Championship belt is a recognition of the strength of a wrestler, and it is also a brand's business card, and it is also a symbol of an era. The World Heavyweight Champion Belt was born on RAW on September 2, 2002. By December 2013, the TLC and the WWE Champion Belt were combined into one. During this period, this belt witnessed the change of the times, and the belt itself also experienced the ups and downs of its value with the players. After the death, the conclusion is settled. Let us take a look at the unforgettable winners of the world heavyweight champion belt and feel the unforgettable memories this gold belt brings us.
No.17 Jeff Hardy
"Ghost Face Warrior" Jeff Hardy is a player who is well-known to handsome fans. His life-threatening performance brings people an unparalleled sense of excitement. I still remember that in 2001, Jeff also mainly played a doubles match with his brother Matt Hardy, but he already showed the kind of brave man who fought for his life. When watching Jeff's game, those crazy actions really made it difficult for later players to match. In 2000, in the triple threat match for the WWF doubles championship, in the match between The Dudley Boys and Christine and Aige, Jeff jumped from the top of the ladder, used Swanton Bomb (full moon scimitar), which was the most classic scene. In "WrestleMania" 23, Jeff jumped off the top of the ladder and pressed on Aggie who was lying on the ladder. Jeff's game has always been a process that is more important than the result.
In a match in July 2002, Jeff played a ladder championship game with the Mourners. At that time, it was hard to compete with UT. However, the highlight of the game was that Jeff was knocked down again and again and again. Finally, the Mourner raised his right hand to express his appreciation and recognition for him. Jeff's doubles and singles were accompanied by a large number of dangerous high-altitude movements, and injuries were inevitable. In order to relieve the pain, he had to take a lot of painkillers, which gradually caused him to become dependent on drugs and his performance on the field also decreased significantly. Later, due to the failure of the drug test, Jeff was fired on April 22, 2003. Three years later, Jeff returned to WWE and participated in the championship plot. He first won the final Intercontinental Championship, and then won the World Tag Team Championship with his brother from Senna and HBK. After
, Jeff defeated Aegy to win his first world heavyweight championship in "Extreme Rules" in 2009. However, after fighting hard, Jeff was exchanged for the contract by punk and had to hand over the belt he had just obtained. A month later, on the championship night, Jeff took back his belt from punk. Another month later, Jeff lost the belt to punk in the summer frenzy. After this failure, Jeff left WWE and switched to TNA. Hardy's departure was a huge loss for WWE. Compared with the doubles matches and TLC matches that year and now, the latter is really unreasonable.
No.16 HBK
"Heartbreak Boy" Sean Michaels became famous very early. In 1996, he had already won the World Heavyweight Championship of WWF at that time and was also one of the parties to the "Montreal Incident". In 1998, HBK had to leave the ring and announce his retirement due to injury. After four years of separation, HBK returned in 2002 and joined the championship plot. He challenged the then champion HHH on "Summer Slam". HBK, who had been recuperating for four years, had no fatigue and had a beautiful game with HHH. In the subsequent "Survivor Series 2003", he played a six-person iron cage match with HHH, Kane, Booker T, Chris Jerico, and Rob Van Dam, and finally won the world heavyweight championship, thus starting his second glory in his career.
When looking at HBK's past events, the most fascinating thing is the plot between him and Bret Hart. The true and false grudges and hatreds of the two are exciting, especially the collision between superstars in the Iron Man race in 1996, which makes people breathless. HBK's resume is hard for many players to match: 4 times the world heavyweight champion, 3 times the WWE champion, two times the Royal War champion, and he is also the first WWE Grand Slam wrestler.Although HBK lost to Undertaker at WrestlaMania in 2010 and retired, it is a pity that HBK left us with so many wonderful games, funny plots, and tears.
No.15 Kurt Angle
When it comes to Kurt Angle, the first thing he wants to say is the heavyweight free fighter championship he won at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Later, Angle joined WWF in 1998 and stayed until 2006. The pinnacle of Anger's career was still in the WWF era. When talents emerged and star-studded, Anger established an unshakable position with his extraordinary wrestling skills. Anger won the European and Intercontinental titles in a row, and successfully reached the top in the 2000 "King of the Gym" competition. In October of the same year, he defeated Locke in the "No Mercy" event and became the WWF champion. Anger's record lasted across the century until 2001. Anger successfully defeated Austin to defend the WWE championship in his hometown of Pittsburgh, and also won the WCW championship title owned by Austin, and won the WWF title in WWF in one year.
