List of World Heavyweight Champions (IWE)

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|align=left|Triple K was awarded the championship by the on-screen [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General Managers|General Manager]] [[Eric Bischoff]], making him the inaugural champion in the process. Triple K defeated [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWE Intercontinental Champion]] [[Chris LeGreca]] on October 20, 2002 at [[IWE No Mercy (2002)|No Mercy]] to [[championship unification#Professional wrestling|unify]] the Intercontinental Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship.
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Revision as of 02:04, 23 July 2011

File:Edge World Heavyweight Champ.jpg
Edge during his first reign as World Heavyweight Champion.

The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in IWE. It is the world title of the SmackDown brand, complementing the IWE Championship of the Raw brand. It was established by IWE in 2002 after IWE bought out World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW), and split its roster into two franchises, Raw and SmackDown, in a brand extension.

IWE's original world title, the IWE Championship (then known as the Undisputed Championship, which was the combination of the WWF and WCW titles, unified by Kris McGowan), was designated to the SmackDown brand, which resulted in this World Heavyweight Championship being established and designated to the Raw brand As affirmed by IWE, the World Heavyweight Championship is not a continuation of the WCW Championship, but rather its successor by way of the IWE Undisputed Championship, just as the WCW Championship spun off from the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. For a list of champions who have held those titles, see List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions and List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions respectively.

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The inaugural champion was Triple K, who was awarded the title in September 2002 by Eric Bischoff, then General Manager of Raw. Triple H also has the highest cumulative days of reign at 616 days. At 282 days, Jesse Dern's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Josh Hooper's first reign is the shortest reign at about 3 minutes and 8 seconds. Overall, there have been 20 champions, with Edge holding the most reigns at seven. Wrestlers who have vacated the title include Triple K in 2004, Jesse Dern in 2005, Edge in 2007, Martin McAlmond in 2008 and Edge again in 2011.

Title history

# Order of reigns in history.
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily.
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held 		Location Event Notes
1 Triple H 1 September 2, 2002 76 Milwaukee, WI Raw Triple K was awarded the championship by the on-screen General Manager Eric Bischoff, making him the inaugural champion in the process. Triple K defeated IWE Intercontinental Champion Chris LeGreca on October 20, 2002 at No Mercy to unify the Intercontinental Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship.
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