The World Heavyweight Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division.

4 days ago · World Heavyweight Championship -- Gunther def. Jey Uso via pinfall to retain his title. The champion and challenger traded momentum for more than 15 minutes. The champion and challenger traded ...

5 days ago · Gunther defeated Jey Uso on Saturday Night's Main Event to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. In a battle of brawn versus high-flying agility, Uso absorbed plenty of heavy blows while ...

Overall, there have been 25 different official champions, with Edge having the most reigns at seven. The longest single reign was held by Batista, lasting 282 days. The final holder was Randy Orton, who was also the youngest champion at the age of 24 when he first won the championship.

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.

The new World Heavyweight Championship was announced by Triple H heading into the 2023 WWE Draft. A tournament was held to crown the new champion culminating with Seth" Freakin" Rollins defeating AJ Styles at WWE Night of Champions 2023.

Aug 5, 2024 · At SummerSlam, Gunther defeated Damian Priest to become the new World Heavyweight Champion. At WrestleMania 38, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to unify the Universal Championship and the...

The World Heavyweight Championship was brought to Raw by former General Manager Eric Bischoff after WWE Champion Brock Lesnar became exclusive to SmackDown. Bischoff awarded the championship to Triple H, but The Game had to defend it against his best friend, Ric Flair.

Apr 24, 2023 · The new World Heavyweight Championship was announced by Triple H heading into the 2023 WWE Draft. A tournament was held to crown the new champion culminating with Seth" Freakin" Rollins defeating AJ Styles at WWE Night of Champions 2023.

Feb 20, 2022 · The historical lineage of the WWE world heavyweight championship, including every superstar to hold the title, the length of their reign and the event in which they won the title.