WWE Championship

WWE Championship
The current title holder Drew McIntyre .
Data
Title holder	Drew McIntyre
since	April 5, 2020
owner	WWE
broadcast	Raw
Introduced	April 29, 1963
Former names
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1963–1979) WWF World Heavyweight Championship (1979–1998) WWF Championship (1998-2001) Undisputed WWF / E Championship (2001-2002) WWE Championship (2002-2013, since 2016) WWE World Heavyweight Championship (2013-2016)
Records
Most title wins John Cena (13 times) Longest reign Bruno Sammartino (2803 days) Shortest reign André the Giant (1 min. And 48 sec.) Oldest title holder Mr. McMahon (54 years and 27 days) Youngest title holder Brock Lesnar (25 years and 44 days) Heaviest title holder Yokozuna (267 kg) Easiest title holder Rey Mysterio (79 kg)

The WWE Championship is the highest wrestling title that the US promotion WWE awards to male individual wrestlers of the raw rooster. The title was introduced on April 29, 1963, when the then affiliate Capitol Wrestling Corporation separated from the parent National Wrestling Alliance and founded the new promotion World Wide Wrestling Federation, a league in competition with NWA. In wrestling this championship is generally considered to be one of the most prestigious titles. The current title holder in his first reign is Drew McIntyre . As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .

history

origin

The WWE Championship was originally the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Heavyweight Championship . When the WWWF rejoined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1973 , the title lost its world status because the NWA only fought for its title within the United States.

In 1979 the WWWF was renamed World Wrestling Federation (WWF) , which also changed the name of the title to WWF Heavyweight Championship . In 1983 the WWF left the National Wrestling Alliance again, whereby the title regained the status of a world championship and was again the WWF World Heavyweight Championship .

Monday Night Wars and title union

In 1991, the World Championship Wrestling , a member of the NWA, introduced the WCW World Heavyweight Championship . In 1993 WCW separated from the NWA and developed into a rival promotion to the WWF. Both organizations rose to prominence and ended up embroiled in a television war known as the Monday Night Wars . Towards the end of the rating war, WCW's financial decline began, which in March 2001 led to the purchase of WCW by WWF. As a result of the purchase, the WWF acquired, among other things, the WCW championship. There were two world heavyweight titles in the WWF: the original WWF Championship and the WCW Championship .

In December 2001, the two championships were combined at the major event Vengeance . At the event, Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle to keep the WWF Championship while Chris Jericho defeated The Rock for the WCW Championship. On the same evening, Jericho also won a victory against Austin. He combined the two world championships and became the first Undisputed WWF Champion . The Undisputed WWF Championship kept the line of the WWF Championship and the WCW Championship was discontinued. The title holder has now brought together the Big Eagle Belt and the Big Gold Belt . Jericho held the championship for four months until he lost it to Triple H at WrestleMania X8 , who was soon presented with a redesigned championship belt.

First fire split

The WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002 due to a lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund , which also renamed the title the Undisputed WWE Championship .

In the first brand split, the wrestlers were divided into two different squads, Raw and SmackDown . The Undisputed WWE Champion was the only wrestler allowed to appear in both shows as the championship was defended in both shows. After the appointment of Eric Bischoff and Stephanie McMahon as general managers of Raw and SmackDown respectively , McMahon convinced the then title holder Brock Lesnar to run exclusively for SmackDown . Raw was then left without a world heavyweight title. In response, Bischoff brought the Big Gold Belt back. The newly created World Heavyweight Championship was the no. 1 challenger Triple H awarded. Immediately thereafter, the Undisputed WWE Championship was renamed the WWE Championship .

In the course of the brand split, the WWE Championship switched several times between Raw and SmackDown , mostly due to the draft . In June 2006, WWE established ECW as the third show. When Rob Van Dam of the ECW won the WWE Championship at the major One Night Stand event on June 11, 2006 , the championship briefly became the world championship title of the ECW show. The ECW Championship was reactivated by Paul Heyman after Van Dam won the title . Van Dam held both titles until he lost the WWE Championship to Raw's Edge the following month .