A player who has reached Ang’s level no longer needs to prove himself through his waist, and it is still a bit regrettable for his way of leaving. There is nothing more regrettable than the end of a hero and the late beauty. In the triple threat match with Reel and Orton in WrestleMania in 2006, Ang lost his world heavyweight championship belt. Soon after, Ang left WWE to sign TNA and began another journey of his own.
No.14 Goldberg
Gao Bai is a man living in the legend. His fame and achievements were mostly obtained in WCW, including the most commendable record of 173 unbeaten games. It was only a short year in WWE, but in just one year, he left many exciting games. He first had a plot with The Rock and defeated The Rock on Backlash, and then he was in a disagreement with HHH and won the World Heavyweight Championship Belt on Unforgiven. Then Gao Bai and the Evolution Legion started a long-term plot. Later, Kane also intervened in Gao Bai's plot. Finally, in a triple threat match, Gao Bai was attacked by the Evolution Legion and threw it away by Kane. HHH used this to suppress Gao Bai to retake WHC. After
, he had a plot with Brock Lesnar, and had a fierce match in 2004 "WrestleMania" and finally won. Gao Bai, who had no opponent, left the ring soon after and withdrew from the wrestling stage. Gao Bai's legend lies in his rare defeat. The image of an invincible strong man and the recollection left to people when he chose to retire during his full victory made it difficult for later generations to surpass.
No.13 Kane
Kane's strength is obvious to all, but he has an embarrassing record. The interval between winning the heavyweight championship was 12 years. In 1997, Bad Blood made his first appearance at Bad Blood. When he tore open the gate of the Hell Cage Competition with bare hands and used a tombstone nail to the mourner, HBK's domineering aura when he won the game seemed to be a thing of the past. Kane's career was based on masks. Kane was cruel and ruthless, and no one dared to doubt his lethality. At that time, Kane defeated Austen to win the WWF championship, won the WWF World Tag Team Championship many times, as well as the WWF hardcore championship and the Intercontinental Championship ECW championship, and also held the national WWF World Tag Team Championship and the WCW Tag Team Championship. At that time, who is not afraid of the red killer machine?
Kane took off his mask and acted more as the role of others. Although others would not provoke him easily, they were more afraid of his past glory. Kane's road to revitalization was very long. It was not until 10 years after the plot of "Brothers Against" that Kane obtained the world heavyweight belt for the first time and held it for half a year, and finally lost to the cunning Aegy. Kane has few singles achievements, but no one can deny his achievements. Some people do not need to prove themselves with their waistbands. Kane's career accomplished two things. In the early days, he brought a cruel and fierce image to people through his mask, allowing people to know that he is not a person who can be deceived. In the later period, he showed his true face and was willing to be a green leaf, so that people knew that he was not a reckless man who showed off his courage. I have read related reports before, saying that Kane in real life is a kind person and enthusiastic about charity. If he looks at it this way, he has never taken off his mask.
No.12 CM Punk
Punk is a relatively complicated character. He was a bit like Aige in the early days, and he was also a speculator. He was also the winner of the two-time contract briefcase. His first win of the world heavyweight championship was obtained from Aige by redeeming the contract. But when he saw this plot, he really felt that it was "repaying in the world, what a life to be like." The rise of punk was abrupt. He joined WWE in 2005. In 2006, he was just a supporting role. In the match between Senna and HHH in "WrestleMania", Punk happened to be one of the extras. It was not until 2008 that Punk really gained a foothold in WWE, obtained the contract briefcase of that year, and cashed in on RAW on June 30, and defeated Eggie to win his first WHC. By 2009, when he won the contract briefcase for the second time, he became the first person to win a briefcase for two consecutive years. In the extreme rules of 2009, he also used the contract to defeat Jeff Hardy for the second time to win the WHC. In the next plot with Jeff, the two had a series of exciting games and ended with a TLC match on SummerSlam. In the end, Jeff left WWE sadly and Punk won his third WHC.
After losing his belt to the mourners, he set up the ascetic club and had a plot with 619, which ended with punk being shaved. Punk gradually reached its peak in WWE after he became the leader of the New Node Legion. The most exciting thing was the plot of punk defeating Senna on the 2011 contract briefcase and then leaving WWE. Punk, who returned soon after, seemed to be cheating, was so popular that he was vaguely the first person in WWE. However, after the summer craze of 2013, Punk unexpectedly left WWE, which was both confusing and regretful. Punk's skills are very good. The seemingly lazy movements can always achieve the desired effect. His attitude of despising senior management makes him very popular among the audience, but his "using public opinion to respect himself" does make senior management troubles, so his existence makes senior management uncomfortable, and his departure also makes senior management uncomfortable. In dealing with the issue of punk, perhaps the senior management has lost ground since the punk left in 2011.
