The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's world championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become th
Bruno Sammartino defeated inaugural champion Buddy Rogers and became the longest-reigning champion at 2,803 days; pictured here in his second reign with the then-WWWF Heavyweight Championship (now WWE Championship)
Triple H after winning the Undisputed WWF Championship (now WWE Championship) at WrestleMania X8; the former WCW Championship (left) and WWF Championship belts represented the unified title until a single belt was presented to Triple H in April 2002; later that same year in September, Triple H became the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion (original), which also used the Big Gold Belt design that had represented the WCW Championship.
Randy Orton unified the World Heavyweight Championship (original) with the WWE Championship in December 2013, retiring the former and renaming the latter to WWE World Heavyweight Championship (which reverted to WWE Championship in 2016); the two belts represented the unified title until a single belt was presented to Brock Lesnar in August 2014.
Roman Reigns with the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship belt. Initially, he carried both the WWE and Universal Championship belts, but in June 2023, he was presented with a single championship belt representing both titles. Since April 2025, this belt now solely represents the WWE Championship, following the deactivation of the Universal Championship.
Leati Joseph Anoaʻi, better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former football player. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since 2010, where he
World championships in WWE
…match as a championship unification match though both titles maintained their individual lineages. At WrestleMania 38, SmackDown's Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated Raw's WWE Champion Brock Lesnar to win the latter's title and become recognized as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. As the undisputed…
Reigns (back) made his WWE debut as a member of The Shield in November 2012.