Shortly before the end of the first brand split, CM Punk announced that he would be leaving the WWE with the WWE championship. At the big Money in the Bank event , punk managed to defeat John Cena to win the title. After winning the title, as announced, he left the WWE with the title belt, as his previous contract had expired after Money In The Bank , according to the storyline . In fact, a few days earlier, Punk had signed a new, much more lucrative contract with the WWE. On Raw , Rey Mysterio won an eight-man tournament by beating The Miz in the finals to be crowned the new WWE Champion . However, he lost the title on the same evening against Cena. After Cena's victory, Punk returned to WWE with the original championship belt and denied Cena's claim to the title. The two WWE champions competed against each other at the SummerSlam event. Punk defeated Cena to cement its claim to the title. The first fire split ended in August 2011.

Second unification of titles

At TLC Pay-per-View 2013 , the title was combined in a union match between John Cena and Randy Orton with the World Heavyweight Championship and renamed the WWE World Heavyweight Championship . The original World Heavyweight Championship was set.

Second fire split

Since the June 27, 2016 edition of RAW, the title has been promoted again as the WWE Championship. The title changed to SmackDown after another roster split at the WWE Draft 2016 with Dean Ambrose . In the July 26, 2016 issue of SmackDown, the title was renamed WWE World Championship , as RAW created a new main title with the WWE Universal Championship . Since December 13, 2016, the title is again referred to as the WWE Championship.

