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At the top of WWE's championship hierarchy for female wrestlers are the Women's World Championship on Raw and the WWE Women's Championship on SmackDown—regarded as women's world championships. The Women's World Championship is held by two-time champion Rhea Ripley, who won the title by defeating Liv Morgan during the Raw premiere on Netflix ...
[2] [3] In 2002, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown. [4] [5] The title, now renamed the WWE Championship, was then designated to the SmackDown brand while WWE established an alternate world title known as the World Heavyweight Championship for the Raw brand.
Full list of current WWE Champions, including Universal, Intercontinental, Women's, US, Tag Team, and more across Raw, SmackDown and NXT.
WWE's inaugural world champion, Buddy Rogers, who became the WWWF World Heavyweight Champion in 1963, a title that is now known as the WWE Championship.. The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's world championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF ...
A diagram showing the evolution of various wrestling world championships and the way that they are connected to the WWE Championship. In 1991, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), a member of the NWA, established the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to replace the NWA's world title. In 1993, WCW seceded from the NWA and grew to become a rival ...
At the top of AEW's championship hierarchy for female wrestlers is the AEW Women's World Championship. It is held by first-time champion Mariah May, who defeated "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In on August 25, 2024. [7] The secondary title for female wrestlers is the AEW TBS Championship, which is also a television
The brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE draft. The title was renamed as Raw Tag Team Championship on September 5, 2016, following the creation of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. [65] WWE: Raw: 57 Cesaro and Sheamus: December 18, 2016: Roadblock: End of the Line: Pittsburgh, PA: 1 ...
Tag team championships are yet another different form of wrestling title. Some consider it to be a style championship, but tag team championships are unique in their ability to include multiple wrestlers on teams competing for multiple belts. The most common form of tag team championships are in 2-on-2 format, which is often implicitly understood.