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
Inaugural and record-tying two-time champion Seth Rollins, whose first reign is also the longest for the title at 316 days.
Sting and Ric Flair with the original Big Gold Belt
Damian Priest with the World Heavyweight Championship—designed in homage to the Big Gold Belt
Current champion Roman Reigns
The 2002 to 2013 version of the World Heavyweight Championship was a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was the second w
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)
…to SmackDown. The inaugural World Heavyweight Champion was Seth Rollins, who at the time went by Seth "Freakin" Rollins. The title is distinct from WWE's previous World Heavyweight Championship that was contested from 2002 until 2013 when it was unified into the WWE Championship. Although the two titles share the same name and the design pays…
Inaugural and five-time World Heavyweight Champion Triple H
Four-time and longest-reigning champion Batista
Youngest, four-time, and final champion Randy Orton, pictured here holding the Big Gold Belt (formerly representing the World Heavyweight Championship), and the 2013–2014 belt design of the WWE Championship; both belts together represented the renamed WWE World Heavyweight Championship until a single belt was introduced in August 2014.
Record seven-time champion Edge