List of title holders

#	Title holder	No.	Days	Date of title change	Place of title change	event	annotation
001	Buddy Rogers	01	0022nd	April 25, 1963	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	N / A	Buddy Rogers was awarded the title on the grounds that he had won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro. However, this was fictional, and only a public statement for Buddy Rogers' status as World Heavyweight Champion after the WWWF split from the NWA.
002	Bruno Sammartino	01	2803	17th May 1963	New York City , New York	Houseshow	Bruno Sammartino was defeated by Ray Stevens on July 15, 1967 , but the WWWF did not recognize the title change. Longest reign in title history.
003	Ivan Koloff	01	0021st	18th January 1971	New York City, New York	Houseshow
004th	Pedro Morales	01	1027	0February 8, 1971	New York City, New York	Houseshow
005	Stan Stasiak	01	0009	01st December 1973	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania	Houseshow
006th	Bruno Sammartino	02	1237	December 10, 1973	New York City, New York	Houseshow
007th	Superstar Billy Graham	01	0296	April 30, 1977	Baltimore , Maryland	Houseshow
008th	Bob Backlund	01	2135	February 20, 1978	New York City, New York	Houseshow	Second longest reign in title history.
009	The Iron Sheik	01	0028	December 26, 1983	New York City, New York	WWF on MSG Network	This was an I-Quit match in which Bob Backlund's manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel for his client.
010	Hulk Hogan	01	1474	January 23, 1984	New York City, New York	WWF on MSG Network	Third-longest reign in title history.
011	André the Giant	01	0< 01	05th February 1988	Indianapolis , Indiana	The Main Event I.
-	Title vacant	-	0051	05th February 1988	Indianapolis , Indiana	The Main Event I.	André the Giant passed the title on to his manager Ted DiBiase without a fight , whereupon it was declared vacant by WWF President Jack Tunney .
012	Randy Savage	01	0371	March 27, 1988	Atlantic City , New Jersey	WrestleMania IV	Defeated Ted DiBiase in the final of a tournament for the vacant title.
013	Hulk Hogan	02	0364	0April 2, 1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey	WrestleMania V
014th	The Ultimate Warrior	01	0293	0April 1, 1990	Toronto , Canada	WrestleMania VI	This was a winner-takes-it-all match that also included The Ultimate Warrior's WWF Intercontinental Championship .
015th	Sgt. Slaughter	01	0064	January 19, 1991	Miami , Florida	Royal Rumble
016	Hulk Hogan	03	0248	March 24, 1991	Los Angeles , California	WrestleMania VII
017th	The Undertaker	01	0006th	November 27, 1991	Detroit , Michigan	Survivor Series
018th	Hulk Hogan	04th	0001	03rd December 1991	San Antonio , Texas	This Tuesday in Texas
-	Title vacant	-	0046	04th December 1991	N / A	Superstars of Wrestling	The WWF declared the title vacant due to the controversy surrounding the previous two title changes. Aired December 28, 1991.
019th	Ric flair	01	0077	January 19, 1992	Albany , New York	Royal Rumble	Won the Royal Rumble Match for the vacant title.
020th	Randy Savage	02	0149	0April 5, 1992	Indianapolis, Indiana	WrestleMania VIII
021st	Ric flair	02	0041	0September 1, 1992	Hershey , Pennsylvania	Superstars	Aired September 19, 1992.
022nd	Bret Hart	01	0174	October 12, 1992	Saskatoon , Canada	Houseshow
023	Yokozuna	01	0< 01	0April 4, 1993	Las Vegas , Nevada	WrestleMania IX
024	Hulk Hogan	05	0070	0April 4, 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada	WrestleMania IX
025th	Yokozuna	02	0280	June 13, 1993	Dayton , Ohio	King of the Ring
026th	Bret Hart	02	0248	March 20, 1994	New York City, New York	WrestleMania X
027	Bob Backlund	02	0003	November 23, 1994	San Antonio, Texas	Survivor Series	This was an I quit match in which Bret Hart's mother threw in the towel for her son.
028	diesel	01	0358	November 26, 1994	New York City, New York	Houseshow	The match lasted only eight seconds.
029	Bret Hart	03	0133	November 19, 1995	Landover , Maryland	Survivor Series	This was a no-disqualification - no-countout match.
030th	Shawn Michaels	01	0231	March 31, 1996	Anaheim , California	WrestleMania XII	This was a 60 minute Iron Man match that restarted when the time ran out when the score was 0-0.
031	Sycho Sid	01	0063	November 17, 1996	New York City, New York	Survivor Series
032	Shawn Michaels	02	0025th	January 19, 1997	San Antonio, Texas	Royal Rumble
-	Title vacant	-	0003	February 13, 1997	Lowell , Massachusetts	Raw	Shawn Michaels resigned the title due to a knee injury.
033	Bret Hart	04th	0001	February 16, 1997	Chattanooga , Tennessee	In Your House 13: Final Four	Beat Steve Austin , The Undertaker and Vader in a Fatal Four Way Match for the vacant title.
034	Sycho Sid	02	0034	February 17, 1997	Nashville , Tennessee	Raw	This was a no-disqualification - no-countout match.
035	The Undertaker	02	0133	March 23, 1997	Rosemont , Illinois	WrestleMania 13	This was a no-disqualification match .
