World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)

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WWE championship professional wrestling world championship

The World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) was a major professional wrestling world title in WWE, recognized as one of the company’s top championships during its active years.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
WWF World Heavyweight Championship 7
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship 3
WWE World Heavyweight Champion 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WWE championship ⓘ
professional wrestling world championship ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Big Gold Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
beltNickname Big Gold Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
brandAssociation ECW (WWE brand) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raw NERFINISHED ⓘ
SmackDown NERFINISHED ⓘ
contestedAtEventSeries Royal Rumble NERFINISHED ⓘ
SummerSlam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Survivor Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
WrestleMania NERFINISHED ⓘ
contestedInMatchTypes fatal four-way matches ⓘ
ladder matches ⓘ
singles matches ⓘ
tables, ladders and chairs matches ⓘ
triple threat matches ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateCreated 2002-09-02 ⓘ
dateRetired 2013-12-15 ⓘ
debutedInPromotion WWE Raw NERFINISHED ⓘ
defendedOn pay-per-view events ⓘ
television shows ⓘ
designBasedOn NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt design ⓘ
WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt design ⓘ
division male wrestlers ⓘ
finalChampion Randy Orton NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstChampion Triple H NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody WWE Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy Eric Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
promotion WWE NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs world championship ⓘ
retiredAtEvent TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013) NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptedOutcome yes ⓘ
sport professional wrestling ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
style scripted sports entertainment ⓘ
succeededBy WWE World Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
topTitleForBrand Raw (2002–2005) NERFINISHED ⓘ
SmackDown (2005–2011) NERFINISHED ⓘ
SmackDown (2011–2013, secondary to WWE Championship) NERFINISHED ⓘ
unificationMatchEvent TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013) NERFINISHED ⓘ
unificationMatchOpponents John Cena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Randy Orton NERFINISHED ⓘ
unificationMatchStipulation TLC match ⓘ
unifiedWith WWE Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
weightClass heavyweight ⓘ
yearCreated 2002 ⓘ
yearRetired 2013 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

WWE Champion → alsoKnownAs → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Champion
World Heavyweight Championship (various years) → alsoKnownAs → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
World Heavyweight Championship (various years) → alsoKnownAs → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Championship
André the Giant → awardReceived → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania 25 → championshipContested → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania III → championshipContested → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
John Cena → championshipHeld → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
Kurt Angle → championshipHeld → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
Macho Man Randy Savage → championshipHeld → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Rey Mysterio → championshipHeld → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
Dave Bautista → championshipWon → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
WrestleMania 31 → championshipWon → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania I → featuredChampionship → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship → formerName → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Raw → hasChampionship → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship → hasLineageFrom → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship → hasLineageFrom → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Edge → hasWonTitle → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
Randy Orton → hasWonTitle → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
Triple H → hasWonTitle → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
Punk → heldTitle → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
subject surface form: CM Punk
WCW World Heavyweight Championship → lineageContinuedAs → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
WrestleMania II → mainEventTitle → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Mega Powers → memberHeldTitleDuringRun → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Bill Goldberg → notableAchievement → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWE World Heavyweight Champion
WWE Champion → originalTitleName → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship → unifiedWith → World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) in 2013