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| Name = Promise
{{Infobox championship
| Type = studio
|image=<!--Do not replace this image with a fair use one. This image is free and free images are favored on Wikipedia. See "Wikipedia:Non-free content" for more information -->WWE Championship.jpg
| Artist = [[Sade (band)|Sade]]
|caption=The WWE Championship belt <br /> (April 11, 2005 – present)
| Cover = Sade Promise album cover.jpg
|championshipname=WWE Championship
| Released = 16 November 1985 <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>21 December 1985 <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small>
|currentholder=[[Triple H]]
| Recorded = Power Plant Studios<br><small>([[London]], [[England]])</small> <br> Studio Miraval<br><small>([[Le Val]], [[Var (department)|Var]], [[France]])</small>
|won=[[April 27]], [[2008]]
| Genre = [[soul music|Soul]], [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[jazz]]
|promotion=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]
| Length = 54:15
|brand=[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown]]
| Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] <small>(UK)</small><br>[[Portrait Records|Portrait]] <small>(U.S.)</small>
|created=[[April 29]] [[1963]]
| Producer = [[Sade Adu]], [[Robin Millar]], Ben Rogan, Mike Pela
|mostreigns=[[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]], [[Triple H]] ([[List of WWE Champions|7 reigns]])<!-- Do not change this to Triple H. He has only won the title 7 times, as well as the World Heavyweight Championship 5 times. They are not the same title, despite him seeming to think that they are.-->
| Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:enh9kett7q7b link]
|firstchamp=[[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]]
*{{Review-Christgau|B|name=Sade}}
|longestreign=[[Bruno Sammartino]] {{nobr|([[List of WWE Championship reigns by length|2803 days]])}}
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sade/albums/album/208219/review/5946308/promise link]
|shortestreign=[[André the Giant]] {{nobr|([[List of WWE Championship reigns by length|c. 45 seconds]])}}
| Last album = ''[[Diamond Life]]<br>(1984)
|oldest=[[Vince McMahon]] {{nobr|(54 years, 21 days)}}
| This album = '''''Promise'''''<br>(1985)
|youngest=[[Brock Lesnar]] {{nobr|(25 years, 44 days)}}
| Next album = ''[[Stronger Than Pride]]''<br>(1988)
|heaviest=[[Rodney Anoa'i|Yokozuna]] {{nobr|({{convert|568|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on}})}}
|lightest=[[Eddie Guerrero]] {{nobr|({{convert|220|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on}})}}
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*WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
*WWWF Heavyweight Championship
*WWF Heavyweight Championship
*WWF World Heavyweight Championship
*WWF Championship
*WWF/E "Undisputed" Championship}}
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The '''World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[World Heavyweight Championship|world]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] in [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]. It is the original world title of WWE. Currently, it is the highest ranked championship on the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]].
'''''Promise''''' is the second [[studio album]] by the [[England|English]] group [[Sade (band)|Sade]], released in 1985 on [[Epic Records]].


==History==
The major hits from this album were "[[The Sweetest Taboo]]" and "Never as Good as the First Time", which reached number five and number twenty on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], respectively. Also, "Is It a Crime" was released as a single. Whilst not as initially successful as their debut album ''[[Diamond Life]]'', ''Promise'' became the band's first album to top the albums chart in both the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]], undoubtedly helped by an appearance at [[Live Aid]] and a cameo in the film ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]''.
The WWE Championship was originally known as the '''World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Heavyweight Championship'''. Following the title's introduction in 1963, [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]] became the inaugural champion on [[April 29]]. The World Wide Wrestling Federation joined the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] in 1971 and was renamed the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] in 1979. During this time, the title was referred to as the '''World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Heavyweight Championship'''. It became known as the '''WWF World Heavyweight Championship''' when the promotion left the NWA in 1983. The title began to be referred to as the '''WWF Championship''' in 1998.


In March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation purchased [[World Championship Wrestling]]. Soon after, "[[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|The Invasion]]" took place in which the [[The Alliance (professional wrestling)|WCW/ECW Alliance]] was ultimately dismantled. Following this, it was agreed to [[Championship unification|unify]] the title with the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Championship]] at [[Vengeance (2001)|Vengeance 2001]]. At the event [[Chris Jericho]] defeated [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] and [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] to win the WCW/World Championship and the WWF Championship respectively. As a result, Chris Jericho was named the last WCW World Champion<ref>[http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wcwchampionship/3044541104 WCW World Champion - Chris Jericho] at WWE.com</ref> and became the first [[Undisputed Championship|Undisputed Champion]] in the World Wrestling Federation.<ref name="W-T">{{cite web | url= http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwf/wwf-h.html | title=WWWF/WWF/WWE World Heavyweight Title | publisher = Wrestling-titles.com | accessdate = 2007-03-18}}</ref>
The title ''Promise'' comes from a letter from [[Sade Adu]]'s father where he refers to the "promise of hope" to recover from [[cancer]].