036	Bret Hart	05	0098	August 3, 1997	East Rutherford , New Jersey	SummerSlam	This was a match in which Shawn Michaels was the special referee .
037	Shawn Michaels	03	0140	November 9, 1997	Montreal , Canada	Survivor Series	Won the title through the Montreal Screwjob .
038	Steve Austin	01	0091	March 29, 1998	Boston , Massachusetts	WrestleMania XIV
039	Kane	01	0001	June 28, 1998	Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania	King of the Ring	This was a first blood match .
040	Steve Austin	02	0090	June 29, 1998	Cleveland , Ohio	Raw is war
-	Title vacant	-	0049	September 27, 1998	Hamilton , Canada	Breakdown: In Your House	The title was declared vacant after Kane and The Undertaker pinned title holder Steve Austin simultaneously in a triple threat match .
041	The Rock	01	0044	November 15, 1998	St. Louis , Missouri	Survivor Series	Defeated Mankind in the final of a tournament for the vacant title. The match was finished, though Mankind in a submission hold not his opponent gave up had.
042	Shortage	01	0026th	December 29, 1998	Worcester , Massachusetts	Raw is war	This was a no-disqualification match . Aired January 4, 1999.
043	The Rock	02	0002	January 24, 1999	Anaheim, California	Royal Rumble	This was an I quit match in which a tape recording was played on which Mankind had said "I quit", causing him to lose the match.
044	Shortage	02	0020th	January 26, 1999	Tucson , Arizona	Halftime heat	This was an empty arena match. Aired on January 31, 1999 during Super Bowl halftime .
045	The Rock	03	0041	February 15, 1999	Birmingham , Alabama	Raw is war	This was a ladder match .
046	Steve Austin	03	0056	March 28, 1999	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WrestleMania XV	This was a no-disqualification match in which Mankind was the special referee .
047	The Undertaker	03	0036	May 23, 1999	Kansas City , Missouri	Over the edge	This was a match in which Shane McMahon was the special referee .
048	Steve Austin	04th	0055	June 28, 1999	Charlotte , North Carolina	Raw is war
049	Shortage	03	0001	August 22, 1999	Minneapolis , Minnesota	SummerSlam	This was a triple threat match that also included Triple H and Jesse Ventura was the special referee .
050	Triple H	01	0022nd	August 23, 1999	Ames , Iowa	Raw is war	This was a match in which Shane McMahon was the special referee .
051	Mr. McMahon	01	0006th	September 14, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada	SmackDown	This was a match in which Shane McMahon was the special referee .
-	Title vacant	-	0006th	September 20, 1999	Houston , Texas	Raw is war	Mr. McMahon resigned the title.
052	Triple H	02	0049	September 26, 1999	Charlotte, North Carolina	Unforgiven	Beat Kane , Mankind , The Big Show , The British Bulldog and The Rock in a six-pack challenge for the vacant title in which Steve Austin was the special referee .
053	The big show	01	0050	November 14, 1999	Detroit, Michigan	Survivor Series	This was a triple threat match that also included The Rock .
054	Triple H	03	0118	0January 3, 2000	Miami, Florida	Raw is war
055	The Rock	04th	0021st	April 30, 2000	Washington, DC	Backlash	This was a match in which Shane McMahon was the special referee .
056	Triple H	04th	0035	May 21, 2000	Louisville , Kentucky	Judgment Day	This was a 60 minute Iron Man match with Shawn Michaels serving as the special referee . Triple H won it 6-5.
057	The Rock	05	0119	June 25, 2000	Boston, Massachusetts	King of the Ring	This was a Six Man Tag Team match ( Kane , The Rock and The Undertaker versus Shane McMahon , Triple H and Vince McMahon ) where the title was at stake. The Rock pinned Vince McMahon to win the title.
058	Kurt Angle	01	0126	October 22, 2000	Albany, New York	No Mercy	This was a no-disqualification match .
059	The Rock	06th	0035	February 25, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	No way out
060	Steve Austin	05	0175	0April 1, 2001	Houston, Texas	WrestleMania X-Seven	This was a no-disqualification match .
061	Kurt Angle	02	0015th	September 23, 2001	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Unforgiven
062	Steve Austin	06th	0062	0October 8, 2001	Indianapolis, Indiana	Raw
063	Chris Jericho	01	0098	0December 9, 2001	San Diego , California	Vengeance	Chris Jericho combined the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship into the WWF Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship .
064	Triple H	05	0035	March 17, 2002	Toronto, Canada	WrestleMania X8
065	Hulk Hogan	06th	0028	April 21, 2002	Kansas City, Missouri	Backlash
066	The Undertaker	04th	0063	May 19, 2002	Nashville, Tennessee	Judgment Day
067	The Rock	07th	0035	July 21, 2002	Detroit, Michigan	Vengeance	This was a triple threat match that also included Kurt Angle .
068	Brock Lesnar	01	0084	August 25, 2002	Uniondale , New York	SummerSlam
069	The big show	02	0028	November 17, 2002	New York City, New York	Survivor Series
