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=== Reigns ===  
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=yes|dayless=yes|unrecognized=yes|days2=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[World Wide Wrestling Federation]] (WWWF)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = {{sortname|Buddy|Rogers|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 11, 1963}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 11, 1963|May 17, 1963}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|April 25, 1963|May 17, 1963}}
|location = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Won a fictional tournament in [[Rio de Janeiro]] after the WWWF left the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), of which Rogers had been the [[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions|7th]] [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] since defeating [[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)|Pat O'Connor]] on June 30, 1961. After Rogers' [[Professional wrestling match types#Singles match|one fall]] loss to [[Lou Thesz]] for the title on January 24, 1963, [[Capitol Wrestling Corporation|Northeast promoters]] (led by [[Vince McMahon Sr.]] and [[Toots Mondt]]) did not recognize this title change and withdrew their membership from the NWA to form the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). The WWWF billed Rogers as their world champion since January 25, 1963, but it did not recognize him as the first ever WWWF World Heavyweight Champion until April 11, 1963, when he received the [[Championship belt#Professional wrestling|title belt]]. However, WWE lists Rogers' reign and the establishment of the title beginning on April 25, 1963.
|ref      = <ref name="Rogers1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445411 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828211610/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445411 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-08-28 |title=Buddy Rogers's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref name="Phantom1">{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/classics/phantom-title-changes|title=The secret history of phantom title changes|last=Melok|first=Bobby Melok|publisher=[[WWE]]|date=December 12, 2012|access-date=December 3, 2018|archive-date=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107004222/https://www.wwe.com/classics/phantom-title-changes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/buddyrogers|title=Buddy Rogers|publisher=WWE|quote=So in 1961, when he dethroned Pat O'Connor for the NWA World Championship in Chicago's Comiskey Park [...]|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035359/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/buddyrogers/|url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/63.htm|title=1963|work=TheHistoryofWWE.com|quote=- 1/25/63: The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was formed when promoters in the Northeast refused to acknowledge Rogers' one-fall loss of the NWA championship. The real reason was that Vince McMahon Sr. wanted to keep Rogers on as his territory's champion since so much money was being made from his title run. Rogers continued to wrestle as the "world champion" in the Northeast region and was recognized as the "WWWF World Champion" starting in April.|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031182149/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/63.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/63.htm|title=1963|work=TheHistoryofWWE.com|quote=World Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Bobo Brazil|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031182149/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/63.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/63.htm|title=1963|work=TheHistoryofWWE.com|quote=WWWF World Champion Buddy Rogers fought Bruno Sammartino to a no contest; it was prior to this bout that Rogers received the WWWF World Title though he had been billed as 'world champion' since January|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031182149/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/63.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-championship|title=WWE World Championship|publisher=WWE|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111173340/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-championship|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = {{sortname|Bruno|Sammartino}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 17, 1963}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 17, 1963|January 18, 1971}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = <ref name="Sammartino1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/408772|title=Bruno Sammartino's first reign|publisher=WWE|access-date=2007-03-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318015911/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/408772|archive-date=2007-03-18}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = {{sortname|Ivan|Koloff}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 18, 1971}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 18, 1971|February 8, 1971}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = <ref name="Koloff1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445416 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050715020508/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445416 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-15 |title=Ivan Koloff's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2011-07-15 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = {{sortname|Pedro|Morales}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 8, 1971}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 8, 1971|December 1, 1973}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = The title was renamed the WWWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971. 
|ref      = <ref name="Morales1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445418 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210234107/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445418 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-10 |title=Pedro Morales's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[National Wrestling Alliance]]: [[World Wide Wrestling Federation]] (WWWF)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 5
|champion = {{sortname|Stan|Stasiak}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 1, 1973}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 1, 1973|December 10, 1973}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = <ref name="Stasiak1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454110 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210235044/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454110 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-10 |title=Stan Stasiak's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 6
|champion = {{sortname|Bruno|Sammartino}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|December 10, 1973}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 10, 1973|April 30, 1977}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = <ref name="Sammartino2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724000316/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454112 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-24 |title=Bruno Sammartino's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7
|champion = {{sortname|Superstar Billy|Graham}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 30, 1977}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 30, 1977|February 20, 1978}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Baltimore|Baltimore, MD]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = <ref name="Graham1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454114 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724001044/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454114 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-24 |title=Billy Graham's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 8
|champion = {{sortname|Bob|Backlund}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 20, 1978}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 20, 1978|November 30, 1979}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|February 20, 1978|December 26, 1983}}
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = ''[[WWF on MSG Network]]''
|notes    = The title was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 1979 for marketing purposes.
|ref      = <ref name="Backlund1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454116 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129084553/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454116 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-29 |title=Bob Backlund's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref name="BacklundBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/bob-backlund|title=Bob Backlund bio|publisher=WWE|access-date=2012-08-20|archive-date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217184110/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/bob-backlund|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehistoryofwwe.com/78.htm|title=WWE Ring Results 1978|work=The History of WWE|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101221649/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/78.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[National Wrestling Alliance]]: [[World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 8.5
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Antonio|Inoki}}
|reign    = —
|date     = {{dts|November 30, 1979}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 30, 1979|December 6, 1979}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tokushima (city)|Tokushima, Japan]]
|event    = Toukon Series
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="Phantom1"/><ref name="Phantom2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/world_title.htm|title=WWWF/WWF/WWE Heavyweight Title History|website=The History of WWE.com|access-date=December 3, 2018|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095640/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/world_title.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.puroresu.com/newjapan/results/nj197910tohkon.html|title=NJPW: 1979: Toukon Series|access-date=October 9, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010001045/https://www.puroresu.com/newjapan/results/nj197910tohkon.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 8.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|December 6, 1979}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = —
|days2    = yes
|notes    = Inoki immediately vacated the title after a title defense rematch with [[Bob Backlund]] ended in a [[Professional wrestling#No contest|no contest]] due to the interference of [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]'s [[Tiger Jeet Singh]].
|ref      = <ref name="Phantom1"/><ref name="Phantom2"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 8.5
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Bob|Backlund}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 17, 1979}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 17, 1979|December 26, 1983}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = ''[[WWF on MSG Network]]''
|notes    = Defeated [[Bobby Duncum Sr.|Bobby Duncum]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man/Woman Standing match|Texas death match]] to fill the vacancy. On October 19, 1981, following a controversial match with [[Greg Valentine]] in [[Madison Square Garden]], the title was vacated (recognized only in [[New York City]]) by the NY State Athletic Commission. Backlund defeated Valentine in a rematch in MSG on November 23, 1981 to end the vacancy. WWE recognizes this whole period as one uninterrupted reign. 
|ref      = <ref name="Phantom1"/><ref name="Phantom2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=27824|title=WWF on MSG Network|work=Cagematch|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827052743/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/81.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002063721/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/81.htm/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 9
|champion = {{sortname|The Iron|Sheik}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 26, 1983}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 26, 1983|January 23, 1984}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = ''[[WWF on MSG Network]]''
|notes    = The Iron Sheik won by submission when [[Bob Backlund]]'s manager [[Arnold Skaaland]] threw in the towel when Backlund was put into Sheik's [[Professional wrestling holds#Camel clutch|camel clutch]] to prevent any major injury. The title was renamed the WWF World Heavyweight Championship when the WWF ended its affiliation with the NWA.
|ref      = <ref name="Sheik1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454118 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231061205/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454118 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-31 |title=The Iron Sheik's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=4656|title=WWF on MSG Network|work=Cagematch|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827052743/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 10
|champion = {{sortname|Hulk|Hogan}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 23, 1984}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 23, 1984|February 5, 1988}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = ''[[WWF on MSG Network]]''
|notes    = 
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=4657|title=WWF on MSG Network|work=Cagematch|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827052743/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 11
|champion = {{sortname|André the|Giant}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 5, 1988}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, IN]]
|event    = ''[[The Main Event I]]''
|notes    = Defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] when [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]] [[Earl Hebner]], who was bribed by [[Ted DiBiase]], scored the [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Fall|three-count]] despite Hogan [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Kick-out|raising his shoulder at the one-count]].
|ref      = <ref name="Andre1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624001310/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454122 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Andre the Giant's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 11.5
|type     = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|Ted|DiBiase}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 5, 1988}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 5, 1988|February 13, 1988}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, IN]]
|event    = ''[[The Main Event I]]''
|notes    = Immediately after winning the title from [[Hulk Hogan]], [[André the Giant]] handed the [[Championship belt#Professional wrestling|championship belt]] to [[Ted DiBiase]], but [[Professional wrestling authority figures#President|WWF President]] [[Jack Tunney]] ruled this as vacating the title and therefore DiBiase's reign is not recognized by WWE, albeit he was announced as such in the following days and even defended the title once against [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] in a February 8, 1988 [[Professional wrestling#House show|live event]].
|ref      = <ref name="Phantom2"/><ref name="Andre1"/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 11.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|February 13, 1988}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey, PA]]
|event    = ''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling|Superstars of Wrestling]]''
|notes    = [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Presidents and Commissioners|WWF President]] [[Jack Tunney]] refused to recognize [[Ted DiBiase]] as champion and vacated the title. WWE recognizes the vacancy as starting on February 5, 1988, the date of the controversy, rather than the date in which the announcement was made in a video aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]] on February 13, 1988.
|ref      = <ref name="Phantom2"/><ref name="Andre1"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 12
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Savage}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 27, 1988}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 27, 1988|April 2, 1989}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City, NJ]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania IV]]
|notes    = Defeated [[Ted DiBiase]] in a [[WrestleMania IV#Tournament bracket|tournament final]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name="Savage1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624001310/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454122 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Randy Savage's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 13
|champion = {{sortname|Hulk|Hogan}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|April 2, 1989}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 2, 1989|April 1, 1990}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City, NJ]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania V]]
|notes    = The title was renamed the WWF Championship in July 1989.
|ref      = <ref name="Hogan2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454126 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624003218/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454126 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Hulk Hogan's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 14
|champion = {{sortname|The|Ultimate Warrior}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 1, 1990}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 1, 1990|January 19, 1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto|Toronto, ON, Canada]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania VI]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Luchas de apuestas|title vs. title match]] in which Warrior also defended the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]].
|ref      = <ref name="Warrior1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050703020238/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454128 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-03 |title=The Ultimate Warrior's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 15
|champion = {{sortname|Sgt.|Slaughter}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 19, 1991}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 19, 1991|March 24, 1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Miami|Miami, FL]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (1991)|Royal Rumble]]
|
|ref      = <ref name="Slaughter1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454130 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210235723/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454130 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-10 |title=Sgt. Slaughter's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 16
|champion = {{sortname|Hulk|Hogan}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|March 24, 1991}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 24, 1991|November 27, 1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania VII]]
|ref      = <ref name="Hogan3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454132 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624003731/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454132 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Hulk Hogan's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 17
|champion = {{sortname|The|Undertaker}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 27, 1991}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 27, 1991|December 3, 1991}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Detroit|Detroit, MI]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (1991)|Survivor Series]]
|ref      = <ref name="Undertaker1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454134 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624004619/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454134 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=The Undertaker's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 18
|champion = {{sortname|Hulk|Hogan}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|December 3, 1991}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 3, 1991|December 4, 1991}}
|days2    = 4
|location = [[San Antonio|San Antonio, TX]]
|event    = [[This Tuesday in Texas]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name="Hogan4">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454136 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050723003120/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454136 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-23 |title=Hulk Hogan's fourth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 18.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|December 4, 1991}}
|location = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven, CT]]
|event    = ''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling|Superstars of Wrestling]]''
|days2    = yes
|notes    = Hogan was stripped of the title by [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Presidents and Commissioners|WWF President]] [[Jack Tunney]] due to the controversy surrounding both of the previous title changes. Aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]] on December 7, 1991.
|ref      = <ref name="Hogan4"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 19
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 19, 1992}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 19, 1992|April 5, 1992}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Albany, New York|Albany, NY]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (1992)|Royal Rumble]]
|notes    = This was the [[Royal Rumble match]] in which Flair last eliminated [[Sid Eudy|Sid Justice]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name="Flair1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454138 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050723004240/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454138 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-23 |title=Ric Flair's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 20
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Savage}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|April 5, 1992}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 5, 1992|September 1, 1992}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, IN]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania VIII]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="Savage2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454139 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210235959/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454139 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-10 |title=Randy Savage's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 21
|champion = {{sortname|Ric|Flair}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|September 1, 1992}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 1, 1992|October 12, 1992}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey, PA]]
|event    = ''[[Prime Time Wrestling]]''
|notes    = Aired on tape delay on September 14, 1992. 
