query: who is the new universal champion in wwe

pos: WWE Universal Championship on July 19, 2016 in which the WWE Championship, the promotion's original world title, became exclusive to SmackDown. The inaugural Universal Champion was Finn Bálor. Since its inception, matches for the championship have headlined several pay-per-view events, including SummerSlam in 2017 and 2018, and WrestleMania 34, both being two of WWE's "big four" pay-per-views, the latter of which is WWE's flagship event. With the reintroduction of the WWE brand extension, a draft took place on the "SmackDown Live" premiere episode on July 19, 2016 and then-WWE Champion Dean Ambrose was drafted to the SmackDown brand. At Battleground on July 24,

pos: SummerSlam (2016) a Forearm Smash on Carmella, who had been distracted by Natalya and Bliss, and executed a Fireman's Carry Cutter to win the match for her team. Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley then unveiled the new WWE Universal Championship belt in the ring. The inaugural champion was then determined in a match between Finn Bálor and Seth Rollins. The match ended with Bálor executing the "Coup de Grace" on Rollins to become the inaugural WWE Universal Champion. Next, Rusev was scheduled to defend the United States Championship against Roman Reigns. However, before the match officially started, Rusev attacked Reigns, resulting in

pos: History of WWE New Era, with all three men exchanging the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank in June 2016. While the now renamed WWE World Championship would be moved to the SmackDown brand, the new WWE Universal Championship was introduced for the Raw brand, with Finn Bálor becoming the inaugural champion. Besides The Shield, male wrestlers were to be prominently featured in the New Era includes AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, Drew McIntyre, Cesaro, Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura; along with female wrestlers such as Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Bayley, Becky

pos: WWE Championship until a single championship belt was given to then-champion Brock Lesnar in 2014. After Dean Ambrose became champion in June 2016, the title's name was reverted to WWE Championship. In light of the return of the WWE brand extension the following month, Ambrose was drafted to SmackDown. Ambrose then retained his title at Battleground on July 24 against Raw draftees Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, making the title exclusive to SmackDown. On the July 25 episode of "Raw", to address the lack of a world title for the brand, the WWE Universal Championship was created; Finn Bálor became the inaugural

pos: Clash of Champions (2016) Team Championship, and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship – was defended. At SummerSlam, Finn Bálor became the first WWE Universal Champion by defeating Seth Rollins. However, he was forced to vacate the championship the next night on "Raw" due to suffering a legit shoulder injury during the match. Rollins, Kevin Owens, Big Cass, and Roman Reigns all won matches to qualify for a four-way elimination match the next week on "Raw" for the vacant Universal Championship. After Owens eliminated Cass, a returning Triple H helped Rollins eliminate Reigns, before turning on Rollins and helping Owens win the championship. The next week,

pos: WWE Universal Championship draft pick and was not pinned in the WWE Championship match at Battleground. His opponent was determined by two fatal four-way matches on "Raw", with the winners wrestling each other in a singles match. Finn Bálor won the first fatal four-way by defeating Cesaro, Kevin Owens, and Rusev while Roman Reigns won the second by defeating Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, and Sheamus. Bálor then defeated Reigns and was added to the title match. At SummerSlam on August 21, Bálor defeated Rollins to become the inaugural champion. Bálor was the first WWE wrestler to win a world title in his pay-per-view

pos: WWE Universal Championship 2016, Jim Vorel of "Paste" ranked the title as the worst of nine then contested in WWE, noting its "obnoxious" design. On the other hand, Nick Schwartz of Fox Sports wrote: "It's really not as bad as fans made it seem at SummerSlam. It's fine". As of 23, 2019, there have been six reigns between five champions and two vacancies. Finn Bálor was the inaugural champion, but he was forced to vacate the title due to suffering a legitimate injury in winning the title, making his reign the shortest at 22 hours. Brock Lesnar holds three records with the championship:

neg: Undisputed championship draft took place. The WWE Championship is on SmackDown, and the new WWE Universal Championship is on Raw. Undisputed championship An undisputed championship is a professional wrestling term for a champion who has obtained all of the major individual championships in his field during his era. The undisputed championship is an extremely rare and prestigious accomplishment. The reported first undisputed champion was Georg Hackenschmidt, who won a series of tournaments in Europe, including a world championship tournament to win the title. Amongst the other tournaments he won were the annual major tournaments in Paris, France; Hamburg, Germany; St. Petersburg, Russia;

neg: WWE Championship the oldest champion is Vince McMahon, who won it at the age of 54. John Cena holds the record for most reigns with 13. Daniel Bryan is the current champion in his fourth reign. He won the title on November 13, 2018, in St. Louis, Missouri, on "SmackDown Live" by defeating AJ Styles. WWE Championship The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE's main roster, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the Raw brand

neg: WrestleMania 33 it marked the first time that the Universal Championship, SmackDown Women's Championship, and new Cruiserweight Championship were defended at WrestleMania. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match, giving Undertaker his second loss at WrestleMania. In addition, Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg to become the Universal Champion, thus becoming the first wrestler to win both the WWE Championship and Universal Championship, and Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship. The event also marked the surprise return of The Hardy Boyz, who won the Raw Tag Team Championship. It was also

neg: WrestleMania Lesnar defeated Goldberg to become the new Universal Champion, Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship, and Mojo Rawley won the fourth annual Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, by last eliminating Jinder Mahal. The event also marked the unannounced return of The Hardy Boyz, who won the Raw Tag Team Championship. WrestleMania 34 was held on April 8, 2018, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the main event, Brock Lesnar retained the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns. In another main event promoted match, AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.

