The World Heavyweight Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of three men's world titles on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship , which are jointly held and ...

The new World Heavyweight Championship was announced by Triple H heading into the 2023 WWE Draft. A tournament was held to crown the new champion culminating with Seth" Freakin" Rollins defeating AJ Styles at WWE Night of Champions 2023.

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) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown! , in a brand extension .

The World Heavyweight Championship was brought to Raw by former General Manager Eric Bischoff after WWE Champion Brock Lesnar became exclusive to SmackDown. Bischoff awarded the championship to Triple H, but The Game had to defend it against his best friend, Ric Flair.

Aug 7, 2024 · Current World Heavyweight Champion. Gunther is the current World Heavyweight Champion, who defeated Damian Priest in a singles match at SummerSlam 2024 & is on his first reign.

On this page, you find the full Title History for the World Heavyweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

Feb 20, 2022 · The historical lineage of the WWE world heavyweight championship, including every superstar to hold the title, the length of their reign and the event in which they won the title.

Aug 5, 2024 · Gunther is the current World Heavyweight Champion in WWE in his first reign with the title. At King of the Ring, Gunther defeated Randy Orton to become the WWE King of the Ring and earned himself...

The Undisputed WWE Championship is widely recognized as the most historic championship in WWE. Dating back to 1963, the WWE Championship was first awarded to Buddy Rogers after he defeated Antonino Rocca in the finals of a tournament in April.

Dec 30, 2024 · Since its introduction on April 24, 2023, four names have had the distinction of holding the World Heavyweight Championship. Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Damian Priest, and Gunther have all laid claim to holding it.