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/videos/randy-savage-vs-ric-flair-wwe-championship-match-prime-time-wrestling-september-1-1992|title=Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair – WWE Championship Match: Prime Time Wrestling: September 14, 1992|work=[[WWE]]|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410000044/https://www.wwe.com/videos/randy-savage-vs-ric-flair-wwe-championship-match-prime-time-wrestling-september-1-1992|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=5181|title=WWF Prime Time Wrestling|work=cagematch.net|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410000357/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=5181|url-status=live}}</ref>
|ref      = <ref name="Flair2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454137 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717000353/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454137 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-17 |title=Ric Flair's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 22
|champion = {{sortname|Bret|Hart}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|October 12, 1992}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 12, 1992|April 4, 1993}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|October 12, 1992|April 4, 1993}}
|location = [[Saskatoon|Saskatoon, SK, Canada]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name="Hart1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454135 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231061522/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454135 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-31 |title=Bret Hart's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 23
|champion = {{sortname||Yokozuna|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 4, 1993}}
|days     = <1
|days2     = yes
|location = [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, NV]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania IX]]
|ref      = <ref name="Yokozuna1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454133 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210235811/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454133 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-10 |title=Yokozuna's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 24
|champion = {{sortname|Hulk|Hogan}}
|date     = {{dts|April 4, 1993}}
|location = [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, NV]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania IX]]
|notes    = After Yokozuna pinned [[Bret Hart]] to win the title, Yokozuna's manager, [[Mr. Fuji]], issued an immediate challenge to Hogan for the championship, which was accepted and Hogan won the impromptu match.
|reign    = 5
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 4, 1993|June 13, 1993}}
|days2    = yes
|ref      = <ref name="Hogan5">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050719013621/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454131 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-19 |title=Hulk Hogan's fifth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 25
|champion = {{sortname||Yokozuna|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|June 13, 1993}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 13, 1993|March 20, 1994}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Dayton, OH]]
|event    = [[King of the Ring (1993)|King of the Ring]]
|ref      = <ref name="Yokozuna2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454129 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127070852/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454129 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-27 |title=Yokozuna's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 26
|champion = {{sortname|Bret|Hart}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|March 20, 1994}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 20, 1994|November 23, 1994}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania X]]
|notes    = [[Roddy Piper]] was the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref name="Hart2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454127 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050716232613/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454127 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-16 |title=Bret Hart's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 27
|champion = {{sortname|Bob|Backlund}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 23, 1994}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 23, 1994|November 26, 1994}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Antonio|San Antonio, TX]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (1994)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = This was a [["I quit" match|Throw in the Towel]] [[submission match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Backlund2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717025736/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454125 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-17 |title=Bob Backlund's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 28
|champion = {{sortname||Diesel|Kevin Nash}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 26, 1994}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 26, 1994|November 19, 1995}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|
|ref      = <ref name="Kevin Nash1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454123 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717024713/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454123 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-17 |title=Diesel's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 29
|champion = {{sortname|Bret|Hart}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|November 19, 1995}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 19, 1995|March 31, 1996}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Landover, Maryland|Landover, MD]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (1995)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = This was a [[no disqualification match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Hart3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454121 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717022714/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454121 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-17 |title=Bret Hart's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-20 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 30
|champion = {{sortname|Shawn|Michaels}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 31, 1996}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 31, 1996|November 17, 1996}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim, CA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania XII]]
|notes    = This was a [[Iron Man match|60-minute Iron Man match]] in which Michaels won 1–0 in overtime.
|ref      = <ref name="HBK1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454119 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724002339/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454119 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-24 |title=Shawn Michaels's reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 31
|champion = {{sortname|Sycho|Sid}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 17, 1996}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 17, 1996|January 19, 1997}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (1996)|Survivor Series]]
|
|ref      = <ref name="Sid1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454117 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123031844/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454117 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-23 |title=Sycho Sid's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 32
|champion = {{sortname|Shawn|Michaels}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|January 19, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 19, 1997|February 13, 1997}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Antonio|San Antonio, TX]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (1997)|Royal Rumble]]
|
|ref      = <ref name="HBK2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454115 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050623234942/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454115 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-23 |title=Shawn Michaels's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 32.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|February 13, 1997}}
|location = [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell, MA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Shawn Michaels]] forfeited the title due to a knee injury.
|ref      = <ref name="HBK2"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 33
|champion = {{sortname|Bret|Hart}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|February 16, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 16, 1997|February 17, 1997}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga, TN]]
|event    = [[In Your House 13: Final Four]]
|notes    = This was a [[four-way elimination match]] for the vacant title also involving [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], [[The Undertaker]], and [[Big Van Vader|Vader]].
|ref      = <ref name="Hart4">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454113 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050719012851/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454113 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-19 |title=Bret Hart's fourth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 34
|champion = {{sortname|Sycho|Sid}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|February 17, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 17, 1997|March 23, 1997}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, TN]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|ref      = <ref name="Sid2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210235109/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-10 |title=Sycho Sid's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 35
|champion = {{sortname|The|Undertaker}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|March 23, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 23, 1997|August 3, 1997}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont, IL]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 13]]
|notes    = This was a [[no disqualification match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Undertaker2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445419 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624022806/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445419 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=The Undertaker's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 36
|champion = {{sortname|Bret|Hart}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|August 3, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 3, 1997|November 9, 1997}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford, NJ]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (1997)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = [[Shawn Michaels]] was the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref name="Hart5">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445417 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129204514/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445417 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-29 |title=Bret Hart's fifth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 37
|champion = {{sortname|Shawn|Michaels}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|November 9, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 9, 1997|March 29, 1998}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Montreal|Montreal, QC, Canada]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (1997)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = This was the [[Montreal Screwjob]].
|ref      = <ref name="HBK3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445415 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624021505/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445415 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Shawn Michaels's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 38
|champion = {{sortname|Stone Cold Steve|Austin}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 29, 1998}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 29, 1998|June 28, 1998}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania XIV]]
|notes    = [[Mike Tyson]] was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special guest referees|special outside enforcer]].
|ref      = <ref name="Austin1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445413 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724010817/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445413 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-24 |title=Steve Austin's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 39
|champion = {{sortname||Kane|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 28, 1998}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 28, 1998|June 29, 1998}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, PA]]
|event    = [[King of the Ring (1998)|King of the Ring]]
|notes    = This was a [[First Blood match]]; had Kane lost, he would have set himself on fire.
|ref      = <ref name="Kane1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445412 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050623020920/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445412 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-23 |title=Kane's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 40
|champion = {{sortname|Stone Cold Steve|Austin}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|June 29, 1998}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 29, 1998|September 27, 1998}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Cleveland|Cleveland, OH]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|
|ref      = <ref name="Austin2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050623021658/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-23 |title=Steve Austin's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 40.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|September 27, 1998}}
|location = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton, ON, Canada]]
|event    = [[Breakdown: In Your House]]
|days2    = yes
|notes    = The title was vacated after [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]] and [[The Undertaker]] simultaneously pinned [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] in a [[triple threat match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/judgmentday/history/judgmentday1998/mainevent/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618163638/http://www.wwe.com/shows/judgmentday/history/judgmentday1998/mainevent/ |archive-date=2009-06-18 }}</ref>
|ref      = <ref name="Austin2"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 41
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 15, 1998}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 15, 1998|December 29, 1998}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|November 15, 1998|January 4, 1999}}
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (1998)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = Defeated [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] in the finals of the [[Survivor Series (1998)#Tournament brackets|Deadly Game tournament]] in a recreation of the [[Montreal Screwjob]] to win the vacant title. WWE recognizes The Rock's reign as ending on January 4, 1999, when the following episode aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="Rock1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125070950/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-25 |title=The Rock's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 42
|champion = {{sortname||Mankind|Mick Foley}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 29, 1998}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 29, 1998|January 24, 1999}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|January 4, 1999|January 24, 1999}}
|location = [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester, MA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[no disqualification match]]. WWE recognizes Mankind's reign as beginning on January 4, 1999, when the episode aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="Mankind1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541411 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129085811/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541411 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-29 |title=Mankind's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 43
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|January 24, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 24, 1999|January 26, 1999}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|January 24, 1999|January 31, 1999}}
|location = [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim, CA]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (1999)|Royal Rumble]]
|notes    = This was an [["I quit" match]] which The Rock won by knocking [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] unconscious while someone backstage, later revealed to be [[Shane McMahon]], played an audio recording of Mankind saying "I quit" when The Rock placed the microphone against his face. WWE recognizes The Rock's reign as ending on January 31, 1999, when the following match aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="Rock2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541412 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717005939/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541412 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-17 |title=The Rock's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 44
|champion = {{sortname||Mankind|Mick Foley}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|January 26, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 26, 1999|February 15, 1999}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|January 31, 1999|February 15, 1999}}
|location = [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, AZ]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Heat|Halftime Heat]]''
|notes    = This was an [[Empty Arena match]] that aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]] as a special during halftime of [[Super Bowl XXXIII]] on January 31, 1999, the date WWE recognizes as the beginning of Mankind's reign.
|ref      = <ref name="Mankind2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106121429/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414021 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-06 |title=Mankind's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 45
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|February 15, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 15, 1999|March 28, 1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[ladder match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Rock3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414121 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125071304/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414121 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-25 |title=The Rock's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 46
|champion = {{sortname|Stone Cold Steve|Austin}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|March 28, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 28, 1999|May 23, 1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania XV]]
|notes    = This was a [[no disqualification match]] with [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] as the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref name="Austin3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106121455/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414112 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-06 |title=Steve Austin's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 47
|champion = {{sortname|The|Undertaker}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|May 23, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 23, 1999|June 28, 1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO]]
|event    = [[Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]]
|notes    = Both [[Vince McMahon]] and [[Shane McMahon]] were the [[guest referee]]s.
|ref      = <ref name="Undertaker3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050730000421/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-30 |title=The Undertaker's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 48
|champion = {{sortname|Stone Cold Steve|Austin}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|June 28, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 28, 1999|August 22, 1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = If [[The Undertaker]] had gotten himself disqualified, he would have lost the championship.
