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- Antonio Inoki was the first man to hold the championship as one of the icons of Japanese wrestling.
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During the September 30, 2022, episode of SmackDown, while announcing the news of Inoki's death, commentator Corey Graves referred to Inoki as the first Japanese wrestler to hold the WWE Championship, but noted that due to the controversial nature of the championship match, his reign was never officially recognized.
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Dec 6, 2022 · Sammartino was the first wrestler to win the title more than once. Backlund technically lost the championship to Japanese legend Antonio Inoki on Nov. 30, 1979 in Japan, but he vacated the title...
Nakamura is known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, with his first reign coming at the age of 23 years and 9 months; making Nakamura the youngest IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
- The First WWE Championships
- Hulk Hogan’s 1985 WWE Championship
- Hulk Hogan’s 1986 WWE Championship
- Andre The Giant's Customized WWE Championship
- The "Winged Eagle" WWE Championship
- The "Attitude Era" WWE Championship
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's "Smoking Skull" WWE Championship
- The Undisputed WWE Championship
- The "Spinner" WWE Championship
- Edge's "Rated-R" WWE Championship
The WWE Championship went through a few redesigns in its early days. Bruno Sammartino wore several variations, including one that was shaped like the 48 contiguous United States of America. He eventually settled on a more traditional title late in his second reign as champion, which featured two wrestlers grappling above an eagle in mid-flight. Thi...
After The Hulkster’s historic title win in 1984, WWE presented him with a new championship. This title was rooted in tradition. Smaller than its predecessor, it was similar in design to the NWA’s Television Championship. Underneath the letters “WWE” was an eagle, clasping a banner in its talons that declared the holder of this title the World Heavy...
The WWE Title introduced in 1986 strayed from the design patterns of its predecessors. It was a simpler, more elegant championship. One of the few WWE Titles not to feature an eagle, it was adorned with a globe in the center, along with Roman columns and olive branches. The names and reigns of the previous champions were removed from the sides of t...
What if things didn’t go Hogan’s way in the Pontiac Silverdome? What if “The Eighth Wonder of the World” Andre the Giant had crushed Hulkamania under his gigantic boot? Surely, the leather that held The Hulkster’s WWE Championship would have snapped if anyone tried to secure it around Andre’s waist. WWE officials were prepared for an Andre victory....
Introduced in 1988, the “winged eagle” is arguably the most popular variation of the WWE Championship. Debuting on The Main Event during the WrestleMania III rematch between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant, the classic design represented the most coveted prize in sports-entertainment for nearly a decade. In addition to The Hulkster, a number of WWE ...
After nearly 10 years, the “winged eagle” design was retired and the WWE Title of The Attitude Era was presented to “Stone Cold” Steve Austinby Mr. McMahon on the March 30, 1998, edition of Raw. The design was similar to the previous version, but the title’s centerpiece was now fully rounded and the side plates were updated. This title originally f...
The most significant change in the design of the prestigious WWE Championship occurred when “Stone Cold” Steve Austin commissioned his own personalized WWE Title much to the ire of Mr. McMahon. The “Smoking Skull” was an instant hit with the WWE Universe as the title perfectly captured the rebellious nature of The Texas Rattlesnake. The design itse...
At Vengeance 2001, Chris Jericho defeated “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and The Rock in consecutive matches to win both the WWE and WCW Championships. As a result, the titles were unified and Jericho became the first-ever Undisputed Champion. For the next three months, Y2J carried both The Attitude Era version of the WWE Title and the WCW Championship ...
John Cena had shown the WWE Universe that he preferred his championships extra flashy when he introduced a blinged-out United States Championship in 2004, complete with spinning center plate. When the Cenation leader was on the precipice of becoming WWE Champion, he guaranteed that he would give sports-entertainment’s most coveted prize a similar m...
Edgecouldn’t help but take a few extra jabs at John Cena after defeating him to retain the WWE Title at SummerSlam 2006. He had his main squeeze, Lita, toss Cena’s prized WWE Championship into the Long Island Sound on the following night’s edition of Raw. To add insult to injury, Edge presented his own unique spin on Cena’s design to the WWE Univer...
- Bobby Melok
The Undisputed WWE Championship is widely recognized as the most historic championship in WWE. Dating back to 1963, the WWE Championship was first awarded to Buddy Rogers after he defeated Antonino Rocca in the finals of a tournament in April.
At the end of the year, the Tokyo Sports magazine named Okada the 2012 MVP in all of Japanese professional wrestling. The following year, Okada first won the New Japan Cup in March and then regained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Tanahashi in April.
The current champion is Cody Rhodes, who is in his first reign. He won the undisputed title by defeating previous champion Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules match at WrestleMania XL Night 2 on April 7, 2024.