neg: WWE Championship WWE Championship The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE's main roster, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the Raw brand as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. The current champion is Daniel Bryan, who is in his fourth reign. The original world championship of the promotion, it was established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) on April 25, 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, following the promotion seceding from the

neg: A.J. Styles compete in a losing effort. On the November 7 episode of "SmackDown Live" in Manchester, England, Styles defeated WWE Champion Jinder Mahal and won the title in what marked the first time the title changed hands on "SmackDown" since September 2003, claiming his second WWE Championship and becoming recognized by WWE as the first titleholder crowned outside of North America (Antonio Inoki had won the title in Japan in 1979, but this reign is unrecognized by WWE). With the win, Styles replaced Mahal in the champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series on November 19 against Universal Champion Brock Lesnar,

neg: Survivor Series (2017) Team Raw's men defeated Team SmackDown's in the main event, and Team Raw's women also defeated Team SmackDown's. The champions of each brand faced their counterparts in non-title matches; except for SmackDown's WWE Champion AJ Styles, who lost to Raw's Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, all SmackDown champions were victorious. Also on the main card, Raw's The Shield defeated SmackDown's The New Day in their first pay-per-view match together since Payback in 2014. Raw won brand supremacy by winning four of the seven matches on the main card. On the pre-show, Enzo Amore successfully defended the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Kalisto,

neg: Brock Lesnar pay-per-view events in UFC history, including "UFC 100" and "UFC 116". In April 2012, Lesnar returned to professional wrestling, rejoining WWE after an eight-year hiatus. Two years later, at WrestleMania XXX, Lesnar defeated The Undertaker to end his undefeated streak at WrestleMania. He achieved world champion status three times after this, having won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in 2014 and the WWE Universal Championship in 2017 and 2018. His first reign as Universal Champion broke the record for the longest WWE title reign since 1988 at 504 days. In June 2016, at "UFC 199", the UFC announced that Lesnar

neg: WWE Championship world maps with the WWE logo over them, though they lack the crown placed on top of the plates in the previous design. The Big Gold Belt was retired with the unveiling of the new championship belt. After the 2016 brand extension where the championship became exclusive to SmackDown, the similarly designed WWE Universal Championship was introduced for the Raw brand. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship was briefly renamed WWE Championship; the digitized belt in the pre-match graphic read "WWE Champion" below the WWE logo. It was then renamed WWE World Championship in July 2016 and the pre-match graphic was

neg: WWE brand extension Champion, the United States Champion, and the WWE Tag Team Champions, while SmackDown drafted the WWE Champion and the Intercontinental Champion; NXT champions were ineligible to be drafted. This distribution of championships remained unchanged at the Battleground pay-per-view, which took place the Sunday immediately following the draft. With the WWE Championship being defended exclusively on SmackDown, Raw commissioner Stephanie McMahon and general manager Mick Foley introduced the WWE Universal Championship to be Raw's world title. As SmackDown was lacking a tag team championship and a women's championship, Smackdown commissioner Shane McMahon and general manager Daniel Bryan introduced the SmackDown Tag

neg: WWE Great Balls of Fire defeated Bliss the following week in a singles match, and then defeated Banks to become the number one contender for the title at SummerSlam. In the cruiserweight division, Akira Tozawa and Cedric Alexander teamed up and faced Noam Dar and WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville where Tozawa pinned Neville to win the match. The following night on "205 Live", Neville attacked Tozawa during Tozawa's match against Ariya Daivari. Big Cass gloated about defeating Enzo Amore. He said that he was the future of WWE and will eventually become Universal Champion. He was then interrupted by Big Show, who attacked Cass and

neg: The New Day (professional wrestling) in two successive triple threat tag team matches – first against Cesaro and Sheamus and Gallows and Anderson, and then against the team of Chris Jericho and WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, and the team of Seth Rollins and United States Champion Roman Reigns – The New Day broke Demolition's 28-year-old record to have the longest single-run with any tag team championship in WWE history. Demolition held this record with WWE's original World Tag Team Championship and still hold the specific record for that (defunct) version of the titles. At on December 18, The New Day's reign ended at 483

neg: Undisputed championship belts of its two predecessors until a singular belt design was commissioned in August 2014.<ref name="Raw9/2"></ref> In June 2016, the championship was reverted to being called the WWE Championship before WWE reintroduced the brand extension the following month. The WWE Champion was drafted to SmackDown and it was renamed the WWE World Championship though reverted to WWE Championship in December 2016. In response, Raw created their own world championship, the WWE Universal Championship. With this, WWE no longer has an undisputed world champion as there are two world championships in the promotion again. In 2002, two current major promotions started

neg: WWE 2K a backstage brawl depending on what answer the created superstar gives. WWE 2K18 continues with the promo engine from 2k17 with free roaming now a central focus. In WWE 2K19, the MyCareer Mode features a story of a created superstar helping a brand named BCW (owned and operated by Barron Blade, who has debuted since WWE 2K15), the character faces many obstacles caused by the Authority in his quest to be the WWE Universal Champion. For the first time ever, the MyCareer Characters are playable for exhibition and universe mode. Other than the season mode, every game features an exhibition

neg: Survivor Series (2016) submitted, leaving Cesaro and Sheamus as the sole survivors for Team Raw. In the fourth match, The Brian Kendrick defended the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Kalisto. Kendrick won by disqualification after Baron Corbin attacked Kendrick and then Kalisto, meaning Kendrick retained the title and the cruiserweight division remained on Raw. Backstage, Daniel Bryan confronted Corbin, who explained that he acted out of revenge on Kalisto to prevent more cruiserweights from appearing on SmackDown. The next match was the men's Survivor Series elimination match pitting Team Raw (WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Braun Strowman, United States Champion Roman Reigns,

neg: WWE Raw 25 Years Kane, and WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar brawl. The three wrestlers fought until Strowman put Lesnar through the announcers table with a running powerslam. "Raw 25 Years" received mixed to negative reviews and reactions from critics and WWE fans. The Undertaker's segment in particular was criticized, being said to have "made no sense" and been "too cryptic." Those who attended the event live, particularly those who attended the Manhattan Center portion, were disappointed by what was described as WWE's "poor planning" of the event. The venue in Manhattan was said to have not provided adequate screens for attendees to watch

neg: WWE Universal Championship Ambrose successfully defended the title in a triple threat match against Raw draftees Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, leaving Raw without a world title. On the following episode of "Raw", Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and then-Raw General Manager Mick Foley created the WWE Universal Championship to serve as the brand's top championship. According to Foley, the title was named in honor of the WWE Universe, the name WWE uses to refer to its fan base. The inaugural champion was crowned at SummerSlam in a singles match. Seth Rollins was automatically set for that match as he was Raw's number one

