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This is a collection of lineages from most of WWE's active championships that I have altered because I have too many ideas.
WWE men's world championships
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Date established | April 25, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Cody Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 7, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. Since April 2022, the title has been jointly held and defended with the WWE Universal Championship as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, but both titles have maintained their individual lineages. It is one of three world titles in WWE, alongside its companion Universal Championship on SmackDown, and the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw.
The current champion is Cody Rhodes, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules match on the second night of WrestleMania XL on April 7, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
† | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
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1 | Buddy Rogers | April 11, 1963 | Heavyweight Wrestling | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 36 | 22 | 0 | Declared the first World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Heavyweight Champion after promoters in the Northeastern United States broke off from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in early 1963 to form the WWWF due to a dispute over Rogers' one-fall loss to Lou Thesz earlier that year. The WWWF had 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 title belt. However, WWE lists Rogers' reign and the establishment of the title beginning on April 25, 1963. | |
2 | Bruno Sammartino | May 17, 1963 | House show | New York, NY | 1 | 2,803 | 2,803 | 17 | ||
3 | Ivan Koloff | January 18, 1971 | House show | New York, NY | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||
4 | Pedro Morales | February 8, 1971 | House show | New York, NY | 1 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 208 | The title was renamed the WWWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971. | |
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5 | Stan Stasiak | December 1, 1973 | House show | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
6 | Bruno Sammartino | December 10, 1973 | House show | New York, NY | 2 | 1,246 | 1,246 | 15 | ||
7 | "Superstar" Billy Graham | April 30, 1977 | House show | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 296 | 296 | 13 | ||
8 | Bob Backlund | February 20, 1978 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 2,135 | 2,135 | 97 | The title was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 1979 for marketing purposes. | |
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9 | The Iron Sheik | December 26, 1983 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 28 | 28 | 1 | The Iron Sheik won by submission when Bob Backlund's manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel when Backlund was put into Sheik's 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. |
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10 | Hulk Hogan | January 23, 1984 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 1,474 | 1,474 | 80 | ||
11 | André the Giant | February 5, 1988 | The Main Event I | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | Defeated Hulk Hogan when referee Earl Hebner, who was bribed by Ted DiBiase, scored the three-count despite Hogan raising his shoulder at the one-count. This reign lasted 1 minute and 48 seconds. |
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† | Ted DiBiase | February 5, 1988 | The Main Event I | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 8 | — | — | Immediately after winning the title from Hulk Hogan, André the Giant handed the championship belt to Ted DiBiase, but WWF President Jack Tunney ruled this as vacating the title and therefore DiBiase's reign is not recognized by WWE. | |
— | Vacated | February 13, 1988 | Superstars of Wrestling | Hershey, PA | — | — | — | — | WWF President Jack Tunney refused to recognize Ted DiBiase as champion and vacated the title. | |
12 | Randy Savage | March 27, 1988 | WrestleMania IV | Atlantic City, NJ | 1 | 371 | 371 | 22 | Defeated Ted DiBiase in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
13 | Hulk Hogan | April 2, 1989 | WrestleMania V | Atlantic City, NJ | 2 | 364 | 364 | 10 | The title was renamed the WWF Championship in May 1989. | |
14 | The Ultimate Warrior | April 1, 1990 | WrestleMania VI | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 293 | 293 | 6 | This was a title vs. title match in which Warrior also defended the Intercontinental Championship. | |
15 | Sgt. Slaughter | January 19, 1991 | Royal Rumble | Miami, FL | 1 | 64 | 64 | 3 | ||
16 | Hulk Hogan | March 24, 1991 | WrestleMania VII | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | 301 | 301 | 9 | ||
17 | Ric Flair | January 19, 1992 | Royal Rumble | Albany, NY | 1 | 77 | 77 | 0 | This was the Royal Rumble match. Flair last eliminated Sid Justice to win the title. | |
18 | Randy Savage | April 5, 1992 | WrestleMania VIII | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 149 | 162 | 9 | WWE recognizes Savage's reign as ending on September 14, 1992, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
19 | Ric Flair | September 1, 1992 | Prime Time Wrestling | Hershey, PA | 2 | 28 | 28 | 2 | WWE recognizes Flair's reign as beginning on September 14 and ending on October 12, 1992 due to both episodes airing on tape delay. | |
20 | Bret Hart | September 29, 1992 | Prime Time Wrestling | Saskatoon, SK, Canada | 1 | 187 | 174 | 12 | WWE recognizes Hart's reign as beginning on October 12, 1992, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
21 | Yokozuna | April 4, 1993 | WrestleMania IX | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | This reign lasted a few minutes. | |
22 | Hulk Hogan | April 4, 1993 | WrestleMania IX | Las Vegas, NV | 4 | 70 | 70 | 0 | After Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the title, Yokozuna's manager, Mr. Fuji, issued an immediate challenge to Hogan for the championship. Hogan accepted and won the impromptu match. | |
23 | Yokozuna | June 13, 1993 | King of the Ring | Dayton, OH | 2 | 280 | 280 | 7 | ||
24 | Bret Hart | March 20, 1994 | WrestleMania X | New York, NY | 2 | 248 | 248 | 7 | Roddy Piper was the special guest referee. | |
25 | Diesel | November 23, 1994 | Survivor Series | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 361 | 361 | 13 | ||
26 | Bret Hart | November 19, 1995 | Survivor Series | Landover, MD | 3 | 133 | 133 | 7 | This was a no disqualification match. | |
27 | Shawn Michaels | March 31, 1996 | WrestleMania XII | Anaheim, CA | 1 | 231 | 231 | 15 | This was a 60-minute Iron Man match in which Michaels won 1–0 in overtime. | |
28 | Sycho Sid | November 17, 1996 | Survivor Series | New York, NY | 1 | 126 | 126 | 7 | ||
29 | The Undertaker | March 23, 1997 | WrestleMania 13 | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 133 | 133 | 6 | This was a no disqualification match. | |
30 | Bret Hart | August 3, 1997 | SummerSlam | East Rutherford, NJ | 4 | 98 | 98 | 4 | Shawn Michaels was the special guest referee. | |
31 | Shawn Michaels | November 9, 1997 | Survivor Series | Montreal, QC, Canada | 3 | 140 | 140 | 3 | This was the Montreal Screwjob. | |
32 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | March 29, 1998 | WrestleMania XIV | Boston, MA | 1 | 183 | 183 | 9 | Mike Tyson was the special outside enforcer. | |
— | Vacated | September 28, 1998 | Raw | Toronto, ON, Canada | — | — | — | — | Stone Cold Steve Austin was stripped of the title after Kane and The Undertaker simultaneously pinned him in a triple threat match at Breakdown: In Your House. | |
33 | The Rock | November 15, 1998 | Survivor Series | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 133 | 133 | 13 | Defeated Mankind in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
34 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | March 28, 1999 | WrestleMania XV | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 146 | 146 | 9 | This was a no disqualification match with Mankind as the guest referee. | |
37 | Triple H | August 21, 1999 | SummerSlam | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | 85 | 85 | 16 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Mankind, who Triple H pinned. | |
38 | Big Show | November 14, 1999 | Survivor Series | Detroit, MI | 1 | 50 | 50 | 11 | This was a triple threat match that also involved 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. | |
39 | Triple H | January 3, 2000 | Raw | Miami, FL | 2 | 174 | 174 | 9 | ||
40 | The Rock | June 25, 2000 | King of the Ring | Boston, MA | 2 | 119 | 119 | 3 | This was a six-man tag team match with Kane, The Rock, and The Undertaker taking on Triple H, Shane McMahon, and Vince McMahon. The pre-match stipulation stated if the team of The Rock, Kane and Undertaker won, whoever scored the fall would win the title. The Rock pinned Vince to win Triple H's title. | |
41 | Kurt Angle | October 22, 2000 | No Mercy | Albany, NY | 1 | 126 | 126 | 18 | This was a no disqualification match. | |
42 | The Rock | February 25, 2001 | No Way Out | Las Vegas, NV | 3 | 35 | 35 | 2 | After the WWF purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001, the WCW Championship became a second concurrently active world championship in the WWF. By November 2001, the WCW title was renamed to World Championship. | |
43 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | April 1, 2001 | WrestleMania X-Seven | Houston, TX | 3 | 252 | 252 | 18 | This was a no disqualification match. | |
44 | Chris Jericho | December 9, 2001 | Vengeance | San Diego, CA | 1 | 98 | 98 | 9 | Earlier in the night, Jericho defeated World Champion The Rock for that title. Later, he defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to unify the World Championship into the WWF Championship; the World Championship was retired while the WWF Championship was renamed as the Undisputed WWF Championship. | |
45 | Triple H | March 17, 2002 | WrestleMania X8 | Toronto, ON, Canada | 3 | 35 | 35 | 1 | In late March 2002, due to the WWF's roster having doubled in size, the brand extension began, splitting the roster between the Raw and 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 WWF Women's Championship, which were non-exclusive at this time. | |
46 | Hollywood Hulk Hogan | April 21, 2002 | Backlash | Kansas City, MO | 5 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 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. | |
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47 | The Undertaker | May 19, 2002 | Judgment Day | Nashville, TN | 2 | 63 | 63 | 5 | ||
48 | The Rock | July 21, 2002 | Vengeance | Detroit, MI | 4 | 35 | 35 | 1 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Kurt Angle who Rock pinned. | |
49 | Brock Lesnar | August 25, 2002 | SummerSlam | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 112 | 111 | 5 | The following night, Lesnar signed a deal to appear exclusively on the SmackDown brand, making the championship exclusive to the brand. The World Heavyweight Championship was then created for the 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". | |
50 | Kurt Angle | December 15, 2002 | Armageddon | Sunrise, FL | 2 | 105 | 105 | 5 | ||
51 | Brock Lesnar | March 30, 2003 | WrestleMania XIX | Seattle, WA | 2 | 119 | 118 | 4 | Had Angle been counted out, disqualified, or had anyone interfered on his behalf, he would have forfeited the title to Lesnar. | |
52 | Kurt Angle | July 27, 2003 | Vengeance | Denver, CO | 3 | 51 | 53 | 2 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Big Show and Kane. WWE recognizes Angle's reign as ending on September 18, 2003, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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53 | Brock Lesnar | September 16, 2003 | SmackDown | Raleigh, NC | 3 | 152 | 150 | 5 | This was a 60-minute Iron Man match in which Lesnar won 5–4. WWE recognizes Lesnar's reign as beginning on September 18, 2003, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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54 | Eddie Guerrero | February 15, 2004 | No Way Out | Daly City, CA | 1 | 133 | 133 | 6 | ||
55 | John "Bradshaw" Layfield | June 27, 2004 | The Great American Bash | Norfolk, VA | 1 | 280 | 279 | 11 | This was a Texas bullrope match. | |
56 | John Cena | April 3, 2005 | WrestleMania 21 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 280 | 280 | 12 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery. | |
57 | Edge | January 8, 2006 | New Year's Revolution | Albany, NY | 1 | 84 | 84 | 3 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. | |
58 | John Cena | April 2, 2006 | WrestleMania 22 | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 70 | 70 | 3 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Triple H. | |
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59 | Rob Van Dam | June 11, 2006 | ECW One Night Stand | New York, NY | 1 | 22 | 22 | 2 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract in an Extreme Rules match which was announced ahead of time. The title became property of the new 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. |
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60 | Edge | July 3, 2006 | Raw | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 76 | 76 | 2 | This was a triple threat match that also involved John Cena. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand due to Edge's status as a Raw wrestler. |
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61 | John Cena | September 17, 2006 | Unforgiven | Toronto, ON, Canada | 3 | 380 | 380 | 14 | This was a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. Had Cena lost, he would have had to leave the Raw brand. | |
— | Vacated | October 2, 2007 | ECW | Dayton, OH | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated when John Cena suffered a torn right pectoral tendon. | |
62 | Randy Orton | October 7, 2007 | No Mercy | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 203 | 203 | 8 | Defeated Triple H in a Last Man Standing match to win the vacant championship. | |
63 | Triple H | April 27, 2008 | Backlash | Baltimore, MD | 4 | 210 | 210 | 10 | This was a fatal four-way elimination match that also involved John Cena and John "Bradshaw" Layfield. The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2008 WWE Draft. |
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64 | Edge | November 23, 2008 | Survivor Series | Boston, MA | 3 | 84 | 84 | 2 | This was a triple threat match that also involved 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. | |
65 | Triple H | February 15, 2009 | No Way Out | Seattle, WA | 5 | 70 | 70 | 1 | This was an Elimination Chamber match that also involved Big Show, Jeff Hardy, The Undertaker, and Vladimir Kozlov. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2009 WWE Draft. |
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66 | Randy Orton | April 26, 2009 | Backlash | Providence, RI | 2 | 182 | 182 | 7 | This was a six-man tag team match with The Legacy (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase) against Batista, Triple H, and Shane McMahon. Orton pinned Triple H to win the title. | |
67 | John Cena | October 25, 2009 | Bragging Rights | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | 49 | 49 | 5 | This was a 60-minute Anything Goes Iron Man match in which Cena won 6–5. Had Cena lost, he would have had to leave the Raw brand. | |
68 | Sheamus | December 13, 2009 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 70 | 70 | 2 | This was a tables match. | |
69 | John Cena | February 21, 2010 | Elimination Chamber | St. Louis, MO | 5 | 119 | 119 | 3 | This was an Elimination Chamber match that also involved Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase Jr., and Triple H. | |
70 | Sheamus | June 20, 2010 | Fatal 4-Way | Uniondale, NY | 2 | 91 | 91 | 4 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Edge and Randy Orton. | |
71 | Randy Orton | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 3 | 64 | 64 | 4 | This was a six-pack elimination challenge that also involved Chris Jericho, Edge, John Cena, and Wade Barrett, who decided to cash-in his title shot due to winning the first season of NXT. | |
72 | The Miz | November 22, 2010 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 1 | 160 | 160 | 6 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. In April 2011, WWE ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. |
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73 | John Cena | May 1, 2011 | Extreme Rules | Tampa, FL | 6 | 77 | 77 | 3 | This was a triple threat steel cage match that also involved John Morrison. | |
74 | CM Punk | July 17, 2011 | Money in the Bank | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 560 | 560 | 22 | On August 29, 2011, the first brand extension ended, allowing the WWE Champion to appear on both Raw and SmackDown. | |
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75 | The Rock | January 27, 2013 | Royal Rumble | Phoenix, AZ | 5 | 70 | 70 | 1 | CM Punk had initially won, but the match was restarted by Vince McMahon due to interference by The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins). | |
76 | John Cena | April 7, 2013 | WrestleMania 29 | East Rutherford, NJ | 7 | 133 | 133 | 3 | ||
77 | Daniel Bryan | August 18, 2013 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | Triple H was the special guest referee. This reign lasted a few minutes. |
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78 | Randy Orton | August 18, 2013 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 4 | 231 | 231 | 5 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract in a match where Triple H was the special guest referee. At TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs on December 15, 2013, Orton defeated John Cena to unify the World Heavyweight Championship into the WWE Championship. The World Heavyweight Championship was deactivated with Orton going forward as WWE World Heavyweight Champion (the World Heavyweight Championship would later be revived in 2023). |
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79 | Daniel Bryan | April 6, 2014 | WrestleMania XXX | New Orleans, LA | 2 | 64 | 63 | 2 | ||
— | Vacated | June 9, 2014 | Raw | Minneapolis, MN | — | — | — | — | Daniel Bryan was stripped of the title due to a neck injury. | |
80 | John Cena | June 29, 2014 | Money in the Bank | Boston, MA | 8 | 49 | 49 | 1 | This was an eight-man ladder match for the vacant title that also involved Alberto Del Rio, Bray Wyatt, Cesaro, Kane, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, and Sheamus. | |
81 | Brock Lesnar | August 17, 2014 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 4 | 224 | 223 | 2 | ||
82 | Seth Rollins | March 29, 2015 | WrestleMania 31 | Santa Clara, CA | 1 | 221 | 221 | 10 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during a singles match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, converting it into a triple threat match and subsequently pinned Reigns to win the title. | |
— | Vacated | November 5, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated after Seth Rollins suffered a torn ACL, MCL, and a damaged meniscus at a live event in Dublin, Ireland. | |
83 | Roman Reigns | November 22, 2015 | Survivor Series | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 210 | 209 | 6 | Defeated Dean Ambrose in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
84 | Seth Rollins | June 19, 2016 | Money in the Bank | Las Vegas, NV | 2 | <1 | <1 | 0 | This reign lasted a few minutes. | |
85 | Dean Ambrose | June 19, 2016 | Money in the Bank | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 84 | 84 | 4 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and the title's name reverted to WWE Championship. The brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2016 WWE Draft. The WWE Universal Championship was subsequently created for the Raw brand. |
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86 | AJ Styles | September 11, 2016 | Backlash | Richmond, VA | 1 | 154 | 154 | 6 | ||
87 | Bray Wyatt | February 12, 2017 | Elimination Chamber | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 98 | 98 | 2 | This was an Elimination Chamber match that also involved John Cena, Baron Corbin, Dean Ambrose, and The Miz. | |
88 | Jinder Mahal | May 21, 2017 | Backlash | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 170 | 170 | 5 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved AJ Styles and Randy Orton, who Mahal pinned to win the title. | |
89 | AJ Styles | November 7, 2017 | SmackDown | Manchester, England | 2 | 371 | 371 | 14 | ||
90 | Daniel Bryan | November 13, 2018 | SmackDown | St. Louis, MO | 3 | 145 | 144 | 4 | ||
91 | Kofi Kingston | April 7, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 1 | 180 | 180 | 10 | ||
92 | Brock Lesnar | October 4, 2019 | SmackDown's 20th Anniversary | Los Angeles, CA | 5 | 173 | 184 | 3 | On the November 1, 2019 episode of SmackDown, Lesnar announced that he quit SmackDown and went to Raw, taking the title with him. WWE recognizes this reign as ending on April 5, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay. |
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93 | Drew McIntyre | March 26, 2020 | WrestleMania 36 Night 2 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 380 | 370 | 13 | WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on April 5, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. | |
94 | Bobby Lashley | April 10, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 1 |
Tampa, FL | 1 | 156 | 155 | 5 | ||
95 | Big E | September 13, 2021 | Raw | Boston, MA | 1 | 110 | 110 | 4 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. Big E was transferred to the Raw brand after winning the title. |
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96 | Bobby Lashley | January 1, 2022 | Day 1 | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 49 | 48 | 1 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins. | |
97 | Brock Lesnar | February 19, 2022 | Elimination Chamber | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 6 | 43 | 43 | 1 | This was an Elimination Chamber match that also involved AJ Styles, Austin Theory, Riddle and Seth "Freakin" Rollins. | |
98 | Roman Reigns | April 3, 2022 | WrestleMania 38 Night 2 |
Arlington, TX | 2 | 735 | 734 | 10 | This was a winner takes all match in which Reigns also defended the WWE Universal Championship. Reigns subsequently became recognized as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2023 WWE Draft. With Reigns holding both the WWE and Universal championships, the World Heavyweight Championship was reactivated for Raw. |
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99 | Cody Rhodes | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 252+ | 252+ | 6 | This was a Bloodline Rules match. |
Combined reigns
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Champion | No. of reigns |
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1 | Bruno Sammartino | 2 | 34 | 4,049 | |
2 | Hulk Hogan | 5 | 101 | 2,237 | |
3 | Bob Backlund | 1 | 97 | 2,135 | |
4 | John Cena | 8 | 44 | 1,157 | |
5 | Pedro Morales | 1 | 208 | 1,027 | |
6 | Roman Reigns | 2 | 16 | 945 | 943 |
7 | Brock Lesnar | 6 | 20 | 822 | 828 |
8 | Randy Orton | 4 | 24 | 680 | |
9 | Bret Hart | 4 | 30 | 666 | 653 |
10 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 3 | 36 | 581 | |
11 | Triple H | 5 | 37 | 574 | |
12 | CM Punk | 1 | 22 | 560 | |
13 | AJ Styles | 2 | 20 | 525 | |
14 | Randy Savage | 2 | 32 | 520 | 533 |
15 | The Rock | 5 | 20 | 392 | |
16 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | 13 | 380 | 370 |
17 | Diesel | 1 | 13 | 361 | |
18 | "Superstar" Billy Graham | 1 | 140 | 296 | |
19 | The Ultimate Warrior | 1 | 6 | 293 | |
20 | Kurt Angle | 3 | 25 | 282 | 284 |
21 | Yokozuna | 2 | 7 | 280 | |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield | 1 | 11 | 280 | 279 | |
23 | Cody Rhodes † | 1 | 6 | 252+ | |
24 | Edge | 3 | 7 | 244 | |
25 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | 15 | 231 | |
26 | Seth Rollins | 2 | 10 | 221 | |
27 | Daniel Bryan | 3 | 6 | 210 | 209 |
28 | Bobby Lashley | 2 | 6 | 205 | 204 |
29 | The Undertaker | 2 | 11 | 196 | |
30 | Kofi Kingston | 1 | 10 | 180 | |
31 | Jinder Mahal | 1 | 5 | 170 | |
32 | Sheamus | 2 | 6 | 161 | |
33 | The Miz | 1 | 6 | 160 | |
34 | Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 6 | 133 | |
35 | Sycho Sid | 1 | 7 | 126 | |
36 | Ric Flair | 2 | 2 | 118 | 131 |
37 | Big E | 1 | 4 | 110 | |
38 | Chris Jericho | 1 | 9 | 98 | |
Bray Wyatt | 1 | 2 | |||
40 | Dean Ambrose | 1 | 4 | 84 | |
41 | Sgt. Slaughter | 1 | 3 | 64 | |
42 | Big Show | 1 | 11 | 50 | |
43 | Buddy Rogers | 1 | 0 | 36 | 22 |
44 | The Iron Sheik | 1 | 16 | 28 | |
45 | Rob Van Dam | 1 | 2 | 22 | |
46 | Ivan Koloff | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
47 | Stan Stasiak | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
— | Ted DiBiase | — | — | 8 | — |
48 | André the Giant | 1 | 0 | <1 |
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Date established | July 25, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Cody Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 7, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE Universal Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. Since April 2022, the title has been jointly held and defended with the WWE Championship as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, but both titles have maintained their individual lineages. It is one of three world titles in WWE, alongside its companion WWE Championship on SmackDown, and the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw.
