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The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE, currently defended on the SmackDown brand. It was the first world title established in WWE, at the time known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), having been introduced in 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship.
At the top of WWE's championship hierarchy for male wrestlers are the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw and the Undisputed WWE Championship on SmackDown—regarded as world heavyweight championships. The World Heavyweight Championship is held by first-time champion Gunther. He defeated Damian Priest at SummerSlam on August 3, 2024. [2]
Youngest, four-time and final champion Randy Orton. 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.
Conversely, WWE's so-called "Heavyweight" championships are not exclusive to heavyweight performers (240 lbs and above), as they have been won by comparatively smaller wrestlers such as Rey Mysterio and AJ Styles. While some of the smaller, independent wrestling promotions use weight classes, most of the larger promotions do not.
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The NWA World's Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. It is the promotion's premier title. NWA currently recognizes 102 individual World's Heavyweight Championship reigns. [1] [2] The inaugural champion was Orville ...
Title renamed WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship on December 18, 1983 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico after Colón defeats NWA World Heavyweight champion Ric Flair in a cage match. [6] 5 Dory Funk, Jr. February 27, 1985: Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre: Bangor, Maine: 1 80 At an International Championship Wrestling event.
The NXT brand is for wrestlers in an advanced stage in their training in the developmental system, who are prepping for a potential call up to the main roster. [9] Note - WWE (particularly NXT) has a partnership with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). As a result, TNA wrestlers may periodically appear on NXT programming, and vice versa.