Tuesday, March 5, 2019

GAMES360VIEW


There are two types of WWE superstars: Champions and the six wrestlers who don't have titles. Jokes aside, there are so many championship titles in WWE that are currently active. After all, the company has to many different brands, each of which has its own set of titles.

When you look at the big picture, WWE has a lot of championship titles in the current rotation. Here's a fun fact, while there 17 titles currently active in WWE right now, only three of them existed before the year 2000. So we're going to take a look at all the WWE titles that are currently in rotation.

While on occasion the titles get some aesthetic changes, like Daniel Bryan's current eco-friendly WWE Championship, we'll be discussing the titles as they exist outside of storylines where they may be personalized in some way. Here are all of WWE's current titles.


NXT UK Tag Team Championship


Date introduced: June 18, 2018 (First won on January 12, 2019)

First champions: James Drake & Zack Gibson

Longest Reign: James Drake & Zack Gibson (January 12, 2019-Current)

Current title holders: James Drake & Zack Gibson


NXT UK Women's Championship


Date introduced: June 18, 2018 (First won on August 26, 2018)

First champion: Rhea Ripley

Longest Reign: Rhea Ripley (August 26, 2018-January 12, 2019)

Current title holder: Toni Storm


WWE United Kingdom Championship


Date introduced: December 15, 2016 (First won on January 15, 2017)

First champion: Tyler Bate

Longest Reign: Pete Dunne (May 20, 2017-Current)

Current title holder: Pete Dunne


NXT Tag Team Championship


Date introduced: January 23, 2013 (First won on July 17, 2013)

First champions: British Ambition (Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey)

Longest Reign: The Ascension (September 12, 2013-September 11, 2014)

Current title holders: The War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe)


NXT Women's Championship


Date introduced: April 5, 2013 (First won on July 24, 2013)

First champion: Paige

Longest Reign: Asuka (April 1, 2016-September 6, 2017)

Current title holder: Shayna Baszler


NXT North American Championship


Date introduced: March 7, 2018 (First won on April 7, 2018)

First champion: Adam Cole

Longest Reign: Ricochet (August 18, 2018-January 26, 2019)

Current title holder: Velveteen Dream


NXT Championship


Date introduced: July 1, 2012 (First won on August 29, 2012)

First champion: Seth Rollins

Longest Reign: Finn Balor (July 4, 2015-April 21, 2016)

Current title holder: Tommaso Ciampa


WWE Women's Tag Team Championship


Date introduced: December 24, 2018 (First won on February 17, 2019)

First champions: The Boss 'n' Hug Connection

Longest Reign: The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (February 17, 2019-Current)

Current title holders: The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley & Sasha Banks)

This title is the only championship that can be defended between main and developmental brands.


WWE Cruiserweight Championship


Date introduced: September 14, 2016

First champion: T.J. Perkins

Longest Reign: Neville (August 20, 2017-October 9, 2017)

Current title holder: Buddy Murphy


Smackdown Tag Team Championship


Date introduced: August 23, 2016 (First won on September 11, 2016)

First champions: Heath Slater & Rhyno

Longest Reign: The Usos (October 8, 2017-April 8, 2018)

Current title holders: The Usos (Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso)

Not including their current title run, the Usos have four title reigns totaling 328 days with the Championship.


United States Championship


Date introduced: January 1, 1975

First champion: Harley Race

Longest Reign: Lex Luger (May 22, 1989-October 27, 1990)

Current title holder: R-Truth


Smackdown Women's Championship


Date introduced: August 23, 2016 (First won on September 11, 2016)

First champion: Becky Lynch

Longest Reign: Charlotte Flair (November 14, 2017-April 10, 2018)

Current title holder: Asuka


WWE Championship


Date introduced: April 11, 1963 (As the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship)

First champion: Buddy Rogers

Longest Reign: Bruno Sammartino (May 17, 1963-January 18, 1971)

Current title holder: Daniel Bryan


Intercontinental Championship


Date introduced: September 1, 1979

First champion: Pat Patterson

Longest Reign: The Honky Tonk Man (June 2, 1987-August 29, 1988)

Current title holder: Finn Balor

The IC Championship is the unified WWF North American Heavyweight and South American Heavyweight championships.


Raw Tag Team Championship


Date introduced: October 20, 2002

First champions: Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit

Longest Reign: The New Day (August 23, 2015-December 18, 2016)

Current title holder: The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder)


Raw Women's Championship


Date introduced: April 3, 2016 (As WWE Women's Championship)

First champion: Charlotte

Longest Reign: Alexa Bliss (August 28, 2017-April 8, 2018)

Current title holder: Ronda Rousey


Universal Championship


Date introduced: July 25, 2016 (First won on August 21, 2016)

First champion: Finn Balor

Longest Reign: Brock Lesnar (April 2, 2017-August 19, 2018)

Current title holder: Brock Lesnar

In total, Lesnar has had over 600 days as champion, combining his two reigns.*

*Lesnar only defended the title 16 times during his reign and only had--including title defenses--21 matches as champion.




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