Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract midway the Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar main event of Wrestlemania 31, making it a triple threat match. Rollins pinned Reigns to capture the championship.
Rey Mysterio defeated The Miz in the final of an 8-man tournament to crown a new champion. According to WWE COO Triple H, CM Punk was still also the WWE Champion at this time.
Awarded a championship shot by Mr. McMahon immediately after Cena won an Elimination Chamber match. championship becomes property of both RAW and SmackDown! as Batista, primarily a SmackDown Superstar, began making more Raw appearances.
This was a Elimination Chamber match, also involving Jeff Hardy, Vladimir Kozlov, The Undertaker and Big Show. The championship became a Raw exclusive championship once again when Triple H was drafted to Raw on April 13, 2009.
This was a triple threat match, also involving Vladimir Kozlov. Jeff Hardy had originally been scheduled to take part in the match, but did not participate after, in storyline, was assaulted in the stairwell of his hotel prior to the event. Triple H and Kozlov started off in the match, and Edge was revealed as Hardy's surprise replacement, and won the championship.
This was a Fatal-Four Way Elimination match, also involving John Cena and John "Bradshaw" Layfield. The championship became a SmackDown exclusive championship once again when Triple H was drafted to SmackDown! on June 23, 2008.
"Undisputed" was removed from the championship's name after it became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand on September 2, 2002, which resulted in the creation of the World Heavyweight Championship for the Raw brand. He became the youngest WWE Champion in history.
The championship was renamed the WWE Undisputed Championship on May 6, 2002 after World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. settled a lawsuit with the World Wide Fund for Nature, and became simply World Wrestling Entertainment.
Jericho won a four-man one-night tournament consisting of himself, The Rock, Steve Austin and Kurt Angle to unify the World Championship with the WWF Championship. Austin defeated Angle to advance to the finals while Jericho defeated The Rock and subsequently defeated Austin in the finals. The unified championship was named the Undisputed WWF Championship.
This was a six-man tag team match at with The Rock, The Undertaker and Kane vs. Triple H, Mr. McMahon and Shane McMahon. The Rock pinned Mr. McMahon to win Triple H's championship.
Vacated after Kane and The Undertaker simultaneously pinned Austin in a triple threat match. A subsequent match for the vacant championship at Judgment Day: In Your House between Kane and The Undertaker ended in a no-contest.
Diesel defeated Backlund in eight seconds; the fastest WWF/E Championship match in history and the last time the championship changed hands at a live event.
Defeated Greg Valentine in a rematch to win the held up championship. According to the official championship history, Backlund's reign lasted from February 20, 1978 to December 26, 1983 and was never interrupted. The championship was referred to as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983 after the WWF withdrew from the NWA.
The championship change was only recognized once by WWE in an issue of Raw Magazine. Backlund and Inoki meet on December 6, 1979 but the match ends in a no contest. Inoki immediately vacates the championship.
The championship was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship when the World Wide Wrestling Federation became the World Wrestling Federation in March 1979.