Following the [[World Wrestling Entertainment#World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF/WWE name change]] and the [[WWE Brand Extension]], the Undisputed Championship was defended on the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] and [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] brands simultaneously while other titles became exclusive to either brand. However, when [[Brock Lesnar]] won the Undisputed Championship he was signed by [[Professional wrestling authority figures#SmackDown! brand authorities|SmackDown General Manager]], [[Stephanie McMahon]], to appear and defend the title only on the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] brand, which left the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] brand without a world title. As a result, [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Raw brand authorities|Raw General Manager]], [[Eric Bischoff]], disputed the title's "Undisputed" status and introduced the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], commissioning it to be the main world title of the Raw brand. Immediately afterwards, the Undisputed Championship returned to being the '''WWE Championship'''. The title remained on the SmackDown brand from [[August 26]] [[2002]] until [[June 6]] [[2005]] as a result of the [[WWE Draft Lottery#2005 (Draft Lottery: RAW and SmackDown!)|2005 WWE Draft Lottery]]. The WWE Champion, [[John Cena]], was drafted to the Raw brand with the WWE Championship, which left the two main world titles in WWE on that brand until the World Heavyweight Champion, [[Dave Batista|Batista]], was drafted to the SmackDown brand with the World Heavyweight Championship on [[June 30]] [[2005]]. The title was briefly the property of the [[ECW (WWE)|ECW]] brand, when [[Rob Van Dam]] cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]] at the [[ECW One Night Stand (2006)|ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view]] on [[June 11]], [[2006]] and defeated defending champion Cena (Van Dam had been drafted to the then new ECW brand two weeks previous). [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] brought the title back to Raw three weeks later after defeating RVD and [[John Cena]] in a [[Triple Threat Match]] on the [[July 3]] episode of Raw. The title returned to the SmackDown brand when champion [[Triple H]] was taken in [[2008 WWE Draft]]. This makes the WWE Championship the only title to (at various times) have been property of all three WWE brands.
==Track listing==
===CD and cassette===
#"Is It a Crime" ([[Sade Adu]], Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale) – 6:20
#"[[The Sweetest Taboo]]" (Adu, Martin Ditcham) – 4:36
#"War of the Hearts" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:47
#"You're Not the Man" (Adu, Matthewman) – 5:09
#"Jezebel" (Adu, Matthewman) – 5:27
#"Mr Wrong" (Adu, Matthewman, Hale, Paul S. Denman) – 2:49
#"Punch Drunk" (Hale) – 5:21
#"Never as Good as the First Time" (Adu, Matthewman) – 4:59
#"Fear" (Adu, Matthewman) – 4:09
#"Tar Baby" (Adu, Matthewman) – 3:57
#"Maureen" (Adu, Hale, Denman) – 4:20


==Custom belt designs==
===LP===
Special custom belts have been created for at least four different champions:
#"Is It a Crime" – 6:18
*[[Billy Graham (wrestler)|"Superstar" Billy Graham]] (red leather strap)
#"The Sweetest Taboo" – 4:35
*The [[Warrior (wrestler)|Ultimate Warrior]] (white, blue and purple leather straps)
#"War of the Hearts" – 6:47
*[[Stone Cold Steve Austin|"Stone Cold" Steve Austin]] ("Smokin' Skull" belt)
#"Jezebel" – 5:30
*[[John Cena]] (Spinner belt) '''(current design)'''
#"Mr Wrong" – 2:50
*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] (Modified "[[Adam Copeland#In wrestling|Rated-R Superstar]]" Spinner belt)
#"Never as Good as the First Time" – 5:01
#"Fear" – 4:05
#"Tar Baby" – 3:58
#"Maureen" – 4:22