The current champion is Cody Rhodes, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules match on the second night of WrestleMania XL on April 7, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
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1 | Finn Bálor | August 21, 2016 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | The title was established on July 25, 2016 for the Raw brand after the WWE Championship became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2016 WWE Draft. Bálor defeated Seth Rollins in a pinfall and submission-only match to become the inaugural champion. This reign lasted approximately 22 hours. |
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— | Vacated | August 22, 2016 | Raw | Brooklyn, NY | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to Finn Bálor suffering a legit shoulder injury during his match at SummerSlam. | |
2 | Kevin Owens | August 29, 2016 | Raw | Houston, TX | 1 | 188 | 188 | 6 | This was a fatal four-way elimination match for the vacant title that also involved Big Cass, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins, who Owens last eliminated to win the vacant championship. | |
3 | Brock Lesnar | March 5, 2017 | Fastlane | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | 532 | 531 | 7 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Goldberg, who Lesnar pinned. | |
4 | Roman Reigns | August 19, 2018 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 64 | 63 | 3 | ||
— | Vacated | October 22, 2018 | Raw | Providence, RI | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated after Roman Reigns announced that he had a legitimate re-diagnosis of leukemia. | |
5 | Brock Lesnar | November 2, 2018 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 2 | 156 | 156 | 1 | Originally scheduled as a triple threat match in which Roman Reigns was to defend the title against Lesnar and Braun Strowman. After Reigns relinquished the championship, the match became a singles match between Lesnar and Strowman for the vacant title. | |
6 | Seth Rollins | April 7, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 1 | 207 | 206 | 8 | ||
7 | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt | October 31, 2019 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 146 | 156 | 3 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match that could not be stopped for any reason. The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand due to Wyatt's status as a SmackDown wrestler. WWE recognizes Wyatt's reign as ending on April 4, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay. |
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8 | Braun Strowman | March 25, 2020 | WrestleMania 36 Night 1 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 157 | 148 | 3 | WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on April 4, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. | |
9 | Roman Reigns | August 30, 2020 | Payback | Orlando, FL | 2 | 1,316 | 1,316 | 31 | This was a No Holds Barred triple threat match that also involved Bray Wyatt. At WrestleMania 38 on April 3, 2022, Reigns defeated WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in a winner takes all match to become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. In April 2023, the World Heavyweight Championship was re-established for Raw as the counterpart to Reigns' Undisputed Championship. |
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10 | Cody Rhodes | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 252+ | 252+ | 6 | This was a Bloodline Rules match. |
Combined reigns
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Roman Reigns | 2 | 34 | 1,380 | 1,379 |
2 | Brock Lesnar | 2 | 8 | 688 | 687 |
3 | Cody Rhodes † | 1 | 6 | 252+ | |
4 | Seth Rollins | 1 | 8 | 207 | 206 |
5 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 6 | 188 | |
6 | Braun Strowman | 1 | 3 | 157 | 148 |
7 | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt | 1 | 3 | 146 | 156 |
8 | Finn Bálor | 1 | 0 | <1 |
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Date established | September 2, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Gunther | ||||||||||||||||||
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The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of three world titles on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship, which are jointly held and defended as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on SmackDown.
The current champion is Gunther, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Damian Priest at SummerSlam on August 3, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
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1 | Triple H | September 2, 2002 | Raw | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | 382 | 381 | 20 | After the WWE Undisputed Championship became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff created the World Heavyweight Championship to be the world title of Raw and awarded it to Triple H, who was originally the number one contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship, which dropped the "Undisputed" moniker. | |
2 | Goldberg | September 21, 2003 | Unforgiven | Hershey, PA | 1 | 84 | 83 | 4 | This was a title vs. career match. If Triple H was counted out or disqualified, he would lose the title. If Goldberg lost, he would be forced to retire. | |
3 | Triple H | December 14, 2003 | Armageddon | Orlando, FL | 2 | 91 | 90 | 2 | This was a triple threat match, that also involved Kane. | |
4 | Chris Benoit | March 14, 2004 | WrestleMania XX | New York, NY | 1 | 154 | 153 | 8 | This was a triple threat match, that also involved Shawn Michaels. | |
5 | Randy Orton | August 15, 2004 | SummerSlam | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 28 | 27 | 1 | ||
6 | Triple H | September 12, 2004 | Unforgiven | Portland, OR | 3 | 203 | 202 | 6 | ||
7 | Batista | April 3, 2005 | WrestleMania 21 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 282 | 284 | 11 | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand following the 2005 WWE draft lottery while the WWE Championship became exclusive to the Raw brand. WWE recognizes Batista's reign as ending on January 13, 2006, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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— | Vacated | January 10, 2006 | SmackDown! | Philadelphia, PA | — | — | — | — | Batista vacated the title after he was sidelined with a legit triceps injury. Aired on tape delay on January 13, 2006. |
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8 | Kurt Angle | January 10, 2006 | SmackDown! | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 82 | 78 | 3 | This was a 20-man battle royal for the vacant title. WWE recognizes Angle's reign as beginning on January 13, 2006, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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9 | Rey Mysterio | April 2, 2006 | WrestleMania 22 | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 112 | 111 | 6 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Randy Orton who Mysterio pinned. During this reign, the championship was referred to as the "World Championship", due to Mysterio not being a heavyweight. |
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10 | King Booker | July 23, 2006 | The Great American Bash | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 126 | 125 | 8 | ||
11 | Batista | November 26, 2006 | Survivor Series | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 126 | 125 | 3 | This was a Last Chance match. If King Booker was disqualified or counted out, he would lose the title. | |
12 | The Undertaker | April 1, 2007 | WrestleMania 23 | Detroit, MI | 1 | 37 | 39 | 2 | WWE recognizes Undertaker's reign as ending on May 11, 2007, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
13 | Edge | May 8, 2007 | SmackDown! | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 70 | 69 | 3 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. Following the win, Edge transferred from Raw to SmackDown!. WWE recognizes Edge's reign as beginning on May 11 and ending on July 20, 2007 due to both episodes airing on tape delay. |
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— | Vacated | July 17, 2007 | SmackDown! | Laredo, TX | — | — | — | — | Edge vacated the title after he was sidelined with a legit pectoral injury. Aired on tape delay on July 20, 2007. |
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14 | The Great Khali | July 17, 2007 | SmackDown! | Laredo, TX | 1 | 61 | 57 | 2 | This was a 20-man battle royal for the vacant title. WWE recognizes Khali's reign as beginning on July 20, 2007, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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15 | Batista | September 16, 2007 | Unforgiven | Memphis, TN | 3 | 91 | 90 | 4 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Rey Mysterio. | |
16 | Edge | December 16, 2007 | Armageddon | Pittsburgh, PA | 2 | 105 | 105 | 3 | This was a triple threat match that also involved The Undertaker. | |
17 | The Undertaker | March 30, 2008 | WrestleMania XXIV | Orlando, FL | 2 | 92 | 91 | 3 | ||
18 | CM Punk | June 30, 2008 | Raw | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | 69 | 68 | 3 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. The title moved to Raw due to Punk's status as a Raw wrestler as CM Punk was drafted to Raw the week prior in the 2008 WWE Draft. The WWE Championship moved to the SmackDown! brand a week prior due to the Draft as then WWE Champion Triple H was drafted to SmackDown. |
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19 | Chris Jericho | September 7, 2008 | Unforgiven | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 77 | 76 | 3 | This was a Championship Scramble that also involved John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Batista, Rey Mysterio, and Kane. Jericho was a late replacement for champion CM Punk, who was attacked by The Legacy prior to the match. | |
20 | John Cena | November 23, 2008 | Survivor Series | Boston, MA | 1 | 84 | 83 | 2 | ||
21 | Edge | February 15, 2009 | No Way Out | Seattle, WA | 3 | 112 | 111 | 5 | This was an Elimination Chamber match that also involved Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, Mike Knox, and Kane. Edge, a member of the SmackDown roster, attacked Kofi Kingston and replaced him in the match. The title became exclusive to SmackDown due to Edge's status as a SmackDown wrestler. | |
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22 | CM Punk | June 7, 2009 | Extreme Rules | New Orleans, LA | 2 | 119 | 118 | 5 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. | |
23 | The Undertaker | October 4, 2009 | Hell in a Cell | Newark, NJ | 3 | 140 | 139 | 6 | This was a Hell in a Cell match. | |
24 | Chris Jericho | February 21, 2010 | Elimination Chamber | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 37 | 39 | 1 | This was an Elimination Chamber match that also involved John Morrison, R-Truth, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio. WWE recognizes Jericho's reign as ending on April 2, 2010, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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25 | Jack Swagger | March 30, 2010 | SmackDown | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 82 | 78 | 3 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. Swagger transferred from Raw to SmackDown upon winning the title. WWE recognizes Swagger's reign as beginning on April 2, 2010, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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26 | Kane | July 18, 2010 | Money in the Bank | Kansas City, MO | 1 | 154 | 153 | 5 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract which he had won earlier in the night. | |
27 | Edge | December 19, 2010 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Houston, TX | 4 | 114 | 116 | 5 | This was a fatal four-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match that also involved Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio. WWE recognizes Edge's reign as ending on April 15, 2011, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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— | Vacated | April 12, 2011 | SmackDown | Albany, NY | — | — | — | — | Edge relinquished the title when he announced his immediate retirement as a result of being diagnosed with spinal stenosis. Aired on tape delay on April 15, 2011. |
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28 | Randy Orton | May 1, 2011 | Extreme Rules | Tampa, FL | 2 | 140 | 139 | 5 | Defeated Christian in a ladder match to win the vacant title. In August 2011, the brand extension came to an end, thus the title could appear on both Raw and SmackDown. |
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29 | Mark Henry | September 18, 2011 | Night of Champions | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 91 | 91 | 6 | ||
30 | Daniel Bryan | December 18, 2011 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 105 | 104 | 5 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. | |
31 | Sheamus | April 1, 2012 | WrestleMania XXVIII | Miami, FL | 1 | 210 | 210 | 7 | ||
32 | Big Show | October 28, 2012 | Hell in a Cell | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 72 | 75 | 4 | WWE recognizes Show's reign as ending on January 11, 2013, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
33 | Alberto Del Rio | January 8, 2013 | SmackDown | Miami, FL | 1 | 292 | 288 | 8 | This was a Last Man Standing match. WWE recognizes Del Rio's reign as beginning on January 11, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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34 | John Cena | October 27, 2013 | Hell in a Cell | Miami, FL | 2 | 49 | 48 | 2 | ||
— | Unified | December 15, 2013 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Houston, TX | — | — | — | — | Randy Orton defeated John Cena in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to unify the World Heavyweight Championship into the WWE Championship; the title was deactivated in the process. In July 2016, the brand extension returned. |
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35 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | May 27, 2023 | Night of Champions | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 316 | 316 | 11 | On the April 24, 2023, episode of Raw, the championship was reactivated and designated to the Raw brand after the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2023 WWE Draft. Rollins defeated AJ Styles in the tournament final to win the revived title. |
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36 | Drew McIntyre | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | This reign lasted 5 minutes and 46 seconds. | |
37 | Damian Priest | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 118 | 118 | 3 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. | |
38 | Gunther | August 3, 2024 | SummerSlam | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 134+ | 134+ | 3 |
Combined reigns
† | Indicates the current champion |
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Triple H | 3 | 28 | 676 | 673 |
2 | Batista | 3 | 18 | 499 | |
3 | Edge | 4 | 16 | 401 | |
4 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | 1 | 11 | 316 | |
5 | Alberto Del Rio | 1 | 8 | 292 | 288 |
6 | The Undertaker | 3 | 11 | 269 | |
7 | Sheamus | 1 | 7 | 210 | |
8 | CM Punk | 2 | 8 | 188 | 186 |
9 | Randy Orton | 2 | 6 | 168 | 166 |
10 | Chris Benoit | 1 | 8 | 154 | 153 |
Kane | 1 | 5 | 154 | 153 | |
12 | Gunther † | 1 | 3 | 134+ | |
13 | John Cena | 2 | 4 | 133 | 131 |
14 | King Booker | 1 | 8 | 126 | 125 |
15 | Damian Priest | 1 | 3 | 118 | |
16 | Chris Jericho | 2 | 4 | 114 | 115 |
17 | Rey Mysterio | 1 | 6 | 112 | 111 |
18 | Daniel Bryan | 1 | 5 | 105 | 104 |
19 | Mark Henry | 1 | 6 | 91 | |
20 | Goldberg | 1 | 4 | 84 | 83 |
21 | Jack Swagger | 1 | 3 | 82 | 78 |
Kurt Angle | 1 | ||||
23 | Big Show | 1 | 4 | 72 | 75 |
24 | The Great Khali | 1 | 2 | 61 | 57 |
25 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | 0 | <1 |
NXT Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | July 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Trick Williams | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NXT Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended as the primary singles championship for men of NXT, the promotion's developmental brand.
