WWE (Raw) World Heavyweight Championship, 2002-
This Championship (arguably) is the result of the unification of the titles listed below, over the course of many years:
- Catch-as-Catch-Can Heavyweight Title (1881-1887)
- American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title (1880-1893)
- European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title (1894-1902)
- American Heavyweight Title (1893-1906)
- New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Title (1928-1935)
- The World Heavyweight Title (Maryland Version) (1937-1946)
- National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title (1929-1948)
- Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title (1931-1948)
- The World Heavyweight Title (Los Angeles version) (1935-1952)
- The World Heavyweight Title (1901-1956)
- American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title (1928-1964)
And (legitimately)
- Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1964 - 1981)
- NWA Georgia National Championship (1980 - 1986)
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling United States Championship/National Wrestling Alliance US Championship (1975 -1990); World Championship Wrestling US Championship (1990 - 2001)
- WWF/WWE European Championship (Feb. 1997 - July 2002)
- WWF/WWE Hardcore Championship (Nov. 1998 - August 2002)
- WWF/WWE Intercontnental Championship (Sept. 1979 - October 2002)
Name changes:
- National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title (1948-1991)
- World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (1991-2001)
- World Heavyweight Championship (2001)
Also briefly unified with the WWF World Heavyweight Championship as:
- Undisputed (WWF) Heavyweight Championship (Dec. 2001 - May 2002)
- Undisputed (WWE) Heavyweight Championship (May 2002 - September 2002)
Now known as:
- World (Raw) Championship (September 2002 - )
|
No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
Reign |
Event |
Note |
| 1. | HHH | 9/2/2002 | Milwaukee, WI | 76 d |  -Live |
1 |
| 2. | Shawn Michaels | 11/17/2002 | New York, NY | 28 d | Survivor Series 2002 | 2 |
| 3. | HHH [2] | 12/15/2002 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 280 d | Armageddon 2002 | |
| 4. | Bill Goldberg | 09/21/2003 | Hershey, PA | 84 d | Unforgiven 2003 | |
| 5. | HHH [3] | 12/14/2003 | Orlando, FL | 91 d | Armageddon 2003 | 3 |
| 6. | Chris Benoit | 03/14/2004 | New York, NY | 154 d | Wrestlemania XX | 4 |
| 7. | Randy Orton | 08/15/2004 | Toronto, Canada | 28 d | Summerslam '04 | |
| 8. | HHH [4] | 09/12/2004 | Portland, OR | 85 d | Unforgiven '04 | |
| VACANT | 12/06/2004 | Charlotte, NC | 34 d | RAW | 5 | |
| 9. | HHH [5] | 1/09/2005 | San Juan, PR | 84 d | New Year's Revolution '05 | 6 |
| 10. | Batista | 04/03/2005 | Los Angeles, CA | days | Wrestlemania 21 | |
Notes:
1. Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock for the WWE Undisputed Championship at Summerslam 2002. Shortly thereafter, Stephanie McMahon ruled that, as a member of the Smackdown roster, Lesnar could only defend the title on Smackdown. Eric Bischoff then reinstated the World Championship as the World title for the Raw roster, and awarded the title to HHH. Thus, Lesnar's formerly Undisputed Title was, again, disputed.
In reality, the lineage of the WCW World title would be found in the WWE (Smackdown) World Heavyweight Championship. However, the Raw World Title is being portrayed as the old WCW World Title.
HHH defeated Intercontinental Champion Kane in a Title Unification match at No Mercy to become the World Champion and absorb the Intercontinental Championship.
2. This was an Elimination Chamber match vs. HHH, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Chris Jericho and Kane.
3. This was a triple-threat match, also involving Kane.
4. Chris Benoit made Triple H submit in a Triple Threat Match also involving Shawn Michaels.
5. Both Chris Benoit and Edge were declared winners in a Triple Threat Match with Triple H taking place on 29-Nov-2004 in Baltimore, MD. On the 06-Dec-2004 edition of Raw, Vince McMahon declared that the title was vacant and Triple H was no longer the champion.
6. Triple H defeated Randy Orton in an Elimination Chamber match also involving Batista, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Edge.
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