neg: Survivor Series (2017) which was the only title to be defended. In 2016, the WWE brand extension returned, splitting the roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Subsequently, Survivor Series 2016 featured several interpromotional matches to determine which was the better brand. This would be the genesis for the theme of Survivor Series 2017, which was brand supremacy. Every champion of the Raw brand faced their counterpart of the SmackDown brand in non-title matches: the Universal Champion against the WWE Champion, the Intercontinental Champion against the United States Champion, the Raw Women's Champion against the SmackDown Women's Champion, and the Raw Tag Team

neg: Roadblock: End of the Line Roadblock: End of the Line Roadblock: End of the Line was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the Raw brand. It took place on December 18, 2016, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was the second event under the Roadblock chronology and the only on pay-per-view as the first one was broadcast only on the WWE Network. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one match on the pre-show. In the main event, WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens retained the title against United States Champion Roman Reigns by

neg: Finn Bálor he should have been the first pick. He made his first appearance for the brand on the 25 July episode of "Raw" (his 35th birthday), where he won the right to compete for the new WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam by first defeating Rusev, Cesaro, and Kevin Owens in a fatal-four-way match and then defeating Roman Reigns, who had won a similar fatal-four-way match. At SummerSlam, Bálor defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural Universal Champion and win his first world title. Since then, WWE.com reported that he sustained a shoulder injury during the match and an MRI revealed a

neg: WWE Universal Championship Reigns on October 22, 2018 after Reigns announced he was battling leukemia. As of 23, 2019. WWE Universal Championship The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE's main roster, alongside the WWE Championship on the SmackDown brand. The championship is currently held by Brock Lesnar, who is in his record second reign. Named in honor of the WWE Universe, the championship was established on July 25, 2016 to be the world championship of the Raw brand.

neg: WWE Universal Championship WWE Universal Championship The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE's main roster, alongside the WWE Championship on the SmackDown brand. The championship is currently held by Brock Lesnar, who is in his record second reign. Named in honor of the WWE Universe, the championship was established on July 25, 2016 to be the world championship of the Raw brand. Its creation came as a result of the re-introduction of the brand split and subsequent draft

neg: Big E (wrestler) Big E (wrestler) Ettore Ewen (born March 1, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former powerlifter and American football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Big E. He is one third of The New Day alongside Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, who are former three-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions. Prior to signing with WWE in 2009, Ewen was a powerlifter and became USA Powerlifting champion. In WWE, he is a one-time Intercontinental Champion, two-time Raw Tag Team Champion, a three-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion, and a one-time NXT

neg: Finn Bálor time in NXT, Bálor became to first co-winner of the inaugural Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with Samoa Joe. Shortly after arriving on the main roster, Bálor became the first wrestler in WWE history to win a world title in their pay-per-view debut, as well as becoming the quickest wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at 27 days following his main roster debut by becoming the inaugural Universal Champion at SummerSlam 2016., and he holds the shortest reign for the WWE Universal Championship for only 22 hours. After training at NWA UK Hammerlock, Devitt debuted for them

neg: Clash of Champions (2017) SmackDown – the WWE Championship, the SmackDown Women's Championship, the United States Championship, and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship – was defended. On the November 7 episode of "SmackDown", AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal to win the WWE Championship for the second time. This resulted in Styles taking Mahal's place in the Universal Champion versus WWE Champion match at Survivor Series against Raw's Brock Lesnar, which Styles lost. Mahal cut a promo during Survivor Series stating that he hoped that Styles would win for SmackDown, but he wanted Lesnar to weaken Styles so that he could easily win back the

neg: Brock Lesnar Brock Lesnar Brock Edward Lesnar (; born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and former professional football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand and is the current Universal Champion in his second reign. After his successful amateur wrestling career at Bismarck State College and the University of Minnesota, Lesnar signed with WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation) in 2000. He was assigned to its developmental promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was a three-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion with Shelton Benjamin. After debuting on WWE's

neg: WWE Universal Championship logo with diamonds sitting inside an irregular heptagonal plate, with the capital words "Universal Champion" in small print sitting underneath the logo. Each side plate, sitting on the other side of gold divider bars, features the same default side plates of the WWE Championship, with the champion's logo able to be customized for the side plates as a similarity of the name plate feature. The Universal Championship design was heavily criticized. Jason Powell of "Pro Wrestling Dot Net" referred to it as "a title belt that no one likes". Adam Silverstein of CBS Sports described it as "ugly" while the

neg: No Mercy (2003) scored five falls, while Angle scored four in the encounter, thus, Lesnar won the match and became the new WWE Champion. The following week on "SmackDown", legitimate WWE Chairman Vince McMahon held a ceremony to introduce the new WWE Champion Lesnar, but was interrupted by the Undertaker and SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon, who announced that Lesnar would face the Undertaker at No Mercy for the WWE Championship. On the October 9 episode of "SmackDown", Lesnar defended the title against Paul London. The match was interrupted by the Undertaker, who had a meeting with Stephanie earlier that night. He announced

neg: WWE Championship champion at SummerSlam. After the unveiling of the Universal title, the WWE Championship was renamed WWE World Championship, but reverted to WWE Championship in December 2016 during AJ Styles' first reign. The title changed hands for the first time outside of North America when AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal to win his second WWE Championship in Manchester, England on the November 7, 2017, episode of "SmackDown". This was also the first time in nearly 15 years that the championship changed hands on an episode of "SmackDown"; the last time was in 2003 when Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle for the

neg: Andy Leavine Andy Leavine Andrew Leavine (born December 27, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. Leavine won "WWE Tough Enough" in 2011 to earn a contract with WWE, and previously wrestled for WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Kevin Hackman. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Council (WWC), where he is a former World Champion having held the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. In 2010, Leavine signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental territory. Under the ring name of Kevin Hackman, Leavine only took part in

neg: Survivor Series (2018) men's and women's teams were victorious over SmackDown's. In the main event, Raw's Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defeated SmackDown's WWE Champion Daniel Bryan. Also on the card, Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey defeated SmackDown's Charlotte Flair via disqualification and Buddy Murphy retained the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Mustafa Ali in the only title defense on the card, as well as the only non-interpromotional match. Raw won brand supremacy clean sweeping SmackDown in all six interpromotional matches on the main card. Team SmackDown's lone win occurred on the kickoff show, victorious over Team Raw in the 10-on-10 tag team elimination match.

