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 Big Gold Belt is a historic professional wrestling championship belt that has represented titles in multiple promotions throughout its history. Originally designed in 1985 by silversmith Charles C
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)
…was unified with the WWE Championship with Randy Orton recognized as the final champion. The title was one of five to be represented by the historic Big Gold Belt, introduced in 1986. Its heritage can be traced back to the original version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, which was the first…
Sting and Ric Flair pose with a replica of the belt in 2017. They are the only two men to have held all three of the championships it represented in WCW.
Chris Jericho held the Big Gold Belt six times in WWE over the course of a decade under three different incarnations, with two WCW Championship reigns during The Invasion, one reign with the Undisputed WWF Championship, and three reigns as World Heavyweight Champion
Rhea Ripley with the Women's World Championship, whose design was inspired by the Big Gold Belt