The current champion is Trick Williams, who is in his record-tying second reign. He won the title by defeating Ethan Page in a match that involved CM Punk as the special guest referee on the October 1, 2024, episode of NXT in Rosemont, Illinois.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Defenses | ||||
1 | Seth Rollins | July 26, 2012 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 133 | 133 | 3 | The title was established on July 1, 2012 for WWE's developmental brand NXT. Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in the eight-man NXT Championship tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on August 29, 2012, and ending on January 9, 2013, when both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
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2 | Big E Langston | December 6, 2012 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 168 | 153 | 2 | This was a no disqualification match. WWE recognizes Big E's reign as beginning on January 9, 2013, and ending on June 12, 2013, when both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
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3 | Bo Dallas | May 23, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 280 | 260 | 5 | WWE recognizes Dallas' reign as beginning on June 12, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
4 | Adrian Neville | February 27, 2014 | Arrival | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 287 | 286 | 11 | This was a ladder match. | |
5 | Sami Zayn | December 11, 2014 | TakeOver: R Evolution | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 62 | 62 | 1 | This was a title vs. career match where if Zayn had lost, he would have voluntarily quit NXT. | |
6 | Kevin Owens | February 11, 2015 | TakeOver: Rival | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 143 | 142 | 5 | Owens won when the referee decided that Sami Zayn was unable to continue. | |
7 | Finn Bálor | July 4, 2015 | The Beast in the East | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 272 | 272 | 10 | ||
8 | Samoa Joe | April 1, 2016 | TakeOver: Dallas | Dallas, TX | 1 | 141 | 141 | 3 | ||
9 | Shinsuke Nakamura | August 20, 2016 | TakeOver: Brooklyn II | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 161 | 161 | 3 | ||
10 | Bobby Roode | January 28, 2017 | TakeOver: San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 203 | 202 | 6 | ||
11 | Drew McIntyre | August 19, 2017 | TakeOver: Brooklyn III | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 91 | 91 | 2 | ||
12 | Andrade "Cien" Almas | November 19, 2017 | TakeOver: WarGames | Houston, TX | 1 | 140 | 139 | 2 | ||
13 | Aleister Black | April 8, 2018 | TakeOver: New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 102 | 108 | 4 | WWE recognizes Black's reign as ending on July 25, 2018, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
14 | Tommaso Ciampa | July 18, 2018 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 238 | 237 | 3 | WWE recognizes Ciampa's reign as beginning on July 25, 2018 and ending on March 20, 2019, when both episodes aired on tape delay. | |
— | Vacated | March 13, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Tommaso Ciampa requiring neck surgery. Aired on tape delay on March 20, 2019. | |
15 | Johnny Gargano | April 5, 2019 | TakeOver: New York | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 57 | 56 | 1 | Defeated Adam Cole in a two-out-of-three falls match to win the vacant championship. | |
16 | Adam Cole | June 1, 2019 | TakeOver: XXV | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 396 | 403 | 14 | WWE recognizes Cole's reign as ending on July 8, 2020, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
17 | Keith Lee | July 1, 2020 | NXT: The Great American Bash Night 2 |
Winter Park, FL | 1 | 56 | 48 | 2 | This was a winner takes all match in which Lee also defended the NXT North American Championship. WWE recognizes Lee's reign as beginning on July 8, 2020, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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— | Vacated | August 26, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | — | — | — | — | Keith Lee voluntarily relinquished the title as he was no longer part of NXT. | |
18 | Finn Bálor | September 8, 2020 | NXT: Super Tuesday II |
Winter Park, FL | 2 | 212 | 212 | 4 | A 60-minute fatal four-way iron man match for the vacant championship took place on the September 1 episode of NXT Super Tuesday between Bálor, Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa, and Johnny Gargano, but the match ended in a tie between Bálor and Cole. NXT General Manager William Regal then scheduled a match between the two for the following week, in which Bálor defeated Cole to win the vacant title. | |
19 | Karrion Kross | April 8, 2021 | TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 136 | 135 | 3 | ||
20 | Samoa Joe | August 22, 2021 | TakeOver 36 | Orlando, FL | 2 | 23 | 22 | 0 | ||
— | Vacated | September 14, 2021 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated after Samoa Joe suffered an undisclosed injury. | |
21 | Tommaso Ciampa | September 14, 2021 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 2 | 112 | 111 | 1 | Defeated Pete Dunne, LA Knight, and Von Wagner in a fatal four-way match to win the vacant title. | |
22 | Bron Breakker | January 4, 2022 | NXT 2.0: New Year's Evil |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 452 | 451 | 15 | On September 4, 2022, at Worlds Collide, Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to unify the NXT United Kingdom Championship into the NXT Championship; the NXT UK title was retired in the process. | |
23 | Carmelo Hayes | April 1, 2023 | Stand & Deliver | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 182 | 182 | 6 | ||
24 | Ilja Dragunov | September 30, 2023 | No Mercy | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 206 | 205 | 5 | ||
25 | Trick Williams | April 23, 2024 | NXT: Spring Breakin' Week 1 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 75 | 74 | 1 | ||
26 | Ethan Page | July 7, 2024 | Heatwave | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 86 | 86 | 3 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Shawn Spears and Je'Von Evans, who Page pinned to win the title. | |
27 | Trick Williams | October 1, 2024 | NXT | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 75+ | 75+ | 2 | CM Punk was the special guest referee. |
Combined reigns
† | Indicates the current champion |
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Finn Bálor | 2 | 14 | 484 | |
2 | Bron Breakker | 1 | 15 | 452 | 451 |
3 | Adam Cole | 1 | 14 | 396 | 403 |
4 | Tommaso Ciampa | 2 | 4 | 350 | 348 |
5 | Adrian Neville | 1 | 11 | 287 | 286 |
6 | Bo Dallas | 1 | 5 | 280 | 260 |
7 | Ilja Dragunov | 1 | 5 | 206 | 205 |
8 | Bobby Roode | 1 | 6 | 203 | 202 |
9 | Carmelo Hayes | 1 | 6 | 182 | |
10 | Big E Langston | 1 | 2 | 168 | 153 |
11 | Samoa Joe | 2 | 3 | 164 | 163 |
12 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 3 | 161 | |
13 | Trick Williams † | 2 | 3 | 150+ | 149+ |
14 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 5 | 143 | 142 |
15 | Andrade "Cien" Almas | 1 | 2 | 140 | 139 |
16 | Karrion Kross | 1 | 3 | 136 | 135 |
17 | Seth Rollins | 1 | 3 | 133 | |
18 | Aleister Black | 1 | 4 | 102 | 108 |
19 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | 2 | 91 | |
20 | Ethan Page | 1 | 3 | 86 | |
21 | Sami Zayn | 1 | 1 | 62 | |
22 | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 1 | 57 | 56 |
23 | Keith Lee | 1 | 2 | 56 | 48 |
WWE men's secondary championships
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Brand | Raw | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | September 1, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Bron Breakker | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 21, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It was established on September 1, 1979 and is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE United States Championship on SmackDown.
The current champion is Bron Breakker, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Jey Uso on the October 21, 2024, episode of Raw in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Defenses | ||||
National Wrestling Alliance: World Wrestling Federation (WWF) | ||||||||||
1 | Pat Patterson | September 1, 1979 | Championship Wrestling | New York, NY | 1 | 233 | 232 | 13 | Defeated Johnny Rodz in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |
2 | Ken Patera | April 21, 1980 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 1 | 231 | 230 | 5 | ||
3 | Pedro Morales | December 8, 1980 | WWF on PRISM Network | New York, NY | 1 | 194 | 193 | 10 | ||
4 | Don Muraco | June 20, 1981 | WWF on PRISM Network | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 156 | 155 | 5 | ||
5 | Pedro Morales | November 23, 1981 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 2 | 425 | 424 | 31 | ||
6 | Don Muraco | January 22, 1983 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, NY | 2 | 385 | 384 | 25 | During his reign, the WWF withdrew from the NWA. | |
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7 | Tito Santana | February 11, 1984 | WWF on PRISM Network | Boston, MA | 1 | 226 | 245 | 21 | WWE recognizes Santana's reign as ending on October 13, 1984, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
8 | Greg Valentine | September 24, 1984 | Maple Leaf Wrestling | London, ON, Canada | 1 | 285 | 266 | 27 | WWE recognizes Valentine's reign as beginning on October 13, 1984, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
9 | Tito Santana | July 6, 1985 | House show | Baltimore, MD | 2 | 217 | 217 | 11 | This was a steel cage match. | |
10 | Randy Savage | February 8, 1986 | WWF on NESN | Boston, MA | 1 | 414 | 414 | 42 | ||
11 | Ricky Steamboat | March 29, 1987 | WrestleMania III | Pontiac, MI | 1 | 65 | 76 | 2 | WWE recognizes Steamboat's reign as ending on June 13, 1987, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
12 | The Honky Tonk Man | June 2, 1987 | Superstars of Wrestling | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 454 | 443 | 32 | WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on June 13, 1987, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
13 | The Ultimate Warrior | August 29, 1988 | SummerSlam | New York, NY | 1 | 216 | 216 | 19 | ||
14 | Rick Rude | April 2, 1989 | WrestleMania V | Atlantic City, NJ | 1 | 148 | 148 | 12 | ||
15 | The Ultimate Warrior | August 28, 1989 | SummerSlam | East Rutherford, NJ | 2 | 218 | 216 | 16 | ||
— | Vacated | April 3, 1990 | Wrestling Challenge | Syracuse, NY | — | — | — | — | The Ultimate Warrior relinquished the title after winning the WWF Championship in order to focus on defending the latter. WWE recognizes the title as being vacated on April 1, 1990 at WrestleMania VI. | |
16 | Mr. Perfect | April 23, 1990 | Superstars of Wrestling | Austin, TX | 1 | 126 | 100 | 9 | Defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final for the vacant title. WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on May 19, 1990, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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17 | The Texas Tornado | August 27, 1990 | SummerSlam | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 84 | 110 | 10 | WWE recognizes his reign as ending on December 15, 1990, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
18 | Mr. Perfect | November 19, 1990 | Superstars of Wrestling | Rochester, NY | 2 | 280 | 254 | 18 | WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on December 15, 1990, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
19 | Bret Hart | August 26, 1991 | SummerSlam | New York, NY | 1 | 146 | 146 | 11 | ||
20 | Roddy Piper | January 19, 1992 | Royal Rumble | Albany, NY | 1 | 77 | 77 | 4 | ||
21 | Bret Hart | April 5, 1992 | WrestleMania VIII | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 146 | 146 | 16 | ||
22 | The British Bulldog | August 29, 1992 | SummerSlam | London, England | 1 | 59 | 77 | 4 | WWE recognizes his reign as ending on November 14, 1992, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
23 | Shawn Michaels | October 27, 1992 | Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI | Terre Haute, IN | 1 | 335 | 317 | 15 | WWE recognizes Michaels' reign as beginning on November 14, 1992, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
— | Vacated | September 27, 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shawn Michaels was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within 30 days. In reality, Michaels was suspended for testing positive for steroids. | |
24 | Razor Ramon | September 27, 1993 | Raw | New Haven, CT | 1 | 198 | 184 | 12 | Defeated Rick Martel to win the vacant championship. In November, Shawn Michaels returned, claiming to be the legitimate champion as nobody defeated him. Ramon went on to defeat Michaels in a ladder match on March 20, 1994 at WrestleMania X. |
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25 | Diesel | April 13, 1994 | Superstars | Rochester, NY | 1 | 138 | 121 | 9 | WWE recognizes Diesel's reign as beginning on April 30, 1994, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
26 | Razor Ramon | August 29, 1994 | SummerSlam | Chicago, IL | 2 | 146 | 146 | 11 | ||
27 | Jeff Jarrett | January 22, 1995 | Royal Rumble | Tampa, FL | 1 | 182 | 182 | 9 | ||
28 | Shawn Michaels | July 23, 1995 | In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks | Nashville, TN | 2 | 91 | 91 | 4 | ||
29 | Razor Ramon | October 22, 1995 | In Your House 4: Great White North | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | 3 | 91 | 91 | 4 | Won the title by forfeit due to Shawn Michaels being attacked outside a nightclub in Syracuse, NY on October 14. | |
30 | Goldust | January 21, 1996 | Royal Rumble | Fresno, CA | 1 | 154 | 154 | 10 | ||
31 | Ahmed Johnson | June 23, 1996 | King of the Ring | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | 50 | 49 | 1 | ||
— | Vacated | August 12, 1996 | Raw | Seattle, WA | — | — | — | — | Ahmed Johnson forfeited the championship after being attacked by the debuting Faarooq after winning an 11-man battle royal. | |
32 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley | September 23, 1996 | Raw | Hershey, PA | 1 | 143 | 143 | 10 | Defeated Marc Mero in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
33 | Rocky Maivia | February 13, 1997 | Raw | Lowell, MA | 1 | 74 | 73 | 8 | ||
34 | Owen Hart | April 28, 1997 | Raw | Omaha, NE | 1 | 224 | 224 | 11 | ||
35 | The Rock | December 8, 1997 | Raw | Portland, ME | 2 | 265 | 264 | 8 | Formerly known as Rocky Maivia. | |
36 | Triple H | August 30, 1998 | SummerSlam | New York, NY | 2 | 40 | 39 | 1 | This was a ladder match. Triple H was formerly known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley. | |
— | Vacated | October 9, 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Triple H suffering a knee injury. | |
37 | Ken Shamrock | October 12, 1998 | Raw | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 125 | 125 | 8 | Defeated X-Pac to win the vacant championship. | |
38 | Val Venis | February 14, 1999 | St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House | Memphis, TN | 1 | 29 | 29 | 2 | Billy Gunn was the special guest referee. | |
39 | Road Dogg | March 15, 1999 | Raw | San Jose, CA | 1 | 14 | 14 | 3 | ||
40 | Goldust | March 29, 1999 | Raw | East Rutherford, NJ | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | ||
41 | The Godfather | April 12, 1999 | Raw | Detroit, MI | 1 | 43 | 43 | 5 | ||
42 | Jeff Jarrett | May 25, 1999 | Raw | Moline, IL | 2 | 145 | 139 | 14 | At SummerSlam on August 22, Jarrett defeated D'Lo Brown in a winner takes all match to win the European Championship. This win made Jarrett the first Eurocontinental Champion. WWE recognizes Jarrett's reign as beginning on May 31, 1999, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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43 | Chyna | October 17, 1999 | No Mercy | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 56 | 56 | 1 | This was a Good Housekeeping match. Became the first (and to date only) woman to win the championship. |
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44 | Chris Jericho | December 12, 1999 | Armageddon | Sunrise, FL | 1 | 77 | 77 | 13 | ||
45 | Kurt Angle | Feburary 27, 2000 | No Way Out | Hartford, CT | 1 | 35 | 35 | 2 | Earlier that month, Angle also won the European Championship. This win made Angle the second and final Eurocontinental Champion. | |
46 | Chris Benoit | April 2, 2000 | WrestleMania 2000 | Anaheim, CA | 1 | 79 | 81 | 18 | This was a two-fall triple threat match, also involving Chris Jericho, in which Kurt Angle defended both championships. The person to get the first fall won the Intercontinental Championship and the person to score the second fall won the European Championship; Benoit scored the first fall to win the Intercontinental Championship. WWE recognizes Benoit's reign as ending on May 4, 2000, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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47 | Rikishi | June 20, 2000 | SmackDown! | Memphis, TN | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | WWE recognizes Rikishi's reign as beginning on June 22, 2000 and ending on July 6, 2000, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
48 | Val Venis | July 4, 2000 | SmackDown! | Sunrise, FL | 2 | 54 | 52 | 4 | WWE recognizes Venis's reign as beginning on July 6, 2000, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
49 | Eddie Guerrero | August 27, 2000 | SummerSlam | Raleigh, NC | 1 | 118 | 118 | 12 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Kurt Angle. | |
50 | Chris Benoit | December 10, 2000 | Armageddon | Birmingham, AL | 2 | 42 | 42 | 5 | This was a fatal-four way match that also involved Kurt Angle and Billy Gunn, who Benoit pinned. | |
51 | Chris Jericho | January 21, 2001 | Royal Rumble | New Orleans, LA | 2 | 72 | 74 | 11 | This was a ladder match. WWE recognizes Jericho's reign as ending on April 5, 2001, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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52 | Triple H | April 3, 2001 | SmackDown! | Oklahoma City, OK | 3 | 47 | 45 | 3 | WWE recognizes Triple H's reign as beginning on April 5, 2001, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
53 | Kane | May 20, 2001 | Judgment Day | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 37 | 39 | 6 | This was a chain match. WWE recognizes Kane's reign as ending on June 28, 2001, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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54 | Albert | June 26, 2001 | SmackDown! | New York, NY | 1 | 27 | 25 | 5 | This was a no disqualification match. WWE recognizes Albert's reign as beginning on June 28, 2001, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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55 | Lance Storm | July 23, 2001 | Raw | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 27 | 27 | 3 | ||