A belt with an exceptionally long strap was created for [[André the Giant]] before [[WrestleMania III]], however he never wore it as champion. Similarly, Edge had originally designed an entirely different custom belt than the "Rated R Spinner" design he used for his second reign, however the plans were scrapped due to time constraints.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.ign.com/articles/730/730263p2.html |title=Edge Interview |accessdate=2006-11-18 |author=Jon Robinson |pages=2 }}</ref> The "Spinner" belt's design has become the WWE Championship's primary design, having been used by [[John Cena]], Edge, [[Rob Van Dam]], [[Randy Orton]] and [[Triple H]], although the centerpiece no longer spins.
==Personnel==
===Musicians===
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====Sade====
*[[Sade Adu]] – [[singing|vocals]]
*Andrew Hale – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Stuart Matthewman – [[guitar]], [[saxophone]]
*Paul S. Denman – [[bass guitar|bass]]
{{col-2}}
====Additional musicians====
*Terry Bailey – [[trumpet]]
*Pete Beachill – [[trombone]]
*Carlos Bonnell – guitar
*Martin Ditcham – [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Dave Early – drums, percussion
*Jake Jacas – vocals
*Mike Pela – [[strings (music)|strings]]
{{col-end}}


==Current champion==
===Production===
[[Image:Triple H WWE Champion No Mercy 07.jpg|right|thumb|Current champion, [[Triple H]]]]
*Sade Adu – [[record producer|producer]], [[arrangement|arranger]]
<!-- Do not change seventh to twelfth. He has only won the title 7 times, as well as the World Heavyweight Championship 5 times, they are not the same title, despite JR's commentary.-->
*[[Robin Millar]] – producer
The current champion is [[Triple H]], who is in his seventh reign. He won the title by defeating [[John Cena]], [[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] and champion [[Randy Orton]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Fatal-Four Way Elimination match]] at [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] on April 27, 2008.<ref name="Backlash"/> This being his seventh reign,<ref name="Backlash">{{cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/backlash/matches/6803660/results/|title=Twelfth Knight|author=Craig Tello|accessdate=2008-04-27|date=2008-4-28|publisher=WWE}}</ref> Triple H now shares the record with [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] for the most WWE Championship reigns in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/|title=History of the WWE Championship|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref>
*Ben Rogan – producer
*Mike Pela – producer, [[audio engineering|engineer]], [[audio mixing|mixing]], [[production engineer]]
*[[Nick Ingman]] – arranger
*Pete Brown – assistant engineer
*Simon Driscoll – assistant engineer
*Phil Legg – assistant engineer
*Tom Coyne – [[audio mastering|remastering]]
*Lee Barrett – [[music management|management]]
*Graham Smith – [[design]]
*Toshi Yajima – [[photography]]


==Charts==
==See also==
*[[List of WWE Champions]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[List of WWE Championship reigns by length]]
!align="center"|Chart (1985)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39ftxqy5ldje~T3 |title=Promise > Charts & Awards > ''Billboard'' Albums |accessdate=2008-05-27 |work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=325&cat=a |title=Sade – Promise – swisscharts.com |accessdate=2008-05-27 |work=SwissCharts.com}}</ref>
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Albums Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musikcharts1024e.htm |title=Charts-Surfer: Music |accessdate=2008-05-27 |work=Charts-Surfer}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=10092 |title=Chart Stats – Sade – Promise |accessdate=2008-10-10 |work=Chart Stats}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
!align="center"|Chart (1986)
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Jazz Albums
|align="center"|4
|}

==Certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*4× platinum
::{{flagicon|USA}} [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: 4,000,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |title=RIAA – Searchable Database |accessdate=2008-05-31 |date=23 July 1997 |work=[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]}}</ref>

*2× platinum
::{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]]: 200,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |title=CRIA: Search Certification Database |accessdate=2008-05-31 |date=27 June 1986 |work=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]]}}</ref>
::{{flagicon|UK}} [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: 600,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=24780 |title=UK Certified Awards |accessdate=2008-05-31 |date=17 January 1986 |work=[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]}}</ref>
{{col-2}}
*Platinum
::{{flagicon|Finland}} [[IFPI]]: 30,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/kplista.html?action=vapaa&tyyppi=ulko&haku=artisti&julkaisuntyyppi=albumi&teksti=Sade |title=IFPI Finland – Kultalevyhaku |accessdate=2008-06-06 |work=[[IFPI]] |language=Finnish}}</ref>
::{{flagicon|Germany}} [[IFPI]]: 200,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank.html |title=Gold/Platin-Datenbank |accessdate=2008-05-31 |work=Bundesverband Musikindustrie |language=German}}</ref>
::{{flagicon|France}} [[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|SNEP]]: 300,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/certifications/album.asp?suite=5&forme_certif=12&annee=10 |title=Les certifications Albums – Année 1995 – Platine |accessdate=2008-06-06 |date=20 April 1995 |work=[[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|SNEP]] |language=French}}</ref>
{{col-end}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/ WWE Championship Title History]
| before = ''The Love Songs'' by [[George Benson]]
| title = [[UK Albums Chart]] [[list of number-one albums from the 1980s (UK)#1985|number-one album]]
| years = 16 November 1985 – 23 November 1985
| after = ''The Greatest Hits of 1985'' by [[various artists]]
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| before = ''[[Let's Talk About Love (Modern Talking album)|Let's Talk About Love]]'' by [[Modern Talking]]
| title = [[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]] number-one album
| years = 1 December 1985 – 15 December 1985
| after = ''Casanova'' by [[Rondò Veneziano]]
}}
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| before = ''[[The Broadway Album]]'' by [[Barbra Streisand]]
| title = [[Billboard 200|U.S. ''Billboard'' 200]] [[number-one albums of 1986 (U.S.)|number-one album]]
| years = 15 February 1986 – 22 February 1986
| after = ''[[Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister album)|Welcome to the Real World]]'' by [[Mr. Mister]]
}}
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Revision as of 18:33, 10 October 2008