|ref      = <ref name="Austin4">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129091854/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-29 |title=Steve Austin's fourth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 49
|champion = {{sortname||Mankind|Mick Foley}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|August 22, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 22, 1999|August 23, 1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, MN]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (1999)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] also involving [[Triple H]]. [[Jesse Ventura]] was the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref name="Mankind3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541402 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106120902/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541402 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-06 |title=Mankind's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 50
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 23, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 23, 1999|September 14, 1999}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|August 23, 1999|September 16, 1999}}
|location = [[Ames, Iowa|Ames, IA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = [[Shane McMahon]] was the [[guest referee]]. WWE recognizes Triple H's reign as ending on September 16, 1999, when the following episode aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="TripleH1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624013115/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Triple H's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 51
|champion = {{sortname|Vince|McMahon}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 14, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 14, 1999|September 20, 1999}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|September 16, 1999|September 20, 1999}}
|location = [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, NV]]
|event    = ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]''
|notes    = [[Shane McMahon]] was the [[guest referee]]. WWE recognizes Vince McMahon's reign as beginning on September 16, 1999, when the episode aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="McMahon1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541413 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106120925/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541413 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-06 |title=Mr. McMahon's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 51.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|September 20, 1999}}
|location = [[Houston|Houston, TX]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|days2    = yes
|notes    = [[Mr. McMahon]] vacated the title due to the [[Fully Loaded (1999)|Fully Loaded]] stipulation after losing his [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] with [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], who defeated [[The Undertaker]] at the event and forced McMahon to no longer appear on WWF television.
|ref      = <ref name="McMahon1"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 52
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|September 26, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 26, 1999|November 14, 1999}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
|event    = [[Unforgiven (1999)|Unforgiven]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|six-pack challenge]] for the vacant title, also involving [[Big Show]], [[Davey Boy Smith|The British Bulldog]], [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]], [[Mick Foley|Mankind]], and [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]. [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] was the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special guest referees|special outside enforcer]].
|ref      = <ref name="TripleH2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717001818/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414013 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-17 |title=Triple H's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 53
|champion = {{sortname|Big|Show}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 14, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 14, 1999|January 3, 2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Detroit|Detroit, MI]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (1999)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = This was a [[triple threat match]] also involving [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]. [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] had originally been scheduled to take part in the match, but he did not participate after being (in storyline) run over by a car in the parking garage earlier in the night and was replaced by Big Show.
|ref      = <ref name="BigShow1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051001081533/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140112 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-10-01 |title=The Big Show's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 54
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|January 3, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 3, 2000|April 30, 2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Miami|Miami, FL]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name="TripleH3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050718234232/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-18 |title=Triple H's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 55
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|April 30, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 30, 2000|May 21, 2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|event    = [[Backlash (2000)|Backlash]]
|notes    = [[Shane McMahon]] was the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref name="Rock4">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130073329/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-30 |title=The Rock's fourth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 56
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|May 21, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 21, 2000|June 25, 2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville, KY]]
|event    = [[Judgment Day (2000)|Judgment Day]]
|notes    = This was a 60-minute [[Iron Man match]] which Triple H won 6–5 with [[Shawn Michaels]] as the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref name="Triple H">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130073329/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-30 |title=WWE Championship – The Rock |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 57
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|June 25, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 25, 2000|October 22, 2000}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
|event    = [[King of the Ring (2000)|King of the Ring]]
|notes    = This was a [[six-man tag team match]] with [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]], The Rock, and [[The Undertaker]] vs. [[Triple H]], [[Shane McMahon]], and [[Vince McMahon]]. The Rock pinned Vince to win Triple H's title.
|ref      = <ref name="Rock5">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051001081444/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-10-01 |title=The Rock's fifth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 58
|champion = {{sortname|Kurt|Angle}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|October 22, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 22, 2000|February 25, 2001}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Albany, New York|Albany, NY]]
|event    = [[No Mercy (2000)|No Mercy]]
|notes    = This was a [[no disqualification match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Angle1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140211 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924180914/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140211 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-09-24 |title=Kurt Angle's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 59
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|February 25, 2001}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 25, 2001|April 1, 2001}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, NV]]
|event    = [[No Way Out (2001)|No Way Out]]
|notes    = After the WWF purchased [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) in March 2001, the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Championship]] became a second concurrently active world championship in the WWF. By November 2001, the WCW title was renamed to World Championship.
|ref      = <ref name="Rock6">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141121 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924180959/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141121 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-09-24 |title=The Rock's sixth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 60
|champion = {{sortname|Stone Cold Steve|Austin}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|April 1, 2001}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 1, 2001|September 23, 2001}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Houston|Houston, TX]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania X-Seven]]
|notes    = This was a [[no disqualification match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Austin5">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051001151614/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-10-01 |title=Steve Austin's fifth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 61
|champion = {{sortname|Kurt|Angle}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|September 23, 2001}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 23, 2001|October 8, 2001}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, PA]]
|event    = [[Unforgiven (2001)|Unforgiven]]
|
|ref      = <ref name="Angle2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050718235320/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141112 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-18 |title=Kurt Angle's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 62
|champion = {{sortname|Stone Cold Steve|Austin}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|October 8, 2001}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 8, 2001|December 9, 2001}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, IN]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|
|ref      = <ref name="Austin6">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414031 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114083804/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414031 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-01-14 |title=Steve Austin's sixth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 63
|champion = {{sortname|Chris|Jericho}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 9, 2001}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 9, 2001|March 17, 2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Diego|San Diego, CA]]
|event    = [[Vengeance (2001)|Vengeance]]
|notes    = Earlier the same night, Jericho defeated [[List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions|World Champion]] [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] for that title. By defeating [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] for the WWF Championship, Jericho [[Championship unification|unified]] both titles to become the first-ever undisputed WWF world champion. The World Championship was retired while the WWF Championship became known as the Undisputed WWF Championship.
|ref      = <ref name="Jericho1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541414 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106120952/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541414 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-06 |title=Chris Jericho's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 64
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|March 17, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 17, 2002|April 21, 2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto|Toronto, ON, Canada]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania X8]]
|notes    = In late March 2002, due to the WWF's roster having doubled in size, the [[WWE brand extension|brand extension]] began, splitting the roster between the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brands, represented by the TV shows of the same name. Championships were assigned to be exclusive to a specific brand, with the exception of the Undisputed WWF Championship and the [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWF Women's Championship]], which were non-exclusive at this time. 
|ref      = <ref name="TripleH5">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140113 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624010557/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140113 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Triple H's fifth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 65
|champion = {{sortname|Hollywood|Hulk Hogan}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|April 21, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 21, 2002|May 19, 2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO]]
|event    = [[Backlash (2002)|Backlash]]
|notes    = After the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) due to a lawsuit by the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] on May 6, 2002, the title was also renamed Undisputed WWE Championship and then WWE Undisputed Championship.
|ref      = <ref name="Hogan6">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414114 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624014455/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414114 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=Hulk Hogan's sixth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 66
|champion = {{sortname|The|Undertaker}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|May 19, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 19, 2002|July 21, 2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
|event    = [[Judgment Day (2002)|Judgment Day]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="Undertaker4">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140212 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724013906/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140212 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-24 |title=The Undertaker's fourth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 67
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = {{dts|July 21, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|July 21, 2002|August 25, 2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Detroit|Detroit, MI]]
|event    = [[Vengeance (2002)|Vengeance]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] also involving [[Kurt Angle]].
|ref      = <ref name="Rock7">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050726012509/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141122 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-26 |title=The Rock's seventh reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 68
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 25, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 25, 2002|November 17, 2002}}
|days2     = {{age in days nts|August 25, 2002|November 16, 2002}}
|location = [[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale, NY]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2002)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = The following night, Lesnar signed a deal to appear exclusively on the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand, making the championship exclusive to the brand. The [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] was then created for the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand and awarded to [[Triple H]], who was Lesnar's number one contender. On September 2, 2002, the WWE Undisputed Championship became the WWE Championship as it was no longer "undisputed".
|ref      = <ref name="Lesnar1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050721032853/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401112 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-21 |title=Brock Lesnar's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 69
|champion = {{sortname|Big|Show}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 17, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 17, 2002|December 15, 2002}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (2002)|Survivor Series]]
|ref      = <ref name="BigShow2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141113 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717003808/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141113 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-17 |title=The Big Show's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 70
|champion = {{sortname|Kurt|Angle}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|December 15, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 15, 2002|March 30, 2003}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Sunrise, Florida|Sunrise, FL]]
|event    = [[Armageddon (2002)|Armageddon]]
|ref      = <ref name="Angle3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050718233106/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454140131 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-18 |title=Kurt Angle's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 71
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|March 30, 2003}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 30, 2003|July 27, 2003}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|March 30, 2003|July 26, 2003}}
|location = [[Seattle|Seattle, WA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania XIX]]
|ref      = <ref name="Lesnar2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414032 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050731000332/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414032 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-31 |title=Brock Lesnar's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 72
|champion = {{sortname|Kurt|Angle}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|July 27, 2003}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|July 27, 2003|September 16, 2003}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|July 27, 2003|September 18, 2003}}
|location = [[Denver|Denver, CO]]
|event    = [[Vengeance (2003)|Vengeance]]
|notes    = This was a [[triple threat match]] also involving [[Big Show]]. WWE recognizes Angle's reign as ending on September 18, 2003, when the following episode aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="Angle4">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541415 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050719000323/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541415 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-19 |title=Kurt Angle's fourth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 73
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|September 16, 2003}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 16, 2003|February 15, 2004}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|September 18, 2003|February 15, 2004}}
|location = [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh, NC]]
|event    = ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]''
|notes    = This was a 60-minute [[Iron Man match]]. WWE recognizes Lesnar's reign as beginning on September 18, 2003, when the episode aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="Lesnar3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541405 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050715020205/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541405 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-15 |title=Brock Lesnar's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 74
|champion = {{sortname|Eddie|Guerrero}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 15, 2004}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 15, 2004|June 27, 2004}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Daly City, California|Daly City, CA]]
|event    = [[No Way Out (2004)|No Way Out]]
|ref      = <ref name="Eddie1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541411112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050630005534/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541411112 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-30 |title=Eddie Guerrero's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2004/02/16/pf-350132.html|title=Guerrero crowned at No Way Out|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|SLAM! Wrestling]]|access-date=2009-11-24|date=2004-02-16|first=Jaya|last=Roopansingh|archive-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820172726/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2004/02/16/pf-350132.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 75
|champion = {{sortname|John "Bradshaw"|Layfield}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 27, 2004}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 27, 2004|April 3, 2005}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk, VA]]
|event    = [[The Great American Bash (2004)|The Great American Bash]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Strap match|Texas bullrope match]].
|ref      = <ref name="JBL1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401121 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050715014314/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401121 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-15 |title=John "Bradshaw" Layfield's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2004/1088391565.shtml|title=WWE Great American Bash (SmackDown) PPV Results – 6/27/04|publisher=WrestleView|first=Adam|last=Martin|access-date=2009-11-24|date=2004-06-27|archive-date=November 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123143612/http://www.wrestleview.com/news2004/1088391565.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 76
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 1

|date     = {{dts|April 3, 2005}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 3, 2005|January 8, 2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 21]]
|notes    = The title became exclusive to the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand following the [[2005 WWE Draft Lottery]].
|ref      = <ref name="Cena1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414132 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624015152/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414132 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-06-24 |title=John Cena's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1112583710.shtml|title=WWE WrestleMania 21 PPV Results – 4/3/05 – Los Angeles, CA|publisher=WrestleView|access-date=2009-11-24|date=2005-04-03|first=Adam|last=Martin|archive-date=February 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213171136/http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1112583710.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 77
|champion = {{sortname||Edge|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 8, 2006}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 8, 2006|January 29, 2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Albany, New York|Albany, NY]]
|event    = [[New Year's Revolution (2006)|New Year's Revolution]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]].