070	Kurt Angle	03	0105	December 15, 2002	Fort Lauderdale , Florida	Armageddon
071	Brock Lesnar	02	0119	March 30, 2003	Seattle , Washington	WrestleMania XIX
072	Kurt Angle	04th	0051	July 27, 2003	Denver , Colorado	Vengeance	This was a triple threat match that also included The Big Show .
073	Brock Lesnar	03	0152	September 16, 2003	Raleigh , North Carolina	SmackDown	This was a 60-minute Iron Man match that Brock Lesnar won 5-4.
074	Eddie Guerrero	01	0133	February 15, 2004	San Francisco , California	No way out
075	John Bradshaw Layfield	01	0280	June 27, 2004	Norfolk , Virginia	The Great American Bash	This was a Texas bull rope match.
076	John Cena	01	0280	0April 3, 2005	Los Angeles, California	WrestleMania 21
077	Edge	01	0021st	0January 8, 2006	Albany, New York	New Year's Revolution	Edge redeemed his money-in-the-bank contract .
078	John Cena	02	0133	January 29, 2006	Miami, Florida	Royal Rumble
079	Rob Van Dam	01	0022nd	June 11, 2006	New York City, New York	ECW One Night Stand
080	Edge	02	0076	0July 3, 2006	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Raw	This was a triple threat match that also included John Cena .
081	John Cena	03	0380	17th September 2006	Toronto, Canada	Unforgiven	This was a table, ladder, and chair match.
-	Title vacant	-	0005	0October 2, 2007	Dayton, Ohio	ECW	The title was declared vacant as John Cena was unable to defend it due to a torn chest muscle.
082	Randy Orton	01	0< 01	0October 7, 2007	Chicago , Illinois	No Mercy	Randy Orton was presented with the title by Vince McMahon .
083	Triple H	06th	0< 01	0October 7, 2007	Chicago, Illinois	No Mercy
084	Randy Orton	02	0203	0October 7, 2007	Chicago, Illinois	No Mercy	This was a last man standing match .
085	Triple H	07th	0210	April 27, 2008	Baltimore, Maryland	Backlash	This was a Fatal Four Way Elimination match that also featured John Bradshaw Layfield and John Cena .
086	Edge	03	0021st	November 23, 2008	Boston, Massachusetts	Survivor Series	This was a triple threat match that also included Vladimir Kozlov .
087	Jeff Hardy	01	0042	December 14, 2008	Buffalo , New York	Armageddon	This was a triple threat match in which Triple H was also involved.
088	Edge	04th	0021st	January 25, 2009	Detroit, Michigan	Royal Rumble	This was a no-disqualification match .
089	Triple H	08th	0070	February 15, 2009	Seattle, Washington	No way out	This was an elimination chamber match that also included Jeff Hardy , The Big Show , The Undertaker and Vladimir Kozlov .
090	Randy Orton	03	0042	April 26, 2009	Providence , Rhode Island	Backlash	This was a Six Man Tag Team match ( Cody Rhodes , Randy Orton, and Ted DiBiase vs. Batista , Shane McMahon & Triple H ) where the title was at stake. Randy Orton scored the pinfall to win the title.
091	Batista	01	0002	June 7, 2009	New Orleans , Louisiana	Extreme rules	This was a steel cage match .
-	Title vacant	-	0006th	June 9, 2009	N / A	N / A	The title was declared vacant because Batista was unable to defend it due to an injury to his left biceps.
092	Randy Orton	04th	0090	June 15, 2009	Charlotte, North Carolina	Raw	Beat John Cena , The Big Show, and Triple H in a Fatal Four Way Match for the vacant title.
093	John Cena	04th	0021st	September 13, 2009	Montreal, Canada	Breaking point	This was an I quit match .
094	Randy Orton	05	0021st	04th October 2009	Newark , New Jersey	Hell in a Cell	This was a hell-in-a-cell match .
095	John Cena	05	0049	October 25, 2009	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Bragging Rights	This was a falls-count-anywhere - 60-minute Iron Man match , which John Cena won 6-5.
096	Sheamus	01	0070	December 13, 2009	San Antonio, Texas	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	This was a tables match .
097	John Cena	06th	0< 01	February 21, 2010	St. Louis, Missouri	Elimination Chamber	This was an elimination Chamber match , in which Kofi Kingston , Randy Orton , Ted DiBiase and Triple H were involved.
098	Batista	02	0035	February 21, 2010	St. Louis, Missouri	Elimination Chamber
099	John Cena	07th	0084	March 28, 2010	Glendale , Arizona	WrestleMania XXVI
100	Sheamus	02	0091	June 20, 2010	New York City, New York	Fatal 4-Way	This was a fatal four-way match that also featured Edge and Randy Orton .
101	Randy Orton	06th	0064	September 19, 2010	Chicago, Illinois	Night of Champions	This was a six pack elimination challenge that also included Chris Jericho , Edge , John Cena, and Wade Barrett .
102	The Miz	01	0160	November 22, 2010	Orlando , Florida	Raw	The Miz redeemed its money-in-the-bank contract .
103	John Cena	08th	0077	0May 1, 2011	Tampa , Florida	Extreme rules	This was a Triple Threat - Steel Cage Match , in which John Morrison was involved.
104	CM punk	01	0028	July 17, 2011	Rosemont, Illinois	Money in the Bank	CM Punk left WWE as part of the storyline after this match. However, the title was not declared vacant, so the reign of CM Punk continued.
