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. It is one of three men's world titles on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship , which are jointly held and ...

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.

The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It was established by WWE in 2002 after WWE bought out World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown! , in a brand extension .

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.

The championship was again the sole world title of WWE until the introduction of the Universal Championship with the 2016 brand split and then a new World Heavyweight Championship in 2023. During both brand splits, the WWE Championship has switched brands, usually as a result of the WWE Draft ; the 2023 draft moved it back to SmackDown.

Aug 7, 2024 · Current World Heavyweight Champion. Gunther is the current World Heavyweight Champion, who defeated Damian Priest in a singles match at SummerSlam 2024 & is on his first reign.

Apr 24, 2023 · On this page, you find the full Title History for the World Heavyweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in WWE for the men of the Raw brand. It is one of three world titles on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship, which are held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on SmackDown.

Aug 5, 2024 · Gunther is the current World Heavyweight Champion in WWE in his first reign with the title. At King of the Ring, Gunther defeated Randy Orton to become the WWE King of the Ring and earned himself...

5 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. Uso nearly upset Gunther in the ...