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Due to Van Dam's status as an ECW wrestler, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship was subsequently reactivated for the brand and awarded to Van Dam. [115] [116] WWE: ECW: 80 Edge: July 3, 2006: Raw: Philadelphia, PA: 2 76: 75 This was a triple threat match also involving John Cena. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand due to Edge's ...
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 ...
Ric Flair is a six-time winner of the category. The PWI Wrestler of the Year award recognizes the best professional wrestler of the year.Ric Flair has won the award a record six times, and remains the only wrestler with more than three wins; he also established the record for most consecutive wins with three from 1984 to 1986, with AJ Styles later tying that record in 2016-2018.
There were a total of 28 reigns and 3 vacancies. The first recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion was George Hackenschmidt, who officially won the championship on May 4, 1905, by defeating Tom Jenkins in New York City, New York, [4] the championship remained active for the next 51 years with the last recognized reign beginning on November 9, 1956.
Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), better known by the ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler.Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time by peers, critics, and fans, he performed under his real name for promotions including the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE), World ...
In May 2023, he fought fellow Puerto Rican wrestler Damian Priest in an all-out San Juan Street Fight at the pay-per-view event Backlash, pulling off an impressive win in front of their hometown ...
Wrestling journalist John Molinaro of the Canadian Online Explorer's wrestling section SLAM! Wrestling expressed in his review that first time readers of Meltzer's work in the book would be amazed, stating that Meltzer is separated from his contemporaries in the field of wrestling writings by his ability to dissect and analyze events and actions of those in the wrestling industry by placing it ...
On May 6, 2002, after the World Wrestling Federation was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" due to a lawsuit by the World Wide Fund for Nature, the title was subsequently renamed to WWE Intercontinental Championship. [103] [104] WWE: Raw: 87 Rob Van Dam: May 27, 2002: Raw: Edmonton, AB, Canada: 2 63: 62 This was a ladder match.