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At Judgment Day on May 16, he defeated Guerrero via disqualification in a match for the WWE Championship, but since a title cannot change hands by disqualification, Guerrero retained the title. [53] JBL won his sole world championship, the WWE Championship from Guerrero in a Texas Bull Rope match at The Great American Bash on June 27.
On the following episode of SmackDown!, Rey Mysterio again defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), forcing JBL to retire from wrestling. [26] JBL, however, returned as the new SmackDown! Color commentator on June 16. [29] Mysterio was then challenged to a match at One Night Stand, for the World Championship by Sabu, [27] repeatedly leading up ...
The World Heavyweight Championship was established in 2002 as a second world championship in WWE during the time of the first brand extension. During this period, the World Heavyweight Championship would be the primary championship for either the Raw or SmackDown brand, with the WWE Championship on the other. The brand extension ended in 2011 ...
Full list of current WWE Champions, including Universal, Intercontinental, Women's, US, Tag Team, and more across Raw, SmackDown and NXT.
The animosity began after controversy over an AWA World Championship title shot involving Nick Bockwinkel. [5] During the feud, the trio defeated Lawler in a steel cage match and cut his hair, which caused a riot in the Mid-South Coliseum. [5] Lawler won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Curt Hennig on May 9, 1988. [5]
Despite this addition, The Cabinet's presence dwindled. Orlando Jordan quietly separated from JBL after losing the United States Championship and was released from WWE in May 2006. [7] JBL transitioned to a commentator role before temporarily retiring from in-ring competition, effectively disbanding The Cabinet.
On December 15, 2013, at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Orton defeated John Cena in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match to unify the World Heavyweight Championship with the WWE Championship. The World Heavyweight Championship was then retired and the WWE Championship became known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. [170] 117 Daniel Bryan
It didn’t take long for him to reach the top of the wrestling world—he won the Intercontinental Championship the following November, and won his first of eight WWE Championships by November 1998 .