|ref      = <ref name="JTD1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/1915976 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111212644/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/1915976 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-01-11 |title=Edge's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2006/01/09/pf-1385492.html|title=Edge surprise champ after Revolution|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|SLAM! Wrestling]]|date=2006-01-09|access-date=2009-11-24|first=Chris|last=Sokol|archive-date=December 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224725/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2006/01/09/pf-1385492.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 78
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|January 29, 2006}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 29, 2006|June 11, 2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Miami|Miami, FL]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (2006)|Royal Rumble]]
|ref      = <ref name="Cena2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2039062 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204082302/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2039062 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-02-04 |title=John Cena's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1138593424.shtml|title=Royal Rumble (RAW/SmackDown) PPV Results – 1/29/06 – Miami, FL|publisher=WrestleView|access-date=2009-11-24|date=2006-01-29|first=Adam|last=Martin|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174204/http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1138593424.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 79
|champion = {{sortname|Rob|Van Dam}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 11, 2006}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 11, 2006|July 3, 2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[ECW One Night Stand (2006)|ECW One Night Stand]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]]. This was an [[Hardcore wrestling|Extreme Rules]] match.<br /> The title became property of the new [[ECW (WWE brand)|ECW]] brand due to Van Dam's status as an ECW wrestler. The [[ECW World Heavyweight Championship]] was subsequently reactivated for the brand and awarded to Van Dam, who became the only wrestler to ever hold both titles at the same time. The ECW Championship became a third concurrently active world championship in WWE.
|ref      = <ref name="RVD1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2908088 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719133744/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2908088 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-07-19 |title=Rob Van Dam's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1150081251.shtml|title=ECW One Night Stand PPV Results – 6/11/06|publisher=WrestleView|access-date=2009-11-24|date=2006-06-11|first=Adam|last=Martin|archive-date=February 20, 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65ajIHQxk?url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1150081251.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[ECW (WWE brand)|ECW]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 80
|champion = {{sortname||Edge|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|July 3, 2006}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|July 3, 2006|September 17, 2006}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[triple threat match]] also involving [[John Cena]].<br />The title became exclusive to the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand due to Edge's status as a Raw wrestler.
|ref      = <ref name="Edge2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2999952 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705232057/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2999952 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-07-05 |title=Edge's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-03-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2006/07/04/1667256.html|title=Raw: Edge wins WWE title|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|SLAM! Wrestling]]|access-date=2009-11-24|first=Dave|last=Plummer|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324003632/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2006/07/04/1667256.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 81
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|September 17, 2006}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 17, 2006|October 2, 2007}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Toronto|Toronto, ON, Canada]]
|event    = [[Unforgiven (2006)|Unforgiven]]
|notes    = This was a [[Tables, Ladders and Chairs match]].<br />Had Cena lost, he would have had to [[Professional wrestling match types#Loser Leaves Town match|leave]] the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand.
|ref      = <ref name="Cena3">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/29999521 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509024549/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/29999521 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-09 |title=John Cena's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2012-08-03 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 81.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|October 2, 2007}}
|location = [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton, OH]]
|event    = ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]''
|days2    = yes
|notes    = The title was vacated when [[John Cena]] suffered a torn right [[Pectoralis major muscle|pectoral tendon]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nomercy/2007/exclusives/cenamcmahonannounce|title=Mr. McMahon vacates Cena's WWE Championship|publisher=WWE|date=2007-10-02|access-date=2012-08-03|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094610/http://www.wwe.com/shows/nomercy/2007/exclusives/cenamcmahonannounce|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 82
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|October 7, 2007}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont, IL]]
|event    = [[No Mercy (2007)|No Mercy]]
|notes    = Orton was originally scheduled to have a [[Last Man Standing match]] against [[John Cena]] for the title, but due to Cena vacating the title due to a legit injury, [[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon]] awarded it to Orton at the start of the event, and was immediately challenged by [[Triple H]].
|ref      = <ref name="Orton1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/5594222 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011003421/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/5594222 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-11 |title=Randy Orton's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-10-07 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 83
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|October 7, 2007}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont, IL]]
|event    = [[No Mercy (2007)|No Mercy]]
|notes    = After winning the championship, [[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon]] would tell [[Triple H]] that his previously booked match against [[Umaga (wrestler)|Umaga]] at that event would now be for the WWE Championship. After defeating Umaga, McMahon stated that [[Randy Orton]] was invoking his rematch clause and scheduled a rematch for the same night.
|ref      = <ref name="HHH6">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/5594210 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011002621/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/5594210 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-11 |title=Triple H's sixth reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-10-07 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 84
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|October 7, 2007}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 7, 2007|April 27, 2008}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont, IL]]
|event    = [[No Mercy (2007)|No Mercy]]
|notes    = This was a [[Last Man Standing match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Orton2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/5594202 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011003416/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/5594202 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-11 |title=Randy Orton's second reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2007-10-07 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 85
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = {{dts|April 27, 2008}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 27, 2008|November 23, 2008}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Baltimore|Baltimore, MD]]
|event    = [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|fatal four-way elimination match]] also involving [[John Cena]] and [[John "Bradshaw" Layfield]].<br />The title became exclusive to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand following the [[2008 WWE Draft]].
|ref      = <ref name="HHH7">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/6980024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430172521/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/6980024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-04-30 |title=Triple H's seventh reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2008-04-28 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/04/28/5407546.html|title=HHH reigns again after Backlash|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|SLAM! Wrestling]]|first=Dave|last=Hillhouse|access-date=2009-11-24|archive-date=January 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109122516/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/04/28/5407546.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 86
|champion = {{sortname||Edge|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|November 23, 2008}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 23, 2008|December 14, 2008}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-eliminatioin matches|triple threat match]] also involving [[Vladimir Kozlov]]. [[Jeff Hardy]] had originally been scheduled to take part in the match, but he did not participate after being (in storyline) attacked prior to the event. [[Triple H]] and Kozlov started the match before Edge was revealed as Hardy's surprise replacement.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/8733566 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204061504/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/8733566 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-04 |title=Edge's third reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2008-11-24 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 87
|champion = {{sortname|Jeff|Hardy}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 14, 2008}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 14, 2008|January 25, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, NY]]
|event    = [[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]
|notes    = This was a [[triple threat match]] also involving [[Triple H]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/8920772 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217093125/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/8920772 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-17 |title=Jeff Hardy's first reign |publisher=WWE |access-date=2008-12-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_28585.shtml|title=Keller's WWE Armageddon PPV report 12/14: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event – John Cena vs. Chris Jericho|publisher=PWTorch|access-date=2009-11-24|date=2008-12-14|first=Wade|last=Keller|archive-date=June 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604213729/http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_28585.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 88
|champion = {{sortname||Edge|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|January 25, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 25, 2009|February 15, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Detroit|Detroit, MI]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]
|notes    = This was a [[no disqualification match]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/9216332 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221043055/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/9216332 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-21 |access-date=2009-01-26 |title=Edge's fourth reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1232942963|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054129/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1232942963|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=Royal Rumble PPV Results – 1/25/09|publisher=WrestleView.com|date=2009-01-25|access-date=2011-01-04|first= Adam|last=Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 89
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 8
|date     = {{dts|February 15, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 15, 2009|April 26, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Seattle|Seattle, WA]]
|event    = [[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]
|notes    = This was an [[Elimination Chamber match]] also involving [[Big Show]], [[Jeff Hardy]], [[The Undertaker]], and [[Vladimir Kozlov]]. The title became exclusive to the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand following the [[2009 WWE Draft]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/9363098|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225023324/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/9363098|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-25|access-date=2009-04-26|title= Triple H's eighth reign|publisher=WWE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1234756292|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929070316/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1234756292|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-29|title=WWE No Way Out Results – 2/15/09|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-02-15|access-date=2011-01-04|first=Adam|last= Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 90
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|April 26, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 26, 2009|June 7, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence, RI]]
|event    = [[Backlash (2009)|Backlash]]
|notes    = This was a [[six-man tag team match]] with [[The Legacy (professional wrestling)|The Legacy]] (Randy Orton, [[Cody Rhodes]], and [[Ted DiBiase Jr.|Ted DiBiase]]) against [[Dave Bautista|Batista]], [[Triple H]], and [[Shane McMahon]]. Orton [[Pin (professional wrestling)|pinned]] Triple H to win the title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/10023136 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430143220/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/10023136 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-04-30 |access-date=2009-04-27 |title=Orton's third reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1240801057|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054136/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1240801057|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=Backlash PPV Results – 4/26/09|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-04-26|access-date=2011-01-04|first=Adam|last= Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 91
|champion = {{sortname||Batista|Dave Bautista}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 7, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 7, 2009|June 9, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New Orleans|New Orleans, LA]]
|event    = [[Extreme Rules (2009)|Extreme Rules]]
|notes    = This was a [[steel cage match]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/10437632 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611184303/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/10437632 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-06-11 |access-date=2009-04-27 |title=Batista's first reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1244430214|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054141/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1244430214|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=Extreme Rules PPV Results – 6/7/09|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-06-07|access-date=2011-01-04|first=Adam| last=Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 91.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|June 9, 2009}}
|days2     = yes
|notes    = The title was vacated when [[Dave Bautista|Batista]] suffered a torn left [[Biceps brachii muscle|biceps]].
|ref      = <ref name="Batistavacate">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/articles/8763048/woundedanimal|title=Wounded Animal|publisher=[[WWE]]|date=2009-06-09|access-date=2009-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612062031/http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/articles/8763048/woundedanimal|archive-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 92
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|June 15, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 15, 2009|September 13, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[fatal four-way match]] for the vacant title also involving [[Big Show]], [[John Cena]], and [[Triple H]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/10538200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619195204/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/10538200 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-06-19 |access-date=2009-06-16 |title=Orton's fourth reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1245141272|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054159/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1245141272|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=Raw Results – 6/15/09|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-06-16|access-date=2011-01-04|first=Hunter|last=Golden}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 93
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|September 13, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 13, 2009|October 4, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Montreal|Montreal, QC, Canada]]
|event    = [[WWE Breaking Point|Breaking Point]]
|notes    = This was an [["I quit" match]].<br />Had anyone interfered on [[Randy Orton]]'s behalf, he would have forfeited the title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/11646822 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922215405/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/11646822 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-09-22 |access-date=2009-09-13 |title=Cena's fourth reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1252897083|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054213/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1252897083|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=Breaking Point PPV Results – 9/13/09|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-09-13|access-date=2011-01-04|first=Adam| last=Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 94
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|October 4, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 4, 2009|October 25, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]
|event    = [[Hell in a Cell (2009)|Hell in a Cell]]
|notes    = This was a [[Hell in a Cell]] match.
|ref      = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20091004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008095211/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20091004 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-08 |access-date=2009-10-25 |title=Orton's fifth reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1254711730|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928062412/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1254711730|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-28|title=Hell in a Cell PPV Results – 10/4/09|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-10-04|access-date=2011-01-04|first=Adam| last=Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 95
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|October 25, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 25, 2009|December 13, 2009}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, PA]]
|event    = [[Bragging Rights (2009)|Bragging Rights]]
|notes    = This was a 60-minute [[Hardcore wrestling|Anything Goes]] [[Iron Man match]] in which Cena won 6–5.<br />Had Cena lost, he would have had to [[Professional wrestling match types#Loser Leaves Town match|leave]] the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/200910041 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029153158/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/200910041 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-29 |access-date=2009-10-25 |title=Cena's fifth reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1256525634|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054233/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1256525634|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=Bragging Rights Results – 10/25/09|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-10-25|access-date=2011-01-04|first=Adam| last=Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 96
|champion = {{sortname||Sheamus|Sheamus}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 13, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 13, 2009|February 21, 2010}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Antonio|San Antonio, TX]]
|event    = [[TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009)|TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs]]
|notes    = This was a [[tables match]].