neg: Daniel Bryan Daniel Bryan Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler and author. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name The New Daniel Bryan and is the current WWE Champion in his fourth reign. In WWE, Bryan held the WWE Championship four times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once, in addition to being a one-time United States Champion, a one-time Intercontinental Champion, and a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion as part of Team Hell No (with Kane). He was also the 2011 SmackDown Money in the Bank

neg: Curt Hennig the AWA World Heavyweight Championship once (with his 373-day reign being the seventh-longest in history), and the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once. A two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, Hennig was named by WWE as one of the top five champions of all time; he was the longest-reigning titleholder of the 1990s. In addition to winning multiple championships in WCW during the late 1990s, he was a member of the New World Order and leader of stable and country music group, The West Texas Rednecks, who recorded the popular tongue-in-cheek song, "Rap is Crap". Hennig returned to the WWF for a

neg: SummerSlam (2016) the next night on "SmackDown" to earn a contract. Orton intentionally got himself disqualified, mocking Lesnar before attacking Slater with an "RKO". After "SmackDown" draftee Dean Ambrose retained the WWE World Championship at Battleground against "Raw" draftees Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a Triple threat match, "Raw" was left without a world title. Subsequently, Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley created a new championship, the WWE Universal Championship, the following night on "Raw" to serve as the brand's top championship. It was then announced that the inaugural champion would be crowned at SummerSlam in a singles match; Rollins, as "Raw"'s

neg: Roman Reigns Canadian Football League's (CFL) Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football. He then pursued a career in professional wrestling and was signed by WWE in 2010, reporting to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). As Roman Reigns, he made his main roster debut in November 2012 alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield. The trio teamed together until June 2014, after which Reigns entered singles competition. Reigns is a four-time world champion in WWE, having held the WWE World Heavyweight Championship three times and the Universal Championship once. He is also a one-time

neg: Roman Reigns failed to win. On the June 19 episode of "Raw", Reigns challenged whoever would be the WWE Universal Champion at SummerSlam, but later that night Strowman returned in an ambulance and cost Reigns his match with Joe, before attacking and challenged him to an ambulance match at Great Balls of Fire on July 9. Reigns lost the match at the event, but subsequently attacked and locked Strowman inside the ambulance before driving it backwards into a production truck. At SummerSlam on August 20, Reigns was pinned by Brock Lesnar in a WWE Universal Championship match also involving Strowman and Joe.

neg: Fastlane (2017) or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw brand. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows "Monday Night Raw" and "205 Live", the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive. On the January 2, 2017, episode of "Raw", Goldberg was the first guest on "The Kevin Owens Show", where he confronted WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens. Goldberg declared that he would win the Royal Rumble on January 29 and face the Universal Champion at WrestleMania 33. After eliminating Brock Lesnar from the Royal Rumble match but failing to win, Goldberg accepted Lesnar's challenge for a final

neg: Cody Rhodes Cody Rhodes Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes (born Cody Garrett Runnels, June 30, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and actor who competes as Cody Rhodes or simply Cody. He is currently in his first reign as IWGP United States Champion in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Rhodes is the son of the late WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes and the half-brother of WWE wrestler Goldust. After an amateur wrestling career that resulted in becoming a two-time Georgia state champion, he followed his father and older brother's footsteps into the professional ranks and joined WWE in 2006, initially being assigned to

neg: WWE United Kingdom Championship on a black leather strap. As of 23, 2019, there have been two reigns. The inaugural champion was Tyler Bate, who won the inaugural tournament. Bate is also the youngest champion, winning the title at 19 years old, while the oldest champion is Pete Dunne, winning the title at 23. Dunne has the longest reign at + days, while Bate has the shortest at 125 days (126 days as recognized by WWE). The current champion is Pete Dunne. He defeated Tyler Bate at on May 20, 2017. WWE United Kingdom Championship The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling

neg: Bill Goldberg winner. Following WCW's closure in 2001, Goldberg wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) between 2002 and 2003, and for WWE between 2003 and 2004, becoming a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in the latter. After twelve years away from the company, he returned to WWE in 2016 and headlined Survivor Series against Brock Lesnar and Fastlane against Kevin Owens, where he won the Universal Championship, his third world title. Goldberg headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WCW and WWE, including twice closing WCW's premier annual event Starrcade. He is the only person to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WWE's World

neg: Chris Jericho week on "Raw", Jericho allied with Kevin Owens and later defeated Amore via disqualification when Cass interfered. This led to a tag team match at SummerSlam, where Jericho and Owens defeated Enzo and Cass. On the August 22 episode of "Raw", Jericho interfered in Owens's match against Neville, allowing him to qualify for the fatal four-way match to determine the new WWE Universal Champion on the August 29 episode of "Raw", which Owens won. On the September 12 episode of "Raw", Jericho hosted an episode of "The Highlight Reel" with Sami Zayn as his guest, who questioned his alliance with

neg: Professional wrestling tournament winner but finally Drew came back and was reinstated as the Intercontinental Champion, so Kofi Kingston became the number one contender. After CM Punk won the WWE Championship by defeating John Cena at WWE Money in the Bank and walked out of the company with the title, Vince McMahon set up a tournament to decide a new champion the following night on Raw. A week later in the final, Rey Mysterio defeated The Miz in the opening match of the broadcast to become WWE Champion. However, he would lose the title to Cena later that night, who would win the

neg: WWE Backlash WWE Championship. The match involved reigning champion Randy Orton, Triple H, John Cena and John "Bradshaw" Layfield. The match was won by Triple H who became the new WWE champion. The other main event involved wrestlers from the SmackDown brand, in which reigning World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker defeated Edge in a regular Singles match to retain the championship. The main match from the ECW brand was a singles match for the ECW Championship, in which Kane retained his championship against Chavo Guerrero. The other primary match on the card was a Special Referee match between Shawn Michaels and Batista,

neg: WWE draft 2011, no drafts were held until the brand extension was brought back in 2016. During the 2016 draft, SmackDown drafted WWE Champion Dean Ambrose and Intercontinental Champion The Miz (along with his wife Maryse), while Raw drafted Women's Champion Charlotte, United States Champion Rusev (along with his wife Lana), and WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day. During the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose and the championship moved to Raw, while United States Champion Kevin Owens and the championship moved to SmackDown. The 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up occurred on the April 16 and April 17 episodes of

neg: WWE United Kingdom Championship WWE United Kingdom Championship The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE for their NXT UK brand. It is the brand's top championship. The current champion is Pete Dunne, who is in his first reign and is the longest reigning champion. Unveiled on December 15, 2016, the title was first awarded to Tyler Bate, who won the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament on January 15, 2017. The brand's show, also titled "NXT UK", had its first tapings in August 2018, which began airing on October 17, 2018

neg: Grand Slam (professional wrestling) the brand extension and unified several titles before that) established an updated version of the Grand Slam consisting of the four then-active men's titles in WWE: the WWE, Intercontinental, United States, and WWE Tag Team Championships. Twelve wrestlers have been recognized as Grand Slam winners under these new parameters (including five who were already recognized as Grand Slam winners under the original guidelines). The brand extension was re-established in 2016, and with that WWE indicated that two new championships that had been introduced, the WWE Universal Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, count as acceptable substitutes for their counterpart

neg: Empire Wrestling Federation Champion and two-time WWE Divas Champion. She is also the first woman in WWE history to have held both titles on more than one occasion. Bobby Bradley (wrestler) The first EWF world champion who held the title three times. Former tag team partner of Christopher Daniels while both were in EWF and also had teamed with Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero in other promotions and has wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling and jobbed for WWE as Bobby Young. Frankie Kazarian Former EWF world and Tag Team champion who is most famous for wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

neg: WWC Aniversario WWC Universal Champion Hercules Ayala. This event was the start of an invasion angle of IWA (rival promotion) which soon after was cancelled: This event was dedicated to The Invaders, Jose Huertas (1), Roberto Soto (2), Johnny Rivera (3) and Maelo Huertas(4). The event was held at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon. This event was dedicated to WWE Hall of Famer and former WWWF (WWE) World Heavyweight Champion Pedro Morales. The event was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez in Bayamón. This was a pay-per-view event. This event was dedicated to WWC legend Chicky Starr. The event was held at Coliseo

neg: WWE Tough Enough in WWE), former fitness model Kim Nielsen (who was known by her real name in WWE and as Desire in TNA, and who competed on season 13 of "The Biggest Loser") and Gunner. Order of Elimination: The third season was won by John Hennigan and Matt Cappotelli. Hennigan, who wrestled for two years under the name Johnny Nitro before changing it to John Morrison, is the most successful "Tough Enough" winner being a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a three-time Intercontinental Champion, and he has held both the WWE World Tag Team Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship. Cappotelli

neg: WWE history WWE has worked with other wrestling promotions in collaborative efforts. During the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, WWE had working relationships with the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), Universal Lucha Libre (FULL), and the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). These working relationships led to the creations of the WWF World Martial Arts, Light Heavyweight and Intercontinental Tag Team championships. During the period of 1992–1996, WWE had talent exchange agreements with the United States and Japanese independent companies Smokey Mountain Wrestling (SMW), Super World of Sports (SWS), WAR, and the United States Wrestling Association (USWA). In

neg: Kevin Owens showing tension between Jericho and Owens. Team Raw would later go on to lose the match. After Owens defeated Rollins in a no disqualification match to retain the championship, once again following the interference of Jericho, United States Champion Reigns issued a challenge to Owens, who stated he did not need Jericho's help against him, and Owens suffered his first pinfall loss since becoming champion after losing a non-title match to Reigns that same night, thus earning Reigns a WWE Universal Championship match against Owens at . At Roadblock: End of the Line, after failing to help Jericho defeat Rollins,

neg: SummerSlam (2016) inaugural WWE Universal Champion, Dean Ambrose defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE World Championship, and AJ Styles defeated John Cena. The card included twelve matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, "Monday Night Raw" and "SmackDown Live". On June 5, WWE granted Brock Lesnar "a one-off opportunity" to return to mixed martial arts competition at

neg: Jinder Mahal to retain the title. On the October 17 episode of "SmackDown Live", Mahal declared his intent to battle Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series, However, Mahal lost the WWE Championship to AJ Styles on the November 7 episode of "SmackDown Live", ending his reign at 170 days. Mahal received his rematch for the title against Styles at Clash of Champions on December 17, but he lost by submission. After Mahal lost his rematch, he continued his feud with Styles for the WWE Championship at live events throughout December and January, albeit without success. After dropping the WWE Championship, Mahal

neg: Raw (WWE brand) and having two titles on the brand. Eventually, then World Heavyweight Champion Batista took his title to SmackDown, leaving only the WWE Championship on "Raw". On the 2008 draft lottery, CM Punk got drafted to Raw and then won the World Heavyweight Championship from Edge, who was a SmackDown wrestler. Triple H, who was the WWE Champion at the time, got drafted to SmackDown while Kane, who was the then ECW Champion, got drafted to Raw. After the draft lottery in 2009, the WWE Championship was brought back to Raw when Triple H was drafted from SmackDown while the World

neg: Kofi Kingston Kofi Kingston Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kofi Kingston and is a member of The New Day along with Xavier Woods and Big E. Since debuting in WWE, Kingston has won 15 total championships. He is a four-time Intercontinental Champion, a three-time United States Champion and a eight-time world tag team champion, including four reigns as WWE/Raw Tag Team Champion (once with Evan Bourne, once with R-Truth and twice with Big E and Xavier Woods), three SmackDown

neg: Seth Rollins championship while with the group, the WWE Tag Team Championship with Reigns. Following the team's first breakup in June 2014, Rollins went on to become a two-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, two-time Intercontinental Champion, a one-time United States Champion, a four-time WWE/Raw Tag Team Champion (with Reigns, Ambrose, and Jason Jordan), the 2014 Money in the Bank winner, and the 2015 Superstar of the Year. Upon winning his first Intercontinental Championship, he became the 29th Triple Crown Champion and the 18th Grand Slam Champion. Rollins has headlined numerous major pay-per-view events for WWE, including WrestleMania 31. Industry veteran Sting, who

