The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship. It is one of WWE’s top titles, alongside the Universal Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his second reign. The title was introduced in 1963 with Buddy Rogers becoming the first champion. Since its inception, the title has undergone many name changes.
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The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. It is one of WWE’s top titles, alongside the Universal Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his second reign. The title was introduced in 1963 with Buddy Rogers becoming the first champion. Since its inception, the title has undergone many name changes due to company name changes and title unifications. In professional wrestling in general, it is considered to be one of the most prestigious championships of all time. The championship has switched brands, usually as a result of the WWE Draft. In 2019, the championship moved to Raw after champion Brock Lesnar quit Smackdown following the events of Crown Jewel. The WWE Championship was established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation on April 25, 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, after the promotion seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1991, World Championship Wrestling established the WCW World Heavy Weight Championship to replace the NWA’s world title. In 1998, the full name appeared on the championship belts until 1998, but the name was often abbreviated to WWF Championship, which became its official name in 1998. The WWF Championship and WCW Championship were unified as the Undisputed Championship in 2000. In December 2001, the two championships were unified at the event Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated the WWF Championship to unify the WWF and World Championship. After the first brand split in 2002 and the promotion being renamed to WWE, the Championship became exclusive to Smack Down, and the World Heavyweights Championship was created for Raw.
In 2010, that title was unified into the WWE Championship in 2013. The Championship was again the sole world title of WWE until the introduction of theUniversal Championship with the 2016 brand split. In 2009, the WWE Champion was presented with a single belt, which saw it continue to represent the first belt through the beginning of the first split of the brand division. The Big Gold Belt and the Big Eagle Belt were used in tandem to represent Big Gold and Big Eagle belts until the end of the second brand split, when the Big Gold belt was used to represent both belts. In 2013, the WWF Champion was retired after he lost it at WrestleMania X8 against Triple H, who held the championship for four months until he won it back at Wrestlemania X8. In 2014, The Big Eagle belt was presented to Chris Jericho, who was soon unifying the World Championship and World Championships, and became the first wrestler to hold both belts at the same time. In 2015, The Rock defeated Steve Austin to become the first man to win both championships in the same year. At WrestleMania XX, Stone Cold Stone Cold and Chris Jericho defeated The Rock for the World Championships. In March 2001, WWF purchased WCW in a financial decline, which culminated in WWF purchasingWCW in March 2001. In September 2001, WCW and WWF unified the championships at Vengeance. In November 2001, Steve Austin, Chris Jericho and The Rock unified the WWF Championships, unifying them and becoming the World Champion and World Champion.
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