56 | Edge | August 19, 2001 | SummerSlam | San Jose, CA | 1 | 154 | 154 | 16 | On November 18 at Survivor Series, Edge defeated Test to unify the WCW United States Championship into the Intercontinental Championship; the United States Championship was retired in the process | |
57 | William Regal | January 20, 2002 | Royal Rumble | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 56 | 56 | 6 | ||
58 | Rob Van Dam | March 17, 2002 | WrestleMania X8 | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 35 | 35 | 5 | On March 25, the brand extension began, in which wrestlers and championships became exclusive to either the Raw or SmackDown! brands, represented by the show of the same name. The title became exclusive to Raw when Van Dam was drafted to the Raw brand. | |
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59 | Eddie Guerrero | April 21, 2002 | Backlash | Kansas City, MO | 2 | 36 | 36 | 5 | On May 6, 2002, after the World Wrestling Federation was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" due to a lawsuit by the World Wide Fund for Nature, the title was subsequently renamed to WWE Intercontinental Championship. | |
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60 | Rob Van Dam | May 27, 2002 | Raw | Edmonton, AB, Canada | 2 | 119 | 119 | 5 | This was a ladder match. During his reign, Van Dam unified both the European Championship and the Hardcore Championship into the Intercontinental Championship on the July 22 and August 27 episodes of Raw, respectively, with both titles retired in the process. |
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61 | Kane | September 23, 2002 | Raw | Anaheim, CA | 2 | 27 | 27 | 1 | ||
62 | Triple H | October 20, 2002 | No Mercy | North Little Rock, AR | 4 | 210 | 210 | 15 | This was a Winner takes all ladder match in which Triple H also defended the World Heavyweight Championship. | |
63 | Christian | May 18, 2003 | Judgment Day | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 134 | 134 | 11 | This was a 20-man battle royal for the title. Christian won the match by last eliminating Triple H. In July, the United States Championship was introduced for the SmackDown brand as the Intercontinental title's counterpart. |
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64 | Rob Van Dam | September 29, 2003 | Raw | Rosemont, IL | 3 | 76 | 76 | 5 | This was a ladder match. | |
65 | Randy Orton | December 14, 2003 | Armageddon | Orlando, FL | 1 | 210 | 210 | 8 | Mick Foley was the guest referee. | |
66 | Edge | July 11, 2004 | Vengeance | Hartford, CT | 2 | 57 | 57 | 4 | ||
67 | Chris Jericho | September 6, 2004 | Raw | Wichita Falls, TX | 3 | 43 | 43 | 1 | Awarded the title due to Edge suffering a groin injury. | |
68 | Shelton Benjamin | October 19, 2004 | Taboo Tuesday | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | 244 | 244 | 15 | Due to the stipulation of the event, fans could vote for who would face Chris Jericho for the title; Benjamin had the most votes. | |
69 | Carlito | June 20, 2005 | Raw | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 90 | 91 | 3 | WWE incorrectly lists Carlito's reign as ending on September 19, 2005, and lasting 91 days. | |
70 | Ric Flair | September 18, 2005 | Unforgiven | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | 155 | 154 | 5 | WWE's official title history incorrectly lists Flair's reign as beginning on September 19, 2005, and lasting 154 days. | |
71 | Shelton Benjamin | February 20, 2006 | Raw | Trenton, NJ | 2 | 125 | 124 | 7 | ||
72 | Johnny Nitro | June 25, 2006 | Vengeance | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 99 | 99 | 7 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Carlito. | |
73 | Jeff Hardy | October 2, 2006 | Raw | Topeka, KS | 1 | 140 | 139 | 7 | ||
74 | Umaga | February 19, 2007 | Raw | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 56 | 56 | 1 | ||
75 | Santino Marella | April 16, 2007 | Raw | Milan, Italy | 1 | 77 | 77 | 3 | This was a No Holds Barred match. Santino was "picked out of the audience" by Vince McMahon. | |
76 | Umaga | July 2, 2007 | Raw | Dallas, TX | 2 | 62 | 63 | 3 | WWE recognizes Umaga's reign as ending on September 3, 2007, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
77 | Jeff Hardy | September 2, 2007 | Raw | Columbus, OH | 2 | 190 | 189 | 4 | WWE recognizes Hardy's reign as beginning on September 3, 2007, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
78 | Chris Jericho | March 1, 2008 | Raw | Milwaukee, WI | 4 | 120 | 120 | 3 | ||
79 | Kofi Kingston | June 29, 2008 | Night of Champions | Dallas, TX | 1 | 49 | 48 | 3 | ||
80 | Santino Marella | August 17, 2008 | SummerSlam | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 85 | 85 | 4 | This was a Winners Take All mixed tag team match in which both Kofi Kingston's Intercontinental and Mickie James's Women's Championship were on the line. Marella won Kingston's title when his partner, Beth Phoenix, pinned James. | |
81 | William Regal | November 10, 2008 | Raw | Manchester, England | 2 | 70 | 70 | 2 | ||
82 | CM Punk | January 19, 2009 | Raw | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 76 | 76 | 2 | This was a no disqualification match. | |
83 | Rey Mysterio | April 5, 2009 | WrestleMania 25 | Houston, TX | 1 | 149 | 152 | 6 | This was a triple threat match that also involved John "Bradshaw" Layfield, who Mysterio pinned. The title became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2009 WWE Draft. WWE recognizes Mysterio's reign as ending on September 4, 2009, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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84 | John Morrison | September 1, 2009 | SmackDown | Cleveland, OH | 2 | 103 | 100 | 5 | Formerly known as Johnny Nitro. WWE recognizes Morrison's reign as beginning on September 4, 2009, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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85 | Drew McIntyre | December 13, 2009 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 161 | 161 | 4 | ||
86 | Kofi Kingston | May 23, 2010 | Over the Limit | Detroit, MI | 2 | 66 | 75 | 2 | WWE recognizes Kingston's reign as ending on August 6, 2010, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
87 | Dolph Ziggler | July 28, 2010 | SmackDown | Laredo, TX | 1 | 160 | 154 | 12 | WWE recognizes Ziggler's reign as beginning on August 6, 2010, and ending on January 7, 2011, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
88 | Kofi Kingston | January 4, 2011 | SmackDown | Tucson, AZ | 3 | 77 | 76 | 1 | WWE recognizes Kingston's reign as beginning on January 7, 2011 and ending on March 25, 2011, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
89 | Wade Barrett | March 22, 2011 | SmackDown | Columbus, OH | 1 | 89 | 86 | 4 | WWE recognizes Barrett's reign as beginning on March 25, 2011, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
90 | Ezekiel Jackson | June 19, 2011 | Capitol Punishment | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 51 | 54 | 2 | WWE recognizes Jackson's reign as ending on August 12, 2011, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
91 | Cody Rhodes | August 9, 2011 | SmackDown | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 285 | 283 | 9 | WWE recognizes Rhodes's reign as beginning on August 12, 2011, when the episode aired on tape delay. On August 29, 2011, the brand extension ended, allowing the Intercontinental Champion to appear on both Raw and SmackDown. |
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92 | Christian | May 20, 2012 | Over the Limit | Raleigh, NC | 2 | 64 | 64 | 1 | ||
93 | The Miz | July 23, 2012 | Raw 1000 | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 85 | 84 | 3 | WWE recognizes Miz's reign as ending on October 16, 2012, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
94 | Kofi Kingston | October 16, 2012 | Main Event | Memphis, TN | 4 | 74 | 75 | 3 | WWE recognizes Kingston's reign as beginning on October 17, 2012 and ending on December 31, 2012, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
95 | Wade Barrett | December 29, 2012 | Raw | Washington, D.C. | 2 | 169 | 167 | 7 | WWE recognizes Barrett's reign as beginning on December 31, 2012, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
96 | Curtis Axel | June 16, 2013 | Payback | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 155 | 154 | 8 | This was a triple threat match, that also involved The Miz. | |
97 | Big E Langston | November 18, 2013 | Raw | Nashville, TN | 1 | 167 | 167 | 5 | On February 12, 2014, Big E Langston's ring name was shortened to Big E. | |
98 | Bad News Barrett | May 4, 2014 | Extreme Rules | East Rutherford, NJ | 3 | 57 | 56 | 4 | Formerly known as Wade Barrett. | |
— | Vacated | June 30, 2014 | Raw | Hartford, CT | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Bad News Barrett suffering a shoulder injury. | |
99 | Dolph Ziggler | July 20, 2014 | Battleground | Tampa, FL | 2 | 169 | 168 | 14 | This was a 19-man battle royal. Ziggler last eliminated The Miz to win the vacant title. | |
100 | Bad News Barrett | January 5, 2015 | Raw | Corpus Christi, TX | 4 | 83 | 82 | 2 | Dolph Ziggler originally retained his title against Barrett, but Director of Operations Kane made the match a two-out-of-three falls match, which Barrett won. | |
101 | Daniel Bryan | March 29, 2015 | WrestleMania 31 | Santa Clara, CA | 1 | 43 | 42 | 1 | This was a seven-way ladder match that also involved Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Luke Harper, R-Truth, and Stardust. | |
— | Vacated | May 11, 2015 | Raw | Cincinnati, OH | — | — | — | — | Daniel Bryan was stripped of the championship due to a concussion-related injury. | |
102 | Ryback | May 31, 2015 | Elimination Chamber | Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | 112 | 112 | 3 | This was an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant title, that also involved Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry, R-Truth, and King Barrett. | |
103 | Kevin Owens | September 20, 2015 | Night of Champions | Houston, TX | 1 | 84 | 83 | 3 | ||
104 | Dean Ambrose | December 13, 2015 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Boston, MA | 1 | 64 | 64 | 3 | ||
105 | Kevin Owens | February 16, 2016 | Raw | Anaheim, CA | 2 | 48 | 48 | 1 | This was a fatal five-way match, that also involved Tyler Breeze, Stardust, and Dolph Ziggler. | |
106 | The Miz | April 3, 2016 | WrestleMania 32 | Arlington, TX | 2 | 275 | 275 | 15 | This was a seven-way ladder match, that also involved Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn, Stardust, Sin Cara, and Zack Ryder. In July, the brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2016 WWE Draft. |
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107 | Dean Ambrose | January 3, 2017 | SmackDown | Jacksonville, FL | 2 | 152 | 152 | 3 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up. | |
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108 | The Miz | June 4, 2017 | Extreme Rules | Baltimore, MD | 3 | 169 | 169 | 6 | ||
109 | Roman Reigns | November 20, 2017 | Raw | Houston, TX | 1 | 63 | 63 | 5 | ||
110 | The Miz | January 22, 2018 | Raw 25 Years | Brooklyn, NY | 4 | 76 | 75 | 1 | ||
111 | Seth Rollins | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 71 | 71 | 7 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Finn Bálor. | |
112 | Dolph Ziggler | June 18, 2018 | Raw | Grand Rapids, MI | 3 | 62 | 61 | 2 | ||
113 | Seth Rollins | August 19, 2018 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 148 | 148 | 7 | ||
114 | Bobby Lashley | January 14, 2019 | Raw | Memphis, TN | 1 | 83 | 83 | 2 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Dean Ambrose, who Lashley pinned. | |
115 | Finn Bálor | April 7, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 1 | 98 | 97 | 3 | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up. | |
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116 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules Kickoff |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 201 | 201 | 3 | ||
117 | Braun Strowman | January 31, 2020 | SmackDown | Tulsa, OK | 1 | 37 | 36 | 1 | ||
118 | Sami Zayn | March 8, 2020 | Elimination Chamber | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 65 | 65 | 1 | This was a 3-on-1 Handicap match in which Braun Strowman faced Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro. Zayn pinned Strowman to win the title. | |
— | Vacated | May 12, 2020 | Backstage | — | — | — | — | — | Sami Zayn was stripped of the title after he refused to defend it during the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
119 | AJ Styles | June 8, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 1 | 74 | 71 | 3 | Defeated Daniel Bryan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on June 12, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. WWE's official title history incorrectly lists Styles' reign as lasting 71 days, ending on August 22, 2020. |
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120 | Jeff Hardy | August 21, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 3 | 37 | 36 | 2 | On the August 28 episode of SmackDown, Sami Zayn returned with his own title belt, claiming to be the rightful champion as he was undefeated. WWE did not recognize Zayn as champion; however, this led to the following match to determine the undisputed champion. | |
121 | Sami Zayn | September 27, 2020 | Clash of Champions | Orlando, FL | 2 | 86 | 89 | 2 | This was a triple threat ladder match that also involved AJ Styles in which the winner had to retrieve Jeff Hardy's belt and Zayn's faux belt to determine the undisputed champion. WWE recognizes Zayn's reign as ending on December 25, 2020, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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122 | Big E | December 22, 2020 | SmackDown | St. Petersburg, FL | 2 | 110 | 107 | 7 | This was a lumberjack match. WWE recognizes Big E's reign as beginning on December 25, 2020, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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123 | Apollo Crews | April 11, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 2 |
Tampa, FL | 1 | 124 | 123 | 4 | This was a Nigerian Drum Fight. | |
124 | King Nakamura | August 13, 2021 | SmackDown | Tulsa, OK | 2 | 182 | 189 | 3 | Won the title as King Nakamura. His name was reverted to Shinsuke Nakamura on October 8, 2021. WWE recognizes Nakamura's reign as ending on February 18, 2022, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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125 | Sami Zayn | February 11, 2022 | SmackDown | New Orleans, LA | 3 | 21 | 13 | 0 | WWE recognizes Zayn's reign as beginning on February 18, 2022, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
126 | Ricochet | March 4, 2022 | SmackDown | Miami, FL | 1 | 98 | 98 | 4 | ||
127 | Gunther | June 10, 2022 | SmackDown | Baton Rouge, LA | 1 | 666 | 666 | 22 | On the November 7, 2022, episode of Raw, Gunther defeated R-Truth to unify the 24/7 Championship into the Intercontinental Championship; the 24/7 title was retired in the process. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2023 WWE Draft. |
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128 | Sami Zayn | April 6, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 1 |
Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 119 | 118 | 6 | ||
129 | Bron Breakker | August 3, 2024 | SummerSlam | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 51 | 51 | 1 | ||
130 | Jey Uso | September 23, 2024 | Raw | Ontario, CA | 1 | 28 | 27 | 1 | ||
131 | Bron Breakker | October 21, 2024 | Raw | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 55+ | 55+ | 2 |
Combined reigns
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Gunther | 1 | 22 | 666 | |
2 | Pedro Morales | 2 | 41 | 619 | 617 |
3 | The Miz | 4 | 25 | 605 | 603 |
4 | Don Muraco | 2 | 35 | 541 | 539 |
5 | The Honky Tonk Man | 1 | 32 | 454 | 443 |
6 | Tito Santana | 2 | 32 | 443 | 462 |
7 | Triple H | 4[i] | 29 | 440 | 437 |
8 | Razor Ramon | 3 | 27 | 435 | 421 |
9 | Shawn Michaels | 2 | 19 | 426 | 408 |
10 | The Ultimate Warrior | 2 | 35 | 434 | 432 |
11 | Randy Savage | 1 | 42 | 414 | |
12 | Mr. Perfect | 2 | 27 | 406 | 354 |
13 | Dolph Ziggler | 3 | 28 | 391 | 383 |
14 | Shelton Benjamin | 2 | 22 | 389 | 368 |
15 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 2[j] | 6 | 383 | 390 |
16 | Jeff Hardy | 3 | 13 | 367 | 364 |
17 | The Rock | 2[k] | 16 | 339 | 337 |
18 | Jeff Jarrett | 2 | 23 | 327 | 321 |
19 | Chris Jericho | 4 | 28 | 312 | |
20 | Bret Hart | 2 | 27 | 292 | |
21 | Sami Zayn | 4 | 9 | 291 | 285 |
22 | Greg Valentine | 1 | 27 | 285 | 266 |
Cody Rhodes | 1 | 9 | 285 | 283 | |
24 | Big E | 2[l] | 12 | 277 | 273 |
25 | Kofi Kingston | 4 | 9 | 266 | 272 |
26 | Pat Patterson | 1 | 13 | 233 | 232 |
27 | Ken Patera | 1 | 5 | 231 | 230 |
28 | Rob Van Dam | 3 | 5 | 230 | |
29 | Owen Hart | 1 | 11 | 224 | |
30 | Seth Rollins | 2 | 14 | 219 | |
31 | Dean Ambrose | 2 | 6 | 216 | |
32 | Edge | 2 | 20 | 211 | |
33 | Randy Orton | 1 | 8 | 210 | 209 |
34 | John Morrison | 2[m] | 12 | 202 | 205 |
35 | Christian | 2 | 12 | 198 | |
36 | Goldust | 2 | 11 | 168 | |
37 | Santino Marella | 2 | 7 | 162 | 160 |
38 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | 4 | 161 | |
39 | Curtis Axel | 1 | 8 | 155 | |
Ric Flair | 1 | 5 | 155 | 154 | |
41 | Eddie Guerrero | 2 | 17 | 154 | |
42 | Rey Mysterio | 1 | 6 | 149 | 152 |
43 | Rick Rude | 1 | 12 | 148 | |
44 | Diesel | 1 | 9 | 138 | 121 |
45 | Kevin Owens | 2 | 4 | 132 | 131 |
46 | Ken Shamrock | 1 | 8 | 125 | 124 |
47 | Apollo Crews | 1 | 4 | 124 | 123 |
48 | William Regal | 2 | 8 | 126 | |
49 | Chris Benoit | 2 | 23 | 121 | 123 |
50 | Umaga | 2 | 4 | 118 | 119 |
51 | Ryback | 1 | 3 | 112 | |
52 | Bron Breakker † | 2 | 3 | 106+ | |
53 | Ricochet | 1 | 4 | 98 | |
Finn Bálor | 1 | 3 | 98 | 97 | |
55 | Carlito | 1 | 3 | 90 | 91 |
56 | The Texas Tornado | 1 | 10 | 84 | 110 |
57 | Bobby Lashley | 1 | 2 | 83 | |
Val Venis | 2 | 4 | 83 | 79 | |
59 | Roddy Piper | 1 | 4 | 77 | |
60 | CM Punk | 1 | 2 | 76 | |
61 | AJ Styles | 1 | 3 | 74 | 71 |
62 | Ricky Steamboat | 1 | 2 | 65 | 76 |
63 | Kane | 2 | 7 | 64 | 66 |
64 | Roman Reigns | 1 | 5 | 63 | 62 |
65 | The British Bulldog | 1 | 4 | 59 | |
66 | Chyna | 1 | 1 | 56 | |
67 | Ezekiel Jackson | 1 | 2 | 51 | 54 |
68 | Ahmed Johnson | 1 | 1 | 50 | 49 |
69 | The Godfather | 1 | 5 | 43 | |
Daniel Bryan | 1 | 1 | 43 | 42 | |
71 | Braun Strowman | 1 | 1 | 37 | 36 |
72 | Kurt Angle | 1 | 2 | 35 | |
73 | Jey Uso | 1 | 1 | 28 | 27 |
74 | Albert | 1 | 5 | 27 | 25 |
Lance Storm | 1 | 3 | 27 | ||
76 | Road Dogg | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
Rikishi | 1 | 2 |
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Brand | SmackDown | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | June 19, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Shinsuke Nakamura | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | November 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE United States Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. Established on June 19, 2003, it is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Raw.
