw’s world championship belt thus parting ways with each other making them both separate champions again with Edge serving as exclusive champion on Raw while Cena served as exclusive champion on SmackDown (with no physical belt representing either championship); this resulted in two different world champions existing until Judgment Day three weeks later when Cena defeated Edge inside a Steel Cage thus unifying both belts into one once again and becoming undisputed champion once more like The Rock before him seven years earlier—making him only third ever person along with Austin and The Rock before him do so henceforth known henceforth as “The Champ” while also holding onto each respective championship belt until they were unified into one new design come June 27th thereby creating third physical incarnate of Undisputed WWE Championship . This era saw various changes made to how each brand’s general manager booked their shows including ECW GM Paul Heyman pushing ECW talent such as Bobby Lashley and CM Punk up into main event status on their respective brands despite not being part of either show’s original main event scene upon their establishment several years prior while also booking several former ECW wrestlers such as Justin Credible, Sandman and Test onto ECW programming itself giving it more of an old school look and feel . In late 2007 Vince McMahon appointed Vickie Guerrero as interim General Manager of SmackDown while also making her sole authority figure over ECW after Heyman quit due to dissatisfaction with how McMahon was booking ECWORIGINAL content not brought over from WCW or Extreme Championship Wrestling despite originally being promised he could book whatever content he wanted . Guerrero then went on an extended power trip booking herself into matches she had no business being in along with favoring certain wrestlers such as Big Show , CM Punk ,Edge , Chavo Guerrero Jr., Mr. Kennedy , MVP( Montel Vontavious Porter )and Batista while burying others such as Matt Hardy , Finlay , Jeff Hardy , Rey Mysterio Jr., R – Truth(“Ron ‘R – Truth’ Killings”)and Undertaker . Guerrero eventually got stripped off her duties come January 2008 amid widespread backstage heat due largely because she was booked into too many matches including participating in various matches at Wrestlemania 24 even though she wasn’t even an active wrestler let alone a trained one . Vickie Guerrero then returned back onto television screens six months later this time serving as on-screen authority figure over RAW following retirement forced resignation Vince McMahon himself due “family tragedy” angle where Linda McMahon supposedly suffered severe trauma after limousine exploded .

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship Today

The 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 WWE’s two top championships, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the Raw brand as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. The current WWE World Heavyweight Champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign.

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is currently held by AJ Styles.

AJ Styles is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion. He won the title at the 2016 Money in the Bank event, defeating then-champion Roman Reigns.

AJ Styles is a former WWE United States Champion and a one-time WWE World Tag Team Champion (with Kurt Angle). He is also a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Yamaha Ryu).

AJ Styles is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

AJ Styles is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion. He won the title on February 21, 2016 at a live event in Phoenix, Arizona by defeating former champion, Triple H. This marks AJ’s first ever reign as WWE World Heavyweight Champion.