WWE Championship
world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in WWE for the men of the SmackDown brand. It is the first world title of WWE. The title is said to be the biggest prize in professional wrestling and millions of people around the world watch matches for it.
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This article is about WWE's world title made in 1963. For WWE's world title created in 2016, see WWE Universal Championship. For WWE's world title created in 2023, see World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2023–present). For WWE’s old world title from 2002 to 2013, see World Heavyweight Championship (WWE).
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Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | SmackDown | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 25, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Cody Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 7, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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It is one of three world championships in WWE, along with the WWE Universal Championship (with which it is currently defended together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship) and the World Heavyweight Championship from the Raw brand.