List of WWE Champions

This is the title history of the WWE Championship. The title was introduced in 1963 by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). It is recognized as the top championship in the WWE.
The wrestler with the most reigns as World Heavyweight champion is John Cena with 13. Ric Flair and John Cena hold the most recognized World Heavyweight championships, across multiple companies, tied with 16. The longest reigning champion is Bruno Sammartino, holding the championship for 7 years, 8 months, and 1 day from May 17, 1963, to January 18, 1971. The current champion is Roman Reigns, who is in his 4th reign as champion.
Title History.
As of April 4, 2020
The title was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship after the World Wide Wrestling Federation became the World Wrestling Federation in March 1979.
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It was also revealed that , who was said to have been refereeing the match, wasn't even in the ring. Instead, DiBiase paid for another referee to have plastic surgery to look like Hebner so that he could guarantee Andre would win the WWE Championship.
He defeated Ted DiBiase in a tournament finals to win the vacant title.
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On July 19, the WWE Championship became exclusive to the SmackDown brand after Dean Ambrose was drafted in the 2016 WWE draft.
On August 15, Baron Corbin cashed in his Money In the Bank Contract however Mahal retained, resulting setting a record for the shortest WWE Championship match at 6 seconds.