neg: Kofi Kingston Tag Team Championship reigns with his New Day stablemates and one reign as World Tag Team Champion with CM Punk. His second Raw Tag Team Championship reign as a part of New Day is the longest reign for any tag team title in WWE history and Kingston himself holds the record for cumulative days spent as a both a WWE/Raw Tag Team Champion and most combined days spent as a Tag Team Champion within WWE between his 8 individual reigns. He is also known for his innovative ways of suspending his elimination from battle royal and Royal Rumble matches. Sarkodie-Mensah

neg: WWE Intercontinental Championship years old, while the oldest champion was Ric Flair, who won the championship at Unforgiven in 2005 at the age of 56. There have been 10 vacancies throughout the title's history. Dean Ambrose is the current champion in his third reign. He won the title by defeating Seth Rollins at on December 16, 2018, in San Jose, California. WWE Intercontinental Championship The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE United

neg: Survivor Series (2018) Like the previous year, the theme of Survivor Series was "brand supremacy", with champions of the Raw brand facing their counterparts of the SmackDown brand in non-title matches: the Universal Champion against the WWE Champion, the Intercontinental Champion against the United States Champion, and the Raw Tag Team Champions against the SmackDown Tag Team Champions. A match featuring the Raw Women's Champion against the SmackDown Women's Champion was also planned but called off due to the latter sustaining a legit injury just days prior to the event. The Raw Women's Champion was instead scheduled to face a former SmackDown Women's

neg: Pete Dunne (wrestler) the United Kingdom Championship Tournament event, Dunne teamed up with Bate and Trent Seven as British Strong Style on the first night (marking the first time they performed as their stable on WWE) to defeat The Undisputed Era, and on the second night, retained his title against United Kingdom Championship Tournament winner Zack Gibson. On the 22 August episode of "NXT" (which also served as the pre-show of ), Dunne once again retained his championship against Gibson; in parallel, he became the longest-reigning champion in WWE at (then) 456 days following Brock Lesnar's loss of the WWE Universal Championship at

neg: WWE Intercontinental Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE United States Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Dean Ambrose, who is in his third reign. The championship was established by the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on September 1, 1979, after inaugural champion Pat Patterson unified (kayfabe) the WWF North American Heavyweight and South American Heavyweight championships. It is the third oldest championship currently active in

neg: Brock Lesnar threat match for the Universal Championship at the Crown Jewel event on November 2. On October 22, the match was changed to a singles match between Lesnar and Strowman for the vacant title after Reigns was forced to relinquish it due to being diagnosed with a leukemia relapse. At the event, Lesnar defeated Strowman in three minutes to become a two-time Universal Champion, thanks to a pre-match attack from Baron Corbin. After his title win it was announced that he will face WWE Champion AJ Styles at Survivor Series. However, five days before Survivor Series, Styles lost his title to

neg: Unforgiven (2007) Fi", Mr. McMahon vacated the WWE Championship because Cena's right pectoral tendon was legitimately torn while executing a hip toss during his match with Kennedy. At No Mercy, Mr. McMahon entered the ring and said that a new WWE Champion was to be crowned, and Orton was crowned as champion, but he was challenged by Triple H for the title on the spot. Triple H, however, defeated Orton to win the WWE Championship, but later that same night, Triple H lost the title to Orton back in a Last Man Standing match after a title defense against Umaga, who he

neg: Scott Hall in TNA, and once in the AWA). In addition, Hall is a two-time world champion, having won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. He is also notable for being a founding member of the New World Order (nWo). On April 5, 2014, Hall (as Razor Ramon) was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Hall was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He grew up as an army brat and moved once every year before he was fifteen. He attended high school in Munich, Germany. Hall began his career in 1984 in the National

neg: WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010) This made the Women's Championship the oldest active professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment history until its retirement in 2010 after unification with the WWE Divas Championship. The final champion was Layla. A new WWE Women's Championship (now Raw Women's Championship) was created in 2016, and although both championships had shared the name and the original is considered to be the predecessor, the new championship does not carry the lineage of the original. On September 18, 1956, The Fabulous Moolah became the third NWA World Women's Champion. At that time, the WWE did not exist and did not become

neg: Toni Storm Toni Storm Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995) is a New Zealand professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE performing on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Toni Storm. In Stardom, she is a former World of Stardom Champion, and SWA World Champion. She is also the WWE 2018 Mae Young classic winner. Rossall also works extensively on the European independent circuit, where she is a former Progress Women's and is a two-time and current wXw Women's Champion. In WWE, she competed in the 2017 and 2018 Mae Young Classic, making it to the Semi-Finals in 2017 and winning

neg: Toni Storm Toni Storm Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995) is a New Zealand professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE performing on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Toni Storm. In Stardom, she is a former World of Stardom Champion, and SWA World Champion. She is also the WWE 2018 Mae Young classic winner. Rossall also works extensively on the European independent circuit, where she is a former Progress Women's and is a two-time and current wXw Women's Champion. In WWE, she competed in the 2017 and 2018 Mae Young Classic, making it to the Semi-Finals in 2017 and winning

neg: Women's professional wrestling retirement in 1964, The Fabulous Moolah, who won a junior heavyweight version of the NWA World Women's Championship (the predecessor to the original WWE Women's Championship) in a tournament back in 1958, was recognized by most NWA promoters as champion by default. WWE has four active women's championships: two for their main roster's brands, the WWE Raw Women's Championship and WWE SmackDown Women's Championship, and two for their developmental brands, the NXT Women's Championship and the NXT UK Women's Championship. The Fabulous Moolah is recognized as WWE's first Women's Champion, with her reign beginning in 1956. In 2002, WWE began

neg: Money in the Bank (2011) again became WWE Champion. After the match, Punk made an unannounced return to WWE with the old WWE Championship belt to confront Cena. Cena and Punk later fought in a match at SummerSlam on August 14 to crown the undisputed WWE Champion, which Punk won controversially as Triple H didn't see Cena's leg was on the rope and it was actually a rope break. As Punk celebrated, Kevin Nash made his WWE return and assaulted him. Del Rio then cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and pinned Punk to become the new champion after kicking Punk in the

neg: WWE Divas Championship Night of Champions in Houston, Texas to win the title. Charlotte was originally scheduled to defend the title at WrestleMania 32 against Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch, but during the event it was announced that the scheduled triple threat match would instead be for the new WWE Women's Championship (now Raw Women's Championship), with the Divas Championship subsequently being retired. Charlotte won the match and the Women's Championship; this ended her reign as Divas Champion and began a new reign as Women's Champion. WWE Divas Championship The WWE Divas Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship in WWE. The championship

neg: The Undertaker 17 championships. Within WWF/E, he is a four-time WWF/E Champion, a three-time World Heavyweight Champion, a six-time WWF World Tag Team Champion, a one-time WCW Tag Team Champion and a one-time WWF Hardcore Champion. Outside of WWE, he is a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion. The Undertaker has headlined multiple pay-per-view (PPV) events for WWE, including four WrestleManias (WrestleMania 13, WrestleMania XXIV, WrestleMania XXVI, and WrestleMania 33). According to WWE, The Undertaker has 101 WWE PPV victories, more than any other WWE wrestler ever. Calaway was born in Houston, Texas, the son

neg: WWE Raw Women's Championship combined reign at 398 days (WWE recognizes 222 days and 396 days, respectively). Banks' fourth reign is the shortest at 8 days. Nia Jax is the oldest champion, winning the championship at the age of 33, while Banks is the youngest as she won the title at 24 years old. Ronda Rousey is the current champion, in her first reign. She defeated Alexa Bliss for the title at SummerSlam in Brooklyn, New York on August 19, 2018. WWE Raw Women's Championship The WWE Raw Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional

neg: WWE Universal Championship he has the most reigns at two, his first reign is the longest reign at 504 days (beginning on April 2, 2017 and ending on August 19, 2018), and he has the longest combined reign at + days. Kevin Owens is the youngest champion when he won it at 32 years old, while Goldberg is the oldest when he won it at 50. Brock Lesnar is the current champion in his record-setting second reign. He defeated Braun Strowman to win vacant title at Crown Jewel on November 2, 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The championship had been vacated by Roman

neg: Daniel Bryan 2016, nearly two months after Danielson's retirement, Bella also semi-retired from wrestling in order to start a family with him. They have a daughter named Birdie Joe Danielson. Daniel Bryan Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler and author. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name The New Daniel Bryan and is the current WWE Champion in his fourth reign. In WWE, Bryan held the WWE Championship four times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once, in addition to being a one-time United States Champion, a

neg: WWE Raw Women's Championship and, after recapping the history of women's professional wrestling in WWE, unveiled the brand-new championship and declared that WWE's women would no longer be referred to as WWE Divas, but as "WWE Superstars" just as their male counterparts are. This came after the term "Diva" was scrutinized by some commentators, fans, and several past and present WWE female performers, including then-Divas Champion Charlotte, who were in favor of changing the championship to the Women's Championship. It was also changed because some WWE female wrestlers felt it diminished their athletic abilities in the ring and relegated them to "eye candy". Lita

neg: WWE Divas Championship the WWE Divas and Women's titles at the Night of Champions pay-per-view on September 19, 2010, creating the Unified WWE Divas Championship; it eventually dropped the "Unified" moniker. The title was retired at WrestleMania 32, after WWE Hall of Famer Lita revealed a brand-new Women's Championship (now Raw Women's Championship) to replace the Divas Championship. The match for the new title took place at the event between the reigning Divas Champion Charlotte and her opponents Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match. Therefore, Charlotte was the last champion. With the first WWE brand extension in 2002, a

neg: WWE Crown Jewel including one on the pre-show. In the main event, D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane). In the penultimate match, Shane McMahon defeated Dolph Ziggler to win the WWE World Cup after replacing The Miz, who was ruled unable to compete after originally qualifying for the final. In other prominent matches, The Bar retained the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against The New Day, AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the WWE Championship, and Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman to win the vacant WWE Universal Championship for a record second time.

neg: Survivor Series (2017) score 2-1. After that, Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus faced SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos. In the end, Jey performed the "Samoan Splash" on Sheamus to win the match, tying the score at 2-2. In the fourth match, Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss faced SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair. In the end, Flair applied the "Figure Eight" on Bliss and Bliss tapped out, with SmackDown taking the lead of 3-2. After that, Universal Champion Brock Lesnar faced WWE Champion AJ Styles. In the end, Styles applied the "Calf Crusher" on Lesnar only for Lesnar to slam Styles'

neg: Money in the Bank ladder match inaugural match and held the contract until New Year's Revolution in January 2006. There, he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract against WWE Champion John Cena, who had just successfully defended the title in an Elimination Chamber match. Edge defeated Cena to become WWE Champion and quickly establishing the precedent of "cashing in" on a vulnerable champion. The Money in the Bank idea was revived by Carlito on a February 2006 episode of "Raw". Mr. McMahon approved the suggestion and set up qualifying matches for the match that would take place at WrestleMania 22. It was later announced

neg: WWE United States Championship in WWE at the time, received a minor update, replacing the long-standing scratch logo with WWE's new logo originally used for the WWE Network. In 2015, WWE introduced an updated version of its Grand Slam Championship, and the United States Championship became officially recognized as a component of the re-established honor. In August at SummerSlam, then-United States Champion John Cena faced then-WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins in a title-for-title match, which Rollins ultimately won to become the first wrestler to hold the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and United States Championship simultaneously. Rollins held both titles until Cena defeated Rollins

neg: Melina Perez territory, where she began managing Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury, dubbed MNM, to three reigns as WWE Tag Team Champions, as well as Nitro to two reigns as WWE Intercontinental Champion. Perez is a three-time WWE Women's Champion, and a two-time WWE Divas Champion. After winning her second WWE Divas Championship, Perez became the first woman in WWE history to become a multiple-time champion with both the Women's and Divas titles. Famed for her flexibility, utilized during her entrance and in her in-ring maneuvers, Perez was called "one of the best wrestlers in the world" by Bret Hart, and cited