|ref      = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20091213 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217075517/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20091213 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-12-17 |access-date=2009-12-14 |title=Sheamus' first reign |publisher=WWE }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1260764065|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054238/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1260764065|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=WWE TLC PPV Results – 12/13/09|publisher=Wrestle View|access-date=2010-01-11|date=2011-01-04|first=Adam| last=Martin}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 97
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|February 21, 2010}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[Elimination Chamber (2010)|Elimination Chamber]]
|notes    = This was an [[Elimination Chamber match]] also involving [[Kofi Kingston]], [[Randy Orton]], [[Ted DiBiase Jr.]], and [[Triple H]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/201002211 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225105916/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/201002211 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-02-25 |title=Cena's sixth reign |access-date=2009-02-21 |publisher=WWE }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 98
|champion = {{sortname||Batista|Dave Bautista}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|February 21, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 21, 2010|March 28, 2010}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[Elimination Chamber (2010)|Elimination Chamber]]
|notes    = Batista was transferred to the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand after winning the title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20100221 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225105911/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20100221 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-02-25 |title=Batista's second reign |access-date=2009-02-21 |publisher=WWE }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 99
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = {{dts|March 28, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 28, 2010|June 20, 2010}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale, AZ]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania XXVI]]
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20100328 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401033827/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20100328 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-04-01 |title=John Cena's seventh reign |access-date=2010-03-28 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 100
|champion = {{sortname||Sheamus|Sheamus}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|June 20, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 20, 2010|September 19, 2010}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale, NY]]
|event    = [[WWE Fatal 4-Way|Fatal 4-Way]]
|notes    = This was a [[fatal four-way match]] also involving [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]] and [[Randy Orton]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/201003281 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625013320/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/201003281 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-25 |title=Sheamus' second reign |access-date=2010-09-20 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 101
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = {{dts|September 19, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 19, 2010|November 22, 2010}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont, IL]]
|event    = [[Night of Champions (2010)|Night of Champions]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|six-pack elimination challenge]] also involving [[Chris Jericho]], [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]], [[John Cena]], and [[Wade Barrett]], who decided to cash-in his title shot due to winning the [[WWE NXT#Season 1|first season]] of ''[[WWE NXT|NXT]]''.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2010032811 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924055607/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/2010032811 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-24 |title=Randy Orton's sixth reign |access-date=2010-09-20 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 102
|champion = {{sortname|The|Miz}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 22, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 22, 2010|May 1, 2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' 
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]]. In April 2011, WWE ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an [[orphaned initialism]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20100328111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208072001/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20100328111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-08 |title=The Miz's first reign |access-date=2010-11-22 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 103
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 8
|date     = {{dts|May 1, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 1, 2011|July 17, 2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|event    = [[Extreme Rules (2011)|Extreme Rules]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat]] [[steel cage match]] also involving [[John Morrison (wrestler)|John Morrison]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25013396 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506052747/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25013396 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-06 |title=John Cena's eighth reign |access-date=2011-05-24 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 104
|champion = {{sortname|CM|Punk}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|July 17, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|July 17, 2011|August 14, 2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont, IL]]
|event    = [[Money in the Bank (2011)|Money in the Bank]]
|notes    = Punk ([[kayfabe]]) left WWE the day after with the championship, but he returned on the July 25, 2011 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and his reign was deemed to continue through this period.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25026075 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007025143/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25026075 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-07 |title=CM Punk's first reign |access-date=2011-07-19 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 104.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|July 18, 2011}}
|location = [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay, WI]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|days2    = yes
|notes    = The title was vacated due to [[CM Punk]] [[Kayfabe|leaving]] WWE.<br />This vacancy is no longer recognized due to Punk's return on the July 25, 2011 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''.
|ref      = <ref name="Phantom2"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=Caldwell's WWE Raw results 7/18: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw – Money in the Bank PPV fall-out, McMahon opens Raw|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_51513.shtml|website=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=November 19, 2013|archive-date=November 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115020143/http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_51513.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 105
|champion = {{sortname|Rey|Mysterio}}
|reign      = 1
|date     = {{dts|July 25, 2011}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton, VA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = Defeated [[The Miz]] in a [[List of WWE tournaments#WWE Championship Tournament (2011)|tournament final]] to crown a new champion.<br />[[CM Punk]] was also recognized as WWE Champion.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25027443 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929165321/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25027443 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-29 |title=Rey Mysterio's first reign |access-date=2011-07-25 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 106
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 9
|date     = {{dts|July 25, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|July 25, 2011|August 14, 2011}}
|days2     = yes
|location = [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton, VA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = As the former champion prior to [[CM Punk]], Cena was granted a title match against [[Rey Mysterio]] by [[Triple H]]. Punk was also recognized as WWE Champion.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25027569 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007025509/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25027569 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-07 |title=John Cena's ninth reign |access-date=2011-07-27 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = {{sort|106.5|—}}
|type = unrecognized
|champion = {{sortname|CM|Punk}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 14, 2011}}
|days     = —
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2011)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = Punk defeated [[John Cena]] in a match to determine the undisputed champion. [[Triple H]] was the [[guest referee]]. This is considered a continuation of Punk's first reign.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|last=Woartman|first=James|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/2011/cena-punk-wwe-title|title=CM Punk def. John Cena; Alberto Del Rio cashed in Raw Money in the Bank briefcase (New Undisputed WWE Champion)|access-date=2011-08-14|publisher=[[WWE]]|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106013829/http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/2011/cena-punk-wwe-title|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 107
|champion = {{sortname|Alberto|Del Rio}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 14, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 14, 2011|September 18, 2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2011)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]] after CM Punk defeated [[John Cena]] to determine the undisputed champion.<br />On August 29, 2011, the first [[WWE brand extension|brand extension]] ended, allowing the WWE Champion to appear on both ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25030342 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007025250/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25030342 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-07 |title=Alberto Del Rio's first reign |access-date=2011-08-15 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]] (unbranded)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 108
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 10
|date     = {{dts|September 18, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 18, 2011|October 2, 2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, NY]]
|event    = [[Night of Champions (2011)|Night of Champions]]
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25034698 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924204856/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25034698 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-24 |title=John Cena's tenth reign |access-date=2011-09-19 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 109
|champion = {{sortname|Alberto|Del Rio}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|October 2, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 2, 2011|November 20, 2011}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New Orleans|New Orleans, LA]]
|event    = [[Hell in a Cell (2011)|Hell in a Cell]]
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat]] [[Hell in a Cell]] match also involving [[CM Punk]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25037082 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006141131/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25037082 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-06 |title=Alberto Del Rio's second reign |access-date=2011-10-03 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 110
|champion = {{sortname|CM|Punk}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 20, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 20, 2011|January 27, 2013}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[New York City|New York, NY]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (2011)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = <!-- PLEASE DO NOT ADD "LONGEST REIGN OF THE MODERN ERA" OR ANY VARIATION. This is not essential to this list.-->
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25045682 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124023916/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/25045682 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-11-24 |title=CM Punk's second reign |access-date=2012-02-19 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 111
|champion = {{sortname|The|Rock|Dwayne Johnson}}
|reign    = 8
|date     = {{dts|January 27, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 27, 2013|April 7, 2013}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix, AZ]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (2013)|Royal Rumble]]
|notes    = [[CM Punk]] had initially won, but the match was restarted by [[Vince McMahon]] due to interference by [[The Shield (professional wrestling)|The Shield]] ([[Dean Ambrose]], [[Roman Reigns]], and [[Seth Rollins]]).
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130127-the-rock |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131095302/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130127-the-rock |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-31 |title=The Rock's eighth reign |access-date=2013-01-28 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 112
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 11
|date     = {{dts|April 7, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 7, 2013|August 18, 2013}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford, NJ]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 29]]
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/the-rock-john-cena-26088300|title=John Cena's eleventh reign|access-date=2013-04-08|publisher=[[WWE]]|archive-date=July 23, 2013|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6IKjhUd9T?url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/the-rock-john-cena-26088300|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 113
|champion = {{sortname|Daniel|Bryan|Bryan Danielson}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 18, 2013}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2013)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = [[Triple H]] was the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130818-daniel-bryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822125839/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130818-daniel-bryan |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-22 |title=Daniel Bryan's first reign |access-date=2013-08-19 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 114
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = {{dts|August 18, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 18, 2013|September 15, 2013}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2013)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]]. [[Triple H]] was the [[guest referee]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130818-randy-orton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822214137/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130818-randy-orton |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-22 |title=Randy Orton's seventh reign |access-date=2013-09-16 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 115
|champion = {{sortname|Daniel|Bryan|Bryan Danielson}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|September 15, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 15, 2013|September 16, 2013}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit, MI]]
|event    = [[Night of Champions (2013)|Night of Champions]]
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130915-daniel-bryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920021011/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20130915-daniel-bryan |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-09-20 |title=Daniel Bryan's second reign |access-date=2013-09-16 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 115.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|September 16, 2013}}
|location = [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland, OH]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|days2     = yes
|notes    = The title was vacated after a controversial finish when [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]] defeated [[Randy Orton]] to win the title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|last=Benigno|first=Anthony|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2013-09-16/wwe-raw-results-26148930|title=WWE COO Triple H stripped Daniel Bryan of the WWE Championship|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175002/http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2013-09-16/wwe-raw-results-26148930|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 116
