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
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
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The WWE Championship, also referred to as the Undisputed WWE Championship since April 2024, is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promot
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)
…and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was the second world championship to be created by the company, after their original world title, the WWE Championship (1963), but third used by the company, including the WCW Championship (2001). The title was one of two top championships in the company from 2002 to…
Two-time champion Bruno Sammartino. His first reign is the longest at over seven years (2,803 days) and he has the longest combined reign (4,040 days); he is pictured here in his second reign (1973–1982 belt design) when the title was known as the WWWF Heavyweight Championship.
Record 14-time WWE Champion John Cena, shown with the "Spinner Belt", which was used to represent the title from 2005 to 2013.
Four-time champion Daniel Bryan, shown with the 2013–2014 version of the WWE Championship belt (in his right hand) and the World Heavyweight Championship, which were used in tandem to represent the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from December 2013 to August 2014