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Histories of the professional wrestling championships of various countries from the 19th century to the present.
- World Wrestling Entertainment
Founded in 1963 when Capitol Wrestling left the National...
- World Titles
History of the world championships in professional...
- Japan
Histories of the pro-wrestling championships in Japan. ......
- WWE
Triple H / Hunter Hearst Helmsley: 2002-09-02: Milwaukee,...
- Europe
Histories of the pro-wrestling championships in Europe. Home...
- United States
American Graeco-Roman Heavyweight Title. American...
- North America
Histories of the pro-wrestling championships in North...
- Mexico
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- Nwa National Heavyweight Title
Wins the title with NWA President Jim Miller in attendance...
- World Wrestling Entertainment
Professional wrestling portrays the structure of title match combat sports. Participants compete for a championship, and must defend it after winning it. These titles are represented physically by a championship belt that is worn or carried by the champion (s). In the case of team wrestling, there is a belt for each member of the team.
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.
No.ChampionChampionship Change(date)Championship Change(event)147April 7, 2024WrestleMania XL Night 2146April 3, 2022WrestleMania 38 Night 2145February 19, 2022144January 29, 2022- Number of days held
- Overall reign number
- Number of days held recognized by the promotion
- Reign number for the specific champion
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 ...
No.ChampionTitlesNo. Of Reigns1NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 ...161World Heavyweight Championship (original ...163World Heavyweight Championship (original ...143World Heavyweight Championship (original ...14Champion history. Rogers was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Antonio Rocca in the finals of a tournament in March 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to become the first WWWF World Heavyweight Champion. The championship loses World status when the WWWF rejoins the NWA in 1971. The title was renamed the WWWF Heavyweight ...
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Pro-Wrestling Title Histories. Introduction. Contents are updated whenever new information is received. I had always been into the wrestling title histories since I was a grade school kid in Japan. My interest started when I realized there were more than one world heavyweight champion in pro-wrestling. I knew boxing had WBA and WBC (IBF wasn't ...