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 8
|date     = {{dts|October 27, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 27, 2013|April 6, 2014}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Miami|Miami, FL]]
|event    = [[Hell in a Cell (2013)|Hell in a Cell]]
|notes    = Orton defeated [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]] in a [[Hell in a Cell]] match to win the vacant title with [[Shawn Michaels]] as the [[guest referee]].<br />On December 15, 2013 at [[TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013)|TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs]], Orton defeated [[John Cena]] in a [[Tables, Ladders and Chairs match]] to [[Championship unification|unify]] the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] with the WWE Championship. The World Heavyweight Championship was then retired and the WWE Championship became known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20131027-randy-orton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203133228/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/20131027-randy-orton |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |title=Randy Orton's eighth reign |access-date=October 27, 2013 |publisher=WWE }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 117
|champion = {{sortname|Daniel|Bryan|Bryan Danielson}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|April 6, 2014}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 6, 2014|June 9, 2014}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|April 6, 2014|June 10, 2014}}
|location = [[New Orleans|New Orleans, LA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania XXX]]
|notes    = This was a [[triple threat match]] also involving [[Dave Bautista|Batista]], whom Bryan forced to submit to win the match.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140406-daniel-bryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410143454/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140406-daniel-bryan |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-04-10 |title=Daniel Bryan's third reign |access-date=2014-04-06 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 117.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|June 9, 2014}}
|location = [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, MN]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|days2     = yes
|notes    = [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]] was stripped of the title due to a neck injury.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140609_vacant|title=Stephanie McMahon strips Daniel Bryan of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship|access-date=June 9, 2014|publisher=[[WWE]]|archive-date=June 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614031358/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140609_vacant|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 118
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 12
|date     = {{dts|June 29, 2014}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 29, 2014|August 17, 2014}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
|event    = [[Money in the Bank (2014)|Money in the Bank]]
|notes    = This was an eight-way [[ladder match]] for the vacant title also involving [[Alberto Del Rio]], [[Bray Wyatt]], [[Cesaro (wrestler)|Cesaro]], [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]], [[Randy Orton]], [[Roman Reigns]], and [[Sheamus]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140629-john-cena |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712032112/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140629-john-cena |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2014 |title=John Cena's twelfth reign |access-date=June 29, 2014 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 119
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|August 17, 2014}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 17, 2014|March 29, 2015}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|August 17, 2014|March 28, 2015}}
|location = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2014)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140817-brock-lesnar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820235944/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20140817-brock-lesnar |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |title=Brock Lesnar's fourth reign |access-date=August 17, 2014 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 120
|champion = {{sortname|Seth|Rollins}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 29, 2015}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 29, 2015|November 5, 2015}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|March 29, 2015|November 5, 2015}}
|location = [[Santa Clara, CA]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 31]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]] during a singles match between [[Brock Lesnar]] and [[Roman Reigns]], converting it into a [[triple threat match]] and subsequently [[Pin (professional wrestling)|pinned]] Reigns to win the match.<br />WWE has since retrospectively changed to recognizing Rollins' reign ending on November 5, 2015, the date the title was officially vacated.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20150329-seth-rollins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402000029/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20150329-seth-rollins |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |title=Seth Rollins' first reign |access-date=March 29, 2015 |publisher=[[WWE]] }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 120.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|November 5, 2015}}
|days2    = yes
|notes    = The title was vacated after [[Seth Rollins]] suffered a torn ACL, MCL, and a damaged meniscus at a live event in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/seth-rollins-injury-title-tournament-survivor-series-28164051|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106023300/http://www.wwe.com/inside/seth-rollins-injury-title-tournament-survivor-series-28164051|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2015|title=Seth Rollins suffers knee injury, new WWE World Heavyweight Champion to be crowned at Survivor Series|website=[[WWE]]|date=November 5, 2015|access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 121
|champion = {{sortname|Roman|Reigns}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 22, 2015}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Atlanta, GA]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (2015)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = Defeated [[Dean Ambrose]] in a [[Survivor Series (2015)#WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament bracket|tournament final]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20151122-roman-reigns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123111057/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20151122-roman-reigns|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2015|title=Roman Reigns' first reign|access-date=November 22, 2015|publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 122
|champion = {{sortname||Sheamus|Sheamus}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|November 22, 2015}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 22, 2015|December 14, 2015}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Atlanta, GA]]
|event    = [[Survivor Series (2015)|Survivor Series]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20151122-sheamus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123155836/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20151122-sheamus|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2015|title=Sheamus' third reign|access-date=November 22, 2015|publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 123
|champion = {{sortname|Roman|Reigns}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|December 14, 2015}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 14, 2015|January 24, 2016}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Philadelphia, PA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Luchas de apuestas|title vs. career match]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|title=Roman Reigns' second reign |url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20151214-roman-reigns |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217225540/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20151214-roman-reigns |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2015 |publisher=WWE |access-date=15 December 2015 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 124
|champion = {{sortname|Triple|H}}
|reign    = 9
|date     = {{dts|January 24, 2016}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 24, 2016|April 3, 2016}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (2016)|Royal Rumble]]
|notes    = This was the [[Royal Rumble match]] in which [[Roman Reigns]] defended the title and entered at number one. Triple H eliminated Reigns before lastly eliminating [[Dean Ambrose]] to win the title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|title=Triple H's ninth reign|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20160124-triple-h|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125131901/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/20160124-triple-h|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2016|publisher=WWE|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 125
|champion = {{sortname|Roman|Reigns}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|April 3, 2016}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 3, 2016|June 19, 2016}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Arlington, TX]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 32]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="WrestleMania32">{{cite web|last1=Caldwell|first1=James|title=4/3 WrestleMania 32 PPV Results – CALDWELL's Complete Live Report on Main PPV|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/04/03/wm32liveresults/|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=April 3, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404040347/http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/04/03/wm32liveresults/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 126
|champion = {{sortname|Seth|Rollins}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|June 19, 2016}}
|days     = <1
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, NV]]
|event    = [[Money in the Bank (2016)|Money in the Bank]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="MITB16">{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=6/19 WWE MITB PPV Results – CALDWELL's Complete Live Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/06/19/619-wwe-mitb-ppv-results-caldwells-ongoing-live-report/|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 19, 2016|archive-date=June 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625124902/http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/06/19/619-wwe-mitb-ppv-results-caldwells-ongoing-live-report/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 127
|champion = {{sortname|Dean|Ambrose}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 19, 2016}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 19, 2016|September 11, 2016}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, NV]]
|event    = [[Money in the Bank (2016)|Money in the Bank]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]] and the title's name reverted to WWE Championship. The [[WWE brand extension|brand extension]] returned and the title became exclusive to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand following the [[2016 WWE Draft]]. The [[WWE Universal Championship]] was created for the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand; the WWE Championship was then renamed to WWE World Championship.
|ref      = <ref name="MITB16"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = {{sortname|Finn|Bálor}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 21, 2016}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 21, 2016|August 22, 2016}} <!-- August 21 to August 22 is considered a day, despite it only being 23 hours -->
|days2    = <1
|location = [[Brooklyn, NY]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2016)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = The title was established for [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] after the [[WWE Championship]] became exclusive to [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] following the [[2016 WWE Draft]]. Bálor defeated [[Seth Rollins]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|pinfall and submission-only match]] to become the inaugural champion.
|ref      = <ref name="SSlam2016">{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=8/21 WWE Summerslam Results – Caldwell's Complete Live Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/08/21/summerslam2016resultsfinal/|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 1.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|August 22, 2016}}
|location = [[Brooklyn, NY]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|days2    = yes
|notes    = Vacated due to [[Finn Bálor]] suffering a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Legitimate|legit]] shoulder injury during his match at [[SummerSlam (2016)|SummerSlam]].
|ref      = <ref name="Vacancy">{{cite web|title=UPDATE: Finn Bálor relinquishes WWE Universal Championship due to injury, undergoes successful surgery|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2016-08-22/article/wwe-universal-champion-finn-balor-injured-at-summerslam|publisher=WWE|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=August 24, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Raw08222016">{{cite web|last1=Caldwell|first1=James|title=8/22 WWE Raw Results – Caldwell's Complete Live TV Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/08/22/aug22rawresultsfinal/|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = {{sortname|Kevin|Owens}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 29, 2016}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 29, 2016|March 5, 2017}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Houston|Houston, TX]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|fatal four-way elimination match]] for the vacant title also involving [[Big Cass]], [[Roman Reigns]], and [[Seth Rollins]], who Owens last eliminated to win.
|ref      = <ref name="Raw08292016">{{cite web|last1=Keller|first1=Wade|title=Keller's WWE Raw Review 8/29: Ongoing coverage of fatal four way for the WWE Universal Title|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/08/29/kellers-wwe-raw-review-829-ongoing-coverage-fatal-four-way-wwe-universal-title-match-kevin-owens-seth-rollins-roman-reigns-big-cass/|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 128
|champion = {{sortname|AJ|Styles}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 11, 2016}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 11, 2016|January 29, 2017}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Richmond, VA]]
|event    = [[Backlash (2016)|Backlash]]
|notes    = In December 2016, the title's name reverted to WWE Championship.<ref name="WWEChampionshipDec2016"/>
|ref      = <ref name="Backlash2016">{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=9/11 WWE Backlash Results – CALDWELL'S Complete PPV Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/09/11/backlashppvresults/|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=September 11, 2016|archive-date=September 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918102125/http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/09/11/backlashppvresults/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 129
|champion = {{sortname|John|Cena}}
|reign    = 13
|date     = {{dts|January 29, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 29, 2017|February 12, 2017}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[San Antonio, TX]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (2017)|Royal Rumble]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name="RR2017">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=1/29 Powell's WWE Royal Rumble 2017 live review: AJ Styles vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship, Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns in a No DQ match for the WWE Universal Championship with Chris Jericho in a shark cage|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/01/29/129-powells-wwe-royal-rumble-2017-live-review-aj-styles-vs-john-cena-wwe-championship-kevin-owens-vs-roman-reigns-no-dq-match-wwe-universal-championship-chris-jeri/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=29 January 2017|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204054955/http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/01/29/129-powells-wwe-royal-rumble-2017-live-review-aj-styles-vs-john-cena-wwe-championship-kevin-owens-vs-roman-reigns-no-dq-match-wwe-universal-championship-chris-jeri/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 130
|champion = {{sortname|Bray|Wyatt}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 12, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 12, 2017|April 2, 2017}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Phoenix, AZ]]
|event    = [[Elimination Chamber (2017)|Elimination Chamber]]
|notes    = This was an [[Elimination Chamber match]] also involving [[AJ Styles]], [[Baron Corbin]], [[Dean Ambrose]], and [[The Miz]].