105	Rey Mysterio	01	0< 01	July 25, 2011	Hampton , Virginia	Raw	Defeated The Miz in the final of a tournament and became the new title holder. Nevertheless, CM Punk was still champion.
106	John Cena	09	0020th	July 25, 2011	Hampton, Virginia	Raw	This was a match for the alternate title. Following this, CM Punk returned and presented his title. On August 14, 2011, CM Punk combined the two titles at SummerSlam .
107	Alberto Del Rio	01	0035	August 14, 2011	Los Angeles, California	SummerSlam	Alberto Del Rio honored his money-in-the-bank contract .
108	John Cena	10	0014th	September 18, 2011	Buffalo, New York	Night of Champions
109	Alberto Del Rio	02	0049	0October 2, 2011	New Orleans, Louisiana	Hell in a Cell	This was a triple threat - hell-in-a-cell match, in which CM Punk was also involved.
110	CM punk	02	0434	November 20, 2011	New York City, New York	Survivor Series
111	The Rock	08th	0070	January 27, 2013	Phoenix , Arizona	Royal Rumble
112	John Cena	11	0133	0April 7, 2013	East Rutherford, New Jersey	WrestleMania 29
113	Daniel Bryan	01	0< 01	18th August 2013	Los Angeles, California	SummerSlam	This was a match in which Triple H was the special referee .
114	Randy Orton	07th	0028	18th August 2013	Los Angeles, California	SummerSlam	Randy Orton redeemed his money-in-the-bank contract . Triple H acted as special referee .
115	Daniel Bryan	02	0001	15th September 2013	Detroit, Michigan	Night of Champions
-	Title vacant	-	0041	16th September 2013	Cleveland, Ohio	Raw	Triple H , in his role as Chief Operating Officer, declared the title vacant due to referee Scott Armstrong's counting method too fast in the pinfall leading to the previous title change .
116	Randy Orton	08th	0161	October 27, 2013	Miami, Florida	Hell in a Cell	Defeated Daniel Bryan in a hell-in-a-cell match for the vacant title with Shawn Michaels serving as special referee . On December 15, 2013, Randy Orton combined the WWE Heavyweight Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship to form the WWE World Heavyweight Championship .
117	Daniel Bryan	03	0064	0April 6, 2014	New Orleans, Louisiana	WrestleMania XXX	This was a triple threat match that also included Batista .
-	Title vacant	-	0020th	0June 9, 2014	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Raw	The title was declared vacant because Daniel Bryan was unable to defend it due to a neck injury.
118	John Cena	12	0049	June 29, 2014	Boston, Massachusetts	Money in the Bank	Defeated Alberto Del Rio , Bray Wyatt , Cesaro , Kane , Randy Orton , Roman Reigns and Sheamus in an eight-man-ladder match for the vacant title.
119	Brock Lesnar	04th	0224	17th August 2014	Los Angeles, California	SummerSlam
120	Seth Rollins	01	0221	March 29, 2015	Santa Clara , California	WrestleMania Dec.	Seth Rollins redeemed his money-in-the-bank contract . This was a triple threat match that also included Roman Reigns .
-	Title vacant	-	0017th	05th November 2015	N / A	N / A	The title was declared vacant as Seth Rollins was unable to defend it due to a knee injury.
121	Roman Reigns	01	0< 01	November 22, 2015	Atlanta , Georgia	Survivor Series	Defeated Dean Ambrose in the final of a tournament for the vacant title.
122	Sheamus	03	0022nd	November 22, 2015	Atlanta, Georgia	Survivor Series	Sheamus redeemed his money-in-the-bank contract .
123	Roman Reigns	02	0041	December 14, 2015	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Raw
124	Triple H	09	0070	January 24, 2016	Orlando, Florida	Royal Rumble	This was a royal rumble match where the title was at stake.
125	Roman Reigns	03	0077	03rd April 2016	Arlington , Texas	WrestleMania 32
126	Seth Rollins	02	0< 01	19th June 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	Money in the Bank
127	Dean Ambrose	01	0084	19th June 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	Money in the Bank	Dean Ambrose redeemed his money-in-the-bank contract .
128	AJ styles	01	0140	11th September 2016	Richmond , Virginia	Backlash
129	John Cena	13	0014th	29th January 2017	San Antonio, Texas	Royal Rumble
130	Bray Wyatt	01	0049	February 12, 2017	Phoenix, Arizona	Elimination Chamber	This was an Elimination Chamber match that also included AJ Styles , Baron Corbin , Dean Ambrose and The Miz .
131	Randy Orton	09	0049	02nd April 2017	Orlando, Florida	WrestleMania 33
132	Jinder Mahal	01	0170	May 21, 2017	Rosemont, Illinois	Backlash
133	AJ styles	02	0371	07th November 2017	Manchester , UK	SmackDown Live	This was the first title change that was made outside of North America .
134	Daniel Bryan	04th	0145	November 13, 2018	St. Louis, Missouri	SmackDown Live
135	Kofi Kingston	01	0180	0April 7, 2019	East Rutherford, New Jersey	WrestleMania 35
136	Brock Lesnar	05	0184	04th October 2019	Los Angeles, California	SmackDown
137	Drew McIntyre	01	00141+	0April 5, 2020	Orlando , Florida	WrestleMania 36