I would like to give a nice filthy shoutout to Lai's Mom ;)

WWE Championship
File:WWE Championship.jpg
The WWE Championship belt
(April 11, 2005 – present)
Tournament information

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is the original world title of WWE. Currently, it is the highest ranked championship on the SmackDown! brand.

History

The WWE Championship was originally known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Heavyweight Championship. Following the title's introduction in 1963, Buddy Rogers became the inaugural champion on April 29. The World Wide Wrestling Federation joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1971 and was renamed the World Wrestling Federation in 1979. During this time, the title was referred to as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Heavyweight Championship. It became known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship when the promotion left the NWA in 1983. The title began to be referred to as the WWF Championship in 1998.

In March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation purchased World Championship Wrestling. Soon after, "The Invasion" took place in which the WCW/ECW Alliance was ultimately dismantled. Following this, it was agreed to unify the title with the WCW Championship at Vengeance 2001. At the event Chris Jericho defeated The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the WCW/World Championship and the WWF Championship respectively. As a result, Chris Jericho was named the last WCW World Champion[1] and became the first Undisputed Champion in the World Wrestling Federation.[2]

Following the WWF/WWE name change and the WWE Brand Extension, the Undisputed Championship was defended on the Raw and SmackDown brands simultaneously while other titles became exclusive to either brand. However, when Brock Lesnar won the Undisputed Championship he was signed by SmackDown General Manager, Stephanie McMahon, to appear and defend the title only on the SmackDown brand, which left the Raw brand without a world title. As a result, Raw General Manager, Eric Bischoff, disputed the title's "Undisputed" status and introduced the World Heavyweight Championship, commissioning it to be the main world title of the Raw brand. Immediately afterwards, the Undisputed Championship returned to being the WWE Championship. The title remained on the SmackDown brand from August 26 2002 until June 6 2005 as a result of the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery. The WWE Champion, John Cena, was drafted to the Raw brand with the WWE Championship, which left the two main world titles in WWE on that brand until the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista, was drafted to the SmackDown brand with the World Heavyweight Championship on June 30 2005. The title was briefly the property of the ECW brand, when Rob Van Dam cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view on June 11, 2006 and defeated defending champion Cena (Van Dam had been drafted to the then new ECW brand two weeks previous). Edge brought the title back to Raw three weeks later after defeating RVD and John Cena in a Triple Threat Match on the July 3 episode of Raw. The title returned to the SmackDown brand when champion Triple H was taken in 2008 WWE Draft. This makes the WWE Championship the only title to (at various times) have been property of all three WWE brands.

Custom belt designs

Special custom belts have been created for at least four different champions:

A belt with an exceptionally long strap was created for André the Giant before WrestleMania III, however he never wore it as champion. Similarly, Edge had originally designed an entirely different custom belt than the "Rated R Spinner" design he used for his second reign, however the plans were scrapped due to time constraints.[3] The "Spinner" belt's design has become the WWE Championship's primary design, having been used by John Cena, Edge, Rob Van Dam, Randy Orton and Triple H, although the centerpiece no longer spins.

Current champion

Current champion, Triple H

The current champion is Triple H, who is in his seventh reign. He won the title by defeating John Cena, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and champion Randy Orton in a Fatal-Four Way Elimination match at Backlash in Baltimore, Maryland on April 27, 2008.[4] This being his seventh reign,[4] Triple H now shares the record with The Rock for the most WWE Championship reigns in history.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ WCW World Champion - Chris Jericho at WWE.com
  2. ^ "WWWF/WWF/WWE World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
  3. ^ Jon Robinson. "Edge Interview". p. 2. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
  4. ^ a b Craig Tello (2008-4-28). "Twelfth Knight". WWE. Retrieved 2008-04-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "History of the WWE Championship". WWE.com. Retrieved 2008-04-27.

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