The current champion is Shinsuke Nakamura, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeating LA Knight at Survivor Series: WarGames on November 30, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
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1 | Eddie Guerrero | July 27, 2003 | Vengeance | Denver, CO | 1 | 84 | 84 | 5 | The championship was established on June 19, 2003 as an exclusive title of the SmackDown brand. Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. |
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2 | Big Show | October 19, 2003 | No Mercy | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 147 | 147 | 2 | ||
3 | John Cena | March 14, 2004 | WrestleMania XX | New York, NY | 1 | 135 | 137 | 8 | WWE recognizes Cena's reign as ending on July 29, 2004, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
4 | Booker T | July 27, 2004 | SmackDown! | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | 68 | 66 | 1 | This was an eight-way elimination match that also involved René Duprée, Kenzo Suzuki, Rob Van Dam, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas, and Luther Reigns. WWE recognizes Booker T's reign as beginning on July 29, 2004, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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5 | John Cena | October 3, 2004 | No Mercy | East Rutherford, NJ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | This was the fifth match of a Best of Five series. WWE recognizes Cena's reign as ending on October 7, 2004, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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6 | Carlito | October 5, 2004 | SmackDown! | Boston, MA | 1 | 42 | 42 | 2 | WWE recognizes Carlito's reign as beginning on October 7, 2004 and ending on November 18, 2004, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
7 | John Cena | November 16, 2004 | SmackDown! | Dayton, OH | 3 | 105 | 105 | 4 | WWE recognizes Cena's reign as beginning on November 18, 2004 and ending on March 3, 2005, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
8 | Orlando Jordan | March 1, 2005 | SmackDown! | Albany, NY | 1 | 173 | 171 | 9 | WWE recognizes Jordan's reign as beginning on March 3, 2005, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
9 | Chris Benoit | August 21, 2005 | SummerSlam | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 58 | 61 | 6 | WWE recognizes Benoit's reign as ending on October 21, 2005, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
10 | Booker T | January 10, 2006 | SmackDown! | Reno, NV | 2 | 124 | 124 | 2 | WWE recognizes Booker T's reign as beginning on October 21, 2005, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
11 | Chris Benoit | February 19, 2006 | No Way Out | Baltimore, MD | 2 | 42 | 42 | 0 | ||
12 | John "Bradshaw" Layfield | April 2, 2006 | WrestleMania 22 | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 51 | 54 | 2 | WWE recognizes JBL's reign as ending on May 26, 2006, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
13 | Bobby Lashley | May 23, 2006 | SmackDown! | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 49 | 48 | 1 | WWE recognizes Lashley's reign as beginning on May 26, 2006 and ending on July 14, 2006, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
14 | Finlay | July 11, 2006 | SmackDown! | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | 49 | 48 | 4 | WWE recognizes Finlay's reign as beginning on July 14, 2006 and ending on September 1, 2006, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
15 | Mr. Kennedy | August 29, 2006 | SmackDown! | Reading, PA | 1 | 42 | 42 | 0 | This was a triple threat match, that also involved Bobby Lashley, who Kennedy pinned to win the title. WWE recognizes Kennedy's reign as beginning on September 1, 2006 and ending on October 13, 2006, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
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16 | Chris Benoit | October 10, 2006 | SmackDown! | Jacksonville, FL | 3 | 222 | 219 | 7 | WWE recognizes Benoit's reign as beginning on October 13, 2006, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
17 | Montel Vontavious Porter | May 20, 2007 | Judgment Day | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 343 | 343 | 6 | This was a two out of three falls match. | |
18 | Matt Hardy | April 27, 2008 | Backlash | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 84 | 84 | 3 | The title became exclusive to the ECW brand following the 2008 WWE Draft. | |
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19 | Shelton Benjamin | July 20, 2008 | The Great American Bash | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 240 | 243 | 4 | The title was returned to SmackDown due to Benjamin's status as a SmackDown wrestler. | |
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20 | Montel Vontavious Porter | March 17, 2009 | SmackDown | Corpus Christi, TX | 2 | 76 | 73 | 2 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2009 WWE Draft. | |
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21 | Kofi Kingston | June 1, 2009 | Raw | Birmingham, AL | 1 | 126 | 126 | 9 | ||
22 | The Miz | October 5, 2009 | Raw | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | 349 | 349 | 10 | ||
23 | Daniel Bryan | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 176 | 175 | 2 | ||
24 | Sheamus | March 14, 2011 | Raw | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 48 | 47 | 1 | If Sheamus lost, he would have quit WWE. The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2011 WWE Draft. |
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25 | Kofi Kingston | May 1, 2011 | Extreme Rules | Tampa, FL | 2 | 49 | 49 | 1 | This was a tables match. The title became exclusive to Raw due to Kingston's status as a Raw wrestler. |
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26 | Dolph Ziggler | June 19, 2011 | Capitol Punishment | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 211 | 211 | 5 | On August 29, 2011, the brand extension ended, allowing the United States Champion to appear on both Raw and SmackDown. | |
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27 | Jack Swagger | January 16, 2012 | Raw | Anaheim, CA | 1 | 49 | 48 | 1 | ||
28 | Santino Marella | March 5, 2012 | Raw | Boston, MA | 1 | 167 | 167 | 5 | ||
29 | Antonio Cesaro | August 19, 2012 | SummerSlam Pre-Show |
Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 239 | 238 | 14 | ||
30 | Kofi Kingston | April 15, 2013 | Raw | Greenville, SC | 3 | 34 | 34 | 1 | ||
31 | Dean Ambrose | May 19, 2013 | Extreme Rules | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 351 | 350 | 14 | ||
32 | Sheamus | May 5, 2014 | Raw | Albany, NY | 2 | 182 | 182 | 6 | ||
33 | Rusev | November 3, 2014 | Raw | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 146 | 145 | 5 | ||
34 | John Cena | March 29, 2015 | WrestleMania 31 | Santa Clara, CA | 4 | 147 | 147 | 14 | ||
35 | Seth Rollins | August 23, 2015 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 28 | 28 | 0 | This was a winner takes all match that was also for Rollins' WWE World Heavyweight Championship. | |
36 | John Cena | September 20, 2015 | Night of Champions | Houston, TX | 5 | 35 | 35 | 5 | ||
37 | Alberto Del Rio | October 25, 2015 | Hell in a Cell | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 91 | 90 | 3 | Del Rio answered an open challenge that Cena issued. | |
38 | Kalisto | January 24, 2016 | Royal Rumble | Orlando, FL | 1 | 119 | 119 | 4 | ||
39 | Rusev | May 22, 2016 | Extreme Rules | Newark, NJ | 2 | 126 | 126 | 7 | In July, the brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE Draft. | |
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40 | Roman Reigns | September 25, 2016 | Clash of Champions | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 106 | 105 | 6 | ||
41 | Chris Jericho | January 9, 2017 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 83 | 83 | 3 | This was a 2-on-1 handicap match that also involved Kevin Owens, who teamed with Jericho. Jericho pinned Roman Reigns to win the title. | |
42 | Kevin Owens | April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 112 | 112 | 6 | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up. | |
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43 | AJ Styles | July 23, 2017 | Battleground | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 75 | 74 | 5 | ||
44 | Baron Corbin | October 8, 2017 | Hell in a Cell | Detroit, MI | 1 | 70 | 70 | 2 | This was a triple threat match, that also involved Tye Dillinger, who Corbin pinned to win the title. | |
45 | Bobby Roode | December 17, 2017 | Clash of Champions | Boston, MA | 1 | 84 | 84 | 3 | ||
46 | Jinder Mahal | March 11, 2018 | Fastlane | Columbus, OH | 1 | 36 | 36 | 1 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the first night of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up. | |
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47 | Jeff Hardy | April 16, 2018 | Raw | Hartford, CT | 1 | 90 | 90 | 4 | The title was transferred back to the SmackDown brand on the second night of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up. | |
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48 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 15, 2018 | Extreme Rules | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 198 | 198 | 8 | ||
49 | R-Truth | January 29, 2019 | SmackDown | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 35 | 35 | 3 | ||
50 | Samoa Joe | March 5, 2019 | SmackDown | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | 110 | 110 | 3 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Rey Mysterio and Andrade, who Joe pinned to win the title. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up. |
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51 | Ricochet | June 23, 2019 | Stomping Grounds | Tacoma, WA | 1 | 21 | 21 | 1 | ||
52 | AJ Styles | July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 134 | 134 | 6 | ||
53 | Rey Mysterio | November 25, 2019 | Raw | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 42 | 42 | 2 | ||
54 | Andrade | January 6, 2020 | Raw | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | 140 | 140 | 5 | ||
55 | Apollo Crews | May 25, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 1 | 97 | 96 | 4 | ||
56 | Bobby Lashley | August 30, 2020 | Payback | Orlando, FL | 2 | 175 | 175 | 5 | ||
57 | Riddle | February 21, 2021 | Elimination Chamber | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 | 49 | 49 | 2 | This was a triple threat match that also involved John Morrison, who Riddle pinned to win the title. | |
58 | Sheamus | April 11, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 2 |
Tampa, FL | 3 | 132 | 131 | 1 | ||
59 | Damian Priest | August 21, 2021 | SummerSlam | Paradise, NV | 1 | 191 | 191 | 12 | ||
60 | Finn Bálor | February 28, 2022 | Raw | Columbus, OH | 1 | 69 | 68 | 1 | ||
61 | Austin Theory | May 8, 2022 | WrestleMania Backlash | Providence, RI | 1 | 55 | 54 | 3 | ||
62 | Bobby Lashley | July 2, 2022 | Money in the Bank | Paradise, NV | 3 | 100 | 100 | 5 | ||
63 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | October 10, 2022 | Raw | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 47 | 47 | 3 | Formerly known as just Seth Rollins. | |
64 | Austin Theory | November 7, 2022 | Survivor Series: WarGames | Boston, MA | 2 | 258 | 257 | 10 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Bobby Lashley. The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2023 WWE Draft. |
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65 | Rey Mysterio | August 11, 2023 | SmackDown | Calgary, AB, Canada | 2 | 85 | 84 | 2 | Austin Theory was originally set to face Santos Escobar, who had won the United States Championship Invitational Tournament, but was repeatedly attacked by Theory before the match started. WWE official Adam Pearce then allowed Mysterio to take Escobar's place for the title match. | |
66 | Logan Paul | November 4, 2023 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 273 | 273 | 2 | Paul was transferred to the SmackDown brand after winning the title; he was previously a free agent. | |
67 | LA Knight | August 3, 2024 | SummerSlam | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 119 | 118 | 7 | ||
68 | Shinsuke Nakamura | November 30, 2024 | Survivor Series: WarGames | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 2 | 15+ | 15+ | 0 |
Combined reigns
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | John Cena | 5 | 31 | 424 | 427 |
2 | Montel Vontavious Porter | 2 | 8 | 419 | 416 |
3 | Sheamus | 3 | 8 | 362 | 360 |
4 | Dean Ambrose | 1 | 12 | 351 | 350 |
5 | The Miz | 1 | 10 | 349 | |
6 | Shelton Benjamin | 1 | 4 | 340 | 343 |
7 | Bobby Lashley | 3 | 11 | 322 | 321 |
8 | Austin Theory | 2 | 13 | 313 | 311 |
9 | Logan Paul | 1 | 2 | 273 | |
10 | Rusev | 2 | 12 | 272 | 271 |
11 | Antonio Cesaro | 1 | 14 | 239 | 238 |
12 | Shinsuke Nakamura † | 2 | 8 | 213+ | |
13 | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 5 | 211 | |
15 | Kofi Kingston | 3 | 11 | 209 | |
AJ Styles | 2 | 11 | 209 | 208 | |
17 | Damian Priest | 1 | 12 | 191 | |
18 | Daniel Bryan | 1 | 2 | 176 | 175 |
19 | Orlando Jordan | 1 | 9 | 173 | 171 |
20 | Santino Marella | 1 | 5 | 167 | |
21 | Big Show | 1 | 2 | 147 | |
22 | Andrade | 1 | 5 | 140 | |
23 | Rey Mysterio | 2 | 4 | 127 | 126 |
24 | LA Knight | 1 | 7 | 119 | 118 |
Kalisto | 1 | 4 | 119 | ||
26 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 6 | 112 | |
27 | Samoa Joe | 1 | 3 | 110 | |
28 | Roman Reigns | 1 | 6 | 106 | 105 |
29 | Apollo Crews | 1 | 4 | 97 | 96 |
20 | Alberto Del Rio | 1 | 3 | 91 | 90 |
31 | Jeff Hardy | 1 | 4 | 90 | |
32 | Matt Hardy | 1 | 3 | 84 | |
Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 5 | 84 | ||
Bobby Roode | 1 | 3 | 84 | ||
35 | Chris Jericho | 1 | 3 | 83 | |
36 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | 2[p] | 3 | 75 | |
37 | Baron Corbin | 1 | 2 | 70 | |
38 | Finn Bálor | 1 | 1 | 69 | 68 |
39 | Jack Swagger | 1 | 1 | 49 | 48 |
Finlay | 1 | 4 | 49 | 48 | |
Riddle | 1 | 2 | 49 | ||
42 | Carlito | 1 | 2 | 42 | |
43 | Jinder Mahal | 1 | 1 | 36 | |
44 | Ricochet | 1 | 1 | 21 |
NXT North American Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date established | March 7, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Tony D'Angelo | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 8, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended as the secondary singles championship for men of NXT, the promotion's developmental brand.
The current champion is Tony D'Angelo, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Oba Femi on the October 8, 2024, episode of NXT in St. Louis, Missouri.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
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No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Defenses | ||||
1 | Adam Cole | April 7, 2018 | TakeOver: New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 133 | 133 | 2 | The title was established on March 7, 2018 for WWE's developmental brand NXT. Cole defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream in a six-way ladder match to become the inaugural champion. |
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2 | Ricochet | August 18, 2018 | TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 161 | 161 | 3 | ||
3 | Johnny Gargano | January 26, 2019 | TakeOver: Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | WWE recognizes Gargano's reign as ending on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
4 | Velveteen Dream | January 30, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 231 | 209 | 4 | WWE recognizes Dream's reign as beginning on February 20, 2019, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
5 | Roderick Strong | September 18, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 126 | 126 | 2 | ||
6 | Keith Lee | January 22, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 175 | 181 | 8 | WWE recognizes Lee's reign as ending on July 22, 2020, when the episode in which he vacated the title aired on tape delay. | |
— | Vacated | July 15, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | — | — | — | — | Keith Lee voluntarily relinquished the title two weeks after winning the NXT Championship in order to focus on defending the latter. Aired on tape delay on July 22, 2020. |
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7 | Damian Priest | August 22, 2020 | TakeOver XXX | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 67 | 67 | 3 | Defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano, and Velveteen Dream in a five-way ladder match to win the vacant title. | |
8 | Johnny Gargano | October 28, 2020 | NXT: Halloween Havoc |
Orlando, FL | 2 | 202 | 202 | 5 | This was a Devil's Playground match. | |
9 | Bronson Reed | May 18, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 42 | 42 | 1 | This was a Steel Cage match. | |
10 | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | June 29, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 105 | 104 | 1 | ||
11 | Carmelo Hayes | October 12, 2021 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 375 | 374 | 12 | Cashed in his Breakout Tournament contract. At New Year's Evil on January 4, 2022, Hayes defeated Roderick Strong to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Championship into the North American Championship; the Cruiserweight title was retired in the process. |
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12 | Wes Lee | October 22, 2022 | Halloween Havoc | Orlando, FL | 1 | 269 | 269 | 11 | This was a five-way ladder match that also involved Von Wagner, Nathan Frazer, and Oro Mensah. | |
13 | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | July 18, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 144 | 143 | 6 | Mysterio became the first wrestler from the main roster (in this case the Raw brand) to win the championship. | |
14 | Dragon Lee | December 9, 2023 | Deadline | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 31 | 31 | 4 | Lee became the second wrestler from the main roster (in this case the SmackDown brand) to win the championship. | |
15 | Oba Femi | January 9, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 273 | 272 | 10 | Cashed in his Breakout Tournament contract. | |
16 | Tony D'Angelo | October 8, 2024 | NXT | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 68+ | 68+ | 4 |
Combined reigns
† | Indicates the current champion |
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Carmelo Hayes | 1 | 12 | 375 | 374 |
2 | Oba Femi | 1 | 10 | 273 | 272 |
3 | Wes Lee | 1 | 11 | 269 | |
4 | Velveteen Dream | 1 | 4 | 231 | 209 |
5 | Johnny Gargano | 2 | 5 | 206 | 227 |
6 | Keith Lee | 1 | 8 | 175 | 181 |
7 | Ricochet | 1 | 3 | 161 | |
8 | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 6 | 144 | 143 |
9 | Adam Cole | 1 | 2 | 133 | |
10 | Roderick Strong | 1 | 2 | 126 | |
11 | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | 1 | 1 | 105 | 104 |
12 | Tony D'Angelo † | 1 | 4 | 68+ | |
13 | Damian Priest | 1 | 3 | 67 | |
14 | Bronson Reed | 1 | 1 | 42 | |
15 | Dragon Lee | 1 | 4 | 31 |
NXT Heritage Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date established | September 10, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Charlie Dempsey | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | August 13, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NXT Heritage Cup is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is a specialized championship for men of NXT, the promotion's developmental brand. The title is defended just like any other championship but has a special stipulation in which all matches are contested under British Rounds Rules.
The current champion is Charlie Dempsey, who is in his record-tying second reign. He won the title by defeating Tony D'Angelo by 2–1 on the August 13, 2024, episode of NXT in Orlando, Florida.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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1 | A-Kid | October 28, 2020 | NXT UK | London, England | 1 | 182 | 174 | 2 | The title was established on September 10, 2020 as the NXT UK Heritage Cup for the NXT UK brand. A-Kid defeated Trent Seven 2–1 in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on November 26, 2020 and ending on May 20, 2021, when the matches aired on tape delay. |
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2 | Tyler Bate | April 28, 2021 | NXT UK | London, England | 1 | 168 | 160 | 2 | Won 1–0. WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on May 20, 2021 and ending on October 28, 2021, when the matches aired on tape delay. |
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3 | Noam Dar | October 6, 2021 | NXT UK | London, England | 1 | 615 | 592 | 6 | Won 2–1 after Bate's partner, Trent Seven, who was ringside, accidentally threw in the towel. WWE recognizes Dar's reign as beginning on October 28, 2021, when the episode aired on tape delay. Following the Worlds Collide event in September 2022, the title saw months of inactivity until it was brought back on the April 4, 2023, episode of NXT, thus transferring the title to NXT with it subsequently renamed to NXT Heritage Cup. |
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4 | Nathan Frazer | June 13, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 70 | 69 | 1 | Defeated Oro Mensah 2–1, who wrestled on behalf of Noam Dar due to Dar suffering an injury. | |
5 | Noam Dar | August 22, 2023 | NXT: Heatwave |
Orlando, FL | 2 | 189 | 189 | 6 | Won 2–1. | |
6 | Charlie Dempsey | February 27, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 77 | 76 | 1 | Won 2–1. Dempsey won the title on behalf of the No Quarter Catch Crew (which at the time of him winning the title consisted of himself, Drew Gulak, Damon Kemp, and Myles Borne; Gulak was released from WWE in early May), who defended the title under the "Catch Clause" in which any member can defend the Cup. However, WWE only recognizes Dempsey as champion. |
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7 | Tony D'Angelo | May 14, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 91 | 90 | 4 | Won 2–1. | |
8 | Charlie Dempsey | August 13, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 2 | 124+ | 124+ | 2 | Won 2–1. |
Combined reigns
† | Indicates the current champion |
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Noam Dar | 2 | 12 | 804 | 781 |
2 | Charlie Dempsey † | 2 | 3 | 201+ | 200+ |
3 | A-Kid | 1 | 2 | 182 | 174 |
4 | Tyler Bate | 1 | 2 | 168 | 160 |
5 | Tony D'Angelo | 1 | 4 | 91 | 90 |
6 | Nathan Frazer | 1 | 1 | 70 | 69 |
WWE women's world championships
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Date established | June 6, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Liv Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | May 25, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two women's world titles for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's Championship on SmackDown.