No.11 Booker T's achievements in WWE are very limited. Although he is also a first-tier star, he has won very few championship belts, one world heavyweight champion, three WWE American champion, one WWE tag team champion, and the king of the arena in 2006. Booker's main achievements were completed in WCW, and he has won 22 WCW various titles, including five WCW World Heavyweight Championships. What makes Booker the most memorable is the dazzling break dance. Booker's outstanding achievements in WCW.
undoubtedly gave him a much higher starting point than others after entering WWE, but at that time, the stars of WWF shine, and it was really difficult for Booker to develop his career. Shortly after winning the King of the Ring, King Book won a rope-on challenge at SmackDown to challenge the then-world heavyweight champion Mystery Reel, who finally won his first World Heavyweight Champion belt in WWE with the help of Chavo Guerrero. Booker then started a long-term plot with Batista, and also held a "King of Champions" competition with the then WWE champion John Cena and ECW champion Big Show in "Decisive Battle Sunday 2006". Fans voted to decide that Booker's World Heavyweight Champions Belt will be contested in the game. In the end, Booker defeated Cena and Big Show defending the belt. But the good times didn't last long, and Booker eventually lost his belt to Batista.
Booker left sadly and joined TNA the next year.
No.10 Daniel Bryan
From being fired and rehired NXT novices, to nerd American champions, to Mr. Contract Briefcase. In the WWE, which lacked technical players from 10 to 11 years, Daniel Brian broke into the WWE line like a dark horse.
In 2011, Brian used his briefcase to exchange for Big Show's World Heavyweight Championship Belt, and then started a plot with Big Show and Mark Henry, two giants. However, because SmackDown has slowly declined, this plot always makes people feel tepid. In the 2012 WrestleMania Contest, Brian also became an 18-second man because of AJ Lee's "lucky kiss", and was taken away by Sheamus.
After more than a year of Team Hell No group career, Brian has accumulated a lot of popularity and set the iconic "YES" movement. After solo, Brian turned to the plot of the WWE Championship Belt. When Senna suffered an elbow injury, Brian was appointed as the number one challenger in the WWE Championship Belt and defeated Senna. Then Brian and Randy Orton and the senior managers started a WWE championship plot for a long time.
World Heavyweight Championship and WWE Championship merged into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Batista won the Royal War and CM Punk left. The contradiction between fans' dissatisfaction with the WWE plot arrangement became more and more intense. As a fan's sought after, Brian finally got the chance. At the "WrestleMania 30" competition, he defeated three members of the Evolution Legion in one night and won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Belt. This was also the last time Brian came into contact with the World Heavyweight Championship Belt. Brian's belt was also deprived of due to injury. After returning, he competed for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and soon after, he hung his belt due to injury. After failing to obtain the competition license for a long time, he had no choice but to announce his retirement.
No.9 Randy Orton
Randy's star journey can be regarded as a triumphant song. Once he signed with WWE, Randy quickly became a member of the Evolution Legion and won the WWE Intercontinental Championship Belt. As a descendant of the "Legend", Randy always showed disdain for the old predecessors and used harsh tricks on them. His cruel style gave him the title of "Legend Killer".
Randy took the World Heavyweight Championship from Wolverine Chris Banva on SummerSlam in 2004 and became the youngest world heavyweight champion in history. This belt brought him to a peak in his career, but good fortune and misfortune were hidden, and it also laid the groundwork for his breakup with the Evolution Legion.
Faced with the collective betrayal of his teammates, Randy's heart changed a lot, and his wrestling style became extremely cruel, and he began to retaliate against members of the Evolution Legion. In the continuous confrontation, Randy began to soar in his career, first winning the doubles championship with Edge. After going solo, he began his journey to championship. From 2007 to 2011, Randy has been involved in the championship plot, and won the WWE championship 6 times and won the world heavyweight championship twice. By the time of TLC in 2013, he even beat Senna to win his fourth world heavyweight belt and became the seventh WWE double champion.
No.8 Chris Jericho
Jerico is a versatile man with his footprints throughout Mexico, Japan, ECW, WCW, WWF and WWE. On the SD in August 1999, Jericho had a wonderful language confrontation with Rock. It was then that he began to call himself "Y2J". In RAW in April 2000, