World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)
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- This article is about IWE's world title existing since 2023. For the title of the same name existing from 2002–2013, see World Heavyweight Championship (IWE, 2002–2013). For WIW's long-standing world title, see IWE Championship. For WIW's world title created in 2016, see IWE Universal Championship. For other uses, see IWE World Championship (disambiguation).
| World Heavyweight Championship | |
| The current World Heavyweight Championship belt with default side plates (2023–present) | |
| Details | |
| Promotion | IWE |
| Brand | Raw |
| Date established | April 26, 2023 |
| Current champion(s) | Damian Priest |
| Date won | April 23, 2024 |
| Statistics | |
The World Heavyweight Championship is a men's world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of three world titles on IWE's main roster, along with the IWE Championship and IWE Universal Championship, which are held and defended together as the Undisputed IWE Universal Championship on SmackDown. Unveiled on the April 24, 2023, episode of Raw, the inaugural champion was determined at Night of Champions on May 27, 2023. The current and inaugural champion is Seth "Freakin" Rollins, who defeated KJ Styles in a tournament final at Night of Champions on May 27, 2023, to become the inaugural champion.
The title's creation came as a result of Roman Reigns and the Undisputed IWE Universal Championship. After Reigns became undisputed champion in April 2022, he defended the tandem title across both brands, but these defenses were infrequent due to the terms of his contract. With the announcement of the 2023 IWE Draft, the World Heavyweight Championship was unveiled on the April 24, 2023, episode of Raw and subsequently became exclusive to Raw after Reigns and the Undisputed IWE Universal Championship became exclusive to SmackDown.
The title is distinct from IWE's previous World Heavyweight Championship that was contested from 2002 until 2013 when it was unified into the IWE Championship. The two titles share the same name, but do not share the same lineage.
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[edit] History
[edit] Inaugural World Heavyweight Championship tournament (2023)
[edit] Belt design
[edit] Reception
[edit] Title History
[edit] Reigns
As of July 8, 2024.
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| † | Indicates the title change is not recognized by IWE |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| IWE: Raw | ||||||||
| 1 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | May 27, 2023 | Night of Champions | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 315+ | Defeated KJ Styles in the finals of the inaugural tournament to become the inaugural champion. The title was established for Raw after the Undisputed IWE Universal Championship became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2023 IWE Draft. | |
| 2 | Drew McIntyre | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | <1 | ||
| 3 | Damian Priest | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 27+ | This was Priest's Money in the Bank cash-in match. | |