The current champion is Liv Morgan, who is in her second reign. She won the title by defeating Becky Lynch at King and Queen of the Ring on May 25, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
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No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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1 | Michelle McCool | July 20, 2008 | The Great American Bash | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 155 | 158 | 3 | The title was introduced as the WWE Divas Championship on June 6, 2008 for the SmackDown brand as the counterpart to the WWE Women's Championship, which was exclusive to Raw. McCool defeated Natalya to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes McCool's reign as ending on December 26, 2008, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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2 | Maryse | December 22, 2008 | SmackDown | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 216 | 211 | 4 | Maria was the special guest referee. The championship became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2009 WWE draft. WWE recognizes Maryse's reign as beginning on December 26, 2008, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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3 | Mickie James | July 26, 2009 | Night of Champions | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 78 | 78 | 3 | ||
4 | Melina | October 12, 2009 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 84 | 83 | 1 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Jillian Hall, who Melina pinned to win the title. | |
— | Vacated | January 4, 2010 | Raw | Dayton, OH | — | — | — | — | Melina was stripped of the championship after she suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament. | |
5 | Maryse | February 21, 2010 | Elimination Chamber | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 50 | 49 | 1 | Defeated Gail Kim in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
6 | Eve Torres | April 12, 2010 | Raw | London, England | 1 | 69 | 68 | 1 | ||
7 | Alicia Fox | June 20, 2010 | Fatal 4-Way | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 56 | 55 | 2 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Gail Kim and Maryse. Fox pinned Maryse to win the championship. | |
8 | Melina | August 15, 2010 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 35 | 34 | 2 | ||
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9 | Michelle McCool | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 63 | 62 | 1 | This was a lumberjill match where the Women's Championship was unified with the Divas Championship; the Women's Championship was retired in the process. The title subsequently became defended on both the Raw and SmackDown brands. Layla was unofficially the co-champion during this reign; she defended the championship in McCool's place on some occasions. | |
10 | Natalya | November 21, 2010 | Survivor Series | Miami, FL | 1 | 70 | 69 | 1 | This was a handicap match that also involved Layla as Michelle McCool's tag team partner. | |
11 | Eve Torres | January 30, 2011 | Royal Rumble | Boston, MA | 2 | 63 | 62 | 2 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Layla, who Torres pinned, and Michelle McCool. | |
12 | Brie Bella | April 3, 2011 | WrestleMania XXVII | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 77 | 77 | 1 | ||
13 | Kelly Kelly | June 19, 2011 | Capitol Punishment | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 105 | 104 | 3 | Brie Bella's opponent was determined by a fan-voted poll. Kelly Kelly received the highest number of votes over Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres. | |
14 | Beth Phoenix | October 2, 2011 | Hell in a Cell | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 204 | 203 | 5 | ||
15 | Nikki Bella | April 23, 2012 | Raw | Detroit, MI | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | This was a lumberjill match. | |
16 | Layla | April 29, 2012 | Extreme Rules | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 140 | 139 | 3 | Beth Phoenix was originally scheduled to challenge for the title, but was not medically cleared to compete before the match was started. Layla made her return as a surprise challenger for the title. | |
17 | Eve Torres | September 16, 2012 | Night of Champions | Boston, MA | 3 | 120 | 120 | 7 | ||
18 | Kaitlyn | January 14, 2013 | Raw 20th Anniversary Special | Houston, TX | 1 | 153 | 152 | 3 | ||
19 | AJ Lee | June 16, 2013 | Payback | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 295 | 295 | 13 | ||
20 | Paige | April 7, 2014 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 83 | 82 | 4 | ||
21 | AJ Lee | June 29, 2014 | Money in the Bank | Boston, MA | 2 | 147 | 146 | 3 | ||
22 | Nikki Bella | November 23, 2014 | Survivor Series | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 301 | 300 | 12 | ||
23 | Charlotte | September 20, 2015 | Night of Champions | Houston, TX | 1 | 406 | 406 | 16 | If Nikki Bella was counted out or disqualified, she would lose the title per the stipulation. During this reign, the title was renamed twice, the first time as the WWE Women's Championship on the April 4, 2016, episode of Raw, and the second time as the WWE Raw Women's Championship on the September 5, 2016, episode of Raw after the title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE Draft in July and the creation of the SmackDown Women's Championship for the SmackDown brand. |
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24 | Sasha Banks | October 30, 2016 | Hell in a Cell | Boston, MA | 1 | 49 | 48 | 2 | This was the first women's Hell in a Cell match and the first time women were the main event match of a WWE pay-per-view. | |
25 | Charlotte Flair | December 18, 2016 | Roadblock: End of the Line | Pittsburgh, PA | 2 | 57 | 57 | 1 | Formerly known as just Charlotte. This was a 30-minute iron woman match, which Flair won 3–2 in sudden death overtime. |
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26 | Bayley | February 13, 2017 | Raw | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 76 | 75 | 2 | ||
27 | Alexa Bliss | April 30, 2017 | Payback | San Jose, CA | 1 | 343 | 342 | 8 | ||
28 | Nia Jax | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 70 | 70 | 2 | ||
29 | Alexa Bliss | June 17, 2018 | Money in the Bank | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 63 | 63 | 1 | Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. | |
30 | Ronda Rousey | August 19, 2018 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 232 | 231 | 10 | ||
31 | Becky Lynch | April 8, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 1 | 373 | 398 | 9 | This was a winner takes all fatal four-way match for both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship that also involved Asuka, who defended the SmackDown Women's Championship, and Charlotte Flair. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. WWE recognizes her reign as ending on May 10, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay. |
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32 | Asuka | April 15, 2020 | Money in the Bank | Orlando, FL | 1 | 96 | 78 | 5 | Defeated Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, Nia Jax, and Shayna Baszler in the women's Money in the Bank ladder match. The Money in the Bank briefcase was originally supposed to contain a guaranteed championship match contract, but on the following episode of Raw, previous champion Becky Lynch announced that, due to being pregnant, she had relinquished the title prior to the ladder match, and it was placed inside the briefcase with the winner obtaining the belt. WWE recognizes Asuka's reign as beginning on May 10, 2020, and ending on July 27, 2020, when both matches aired on tape delay. |
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33 | Sasha Banks | July 20, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 2 | 34 | 26 | 1 | Besides pinfall or submission, the title could also change hands by countout or disqualification; Banks won by countout. WWE recognizes Banks' reign as beginning on July 27, 2020, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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34 | Asuka | August 23, 2020 | SummerSlam | Orlando, FL | 2 | 231 | 231 | 7 | ||
35 | Rhea Ripley | April 11, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 2 |
Tampa, FL | 1 | 98 | 97 | 3 | ||
36 | Charlotte Flair | July 18, 2021 | Money in the Bank | Fort Worth, TX | 3 | 294 | 293 | 8 | The championship became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2021 WWE Draft. On the October 22, 2021, episode of SmackDown, the title was renamed as the Women's World Championship. |
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37 | Ronda Rousey | May 8, 2022 | WrestleMania Backlash | Providence, RI | 2 | 55 | 55 | 2 | This was an "I Quit" match. | |
38 | Liv Morgan | July 2, 2022 | Money in the Bank | Paradise, NV | 1 | 98 | 97 | 2 | Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. Morgan was part of the Raw brand prior to the cash-in and was transferred to the SmackDown brand after winning the title. | |
39 | Ronda Rousey | October 8, 2022 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 83 | 83 | 3 | This was an Extreme Rules match. | |
40 | Charlotte Flair | December 30, 2022 | SmackDown | Tampa, FL | 4 | 92 | 92 | 2 | ||
41 | Rhea Ripley | April 1, 2023 | WrestleMania 39 Night 1 |
Inglewood, CA | 2 | 380 | 379 | 10 | Ripley won the title as a member of the Raw brand, but it did not officially move to Raw until the 2023 WWE Draft. | |
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— | Vacated | April 15, 2024 | Raw | Montreal, QC, Canada | — | — | — | — | Rhea Ripley relinquished the title after suffering a shoulder injury the week prior. | |
42 | Becky Lynch | April 22, 2024 | Raw | Columbus, OH | 2 | 33 | 32 | 0 | This was a 14-woman Battle Royal for the vacant championship which also involved Nia Jax, Maxxine Dupri, Chelsea Green, Natalya, Katana Chance, Kayden Carter, Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark, Piper Niven, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell, Ivy Nile, and Liv Morgan, who Lynch last eliminated to win the title. | |
43 | Liv Morgan | May 25, 2024 | King and Queen of the Ring | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2 | 204+ | 204+ | 4 |
Combined reigns
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Charlotte Flair | 4 | 27 | 849 | 848 |
2 | Rhea Ripley | 2 | 13 | 478 | 476 |
3 | AJ Lee | 2 | 16 | 442 | 441 |
4 | Becky Lynch | 2 | 9 | 406 | 430 |
Alexa Bliss | 2 | 9 | 406 | 405 | |
6 | Ronda Rousey | 3 | 15 | 370 | 369 |
7 | Asuka | 2 | 11 | 327 | 309 |
8 | Nikki Bella | 2 | 12 | 307 | 305 |
9 | Liv Morgan † | 2 | 6 | 302+ | 301+ |
10 | Maryse | 2 | 5 | 266 | 260 |
11 | Eve Torres | 3 | 9 | 252 | 250 |
12 | Michelle McCool | 2 | 4 | 218 | 220 |
13 | Beth Phoenix | 1 | 4 | 204 | 203 |
14 | Kaitlyn | 1 | 3 | 153 | 152 |
15 | Layla | 1 | 3 | 140 | 139 |
16 | Melina | 2 | 3 | 119 | 117 |
17 | Kelly Kelly | 1 | 3 | 105 | 104 |
18 | Sasha Banks | 2 | 3 | 83 | 74 |
Paige | 1 | 4 | 83 | 82 | |
20 | Mickie James | 1 | 3 | 78 | |
21 | Brie Bella | 1 | 1 | 77 | |
22 | Bayley | 1 | 2 | 76 | 75 |
23 | Natalya | 1 | 1 | 70 | 69 |
Nia Jax | 1 | 2 | 70 | ||
25 | Alicia Fox | 1 | 2 | 56 | 55 |
WWE Women's Championship (2016–present)
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Date established | August 23, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two women's world titles for WWE's main roster, along with the Women's World Championship on Raw.
The current champion is Nia Jax, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Bayley at SummerSlam on August 3, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The championship shares its name with the original WWE Women's Championship that was contested between 1984 and 2010. However, this championship has a unique lineage separate from the older title.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
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1 | Becky Lynch | September 11, 2016 | Backlash | Richmond, VA | 1 | 84 | 84 | 1 | The title was established as the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship on August 23, 2016 for the SmackDown brand due to the WWE Women's Championship becoming exclusive to Raw in the 2016 WWE draft (Raw's title was subsequently renamed). Lynch defeated Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya, and Nikki Bella in a six-pack elimination challenge to become the inaugural champion. |
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2 | Alexa Bliss | December 4, 2016 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Dallas, TX | 1 | 119 | 119 | 3 | This was a tables match. | |
3 | Naomi | April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 140 | 139 | 5 | ||
4 | Natalya | August 20, 2017 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 86 | 86 | 4 | ||
5 | Charlotte Flair | November 14, 2017 | SmackDown | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 147 | 146 | 4 | ||
6 | Carmella | April 10, 2018 | SmackDown | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 131 | 130 | 3 | Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. This was the first time a women's title changed hands after a Money in the Bank cash-in. | |
7 | Charlotte Flair | August 19, 2018 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 28 | 27 | 1 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Becky Lynch, who Flair pinned to win the title. | |
8 | Becky Lynch | September 16, 2018 | Hell in a Cell | San Antonio, TX | 2 | 91 | 91 | 3 | ||
9 | Asuka | December 16, 2018 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | San Jose, CA | 1 | 113 | 112 | 3 | This was a triple threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match that also involved Charlotte Flair. | |
10 | Becky Lynch | April 8, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 3 | 41 | 41 | 0 | This was a winner takes all fatal four-way match for both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship that also involved Ronda Rousey, who defended the Raw Women's Championship, and Charlotte Flair. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. | |
11 | Charlotte Flair | May 19, 2019 | Money in the Bank | Hartford, CT | 3 | <1 | <1 | 0 | This reign lasted 4 minutes and 55 seconds. | |
12 | Bayley | May 19, 2019 | Money in the Bank | Hartford, CT | 1 | 525 | 524 | 16 | Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. | |
13 | Sasha Banks | October 25, 2020 | Hell in a Cell | Orlando, FL | 1 | 167 | 167 | 5 | This was a Hell in a Cell match. | |
14 | Bianca Belair | April 10, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 1 |
Tampa, FL | 1 | 133 | 132 | 4 | ||
15 | Becky Lynch | August 21, 2021 | SummerSlam | Paradise, NV | 4 | 224 | 223 | 7 | Bianca Belair was originally scheduled to defend the title against Sasha Banks, however, before the match began, Lynch made a surprise return from maternity leave, took out Banks, and challenged Belair to an impromptu match that Belair accepted. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2021 WWE Draft. On the October 25, 2021, episode of Raw, the title was renamed as the WWE Women's Championship. |
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16 | Bianca Belair | April 2, 2022 | WrestleMania 38 Night 1 |
Arlington, TX | 2 | 420 | 419 | 13 | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2023 WWE Draft. | |
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17 | Asuka | May 27, 2023 | Night of Champions | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2 | 70 | 70 | 2 | ||
18 | Iyo Sky | August 5, 2023 | SummerSlam | Detroit, MI | 1 | 246 | 245 | 6 | Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract during a triple threat match between Asuka, Bianca Belair, and Charlotte Flair, converting it into a fatal four-way match. Sky pinned Belair to win the title. | |
19 | Bayley | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 |
Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 118 | 117 | 3 | ||
20 | Nia Jax | August 3, 2024 | SummerSlam | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 134+ | 134+ | 3 |
Combined reigns
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Bayley | 2 | 19 | 643 | 641 |
2 | Bianca Belair | 2 | 17 | 553 | 551 |
3 | Becky Lynch | 4 | 11 | 440 | 439 |
4 | Iyo Sky | 1 | 6 | 246 | 245 |
5 | Asuka | 2 | 5 | 183 | 182 |
6 | Charlotte Flair | 3 | 5 | 175 | 173 |
7 | Sasha Banks | 1 | 5 | 167 | |
8 | Naomi | 1 | 5 | 140 | 139 |
9 | Nia Jax † | 1 | 3 | 134+ | |
10 | Carmella | 1 | 3 | 131 | 130 |
11 | Alexa Bliss | 1 | 3 | 119 | |
12 | Natalya | 1 | 4 | 86 |
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Date established | April 5, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Roxanne Perez | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 6, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NXT Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended as the primary championship for women of NXT, the promotion's developmental brand.
The current champion is Roxanne Perez, who is in her record-tying second reign. She won the title by defeating Lyra Valkyria at NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Defenses | ||||
1 | Paige | June 20, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 308 | 273 | 3 | The title was established on April 5, 2013 for WWE's developmental brand NXT. Paige defeated Emma in the finals of an eight-woman single elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes Paige's reign as beginning on July 24, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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— | Vacated | April 24, 2014 | NXT | Baltimore, MD | — | — | — | — | NXT General Manager John "Bradshaw" Layfield stripped Paige of the title when she moved on to the main roster after winning the WWE Divas Championship. | |
2 | Charlotte | May 29, 2014 | TakeOver | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 258 | 258 | 6 | Defeated Natalya in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament to win the vacant title. | |
3 | Sasha Banks | February 11, 2015 | TakeOver: Rival | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 192 | 191 | 4 | This was a fatal four-way match that also involved Bayley and Becky Lynch. | |
4 | Bayley | August 22, 2015 | TakeOver: Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 223 | 223 | 5 | ||
5 | Asuka | April 1, 2016 | TakeOver: Dallas | Dallas, TX | 1 | 510 | 522 | 11 | WWE recognizes Asuka's reign as ending on September 6, 2017, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
— | Vacated | August 24, 2017 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | — | — | — | — | Asuka relinquished the championship due to a collarbone injury she suffered during her match at TakeOver: Brooklyn III as well as her no longer being part of NXT. Aired on tape delay on September 6, 2017. |
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6 | Ember Moon | November 18, 2017 | TakeOver: WarGames | Houston, TX | 1 | 140 | 139 | 3 | Defeated Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, and Kairi Sane in a fatal four-way match to win the vacant title. | |
7 | Shayna Baszler | April 7, 2018 | TakeOver: New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 620 | 619 | 13 | ||
8 | Rhea Ripley | December 18, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 99 | 108 | 2 | WWE recognizes Ripley's reign as ending on April 5, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay. | |
9 | Charlotte Flair | March 26, 2020 | WrestleMania 36 Night 2 |
Orlando, FL | 2 | 73 | 63 | 1 | Formerly known as just Charlotte. Flair became the first wrestler from the main roster (specifically the Raw brand) to win the championship. WWE recognizes her reign as beginning on April 5, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. |
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10 | Io Shirai | June 7, 2020 | TakeOver: In Your House | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 304 | 304 | 6 | This was a triple threat match that also involved Rhea Ripley, who Shirai pinned to win the title. | |
11 | Raquel González | April 7, 2021 | TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 202 | 201 | 5 | ||
12 | Mandy Rose | October 26, 2021 | NXT 2.0: Halloween Havoc |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 413 | 413 | 10 | This was a Trick or Street Fight match. On September 4, 2022, at Worlds Collide, Rose defeated Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport in a triple threat match to unify the NXT UK Women's Championship into the NXT Women's Championship; the NXT UK title was retired in the process. |
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13 | Roxanne Perez | December 13, 2022 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 109 | 108 | 2 | ||
14 | Indi Hartwell | April 1, 2023 | Stand & Deliver | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 31 | 31 | 2 | This was a six-way ladder match that also involved Gigi Dolin, Lyra Valkyria, Tiffany Stratton, and Zoey Stark. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, Hartwell was drafted to Raw. |
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— | Vacated | May 2, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | — | Indi Hartwell relinquished the title due to suffering a foot injury the week prior as well as her no longer being part of NXT. | |
15 | Tiffany Stratton | May 28, 2023 | Battleground | Lowell, MA | 1 | 107 | 107 | 3 | Defeated Lyra Valkyria in the finals of an eight-woman single elimination tournament to win the vacant title. | |
16 | Becky Lynch | September 12, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 42 | 42 | 4 | Lynch became the second wrestler from the main roster (in this case the Raw brand) to win the championship. | |
17 | Lyra Valkyria | October 24, 2023 | NXT: Halloween Havoc Week 1 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 165 | 164 | 5 | ||
18 | Roxanne Perez | April 6, 2024 | Stand & Deliver | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 253+ | 253+ | 8 |
Combined reigns
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Shayna Baszler | 1 | 13 | 620 | 619 |
2 | Asuka | 1 | 11 | 510 | 522 |
3 | Mandy Rose | 1 | 10 | 413 | |
4 | Roxanne Perez † | 2 | 10 | 362+ | 361+ |
5 | Charlotte Flair | 2[z] | 7 | 331 | 321 |
6 | Paige | 1 | 3 | 308 | 273 |
7 | Io Shirai | 1 | 6 | 304 | |
8 | Bayley | 1 | 5 | 223 | |
9 | Raquel González | 1 | 4 | 202 | 201 |
10 | Sasha Banks | 1 | 4 | 192 | 191 |
11 | Lyra Valkyria | 1 | 5 | 165 | 164 |
12 | Ember Moon | 1 | 3 | 140 | 139 |
13 | Tiffany Stratton | 1 | 3 | 107 | |
14 | Rhea Ripley | 1 | 2 | 99 | 108 |
15 | Becky Lynch | 1 | 4 | 42 | |
16 | Indi Hartwell | 1 | 2 | 31 |
WWE tag team championships
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Date established | October 3, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE for the Raw brand. It is one of two male tag team championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Tag Team Championship on the SmackDown brand.