|ref      = <ref name="EC2017">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=2/12 Powell's WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 live review: John Cena vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bray Wyatt in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/02/12/212-powells-wwe-elimination-chamber-2017-live-review-john-cena-vs-aj-styles-vs-dean-ambrose-vs-miz-vs-baron-corbin-vs-bray-wyatt-elimination-chamber-match-wwe/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164217/http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/02/12/212-powells-wwe-elimination-chamber-2017-live-review-john-cena-vs-aj-styles-vs-dean-ambrose-vs-miz-vs-baron-corbin-vs-bray-wyatt-elimination-chamber-match-wwe/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = {{sortname||Goldberg|Bill Goldberg}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 5, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 5, 2017|April 2, 2017}}
|days2    = 27
|location = [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, WI]]
|event    = [[Fastlane (2017)|Fastlane]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="Fastlane2017">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=3/5 Powell's WWE Fastlane Live Review: Kevin Owens vs. Goldberg for the WWE Championship, Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman, Bayley vs. Charlotte for the Raw Women's Championship, Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/03/05/35-powells-wwe-fastlane-live-review-kevin-owens-vs-goldberg-wwe-championship-roman-reigns-vs-braun-strowman-bayley-vs-charlotte-raw-womens-championship-samoa-joe-vs-sam/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 131
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 9
|date     = {{dts|April 2, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 2, 2017|May 21, 2017}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 33]]
|notes    =
|ref      = <ref name="WM33">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=Powell's WrestleMania 33 live review: Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns, Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon, Seth Rollins vs. Triple H in an unsanctioned match|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/04/02/powells-wrestlemania-33-live-review-undertaker-vs-roman-reigns-goldberg-vs-brock-lesnar-wwe-universal-championship-aj-styles-vs-shane-mcmahon-seth-rollins-vs-triple-h/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=2 April 2017|access-date=April 2, 2017|archive-date=April 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403194653/http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/04/02/powells-wrestlemania-33-live-review-undertaker-vs-roman-reigns-goldberg-vs-brock-lesnar-wwe-universal-championship-aj-styles-vs-shane-mcmahon-seth-rollins-vs-triple-h/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 2, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 2, 2017|August 19, 2018}}
|days2    = 503
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 33]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="WM33">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=Powell's WrestleMania 33 live review: Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns, Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon, Seth Rollins vs. Triple H in an unsanctioned match|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/04/02/powells-wrestlemania-33-live-review-undertaker-vs-roman-reigns-goldberg-vs-brock-lesnar-wwe-universal-championship-aj-styles-vs-shane-mcmahon-seth-rollins-vs-triple-h/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=April 2, 2017|date=April 2, 2017}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 132
|champion = {{sortname|Jinder|Mahal}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 21, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 21, 2017|November 7, 2017}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont, IL]]
|event    = [[Backlash (2017)|Backlash]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="Backlash2017">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=5/21 Powell's WWE Backlash Live Review: Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship, Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles for the U.S. Championship, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/05/21/521-powells-wwe-backlash-live-review-randy-orton-vs-jinder-mahal-wwe-championship-kevin-owens-vs-aj-styles-u-s-championship-shinsuke-nakamura-vs-dolph-ziggler/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=21 May 2017|access-date=May 21, 2017|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614135849/http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/05/21/521-powells-wwe-backlash-live-review-randy-orton-vs-jinder-mahal-wwe-championship-kevin-owens-vs-aj-styles-u-s-championship-shinsuke-nakamura-vs-dolph-ziggler/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 133
|champion = {{sortname|AJ|Styles}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 7, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 7, 2017|November 13, 2018}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Manchester|Manchester, England]]
|event    = ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/2017-11-07/article/aj-styles-def-jinder-mahal|title=AJ Styles def. Jinder Mahal to win the WWE Championship|last=Pappolla|first=Ryan|date=November 7, 2017|publisher=WWE|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111045051/http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/2017-11-07/article/aj-styles-def-jinder-mahal|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SmackDown11072017">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=11/7 Barnett's WWE SmackDown Live TV Review: Jinder Mahal vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship, The Usos vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable for the SmackDown Tag Titles, Becky Lynch vs. James Ellsworth|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2017/11/07/117-barnetts-wwe-smackdown-live-tv-review-jinder-mahal-vs-aj-styles-wwe-championship-usos-vs-shelton-benjamin-chad-gable-smackdown-tag-titles-becky-lynch-vs-james-ellsw/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=November 7, 2017|archive-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109084448/https://prowrestling.net/site/2017/11/07/117-barnetts-wwe-smackdown-live-tv-review-jinder-mahal-vs-aj-styles-wwe-championship-usos-vs-shelton-benjamin-chad-gable-smackdown-tag-titles-becky-lynch-vs-james-ellsw/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 5
|champion = {{sortname|Roman|Reigns}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 19, 2018}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 19, 2018|October 22, 2018}}
|days2    = 63
|location = [[Brooklyn, NY]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2018)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="SSlam2018">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=Powell's WWE SummerSlam 2018 live review: Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship, Alexa Bliss vs. Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship, Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/08/19/powells-wwe-summerslam-2018-live-review-brock-lesnar-vs-roman-reigns-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-aj-styles-vs-samoa-joe-for-the-wwe-championship-alexa-bliss-vs-ronda-rousey-for-the-raw/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=August 19, 2018|date=August 19, 2018}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 1.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|October 22, 2018}}
|location = [[Providence, RI]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|days2    = yes
|notes    = Vacated after [[Roman Reigns]] announced that he had a legitimate re-diagnosis of [[leukemia]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|last=Benigno|first=Anthony|title=Roman Reigns relinquished the Universal Championship after revealing his battle with leukemia|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2018-10-22/article/roman-reigns-relinquished-universal-championship-leukemia-battle|publisher=WWE|access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Raw10222018">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=10/22 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Roman Reigns announces he has leukemia, forfeits the WWE Universal Championship, Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose for the Raw Tag Titles, Ronda Rousey and Nikki Bella contract signing for WWE Evolution, Triple H and Shawn Michaels appear|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/10/22/10-22-powells-wwe-raw-live-tv-review-drew-mcintyre-and-dolph-ziggler-vs-seth-rollins-and-dean-ambrose-for-the-raw-tag-titles-ronda-rousey-and-nikki-bella-contract-signing-for-wwe-evolution/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=October 22, 2018|date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 6
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 2, 2018}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 2, 2018|April 7, 2019}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Riyadh|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]]
|event    = [[Crown Jewel (2018)|Crown Jewel]]
|notes    = Originally scheduled as a [[triple threat match]] in which [[Roman Reigns]] was to defend the title against Lesnar and [[Braun Strowman]].<ref name="Raw09172018">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=9/17 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Undertaker responds to Triple H, fallout from WWE Hell in a Cell including Brock Lesnar interfering in the main event|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/09/17/9-17-powells-wwe-raw-live-tv-review-undertaker-responds-to-triple-h-fallout-from-wwe-hell-in-a-cell-including-brock-lesnar-interfering-in-the-main-event/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=September 17, 2018|date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> After Reigns relinquished the championship, the match became a singles match between Lesnar and Strowman for the vacant title.<ref name="Raw10222018"/>
|ref      = <ref name="CrownJewel">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=Powell's WWE Crown Jewel live review: Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman for the vacant WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship, Undertaker and Kane vs. DX, World Cup tournament|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/11/02/powells-wwe-crown-jewel-live-review-brock-lesnar-vs-braun-strowman-for-the-vacant-wwe-universal-championship-aj-styles-vs-samoa-joe-for-the-wwe-championship-undertaker-and-kane-vs-dx-wor/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=November 2, 2018|date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 134
|champion = {{sortname|Daniel|Bryan|Bryan Danielson}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|November 13, 2018}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 13, 2018|April 7, 2019}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|November 13, 2018|April 6, 2019}}
|location = [[St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="SmackDown11132018">{{cite web|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/11/13/11-13-barnetts-wwe-smackdown-live-tv-review-wwe-survivor-series-shakeup-due-to-becky-lynchs-injury-the-final-push-for-sundays-event/|title=11/13 Barnett's WWE Smackdown Live TV Review: WWE Survivor Series shakeup due to Becky Lynch's injury, New Day vs. Big Show, Sheamus, and Cesaro, the final push for Sunday's event|date=November 13, 2018|last=Barnett|first=Jake|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=November 13, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114060439/https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/11/13/11-13-barnetts-wwe-smackdown-live-tv-review-wwe-survivor-series-shakeup-due-to-becky-lynchs-injury-the-final-push-for-sundays-event/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7
|champion = {{sortname|Seth|Rollins}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 7, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 7, 2019|July 14, 2019}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[East Rutherford, NJ]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 35]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="WM35">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WrestleMania 35 results: Powell's live review of Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair for the Raw and Smackdown Women's Titles, Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship, Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship, Batista vs. Triple H, AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/04/07/wrestlemania-35-results-powells-live-review-of-ronda-rousey-vs-becky-lynch-vs-charlotte-flair-for-the-raw-and-smackdown-womens-titles-daniel-bryan-vs-kofi-kingston-for-the-wwe-championship-b/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=April 7, 2018}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 135
|champion = {{sortname|Kofi|Kingston}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 7, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 7, 2019|October 4, 2019}}
|days2    = yes
|location = [[East Rutherford, NJ]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 35]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="WM35">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WrestleMania 35 results: Powell's live review of Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair for the Raw and Smackdown Women's Titles, Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship, Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship, Batista vs. Triple H, AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/04/07/wrestlemania-35-results-powells-live-review-of-ronda-rousey-vs-becky-lynch-vs-charlotte-flair-for-the-raw-and-smackdown-womens-titles-daniel-bryan-vs-kofi-kingston-for-the-wwe-championship-b/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407225358/https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/04/07/wrestlemania-35-results-powells-live-review-of-ronda-rousey-vs-becky-lynch-vs-charlotte-flair-for-the-raw-and-smackdown-womens-titles-daniel-bryan-vs-kofi-kingston-for-the-wwe-championship-b/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 8
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|July 14, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|July 14, 2019|August 11, 2019}}
|days2    = 27
|location = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
|event    = [[Extreme Rules (2019)|Extreme Rules]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]].
|ref      = <ref name="ER2019">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WWE Extreme Rules results: Powell's live review of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch vs. Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans in an Extreme Rules match for the WWE Universal Championship and the Raw Women's Championship, Kofi Kingston vs. Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/07/14/wwe-extreme-rules-results-powells-live-review-of-seth-rollins-and-becky-lynch-vs-baron-corbin-and-lacey-evans-in-an-extreme-rules-match-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-and-the-raw-womens-cham/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=July 14, 2019|date=July 14, 2019}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 9
|champion = {{sortname|Seth|Rollins}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|August 11, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 11, 2019|October 31, 2019}}
|days2    = 81
|location = [[Toronto|Toronto, ON, Canada]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2019)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="SummerSlam2019">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WWE SummerSlam results: Powell's live review of Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship, Kofi Kingston vs. Samoa Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon, Trish Stratus vs. Charlotte Flair, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/08/11/wwe-summerslam-results-powells-live-review-of-brock-lesnar-vs-seth-rollins-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-kofi-kingston-vs-samoa-randy-orton-for-the-wwe-championship-kevin-owens-vs-shane-m/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|access-date=August 11, 2019|date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 136
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 5
|date     = {{dts|October 4, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 4, 2019|March 25, 2020}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|October 4, 2019|April 5, 2020}}
|location = [[Los Angeles, CA]]
|event    = ''[[SmackDown's 20th Anniversary]]''
|notes    = On the November 1, 2019 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'', Lesnar quit [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] and went to [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]], taking the title with him.<br />WWE recognizes this reign as ending on April 5, 2020, when the match aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="Summerslam8112019">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=10/04 WWE Smackdown results: Powell's review of The Rock's return, Kofi Kingston vs.Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship, Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon in a ladder match, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks ans Bayley, Roman Reigns vs Erick Rowan in a Lumberjack Match|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/10/04/10-04-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-the-rocks-return-kofi-kingston-vs-brock-lesnar-for-the-wwe-championship-kevin-owens-vs-shane-mcmahon-in-a-career-vs-career-ladder-m/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=October 4, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006060619/https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/10/04/10-04-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-the-rocks-return-kofi-kingston-vs-brock-lesnar-for-the-wwe-championship-kevin-owens-vs-shane-mcmahon-in-a-career-vs-career-ladder-m/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 10
|champion = {{nowrap|[["The Fiend" Bray Wyatt]]}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|October 31, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 31, 2019|February 27, 2020}}
|days2    = 119
|location = [[Riyadh|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]]
|event    = [[Crown Jewel (2019)|Crown Jewel]]
|notes    = This was a [[Falls Count Anywhere match]] that could not be stopped for any reason.<br/>The title became exclusive to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand due to Wyatt's status as a SmackDown wrestler.
|ref      = <ref name="CrownJewel2019"/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[SmackDown (WWE Brand)|SmackDown]]
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 11
|champion = {{sortname||Goldberg|Bill Goldberg}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|February 27, 2020}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 27, 2020|March 26, 2020}}
|days2    = 37
|location = [[Riyadh|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]]
|event    = [[Super ShowDown (2020)|Super ShowDown]]
|notes    = WWE recognizes this reign as ending on April 4, 2020, when the following match aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="SuperShowDown2020">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Super ShowDown results: Powell's live review of "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship, Brock Lesnar vs. Ricochet for the WWE Championship, Big E and Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz and John Morrison for the Smackdown Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/02/27/wwe-super-showdown-results-powells-live-review-of-the-fiend-bray-wyatt-vs-goldberg-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-brock-lesnar-vs-ricochet-for-the-wwe-championship-big-e-and-kofi-kingst/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=February 27, 2020|access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 12
|champion = {{sortname|Braun|Strowman}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = March 25 or 26, 2020
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 26, 2020|August 23, 2020}}  <!-- Braun announced on his Instagram on November 6 that he wrestled the match on March 26 -->
|days2    = {{age in days nts|April 4, 2020|August 23, 2020}}
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 36]]<br/>{{small|Part 1}}
|notes    = WrestleMania was taped on March 25 and 26, but it is currently unknown which day this match was taped. WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on April 4, 2020, when the match aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].<ref>{{cite news |title=WWE grabará Wrestlemania 36 |url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/88388-wwe-grabara-todo-wrestlemania-36- |access-date=December 10, 2020 |work=Solowrestling |date=March 21, 2020 |language=es}}</ref>
|ref      = <ref name="WM36Night1">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WrestleMania 36 results: Powell's live review of night one featuring Goldberg vs. Braun Strowman for the WWE Universal Championship, Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard match, Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler for the Raw Women's Championship, Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/04/04/wrestlemania-36-results-powells-live-review-of-night-one-featuring-goldberg-vs-braun-strowman-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-undertaker-vs-aj-styles-in-a-boneyard-match-becky-lynch-vs-shay/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=April 4, 2020|access-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type = promotion
|name = [[WWE]]: [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 137
|champion = {{sortname|Drew|McIntyre}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = March 25, 2020
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 25, 2020|October 25, 2020}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|April 5, 2020|October 25, 2020}}
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[WrestleMania 36]]<br />{{small|Part 2}}
|notes    = WrestleMania was taped on March 25 and 26,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Solowrestling|date=2020-03-21|title=WWE grabará WrestleMania 36|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/88388-wwe-grabara-todo-wrestlemania-36-|access-date=2020-11-19|website=SoloWrestling|language=es|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406111243/https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/88388-wwe-grabara-todo-wrestlemania-36-|url-status=live}}</ref> but McIntyre confirmed in his memoir, ''A Chosen Destiny: My Story'', that the WWE Championship match was taped on March 25.<ref>{{cite web |author1=WWE.com Staff |title=Read the Prologue of Drew McIntyre's "A Chosen Destiny: My Story" |url=https://www.wwe.com/article/read-the-prologue-of-drew-mcintyres-a-chosen-destiny-my-story |website=[[WWE]] |access-date=July 7, 2021 |date=May 3, 2021 |quote=ELEVEN DAYS EARLIER. MARCH 25, 2020. Returning to the Performance Center, where I’d spent so many days during my time in WWE’s third brand, NXT—and realizing this was where WrestleMania was going to take place—was weird, just weird. For a start, the taping of the main event (usually the last match on an evening show) was scheduled for midday.}}</ref><br />WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on April 5, 2020, when the match aired on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]].