neg: Alex Shane The match was a variant of Last Man Standing, and resulted in Shane losing his nickname to the new "Showstealer", Nathan Cruz. In 2007, Shane's return to in-ring competition was announced by his facing Martin Stone, but he was forced to withdraw from the match for medical reasons. However, Alex Shane would continue his career in wrestling promoting, presenting the International Showdown event at the Coventry Skydome. In its sequel, Universal Uproar, Shane gained a pinfall over three-time WWE champion and 'Hardcore Legend' Mick Foley in an elimination tag-match. In March 2006, Shane was announced as the new head of

neg: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) lineage is connected with the earliest recognized world heavyweight championship. In 2009, WWE released a DVD set called "History of the World Heavyweight Championship" that definitively linked the title to the WCW and NWA titles. Following the end of the first brand extension in 2011, both the World Heavyweight Champion and WWE Champion could appear on both "Raw" and "SmackDown". In 2013, the night after Survivor Series, then-World Heavyweight Champion John Cena made a challenge to then-WWE Champion Randy Orton to determine an undisputed WWE world champion. Randy Orton defeated John Cena in a TLC match at the pay-per-view on

neg: Charlotte Flair record for the longest WWE women's one-on-one match at in December 2016 at over 34 minutes. "PWI" readers named Flair both Woman of the Year and the world's top female professional wrestler for 2016. Flair is an overall seven-time women's champion in WWE, a record she shares with Trish Stratus. Her accomplishments include being a former NXT Women's Champion, the final Divas Champion, the first and four-time Raw Women's Champion and a two-time SmackDown Women's Champion. She is the first and only wrestler to hold all four championships in WWE as well as the longest-reigning SmackDown Women's Champion in WWE

neg: CM Punk interfered, Punk would be stripped of the title. Punk originally pinned The Rock to retain after The Shield put Rock through a table while the arena lights were out, leading Vince McMahon to come out and announce that Punk would be stripped of the title, but he instead restarted the match at The Rock's request which Punk lost, ending his reign at 434 days. WWE recognized this reign as the longest world championship reign in WWE of the "modern era" (after 1988) until Universal Champion Brock Lesnar broke that record in June 2018. Punk received a title rematch with Rock

neg: Chris Jericho "Highlight Reel" segment with the returning Randy Orton, where he took an "RKO" from Orton. The next night on "Raw", Jericho competed in a fatal four-way match to determine the number one contender for the newly created WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam, but he was unsuccessful. Jericho then entered a feud with Enzo and Cass and on the August 1 episode of "Raw", he teamed with Charlotte to defeat Enzo Amore and then WWE Women's Champion Sasha Banks in a mixed tag team match, after which Big Cass made the save as Jericho continued the assault on Amore. The following

neg: Big Cass and The Club. At Battleground, Enzo and Cass teamed with Cena to defeat The Club in a six-man tag team match. At the 2016 WWE draft on July 19, Enzo and Cass were drafted to Raw. Following Battleground, Enzo and Cass feuded with Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens, losing to them at SummerSlam. On the August 22 episode of "Raw", Cass defeated United States Champion Rusev by countout to qualify for the fourway elimination match for the WWE Universal Championship. In that match, the biggest of his career, which also included Kevin Owens, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, Cass was

neg: Chavo Guerrero Sr. Chavo Guerrero Sr. Salvador Guerrero III (January 7, 1949 – February 11, 2017), better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero Sr., and also known during the 21st century as "Chavo Classic", was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of third generation wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr. He was the oldest son of Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, and part of the Guerrero wrestling family. He was the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion. Earlier in his career, Guerrero feuded with

neg: Finn Bálor rematch at SummerSlam under his "Demon King" persona. The next night on "RAW", Bálor was finally awarded with his WWE Universal Championship re-match against newly crowned champion Roman Reigns, however he was unsuccessful. Following this, Bálor feuded with the likes of Jinder Mahal and Elias. In September, it was announced Bálor would team with Bayley in Mixed Match Challenge Season 2. On the October 29 episode of "RAW", after gaining a second consecutive victory over Lashley via disqualification, Corbin, now acting General Manager of Monday Night RAW, would insert Lashley into the WWE Crown Jewel World Cup tournament ahead of

neg: Jamie Noble Jamie Noble James Gibson (born December 23, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Jamie Noble. He is currently signed to WWE as a producer. In addition to his appearances with WWE, Noble is known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1999 to 2001 as Jamie Howard, Jamie-San and Jamie Knoble and with New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor in 2004 and 2005 under his birth name. He is a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and ROH World Champion. Gibson was trained to wrestle by Dean Malenko and Bill Weaver. He debuted

neg: WrestleMania XXX both men. Bryan once again challenged Orton for the vacant championship at Hell in a Cell; Triple H interfered in the match and was attacked by Bryan, resulting in special guest referee Shawn Michaels attacking Bryan, which led to Orton capturing the WWE Championship again. At , WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated World Heavyweight Champion John Cena to unify the two titles into the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship. In January 2014, Batista returned to WWE after having left in May 2010, and promptly won the 2014 Royal Rumble match for a slot in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match

neg: Survivor Series (2013) Heavyweight Championship whilst Orton raised the WWE Championship as the event ended. The following night on "Raw", WWE Champion Randy Orton came out to talk to The Authority (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) about causing a distraction in his title defense against Big Show when he was interrupted by World Heavyweight Champion John Cena who proposed a match against Orton to hold both world titles. Triple H agreed and made it a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at . Orton won the match and became the first WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Also later that night, The Shield (United States Champion

neg: WrestleMania XXX main event match, where he defeated Batista and defending champion Randy Orton to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. The event was also notable for The Undertaker's 21–0 undefeated streak at WrestleMania coming to an end with a loss to Brock Lesnar. The WWE Divas Championship was the other title defended on the main show, its only defense at WrestleMania, while the WWE Tag Team Championship was defended on the pre-show. WWE claimed $10.9 million in ticket revenue for WrestleMania XXX and estimated a $142.2 million economic impact on New Orleans. The event has received highly positive reviews. "SLAM!