WWE world heavyweight championship history

Feb 20, 2022, 08:00 PM

Wrestler	Date won	Event	Length	Reign No.
Brock Lesnar	2/19/22	Elimination Chamber	TBD	7
Bobby Lashley	1/29/22	Royal Rumble	21 days	2
Brock Lesnar	1/1/22	WWE Day 1	27 days	6
Big E	9/13/21	Monday Night Raw	110 days	1
Bobby Lashley	3/1/21	Monday Night Raw	196 days	1
The Miz	2/21/21	Elimination Chamber	8 days	2
Drew McIntyre	11/16/20	Monday Night Raw	97 days	2
Randy Orton	10/25/20	Hell in a Cell	22 days	14
Drew McIntyre	4/5/20	WrestleMania 36	202 days	1
Brock Lesnar	10/4/19	SmackDown	184 days	5
Kofi Kingston	4/7/19	WrestleMania 35	180 days	1
Daniel Bryan	11/13/18	SmackDown	145 days	4
AJ Styles	11/8/17	SmackDown	371 days	2
Jinder Mahal	5/21/17	Backlash	170 days	1
Randy Orton	4/2/17	WrestleMania 33	49 days	13
Bray Wyatt	2/12/17	Elimination Chamber	49 days	1
John Cena	1/29/17	Royal Rumble	14 days	16
AJ Styles	9/11/16	Backlash	140 days	1
Dean Ambrose	6/19/16	Money in the Bank	84 days	1
Seth Rollins	6/19/16	Money in the Bank	0 days	2
Roman Reigns	4/3/16	WrestleMania	77 days	3
Triple H	1/24/16	Royal Rumble	70 days	14
Roman Reigns	12/14/15	Monday Night Raw	41 days	2
Sheamus	11/22/15	Survivor Series	22 days	4
Roman Reigns	11/22/15	Survivor Series	0 days	1
Seth Rollins	3/29/15	WrestleMania	220 days	1
Brock Lesnar	8/17/14	SummerSlam	224 days	4
John Cena	6/29/14	Money in the Bank	49 days	15
Daniel Bryan	4/6/14	WrestleMania	64 days	4
Randy Orton	10/27/13	Hell in a Cell	161 days	11
Daniel Bryan	9/15/13	Night of Champions	1 day	3
Randy Orton	8/18/13	SummerSlam	28 days	10
Daniel Bryan	8/18/13	SummerSlam	0 days	2
John Cena	4/7/13	WrestleMania	133 days	13
The Rock	1/27/13	Royal Rumble	70 days	10
CM Punk	11/20/11	Survivor Series	434 days	5
Alberto Del Rio	10/2/11	Hell in a Cell	49 days	2
John Cena	9/18/11	Night of Champions	14 days	12
Alberto Del Rio	8/14/11	SummerSlam	35 days	1
John Cena	7/25/11	Monday Night Raw	20 days	11
Rey Mysterio	7/25/11	Monday Night Raw	0 days	3
CM Punk	7/17/11	Money in the Bank	28 days	4
John Cena	5/1/11	Extreme Rules	77 days	10
The Miz	11/22/10	Monday Night Raw	160 days	1
Randy Orton	9/19/10	Night of Champions	64 days	7
Sheamus	6/20/10	Fatal 4-Way	91 days	2
John Cena	3/28/10	WrestleMania	84 days	9
Batista	2/21/10	Elimination Chamber	35 days	6
John Cena	2/21/10	Elimination Chamber	0 days	8
Sheamus	12/13/09	TLC	70 days	1
John Cena	10/25/09	Bragging Rights	49 days	7
Randy Orton	10/4/09	Hell in a Cell	21 days	6
John Cena	9/13/09	Breaking Point	21 days	6
Randy Orton	6/15/09	Monday Night Raw	90 days	5
Batista	6/7/09	Extreme Rules	2 days	5
Randy Orton	4/26/09	Backlash	42 days	4
Triple H	2/15/09	No Way Out	70 days	13
Edge	1/25/09	Royal Rumble	21 days	7
Jeff Hardy	12/14/08	Armageddon	42 days	1
Edge	11/23/08	Survivor Series	21 days	6
Triple H	4/27/08	Backlash	210 days	12
Randy Orton	10/7/07	No Mercy	203 days	3
Triple H	10/7/07	No Mercy	0 days	11
Randy Orton	10/7/07	No Mercy	0 days	2
John Cena	9/17/06	Unforgiven	380 days	3
Edge	7/3/06	Monday Night Raw	76 days	2
Rob Van Dam	6/11/06	One Night Stand	22 days	1
John Cena	1/29/06	Royal Rumble	133 days	2
Edge	1/8/06	New Year's Revolution	21 days	1
John Cena	4/3/05	WrestleMania	280 days	1
JBL	6/27/04	Great American Bash	280 days	1