|ref      = <ref name="WM36Part2">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WrestleMania 36 results: Powell's live review of Night Two featuring Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, John Cena vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Funhouse match, Edge vs. Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match, Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair for the NXT Women's Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/04/05/wrestlemania-36-results-powells-live-review-of-night-two-featuring-brock-lesnar-vs-drew-mcintyre-for-the-wwe-championship-john-cena-vs-the-fiend-bray-wyatt-in-a-firefly-funhouse-match/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=April 5, 2020|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406115513/https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/04/05/wrestlemania-36-results-powells-live-review-of-night-two-featuring-brock-lesnar-vs-drew-mcintyre-for-the-wwe-championship-john-cena-vs-the-fiend-bray-wyatt-in-a-firefly-funhouse-match/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 13
|champion = {{nowrap|[["The Fiend" Bray Wyatt]]}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|August 23, 2020}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 23, 2020|August 30, 2020}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|August 24, 2020|August 30, 2020}}
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[SummerSlam (2020)|SummerSlam]]
|notes    = This was a [[Falls Count Anywhere match]].
|ref      = <ref name="SSlam2020">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE SummerSlam results: Powell's review of Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend for the WWE Universal Championship, Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville in a No DQ, loser leaves WWE match, Asuka challenges for two titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/08/23/wwe-summerslam-results-powells-review-of-drew-mcintyre-vs-randy-orton-for-the-wwe-championship-braun-strowman-vs-the-fiend-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-mandy-rose-vs-sonya-deville-in-a-n/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=August 23, 2020|access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 14
|champion = {{nowrap|[[Roman Reigns]]}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|August 30, 2020}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 30, 2020}}+
|days2    = yes
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Payback (2020)|Payback]]
|notes    = This was a [[No Holds Barred match|No Holds Barred]] [[triple threat match]] also involving [[Braun Strowman]], who Reigns pinned.
|ref      = <ref name="Payback2020">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WWE Payback results: Powell's review of The Fiend vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman in a Triple Threat for the WWE Universal Championship, Keith Lee vs. Randy Orton, Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax for the WWE Women's Tag Titles, Matt Riddle vs. King Corbin|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/08/30/wwe-payback-results-powells-review-of-the-fiend-vs-bray-wyatt-vs-roman-reigns-vs-braun-strowman-in-a-triple-threat-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-keith-lee-vs-randy-orton-sasha-banks-and/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=August 30, 2020|access-date=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 138
|champion = {{sortname|Randy|Orton}}
|reign    = 10
|date     = October 25, 2020
|days     = {{age in days nts|October 25, 2020|November 16, 2020}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|October 25, 2020|November 16, 2020}}
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = [[Hell in a Cell (2020)|Hell in a Cell]]
|notes    = This was a [[Hell in a Cell]] match. 
|ref      = <ref name="HIAC2020">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Hell in a Cell results: Powell's review of Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship, Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso in an I Quit Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Universal Championship, Bayley vs. Sasha Banks in a Hell in a Cell match for the Smackdown Women's Title|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/10/25/wwe-hell-in-a-cell-results-powells-review-of-drew-mcintyre-vs-randy-orton-in-a-hell-in-a-cell-match-for-the-wwe-championship-roman-reigns-vs-jey-uso-in-an-i-quit-hell-in-a-cell-match-for-the-wwe/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=October 25, 2020|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210411/https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/10/25/wwe-hell-in-a-cell-results-powells-review-of-drew-mcintyre-vs-randy-orton-in-a-hell-in-a-cell-match-for-the-wwe-championship-roman-reigns-vs-jey-uso-in-an-i-quit-hell-in-a-cell-match-for-the-wwe/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 139
|champion = {{sortname|Drew|McIntyre}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = November 16, 2020
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 16, 2020|February 21, 2021}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|November 16, 2020|February 21, 2021}}
|location = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[No Disqualification match|no disqualification]] and [[No Countout match|no countout match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Raw11162020">{{cite web|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/11/16/11-16-wwe-raw-results-powells-live-review-of-randy-orton-vs-drew-mcintyre-for-the-wwe-championship-kofi-kingston-and-xavier-woods-vs-cedric-alexander-and-shelton-benjamin-for-the-raw-tag-titles/|title=11/16 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin for the Raw Tag Titles, Team Raw vs. Retribution, the final push for Survivor Series|date=November 16, 2020|last=Powell|first=Jason|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117033542/https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/11/16/11-16-wwe-raw-results-powells-live-review-of-randy-orton-vs-drew-mcintyre-for-the-wwe-championship-kofi-kingston-and-xavier-woods-vs-cedric-alexander-and-shelton-benjamin-for-the-raw-tag-titles/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 140
|champion = {{sortname|The|Miz}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = February 21, 2021
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 21, 2021|March 1, 2021}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|February 21, 2021|March 1, 2021}}
|location = [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg, FL]]
|event    = [[Elimination Chamber (2021)|Elimination Chamber]]
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]].
|ref      = <ref name="EC2021">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Elimination Chamber results: Powell's live review of Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus vs. Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship, Roman Reigns faces an Elimination Chamber match winner for the WWE Universal Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/02/21/wwe-elimination-chamber-results-powells-live-review-of-drew-mcintyre-vs-sheamus-vs-randy-orton-vs-kofi-kingston-vs-aj-styles-vs-jeff-hardy-in-an-elimination-chamber-match-for-the-wwe-champions/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=February 21, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222000412/https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/02/21/wwe-elimination-chamber-results-powells-live-review-of-drew-mcintyre-vs-sheamus-vs-randy-orton-vs-kofi-kingston-vs-aj-styles-vs-jeff-hardy-in-an-elimination-chamber-match-for-the-wwe-champions/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 141
|champion = {{sortname|Bobby|Lashley}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = March 1, 2021
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 1, 2021|September 13, 2021}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|March 2, 2021|September 13, 2021}}
|location = [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg, FL]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = This was a [[lumberjack match]].
|ref      = <ref name="Raw03012021">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=3/1 WWE Raw Results: Powell’s live review The Miz vs. Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship, Drew McIntyre returns, the build to WWE Fastlane continues|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/03/01/3-1-wwe-raw-results-powells-live-review-the-miz-vs-bobby-lashley-for-the-wwe-championship-drew-mcintyre-returns-the-build-to-wwe-fastlane-continues/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=March 1, 2021|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302012336/https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/03/01/3-1-wwe-raw-results-powells-live-review-the-miz-vs-bobby-lashley-for-the-wwe-championship-drew-mcintyre-returns-the-build-to-wwe-fastlane-continues/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 142
|champion = {{sortname|Big|E|Big E (wrestler)}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = September 13, 2021
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 13, 2021|January 1, 2022}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|September 13, 2021|January 1, 2022}}
|location = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
|event    = ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''
|notes    = Cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract]].<br />Big E was transferred to the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand after winning the title.
|ref      = <ref name="Raw09132021">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=9/13 WWE Raw Results: Powell’s live review of Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship following Big E's threat to cash in the MITB contract, Damian Priest vs. Jeff Hardy for the U.S. Title, Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Shayna Baszler in a non-title match, Rhea Ripley vs. Natalya|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/09/13/9-13-wwe-raw-results-powells-live-review-of-bobby-lashley-vs-randy-orton-for-the-wwe-championship-following-big-es-threat-to-cash-in-the-mitb-contract-damian-priest-vs-jeff-hardy-for-the-u-s/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=September 13, 2021|access-date=September 14, 2021|archive-date=September 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914030951/https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/09/13/9-13-wwe-raw-results-powells-live-review-of-bobby-lashley-vs-randy-orton-for-the-wwe-championship-following-big-es-threat-to-cash-in-the-mitb-contract-damian-priest-vs-jeff-hardy-for-the-u-s/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 143
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 6
|date     = January 1, 2022
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 1, 2022|January 29, 2022}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|January 1, 2022|January 28, 2022}}
|location = [[Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
|event    = [[WWE Day 1|Day 1]]
|notes    = This was a [[fatal five-way match]] also involving [[Bobby Lashley]], [[Kevin Owens]], and [[Seth Rollins]].
|ref      = <ref name="Day1">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Day 1 results: Powell’s review of Big E vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan for the Raw Women’s Championship, The Usos vs. Kofi Kingston and King Woods for the Smackdown Tag Titles, Edge vs. The Miz|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/01/01/wwe-day-1-results-powells-review-of-big-e-vs-brock-lesnar-vs-bobby-lashley-vs-kevin-owens-vs-seth-rollins-for-the-wwe-championship-becky-lynch-vs-liv-morgan-for-the-raw-womens-championship/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=January 1, 2022|access-date=January 1, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 144
|champion = {{sortname|Bobby|Lashley}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = January 29, 2022
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 29, 2022|February 19, 2022}}
|days2    = {{age in days nts|January 30, 2022|February 19, 2022}}
|location = [[St. Louis|St. Louis, MO]]
|event    = [[Royal Rumble (2022)|Royal Rumble]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="RR2022">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Royal Rumble results: Powell’s live review of the Royal Rumble matches, Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship, Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship, Becky Lynch vs Doudrop for the Smackdown Women’s Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/01/29/wwe-royal-rumble-results-powells-live-review-of-the-royal-rumble-matches-brock-lesnar-vs-bobby-lashley-for-the-wwe-championship-roman-reigns-vs-seth-rollins-for-the-wwe-universal-championship/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=January 29, 2022|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 145
|champion = {{sortname|Brock|Lesnar}}
|reign    = 7
|date     = February 19, 2022
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 19, 2022}}+
|days2    = {{age in days nts|February 19, 2022}}+
|location = [[Jeddah, Saudi Arabia]]
|event    = [[Elimination Chamber (2022)|Elimination Chamber]]
|notes    = This was an [[Elimination Chamber match]] also involving [[AJ Styles]], [[Austin Theory]], [[Matt Riddle|Riddle]], and [[Seth Rollins]].
|ref      = <ref name="EC2022">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Elimination Chamber results: Powell’s live review of two Elimination Chamber matches, Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Lita for the Raw Women’s Championship, Ronda Rousey and Naomi vs. Charlotte Flair and Sonya Deville|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/02/19/wwe-elimination-chamber-results-powells-live-review-of-two-elimination-chamber-matches-roman-reigns-vs-goldberg-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-becky-lynch-vs-lita-for-the-raw-womens-champ/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=February 19, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref>
}}{{BundleEnd}}