WWE Championship

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WWE world championship professional wrestling world championship

The WWE Championship is World Wrestling Entertainment’s premier world title, historically contested by top male wrestlers in the company’s biggest main-event matches.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
WWE Championship canonical 23
WWF Championship 5
WWE World Heavyweight Championship 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WWE world championship ⓘ
professional wrestling world championship ⓘ
beltDesignChanges multiple redesigns over decades ⓘ
billedAs WWE’s top championship ⓘ
world championship ⓘ
brand Raw ⓘ
WWE SmackDown (in certain years) ⓘ
surface form: SmackDown
broadcastOn Peacock ⓘ
WWE Network ⓘ
pay-per-view television ⓘ
canBeDefendedIn Elimination Chamber match ⓘ
Hell in a Cell match ⓘ
Last Man Standing match ⓘ
fatal four-way match ⓘ
triple threat match ⓘ
contestedIn Royal Rumble ⓘ
surface form: Royal Rumble events

SummerSlam ⓘ
surface form: SummerSlam main events

Survivor Series ⓘ
surface form: Survivor Series events

WrestleMania main events ⓘ
premium live events ⓘ
televised pay-per-view main events ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
created 1963-04-25 ⓘ
defendedBy top main-event wrestlers ⓘ
division men’s division ⓘ
firstChampion Buddy Rogers ⓘ
formerName WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Championship

WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WWF Championship

WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship

World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
surface form: WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
genderDivision male ⓘ
governingBody WWE ⓘ
surface form: World Wrestling Entertainment
hasLineageFrom World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship

World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
surface form: WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
introducedBy World Wrestling Federation ⓘ
surface form: Capitol Wrestling Corporation
language English ⓘ
promotion WWE ⓘ
rebrandedAs WWE Championship in 2016 brand split ⓘ
scriptedNature match outcomes are predetermined ⓘ
sport professional wrestling ⓘ
status active ⓘ
symbolizedBy championship belt ⓘ
titleChangeMethod pinfall ⓘ
stipulation-specific conditions ⓘ
submission ⓘ
typicalMatchType singles match ⓘ
unifiedTitleName WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Championship
unifiedWith World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
surface form: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) in 2013
weightClass heavyweight ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WrestleMania 29 → titleContested → WWE Championship ⓘ
Hulk Hogan → championship → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF Championship
WrestleMania 34 → featuredMatchForTitle → WWE Championship ⓘ
Punk → heldTitle → WWE Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: CM Punk
John Cena → championshipHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
Dean Ambrose → titleHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
WrestleMania 25 → championshipContested → WWE Championship ⓘ
Rob Van Dam → titleHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
WWE WrestleMania 37 → championshipContested → WWE Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: WrestleMania 37
Dave Bautista → championshipWon → WWE Championship ⓘ
Roman Reigns → championshipHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
Steve Austin → championship → WWE Championship ⓘ
WWE Champion → fullName → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
WWE Champion → titleHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
WWE Champion → alsoKnownAs → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Championship
The Beast Incarnate → hasChampionship → WWE Championship ⓘ
WWE Raw → hasChampionship → WWE Championship ⓘ
World Heavyweight Championship (various years) → relatedTo → WWE Championship ⓘ
Ruthless Aggression era (early–mid 2000s) → divisionFocus → WWE Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: Ruthless Aggression era
this entity surface form: WWE Championship scene
The Rock → championship → WWE Championship ⓘ
Edge → hasWonTitle → WWE Championship ⓘ
Rey Mysterio → championshipHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
Randy Orton → hasWonTitle → WWE Championship ⓘ
Kurt Angle → championshipHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
Triple H → hasWonTitle → WWE Championship ⓘ
AJ Styles → hasWonTitle → WWE Championship ⓘ
WWE Championship → formerName → WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship → formerName → WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF Championship
WWE Championship → formerName → WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship → unifiedTitleName → WWE Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania 31 → titleContested → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania 33 → championshipContested → WWE Championship ⓘ
Terry Gene Bollea → championship → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF Championship
WCW World Heavyweight Championship → unifiedInto → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Undisputed WWF Championship
WrestleMania VII → featuredChampionship → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF Championship
The Ultimate Warrior → championshipHeld → WWE Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF Championship