The current champions are The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh). Individually, this is the first reign for McDonagh and second for Bálor, and while it is their first time holding the title as a team, it is the second overall reign for Judgment Day. They won the title by defeating The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) on the June 24, 2024, episode of Raw in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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1 | Los Guerreros (Chavo Guerrero and Eddie Guerrero) |
October 20, 2002 | No Mercy | North Little Rock, AR | 1 | 107 | 109 | 6 | The title was established on October 3, 2002 as the WWE Tag Team Championship for the SmackDown brand after the World Tag Team Championship became exclusive to the Raw brand. Los Guerreros defeated Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on February 6, 2004, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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2 | Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) |
February 4, 2003 | SmackDown! | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 103 | 101 | 3 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on February 6, 2003, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
3 | Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri | May 18, 2003 | Judgment Day | Charlotte, NC | 1 (2, 1) |
44 | 46 | 3 | This was a ladder match. Los Guerreros (Chavo Guerrero and Eddie Guerrero) had invoked their rematch clause, but Chavo got injured prior to the match and was replaced by Tajiri. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on July 3, 2003, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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4 | The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) |
July 1, 2003 | SmackDown! | Rochester, NY | 2 | 77 | 77 | 4 | Previously known as Team Angle. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 3, 2003, and ending on September 18, 2003, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
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5 | Los Guerreros (Chavo Guerrero and Eddie Guerrero) |
September 16, 2003 | SmackDown! | Raleigh, NC | 2 (2, 3) |
35 | 35 | 1 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on September 18, 2003, and ending on October 23, 2003, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
6 | The Basham Brothers (Danny Basham and Doug Basham) |
October 21, 2003 | SmackDown! | Albany, NY | 1 | 105 | 105 | 4 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on October 23, 2003, and ending on February 5, 2004, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
7 | Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty | February 3, 2004 | SmackDown! | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 77 | 77 | 4 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on February 5, 2004, and ending on April 22, 2004, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
8 | Charlie Haas and Rico | April 20, 2004 | SmackDown! | Kelowna, BC, Canada | 1 (3, 1) |
56 | 56 | 5 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on April 22, 2004, and ending on June 17, 2004, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
9 | Billy Kidman and Paul London | July 6, 2004 | SmackDown! | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | 1 | 63 | 63 | 2 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 8, 2004, and ending on September 9, 2004, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
10 | Kenzo Suzuki and René Duprée | September 7, 2004 | SmackDown! | Tulsa, OK | 1 | 91 | 91 | 2 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on September 9, 2004, and ending on December 9, 2004, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
11 | Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam | December 7, 2004 | SmackDown! | Greenville, SC | 1 | 35 | 35 | 2 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on December 9, 2004, and ending on January 13, 2005, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
12 | The Basham Brothers (Danny Basham and Doug Basham) |
January 11, 2005 | SmackDown! | Tampa, FL | 2 | 40 | 38 | 2 | This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match that also involved Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns and Booker T and Eddie Guerrero. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on January 13, 2005, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
13 | Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio | February 20, 2005 | No Way Out | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 (4, 2) |
57 | 60 | 4 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on April 21, 2005, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
14 | MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) |
April 18, 2005 | SmackDown! | New York, NY | 1 | 97 | 95 | 9 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on April 21, 2005, when the episode aired on tape delay, and ending on July 25, 2005. | |
15 | The Legion of Doom (Animal and Heidenreich) |
July 24, 2005 | The Great American Bash | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 93 | 95 | 7 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 25, 2005, and ending on October 28, 2005, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
16 | MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) |
October 25, 2005 | SmackDown! | Daly City, CA | 2 | 208 | 205 | 7 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match that also involved The Mexicools (represented by Super Crazy and Psicosis) and Paul Burchill and William Regal. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on October 28, 2005 due to tape delay. |
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17 | Brian Kendrick and Paul London | May 21, 2006 | Judgment Day | Phoenix, AZ | 1 (1, 2) |
331 | 334 | 9 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on April 20, 2007, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
18 | Deuce 'n Domino | April 17, 2007 | SmackDown! | Milan, Italy | 1 | 133 | 133 | 3 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on April 20, 2007, and ending on August 31, 2007, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
19 | Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter | August 28, 2007 | SmackDown! | Albany, NY | 1 | 77 | 77 | 5 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on August 31, 2007, and ending on November 16, 2007, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
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20 | John Morrison and The Miz | November 13, 2007 | SmackDown! | Wichita, KS | 1 (3, 1) |
250 | 247 | 9 | John Morrison was formerly known as Johnny Nitro. The title was shared with the ECW brand after SmackDown and ECW began a talent exchange agreement. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on November 16, 2007, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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21 | Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder | July 20, 2008 | The Great American Bash | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 63 | 68 | 0 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match that also involved Finlay and Hornswoggle and Jesse and Festus and who Hawkins and Ryder pinned. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on September 26, 2008, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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22 | The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) |
September 21, 2008 | SmackDown | Columbus, OH | 1 | 280 | 275 | 5 | On April 5, 2009, at WrestleMania XXV, The Colóns unified the WWE Tag Team Championship with the World Tag Team Championship. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on September 26, 2008, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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23 | Chris Jericho and Edge | June 28, 2009 | The Bash | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 28 | 28 | 2 | This was a triple threat tag team match that also involved The Legacy (represented by Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase). | |
24 | Jeri-Show (Big Show and Chris Jericho) |
July 26, 2009 | Night of Champions | Philadelphia, PA | 1 (1, 2) |
140 | 140 | 4 | Shortly after Edge and Chris Jericho won the title, Edge suffered a torn Achilles tendon, which required surgery and forced him to vacate his half of the championship. Jericho was allowed to keep his title and choose a new partner; he chose Big Show at Night of Champions. WWE recognizes this as a second reign for Jericho. | |
25 | D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) |
December 13, 2009 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 57 | 57 | 3 | This was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. | |
26 | ShoMiz (Big Show and The Miz) |
February 8, 2010 | Raw | Lafayette, LA | 1 (2, 2) |
77 | 77 | 6 | This was a triple threat tag team elimination match that also involved The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows). | |
27 | The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) |
April 26, 2010 | Raw | Richmond, VA | 1 | 146 | 146 | 2 | ||
28 | Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 35 | 35 | 2 | This was a Tag Team Turmoil match that also involved The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov, and Evan Bourne and Mark Henry. | |
29 | The Nexus (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel) |
October 25, 2010 | Raw | Green Bay, WI | 1 | 42 | 42 | 1 | ||
30 | Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov | December 6, 2010 | Raw | Louisville, KY | 1 | 76 | 76 | 5 | This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match that also involved Mark Henry and Yoshi Tatsu and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). | |
31 | The Corre (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel) |
February 21, 2011 | Elimination Chamber | Oakland, CA | 2 | 58 | 58 | 3 | ||
32 | Big Show and Kane | May 23, 2011 | SmackDown | London, England | 1 (3, 1) |
34 | 31 | 3 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on April 22, 2011, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
33 | The New Nexus (David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty) |
May 23, 2011 | Raw | Portland, OR | 1 (2, 1) |
91 | 91 | 2 | Otunga and McGillicutty won the title under the name of The New Nexus, but the stable disbanded during their reign. | |
34 | Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) |
August 22, 2011 | Raw | Edmonton, AB, Canada | 1 | 146 | 146 | 5 | On August 29, 2011, the brand extension ended. On November 1, 2011, WWE suspended Bourne for 30 days. |
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35 | Primo and Epico | January 15, 2012 | Raw | Oakland, CA | 1 (2, 1) |
105 | 104 | 3 | ||
36 | Kofi Kingston and R-Truth | April 30, 2012 | Raw | Dayton, OH | 1 (2, 1) |
139 | 139 | 4 | ||
37 | Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) |
September 16, 2012 | Night of Champions | Boston, MA | 1 (1, 2) |
245 | 244 | 8 | ||
38 | The Shield (Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) |
May 19, 2013 | Extreme Rules | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 148 | 147 | 4 | This was a Tornado Tag Team match. | |
39 | Cody Rhodes and Goldust | October 14, 2013 | Raw | St. Louis, MO | 1 (2, 1) |
104 | 104 | 5 | This was a No Disqualification match. | |
40 | The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) |
January 26, 2014 | Royal Rumble Kickoff |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 70 | 69 | 4 | ||
41 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
April 6, 2014 | WrestleMania XXX Kickoff |
New Orleans, LA | 1 | 168 | 168 | 6 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match that also involved the teams of Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) and Goldust and Stardust. | |
42 | Goldust and Stardust | September 21, 2014 | Night of Champions | Nashville, TN | 2 (2, 3) |
63 | 62 | 4 | Stardust was formerly known as Cody Rhodes. | |
43 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
November 23, 2014 | Survivor Series | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 91 | 90 | 4 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match that also involved the teams of Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) and Damien Mizdow and The Miz. | |
44 | Cesaro and Tyson Kidd | February 22, 2015 | Fastlane | Memphis, TN | 1 (1, 2) |
63 | 63 | 2 | ||
45 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
April 26, 2015 | Extreme Rules | Rosemont, IL | 1 (1, 3, 1) |
602 | 602 | 28 | Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. In July 2016, the brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the WWE draft. The title was renamed as the Raw Tag Team Championship on September 5, 2016, following the creation of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. |
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46 | Cesaro and Sheamus | December 18, 2016 | Roadblock: End of the Line | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 (2, 1) |
42 | 42 | 2 | Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day. | |
47 | Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson | January 29, 2017 | Royal Rumble | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 63 | 62 | 3 | ||
48 | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) |
April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
63 | 62 | 2 | Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson were originally scheduled to defend the title in a triple threat ladder match against Enzo Amore and Big Cass and Cesaro and Sheamus. Prior to the match, however, event hosts The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) announced that the match would be a fatal four-way ladder match with the returning Hardy Boyz. | |
49 | Cesaro and Sheamus | June 4, 2017 | Extreme Rules | Baltimore, MD | 2 (3, 2) |
308 | 308 | 10 | This was a Steel Cage match. | |
50 | Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 (1, 3) |
98 | 98 | 1 | Wyatt and Hardy answered an open challenge that Cesaro and Sheamus issued. | |
51 | The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) |
July 15, 2018 | Extreme Rules | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 (1, 2) |
83 | 83 | 5 | Curtis Axel was formerly known as Michael McGillicutty. | |
52 | Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins | October 6, 2018 | Super Show-Down | Melbourne, Australia | 1 (1, 2) |
27 | 27 | 0 | On the October 22 episode of Raw, Ambrose turned on Rollins, leaving Rollins to defend the title alone. | |
53 | AOP (Akam and Rezar) |
November 2, 2018 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 86 | 86 | 1 | Defeated Seth Rollins in a 2-on-1 handicap match. | |
54 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) |
January 27, 2019 | Royal Rumble Kickoff |
Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 168 | 167 | 6 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match that also involved the teams of Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder and Bobby Roode and Chad Gable. | |
55 | The O.C. (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) |
July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 92 | 92 | 2 | Gallows and Anderson's first reign was not as The O.C. | |
56 | The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) |
October 14, 2019 | Raw | Denver, CO | 1 | 98 | 98 | 4 | ||
57 | Buddy Murphy and Seth Rollins | January 20, 2020 | Raw | Wichita, KS | 1 (1, 3) |
48 | 47 | 2 | Buddy Murphy's name was shortened to Murphy on February 7, 2020. | |
58 | The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) |
March 8, 2020 | Elimination Chamber | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 218 | 218 | 5 | This was a Last Chance match. | |
— | Vacated | October 12, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated after The Street Profits were drafted to SmackDown in the 2020 WWE Draft. | |
59 | The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) |
October 12, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 2 (4, 3) |
69 | 69 | 2 | Defeated Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode to win the vacant championship. Big E was split from The New Day in the aforementioned draft, thus he did not defend the titles with Kingston and Woods during this reign. | |
60 | The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin) |
December 20, 2020 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 (1, 3) |
85 | 85 | 2 | ||
61 | The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) |
March 8, 2021 | Raw | St. Petersburg, FL | 3 (5, 4) |
33 | 33 | 0 | ||
62 | AJ Styles and Omos | April 10, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 1 |
Tampa, FL | 1 | 133 | 132 | 4 | ||
63 | RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) |
August 21, 2021 | SummerSlam | Paradise, NV | 1 | 260 | 260 | 9 | ||
64 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
May 8, 2022 | WrestleMania Backlash | Providence, RI | 3 | 328 | 328 | 12 | This was a winners take all match match in which The Usos also defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, becoming recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions in the process. WWE's official title history erroneously lists their reign as ending on April 2, 2023. |
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65 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn | April 1, 2023 | WrestleMania 39 Night 1 |
Inglewood, CA | 1 | 154 | 153 | 5 | This match was also for The Usos' SmackDown Tag Team Championship. WWE's official title history erroneously lists their reign as beginning on April 2, 2023. |
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66 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) |
September 2, 2023 | Payback | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 217 | 216 | 8 | This was a Steel City Street Fight that was also for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn's SmackDown Tag Team Championship. | |
67 | Awesome Truth (R-Truth and The Miz) |
April 6, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 1 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 (2, 3) |
79 | 79 | 4 | This was a six-team ladder match for both the Raw and SmackDown tag team titles, also involving #DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano), New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate), and A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller). The match ended when both sets of titles were retrieved; A-Town Down Under obtained the SmackDown title first, while Awesome Truth retrieved the Raw title second to end the match. On the April 15 episode of Raw, the title was renamed as the World Tag Team Championship. |
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68 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh) |
June 24, 2024 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 1 (2, 1) |
174+ | 174+ | 2 |
Combined reigns by team
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As of December 15, 2024.
Combined reigns by wrestler
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Kofi Kingston | 5 | 39 | 989 | |
2 | Xavier Woods | 3 | 30 | 704 | |
3 | Big E | 1 | 28 | 602 | |
4 | Jey Uso | 3 | 22 | 587 | |
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6 | John Morrison/Johnny Nitro | 3 | 25 | 555 | 548 |
7 | Cesaro | 3 | 14 | 413 | |
8 | The Miz | 3 | 19 | 406 | 403 |
9 | Paul London | 2 | 11 | 394 | 395 |
10 | Finn Bálor † | 2 | 10 | 391+ | 390+ |
11 | Primo | 2 | 8 | 385 | 379 |
12 | Sheamus | 2 | 12 | 350 | |
13 | Brian Kendrick | 1 | 9 | 331 | 333 |
14 | Joey Mercury | 2 | 16 | 305 | 301 |
15 | Carlito | 1 | 5 | 280 | 275 |
16 | Kane | 2 | 11 | 279 | 277 |
17 | Shelton Benjamin | 3 | 9 | 265 | 263 |
18 | Randy Orton | 1 | 9 | 260 | |
Riddle | |||||
20 | Big Show | 3 | 13 | 251 | 248 |
21 | Daniel Bryan | 1 | 8 | 245 | 244 |
22 | Matt Hardy | 3 | 8 | 238 | 237 |
23 | Charlie Haas | 3 | 4 | 236 | 234 |
24 | Seth Rollins | 3 | 3 | 223 | 221 |
25 | R-Truth | 2 | 8 | 218 | |
Angelo Dawkins | 1 | 5 | 218 | ||
Montez Ford | |||||
28 | Damian Priest | 1 | 8 | 217 | 216 |
29 | Eddie Guerrero | 4 | 14 | 215 | 218 |
30 | Tyson Kidd | 2 | 3 | 209 | 207 |
31 | Cody Rhodes/Stardust | 3 | 11 | 202 | 201 |
32 | JD McDonagh † | 1 | 2 | 174+ | |
33 | Curtis Axel | 2[ac] | 3 | 174 | |
34 | Chris Jericho | 2 | 6 | 168 | 167 |
Dash Wilder | 1 | 6 | 168 | 167 | |
Scott Dawson | |||||
37 | Goldust | 2 | 9 | 167 | 166 |
38 | Karl Anderson | 2 | 5 | 155 | 154 |
Luke Gallows | |||||
40 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 5 | 154 | 153 |
Sami Zayn | |||||
42 | Roman Reigns | 1 | 4 | 148 | 147 |
43 | David Hart Smith | 1 | 2 | 146 | |
Evan Bourne | 1 | 5 | 146 | 145 | |
45 | Danny Basham | 2 | 6 | 145 | 143 |
Doug Basham | |||||
47 | AJ Styles | 1 | 4 | 133 | 132 |
Deuce | 1 | 3 | 133 | ||
Domino | |||||
Omos | 1 | 4 | 133 | 132 | |
51 | Chavo Guerrero | 2 | 7 | 114 | 116 |
52 | Epico | 1 | 2 | 106 | 105 |
53 | Heath Slater | 2 | 4 | 100 | 102 |
Justin Gabriel | |||||
55 | Erik | 1 | 4 | 98 | |
Ivar | |||||
Bray Wyatt | 1 | 1 | 98 | ||
58 | Animal | 1 | 6 | 93 | 94 |
Heidenreich | |||||
60 | Rey Mysterio | 2 | 6 | 92 | 95 |
61 | David Otunga | 1 | 1 | 91 | |
Kenzo Suzuki | 1 | 2 | 91 | ||
René Duprée | |||||
64 | Akam | 1 | 1 | 86 | |
Rezar | |||||
66 | Cedric Alexander | 1 | 2 | 85 | |
67 | Bo Dallas | 1 | 1 | 83 | |
68 | Montel Vontavious Porter | 1 | 5 | 77 | |
Rikishi | 1 | 4 | 77 | ||
Scotty 2 Hotty | |||||
71 | Santino Marella | 1 | 2 | 76 | |
Vladimir Kozlov | |||||
73 | Road Dogg | 1 | 2 | 70 | 69 |
Billy Gunn | |||||
75 | Curt Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 63 | 68 |
Zack Ryder | |||||
Billy Kidman | 1 | 2 | 63 | ||
Jeff Hardy | 1 | 2 | 63 | ||
79 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | 3 | 57 | |
Triple H | |||||
81 | Rico | 1 | 4 | 56 | |
82 | Tajiri | 1 | 3 | 44 | 46 |
83 | Buddy Murphy | 1[ad] | 2 | 48 | 47 |
84 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | 2 | 35 | |
Rob Van Dam | 1 | 2 | 35 | 34 | |
86 | Dean Ambrose | 1 | 0 | 27 |
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Brand | SmackDown | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | August 23, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | December 6, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE for the SmackDown brand. It is one of two male tag team championships on WWE's main roster, along with the World Tag Team Championship on the Raw brand.
