More quiz info >> First submitted: March 13, 2013: Times taken: 4,782: Rating: 2.38: Report this quiz: Report: Quiz and answer stats >> Friends stats >> A new era has now begun in NJPW, as the lineages of the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships started in 1987 and 2011, respectively. Miraculously winning the 2006 Royal Rumble Match after entering No. After four consecutive losses, former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has parted ways with the UFC. Punk defeated Hardy in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match and a Steel Cage Match, banishing Hardy from WWE. Rate: Nominate. A vote by the WWE Universe at Cyber Sunday forced Booker to defend his title against his fellow World Champions. The promotion was renamed World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979 and ended its affiliation with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1983, with the title also renamed to reflect the changes. Evolution’s enforcer refused to wait for Triple H to step away from the spotlight, and in the process, became one of the best World Heavyweight Champions in history. Profile Quizzes Subscribed Subscribe? It was one of two top championships in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship, and one of three top championships from 2006 to 2010 with the addition of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. However, its origin is attributed to events that began in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), a promotion with various subsidiaries. Sixteen-time World Champion Ric Flair took exception to the gift, challenging Triple H to “earn” it. While his second reign ended because of his hotheadedness — Orton lost his cool, earning a disqualification loss and dropping the title due to the bout’s stipulations — his third also wrapped with the first defense. The World Heavyweight Championship is the big gold belt, which is familiar to fans in WCW. No one controlled Raw quite like Triple H did from 2002 to 2005. Listed below are the current WWE Champions from Smackdown Live. The first champion was Buddy Rogers, who won the championship in 1963. Punk took home the coveted contract at WrestleMania XXIV and XXV, respectively, choosing to cash in against the reigning World Heavyweight Champion both times. Though Jericho lost earlier in the night to Shawn Michaels, he found himself added to the match at the eleventh hour to replace the injured champion, CM Punk. King Booker survived a Fatal 4-Way and a challenge by Batista in his first defenses. A third alternate world title, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, was reactivated for the ECW brand in 2006. The desperate Game responded by placing a $100,000 bounty on the champ. The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest length is considered. After securing the title at WrestleMania 23 against Batista, The Deadman dropped the title when Edge cashed in his Money in the Bank contract after he waged war in a Steel Cage Match. Today, we look at all of CM Punk’s title reigns in WWE. The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) promotion. (They could also get an ECW Championship when that title was around) On December 15, 2013, Randy Orton beat Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs. As of March 4, 2021, there have been 141 recognized reigns between 53 recognized champions and 11 recognized vacancies (there are 4 reigns, 2 people, and 2 vacancies that are not recognized by the WWE). Days as champion: 154Key wins: The Undertaker. After beating The Nature Boy, The Cerebral Assassin ran through a myriad of former WCW World Champions, defeating Flair, Scott Steiner, Booker T, Kevin Nash and Goldberg. 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The youngest World Champion in WWE history, Randy Orton took home his first World Heavyweight Championship at 24. His second reign started at WrestleMania XXV, when he hoisted Big Show and Edge simultaneously for an AA en route to victory. Days as champion: 126Key wins: Fatal 4-Way, Big Show & John Cena. Last updated: May 8, 2013. Get the World Heavyweight Championship Replica Title Belt from WWEShop.com, the official source for WWE merchandise The Official WWE Shop The title was renamed the WWF Championship in July 1989. The wily Jericho started his reign when he practically stole a last-second pinfall in a Championship Scramble at Unforgiven 2008. WWE United States Championship Replica Title Belt (2014) $319.99. The honors achieved during Triple H’s five reigns include defeating Kane to unify the title with the Intercontinental Championship, besting Shawn Michaels in Three Stages of Hell and Last Man Standing Matches, and winning two Elimination Chamber contests. This page was last edited on 4 March 2021, at 21:55. CM Punk left WWE and professional wrestling in 2014, but his presence is widely missed even today. In 15 years, Mark Henry held two solo titles, the European and the ECW Championship, respectively. It may seem like a bit of a stretch to call Daniel Bryan one of the best World Heavyweight Champions considering his 105-day reign ended in a whimper at WrestleMania XXVIII. That’s nearly 700 pounds Cena carried on his shoulders. Days as champion: 210Key wins: Daniel Bryan, Fatal 4-Way, Dolph Ziggler & Alberto Del Rio. But when that new WWE Title became exclusive to SmackDown, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff revived the only championship respectable enough to lead the flagship program. https://www.wwe.com/classics/15-greatest-world-heavyweight-champs Antonio Inoki was the first ever IWGP Heavyweight Champion, while current WWE Superstar MVP was the very last IWGP Intercontinental Champion. On June 27, 2016, the name was shortened back to the WWE Championship[7] before assuming the WWE World Championship name on July 26, when the brand extension returned. He bested JBL and Eddie Guerrero before tearing his tricep muscle. WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on April 5, 2020, when the match aired on. In... Championship disputes.