Eddie Guerrero	2/15/04	No Way Out	133 days	1
Brock Lesnar	9/18/03	SmackDown	148 days	3
Kurt Angle	7/27/03	Vengeance	53 days	5
Brock Lesnar	3/30/03	WrestleMania	119 days	2
Kurt Angle	12/15/02	Armageddon	105 days	4
Big Show	11/17/02	Survivor Series	28 days	4
Brock Lesnar	8/25/02	SummerSlam	84 days	1
The Rock	7/21/02	Vengeance	35 days	9
The Undertaker	5/19/02	Judgment Day	63 days	4
Hollywood Hogan	4/21/02	Backlash	28 days	12
Triple H	3/17/02	WrestleMania	35 days	5
Chris Jericho	12/9/01	Vengeance	98 days	3
Steve Austin	10/8/01	Monday Night Raw	62 days	6
Kurt Angle	9/23/01	Unforgiven	15 days	3
Steve Austin	4/1/01	WrestleMania	175 days	5
The Rock	2/25/01	No Way Out	35 days	6
Kurt Angle	10/22/00	No Mercy	126 days	1
The Rock	6/25/00	King of the Ring	119 days	5
Triple H	5/21/00	Judgment Day	35 days	4
The Rock	4/30/00	Backlash	21 days	4
Triple H	1/3/00	Monday Night Raw	118 days	3
Big Show	11/14/99	Survivor Series	50 days	3
Triple H	9/26/99	Unforgiven	49 days	2
Mr. McMahon	9/16/99	SmackDown	4 days	1
Triple H	8/23/99	Monday Night Raw	24 days	1
Mankind	8/22/99	SummerSlam	1 day	3
Steve Austin	6/28/99	Monday Night Raw	55 days	4
The Undertaker	5/23/99	Over the Edge	36 days	3
Steve Austin	3/28/99	WrestleMania	56 days	3
The Rock	2/15/99	Monday Night Raw	41 days	3
Mankind	1/31/99	Halftime Heat	15 days	2
The Rock	1/24/99	Royal Rumble	7 days	2
Mankind	1/4/99	Monday Night Raw	20 days	1
The Rock	11/15/98	Survivor Series	50 days	1
Steve Austin	6/29/98	Monday Night Raw	90 days	2
Kane	6/28/98	King of the Ring	1 day	1
Steve Austin	3/29/98	WrestleMania	91 days	1
Shawn Michaels	11/9/97	Survivor Series	140 days	3
Bret Hart	8/3/97	SummerSlam	98 days	5
The Undertaker	3/23/97	WrestleMania	133 days	2
Sycho Sid	2/17/97	Monday Night Raw	34 days	2
Bret Hart	2/16/97	In Your House	1 day	4
Shawn Michaels	1/19/97	Royal Rumble	25 days	2
Sycho Sid	11/17/96	Survivor Series	63 days	1
Shawn Michaels	3/31/96	WrestleMania	231 days	1
Bret Hart	11/19/95	Survivor Series	133 days	3
Diesel	11/26/94	House show	358 days	1
Bob Backlund	11/23/94	Survivor Series	3 days	2
Bret Hart	3/20/94	WrestleMania	248 days	2
Yokozuna	6/13/93	King of the Ring	280 days	2
Hulk Hogan	4/4/93	WrestleMania	70 days	5
Yokozuna	4/4/93	WrestleMania	0 days	1
Bret Hart	10/12/92	House show	174 days	1
Ric Flair	9/1/92	Prime Time Wrestling	41 days	10
Randy Savage	4/5/92	WrestleMania	149 days	2
Ric Flair	1/19/92	Royal Rumble	77 days	9
Hulk Hogan	12/3/91	Tuesday in Texas	1 days	4
The Undertaker	11/27/91	Survivor Series	6 days	1
Hulk Hogan	3/24/91	WrestleMania	248 days	3
Sergeant Slaughter	1/19/91	Royal Rumble	64 days	1
Ultimate Warrior	4/1/90	WrestleMania	293 days	1
Hulk Hogan	4/2/89	WrestleMania	364 days	2
Randy Savage	3/27/88	WrestleMania	371 days	1
Andre the Giant	2/5/88	The Main Event	0 days	1
Hulk Hogan	1/23/84	N/A	1,474 days	1
Iron Sheik	12/26/83	N/A	28 days	1
Bob Backlund	2/20/78	N/A	2,135 days	1
Superstar Billy Graham	4/30/77	N/A	296 days	1
Bruno Sammartino	12/10/73	N/A	1,237 days	2
Stan Stasiak	12/1/73	N/A	9 days	1
Pedro Morales	2/8/71	N/A	1,027 days	1
Ivan Koloff	1/18/71	N/A	21 days	1
Bruno Sammartino	5/17/63	N/A	2,803 days	1
Buddy Rogers	4/25/63	N/A	22 days	1

Number of reigns includes WCW, NWA and WWE world heavyweight championship wins.