World Heavyweight Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the World Heavyweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The World Heavyweight Championship is a World Title contested in World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on April 24, 2023, and the inaugural champion was Seth "Freakin" Rollins.

This is a newer version of the World Heavyweight Championship ('02-'13), with its own distinct lineage.

The new World Heavyweight Championship was announced by Triple H heading into the 2023 WWE Draft. A tournament was held to crown the new champion culminating with Seth" Freakin" Rollins defeating AJ Styles at WWE Night of Champions 2023.

The title was designed with unique features that include Three Lions to symbolize the McMahon Family crest, a Crown to pay homage to Bruno Sammartino, an Eagle as a callback to the original Winged Eagle design of the WWE Championship, diamonds, filagree and rope trim.

The current champion is Gunther, who won the title at WWE SummerSlam 2024 on August 3, 2024, and has been reigning for 137 days.

World Heavyweight Championship: Title History

• Championship Names & Belt Designs

World Heavyweight Championship: Title Reigns

For the Title History of the previous version of this championship, see the page for the World Heavyweight Championship ('02-'13).

World Heavyweight Championship: Statistics