The current champions are #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), who are in their second reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) on the December 6, 2024, episode of SmackDown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Defenses | ||||
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1 | Heath Slater and Rhyno | September 11, 2016 | Backlash | Richmond, VA | 1 | 107 | 106 | 5 | The title was established as the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship on August 23, 2016 for the SmackDown brand due to the WWE Tag Team Championship becoming exclusive to Raw in the 2016 WWE draft (Raw's title was subsequently renamed). Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. |
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2 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) |
December 27, 2016 | SmackDown | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 96 | 95 | 2 | This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match that also involved The Wyatt Family (Randy Orton and Luke Harper) and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). | |
3 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 Kickoff |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 112 | 111 | 4 | ||
4 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
July 23, 2017 | Battleground | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 77 | 76 | 2 | Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. | |
5 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
October 8, 2017 | Hell in a Cell | Detroit, MI | 2 | 182 | 182 | 5 | This was a Hell in a Cell match. Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
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6 | The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) |
April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 135 | 135 | 5 | Harper was formerly known as Luke Harper. This was a triple threat tag team match that also involved The New Day's Big E and Kofi Kingston who the Bludgeons pinned. |
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7 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
August 21, 2018 | SmackDown | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 56 | 55 | 2 | This was a No Disqualification match. Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. | |
8 | The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) |
October 16, 2018 | SmackDown 1000 | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 103 | 102 | 3 | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. | |
9 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
January 27, 2019 | Royal Rumble | Phoenix, AZ | 3 | 100 | 100 | 4 | This was a triple threat tag team match that also involved The Miz and Shane McMahon. | |
10 | Daniel Bryan and Rowan | May 7, 2019 | SmackDown | Louisville, KY | 1 (1, 2) |
68 | 68 | 1 | ||
11 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 228 | 227 | 5 | This was a triple threat tag team match that also involved Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker). Big E and Woods won the match. At the time, Kingston was the reigning WWE Champion and he was not recognized as tag team champion with Big E and Woods, but after The New Day won their sixth title on April 17, 2020, Kingston was retroactively credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule. |
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12 | The Miz and John Morrison | February 27, 2020 | Super ShowDown | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 50 | 50 | 2 | Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day. | |
13 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
April 17, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 4 | 93 | 92 | 2 | This was a triple threat match between Big E representing The New Day, Jey Uso representing The Usos, and The Miz representing himself and John Morrison. Big E pinned The Miz to win the titles. During this reign, Woods was inactive due to injury, but was credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule. |
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14 | Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro | July 19, 2020 | The Horror Show at Extreme Rules | Orlando, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
89 | 89 | 2 | This was a tables match. Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day. | |
15 | The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) |
October 16, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 1 | 84 | 84 | 2 | ||
16 | Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | January 8, 2021 | SmackDown | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 | 128 | 127 | 2 | ||
17 | Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio | May 16, 2021 | WrestleMania Backlash | Tampa, FL | 1 | 63 | 62 | 3 | ||
18 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
July 18, 2021 | Money in the Bank Kickoff |
Fort Worth, TX | 4 | 622 | 622 | 21 | At WrestleMania Backlash on May 8, 2022, The Usos defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) in a winners take all match to become the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. WWE's official title history erroneously lists their reign as ending on April 2, 2023. |
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19 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn | April 1, 2023 | WrestleMania 39 Night 1 |
Inglewood, CA | 1 | 154 | 153 | 5 | This match was also for The Usos' Raw Tag Team Championship. WWE's official title history erroneously lists their reign as beginning on April 2, 2023. |
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20 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) |
September 2, 2023 | Payback | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 217 | 216 | 8 | This was a Steel City Street Fight that was also for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn's Raw Tag Team Championship. | |
21 | A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) |
April 6, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 1 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 90 | 90 | 1 | This was a six-team ladder match for both the Raw and SmackDown tag team titles, also involving #DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano), New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate), and Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth). The match ended when both sets of the belts were retrieved; A-Town Down Under obtained the SmackDown belts first, while Awesome Truth retrieved the Raw belts second to end the match. On the April 19 episode of SmackDown, the title was renamed as the WWE Tag Team Championship. |
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22 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) |
July 5, 2024 | SmackDown | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 28 | 28 | 1 | ||
23 | The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu/Tonga Loa) |
August 2, 2024 | SmackDown | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 84 | 84 | 2 | Tonga originally won the championship with Fatu, but Bloodline leader Solo Sikoa ordered Fatu to relinquish his half of the title to fellow group member Loa on the August 23 episode of SmackDown so that Fatu could be Sikoa's personal enforcer. | |
24 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
October 25, 2024 | SmackDown | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 42 | 42 | 1 | ||
25 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) |
December 6, 2024 | SmackDown | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | 9+ | 9+ | 0 |
Combined reigns by team
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
4 | 34 | 1,016 | 1,015 |
2 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
4 | 11 | 454 | 450 |
3 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) |
1 | 8 | 217 | 216 |
4 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn | 1 | 5 | 154 | 153 |
5 | The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) |
1 | 5 | 135 | |
6 | Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | 1 | 2 | 128 | 127 |
7 | Heath Slater and Rhyno | 1 | 5 | 107 | 106 |
8 | The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) |
1 | 3 | 103 | 102 |
9 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) |
1 | 2 | 96 | 95 |
10 | A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) |
1 | 1 | 90 | |
11 | Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro | 1 | 2 | 89 | |
12 | The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu/Tonga Loa) |
1 | 2 | 84 | |
13 | The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) |
1 | 2 | 84 | |
14 | Daniel Bryan and Rowan | 1 | 1 | 68 | |
15 | Rey and Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 3 | 63 | 62 |
16 | The Miz and John Morrison | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
17 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
1 | 1 | 42 | |
18 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) † |
2 | 1 | 37+ |
Combined reigns by wrestler
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Jey Uso | 4 | 34 | 1,016 | 1,015 |
Jimmy Uso | |||||
3 | Kofi Kingston | 4 | 11 | 454 | 450 |
Xavier Woods | |||||
Big E | |||||
6 | Finn Bálor | 1 | 8 | 217 | 216 |
Damian Priest | |||||
8 | Rowan | 2 | 6 | 203 | |
9 | Cesaro | 2 | 5 | 192 | 191 |
10 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 5 | 154 | 153 |
Sami Zayn | |||||
12 | Luke Harper | 1 | 5 | 135 | |
13 | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 2 | 128 | 127 |
Robert Roode | |||||
15 | Heath Slater | 1 | 5 | 107 | 106 |
Rhyno | |||||
17 | Sheamus | 1 | 3 | 103 | 102 |
18 | Chad Gable | 1 | 2 | 96 | 95 |
Jason Jordan | |||||
20 | Austin Theory | 1 | 1 | 90 | |
Grayson Waller | |||||
22 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 2 | 89 | |
23 | Tama Tonga | 1 | 2 | 84 | |
Angelo Dawkins | 1 | 2 | 84 | ||
Montez Ford | |||||
26 | Daniel Bryan | 1 | 1 | 68 | |
28 | Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 3 | 63 | 62 |
Rey Mysterio | |||||
30 | The Miz | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
John Morrison | |||||
32 | Alex Shelley | 1 | 1 | 42 | |
Chris Sabin | |||||
34 | Johnny Gargano † | 2 | 1 | 37+ | |
Tommaso Ciampa † | |||||
36 | Jacob Fatu | 1 | 0 | 21 |
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Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | January 23, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Axiom and Nathan Frazer | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 9, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NXT Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended on NXT, the promotion's developmental brand.
The current champions are Axiom and Nathan Frazer, who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin on the April 9, 2024, episode of NXT in Orlando, Florida.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Defenses | ||||
1 | British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) |
January 31, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 91 | 83 | 0 | The title was established on January 23, 2013 for WWE's developmental brand NXT. British Ambition defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions. Bo Dallas replaced Grey when he was injured, but was not recognized as champion. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on February 13, 2013, and ending on May 8, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
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2 | The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) |
May 2, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 49 | 69 | 1 | Bo Dallas filled in for an injured Oliver Grey. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on May 8, 2013, and ending on July 17, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
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3 | Adrian Neville and Corey Graves | June 20, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 (2, 1) |
84 | 76 | 0 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 17, 2013, and ending on October 2, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | |
4 | The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor) |
September 12, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 364 | 343 | 5 | During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Konnor and Viktor, respectively. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on October 2, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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5 | The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) |
September 11, 2014 | TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 126 | 139 | 3 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on January 28, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
6 | Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy | January 15, 2015 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 219 | 205 | 3 | During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Blake and Murphy, respectively. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on January 28, 2015, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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7 | The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) |
August 22, 2015 | TakeOver: Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 61 | 81 | 1 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on November 11, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
8 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) |
October 22, 2015 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 394 | 374 | 7 | During their reign, Dash and Dawson were renamed to The Revival. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on November 11, 2015, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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9 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) |
November 19, 2016 | TakeOver: Toronto | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 70 | 69 | 3 | This was a two out of three falls match. | |
10 | The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) |
January 28, 2017 | TakeOver: San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 203 | 202 | 4 | ||
11 | SAnitY (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Killian Dain) |
August 19, 2017 | TakeOver: Brooklyn III | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 102 | 123 | 1 | Young and Wolfe won the match, but Dain was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on December 20, 2017, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
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12 | The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) |
November 29, 2017 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 549 | 528 | 11 | Eric Young and Killian Dain represented SAnitY. Fish and O'Reilly won the match, but Cole and Strong were also recognized as champions under the Freebird Rule. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on December 20, 2017, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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13 | Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) |
June 1, 2019 | TakeOver: XXV | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 75 | 88 | 3 | Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly represented The Undisputed Era. This was a fatal four-way ladder match that also involved the teams of Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch and The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler). |
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14 | The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) |
August 15, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 2 | 185 | 172 | 2 | Fish and O'Reilly won the match, but Cole and Strong were also recognized as champions under the Freebird Rule. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on August 28, 2019, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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15 | The BroserWeights (Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne) |
February 16, 2020 | TakeOver: Portland | Portland, OR | 1 | 59 | 58 | 1 | Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly represented The Undisputed Era. | |
16 | Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher | April 15, 2020 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 (2, 1) |
28 | 27 | 1 | Due to the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, Pete Dunne, who lives in the UK, was unable to travel to the United States. As a result, on the April 15 episode of NXT, Timothy Thatcher replaced Dunne as Riddle's partner. WWE recognizes this as a separate reign for Riddle. | |
17 | Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) |
May 13, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 105 | 105 | 2 | ||
18 | Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) |
August 26, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 56 | 56 | 1 | ||
19 | Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch | October 21, 2020 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 154 | 153 | 3 | ||
— | Vacated | March 24, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | — | NXT General Manager William Regal stripped Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch of the championship after Burch suffered a shoulder injury the week prior. | |
20 | MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) |
April 7, 2021 | TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 202 | 202 | 7 | Defeated the teams of Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde) in a triple threat tag team match to win the vacant title. | |
21 | Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) |
October 26, 2021 | NXT 2.0: Halloween Havoc |
Orlando, FL | 2 | 158 | 157 | 3 | This was a Lumber Jack-O'-Lantern match. | |
22 | MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) |
April 2, 2022 | Stand & Deliver | Dallas, TX | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | This was a triple threat tag team match that also involved The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed). | |
— | Vacated | April 8, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | MSK were stripped of the title due to Nash Carter's release from WWE. | |
23 | Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) |
April 12, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 53 | 52 | 1 | Defeated the teams of Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro), Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, Grayson Waller and Sanga, and The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed, who were eliminated last) in a gauntlet match to win the vacant title. | |
24 | The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) |
June 4, 2022 | In Your House | Orlando, FL | 1 | 92 | 91 | 3 | If The Creed Brothers had lost, they would have to leave Diamond Mine. | |
25 | Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) |
September 4, 2022 | Worlds Collide | Orlando, FL | 2 | 97 | 97 | 5 | This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match in which the NXT UK Tag Team Championship was unified into the NXT Tag Team Championship, which also involved NXT UK Tag Team Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, and Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang). Pretty Deadly last eliminated The Creed Brothers to unify both championships; the NXT UK title was retired in the process. | |
26 | The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) |
December 10, 2022 | Deadline | Orlando, FL | 1 | 56 | 56 | 1 | The New Day became the first tag team from the main roster (specifically the SmackDown brand) to win the championship. | |
27 | Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) |
February 4, 2023 | Vengeance Day | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 176 | 175 | 6 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match that also involved the teams of Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) and Chase University (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson). | |
28 | Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo | July 30, 2023 | The Great American Bash | Cedar Park, TX | 1 | 198 | 198 | 5 | ||
29 | Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin | February 13, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 56 | 55 | 2 | ||
30 | Axiom and Nathan Frazer | April 9, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 250+ | 250+ | 10 |
Combined reigns by team
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As of December 15, 2024.
Combined reigns by wrestler
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Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | Raw (2019–present) SmackDown (2019–present) NXT (2019–2021; 2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | January 14, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | August 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling women's tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is the only women's tag team championship in WWE, thus it is defended across both main roster brand divisions, Raw and SmackDown, and the developmental brand, NXT.
The current champions are Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill from SmackDown, who are in their record-tying second reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating Raw's The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn) at Bash in Berlin on August 31, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
The title is distinct from the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship that was contested from 1983 to 1989 and does not share its lineage.
Reigns
As of December 15, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Defenses | ||||
WWE: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT | ||||||||||
1 | The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) |
February 17, 2019 | Elimination Chamber | Houston, TX | 1 | 49 | 49 | 1 | The title was announced on December 24, 2018 and was officially established on January 14, 2019. The Boss 'n' Hug Connection defeated the teams of Nia Jax and Tamina, The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan), The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), Carmella and Naomi, and Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, whom Bayley and Banks eliminated last, in a tag team Elimination Chamber match to become the inaugural champions. |
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2 | The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) |
April 7, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 1 | 126 | 126 | 3 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match that also involved the teams of Nia Jax and Tamina and the Divas of Doom (Beth Phoenix and Natalya). | |
3 | Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross | August 11, 2019 | SummerSlam Kickoff |
Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 56 | 55 | 3 | This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match that also involved the teams of Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville and The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane). Bliss lastly pinned Sane to win the title. | |
4 | The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) |
October 6, 2019 | Hell in a Cell | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 171 | 180 | 4 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on April 4, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay. | |
5 | Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross | March 25, 2020 | WrestleMania 36 Night 1 |
Orlando, FL | 2 | 62 | 62 | 3 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on April 4, 2020 and ending on June 5, 2020 due to both matches airing on tape delay. | |
6 | Bayley and Sasha Banks | May 26, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 2 | 96 | 85 | 4 | Formerly known as The Boss 'n' Hug Connection. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on June 5, 2020, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
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7 | Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler | August 30, 2020 | Payback | Orlando, FL | 1 | 257 | 257 | 10 | The title became exclusive to the Raw and SmackDown brands following the establishment of the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship for the NXT brand on March 10, 2021. | |
WWE: Raw and SmackDown | ||||||||||
8 | Natalya and Tamina | May 14, 2021 | SmackDown | Tampa, FL | 1 | 143 | 143 | 3 | ||
9 | Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley | October 4, 2021 | Raw | Nashville, TN | 1 (3, 1) |
49 | 49 | 1 | ||
10 | Carmella and Queen Zelina | November 22, 2021 | Raw | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 182 | 181 | 4 | ||
— | Vacated | May 23, 2022 | Raw | Evansville, IN | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to Queen Zelina suffering an injury. | |
11 | Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez | August 29, 2022 | Raw | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | Defeated Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky in the finals of an eight-team single elimination tournament to win the vacant championship. | |
12 | Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky) |
September 12, 2022 | Raw | Portland, OR | 1 | 168 | 168 | 3 | ||
13 | Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus | February 27, 2023 | Raw | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | 42 | 41 | 1 | ||
14 | Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan | April 10, 2023 | Raw | Seattle, WA | 1 (2, 1) |
98 | 98 | 4 | On the July 7 episode of SmackDown, Rodriguez and Morgan defeated Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn to unify the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship into the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship; the NXT title was retired in the process and the WWE title became shared with NXT once again. | |
WWE: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT | ||||||||||
15 | Chelsea Green and Piper Niven | July 17, 2023 | Raw | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 154 | 154 | 3 | ||
16 | Katana Chance and Kayden Carter | December 18, 2023 | Raw | Des Moines, IA | 1 | 39 | 38 | 2 | ||
17 | The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) |
January 26, 2024 | SmackDown | Miami, FL | 2 | 99 | 98 | 4 | ||
18 | Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill | May 4, 2024 | Backlash France | Décines-Charpieu, Lyon, France | 1 | 42 | 42 | 2 | ||
19 | Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn | June 15, 2024 | Clash at the Castle: Scotland | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 77 | 76 | 3 | This was a triple threat tag team match, also involving the team of Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark, who Fyre and Dawn pinned. | |
20 | Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill | August 31, 2024 | Bash in Berlin | Berlin, Germany | 2 | 106+ | 106+ | 5 |
Combined reigns by team
† | Indicates the current champion |
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As of December 15, 2024.
Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) |
2 | 8 | 270 | 278 |
2 | Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler | 1 | 10 | 257 | |
3 | Carmella and Queen Zelina | 1 | 4 | 182 | 181 |
4 | Damage CTRL Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky) |
1 | 3 | 168 | |
5 | Chelsea Green and Piper Niven | 1 | 3 | 154 | |
6 | Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill † | 2 | 5 | 148+ | |
7 | Bayley and Sasha Banks | 2[ai] | 5 | 145 | 134 |
8 | Natalya and Tamina | 1 | 2 | 143 | |
9 | The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) |
1 | 3 | 126 | |
10 | Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross | 2 | 5 | 118 | 117 |
11 | Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan | 1 | 4 | 98 | |
12 | Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn | 1 | 3 | 77 | 76 |
13 | Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley | 1 | 1 | 49 | |
14 | Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus | 1 | 1 | 42 | 41 |
15 | Katana Chance and Kayden Carter | 1 | 2 | 39 | 38 |
16 | Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 |
Combined reigns by wrestler
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Asuka | 2 | 8 | 270 | 278 |
Kairi Sane | |||||
3 | Nia Jax | 1 | 10 | 257 | |
Shayna Baszler | |||||
5 | Carmella | 1 | 4 | 182 | 181 |
Queen Zelina | |||||
7 | Dakota Kai | 1 | 3 | 168 | |
Iyo Sky | |||||
9 | Nikki Cross | 3 | 6 | 167 | 166 |
10 | Chelsea Green | 1 | 3 | 154 | |
Piper Niven | |||||
12 | Bianca Belair † | 2 | 6 | 148+ | |
Jade Cargill † | |||||
14 | Bayley | 2 | 5 | 145 | 134 |
Sasha Banks | |||||
16 | Natalya | 1 | 3 | 143 | |
Tamina | |||||
18 | Billie Kay | 1 | 3 | 126 | |
Peyton Royce | |||||
20 | Alexa Bliss | 2 | 5 | 118 | 117 |
21 | Raquel Rodriguez | 2 | 4 | 112 | 111 |
22 | Liv Morgan | 1 | 4 | 98 | |
23 | Alba Fyre | 1 | 3 | 77 | 76 |
Isla Dawn | |||||
25 | Rhea Ripley | 1 | 1 | 49 | |
26 | Becky Lynch | 1 | 1 | 42 | 41 |
Trish Stratus | |||||
28 | Katana Chance | 1 | 2 | 39 | 38 |
Kayden Carter | |||||
30 | Aliyah | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 |
Notes
- ^ In tandem with the WWE Universal Championship.
- ^ In tandem with the WWE Championship.
- ^ 381 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ 451 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ 22 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ He was known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley during his first reign.
- ^ During his third and fourth reigns, he was known as Bad News Barrett.
- ^ WWE recognizes Sami Zayn's third reign of 13 days as the shortest in the title's history due to the match in which he won the title airing on tape delay (his reign actually lasted 21 days.)
- ^ He was known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley during his first reign.
- ^ He began his second reign as King Nakamura, which was reverted to Shinsuke Nakamura on October 8, 2021.
- ^ He was known as Rocky Maivia during his first reign.
- ^ He began his first reign as Big E Langston, which was shortened to Big E on February 12, 2014.
- ^ He was known as Johnny Nitro during his first reign.
- ^ 350 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ 3 days as recognized by WWE due to the match in which he lost the title airing on tape delay.
- ^ He was known as just Seth Rollins during his first reign.
- ^ 374 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ 25 days as recognized by WWE due to the episode in which he lost the title airing on tape delay.
- ^ 592 days as recognized by WWE due to the match in which he won the title airing on tape delay.
- ^ 69 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ During her first reign, she was known as just Charlotte.
- ^ 5 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ 524 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ During her first reign, she was known as just Charlotte.
- ^ 619 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ She was known as just Charlotte during her first reign.
- ^ During their first reign, Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.
- ^ During their first reign, The New Day, which at the time consisted of Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods, defended the championship under the Freebird Rule; Big E was split from the team in the 2020 WWE Draft.
- ^ In his first reign Curtis Axel was formerly known as Michael McGillicutty.
- ^ During his reign, on February 7, 2020, Buddy Murphy's ring name was shortened to Murphy.
- ^ 528 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay.
- ^ 5 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ The team was known as the Boss 'n' Hug Connection during their first reign.
- ^ 13 days as recognized by WWE.
- ^ The team was known as The Boss 'n' Hug Connection during their first reign.