statistics

Bruno Sammartino held the title twice for a total of 4040 days.

John Cena held the title thirteen times for a total of 1,254 days.

Brock Lesnar held the title five times for a total of 761 days.

Randy Savage held the title twice for a total of 520 days.

Current title holder

space	Surname	number	Days in total
01	Bruno Sammartino	2	4040
02	Hulk Hogan	6th	2185
03	Bob Backlund	2	2138
04th	John Cena	13	1254
05	Pedro Morales	1	1027
06th	Brock Lesnar	5	0761
07th	Randy Orton	9	0658
08th	Bret Hart	5	0654
09	Triple H	9	0609
10	Steve Austin	6th	0529
11	Randy Savage	2	0520
12	AJ styles	2	0511
13	CM punk	2	0462
14th	Shawn Michaels	3	0396
15th	The Rock	8th	0367
16	diesel	1	0358
17th	Kurt Angle	4th	0297
18th	Billy Graham	1	0296
19th	The Ultimate Warrior	1	0293
20th	Yokozuna	2	0280
	John Layfield	1	0280
22nd	The Undertaker	4th	0238
23	Seth Rollins	2	0220
24	Daniel Bryan	4th	0210
25th	Sheamus	3	0183
26th	Kofi Kingston	1	0180
27	Jinder Mahal	1	0170
28	The Miz	1	0160
29	Drew McIntyre	1	0141+
30th	Edge	4th	0139
31	Eddie Guerrero	1	0133
32	Roman Reigns	3	0118
	Ric flair	2	0118
34	Chris Jericho	1	0098
35	Sycho Sid	2	0097
36	Alberto Del Rio	2	0084
	Dean Ambrose	1	0084
38	Big show	2	0078
39	Sgt. Slaughter	1	0064
40	Bray Wyatt	1	0049
41	Shortage	3	0047
42	Jeff Hardy	1	0042
43	Batista	2	0037
44	Buddy Rogers	1	0036
45	The Iron Sheik	1	0028
46	Rob Van Dam	1	0022nd
47	Ivan Koloff	1	0021st
48	Stan Stasiak	1	0009
49	Vince McMahon	1	0006th
50	Kane	1	0001
51	Rey Mysterio	1	00<1
	André the Giant	1	00<1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Title History on WWE.com, accessed on February 24, 2013.
2. ↑ genickbruch.com History of the WWE Championship on genickbruch.com
3. ↑ List of discontinued WWE Championships on wwe.com, accessed on December 16, 2013

Web links

Commons : WWE Champions  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WWE Championship history on wwe.com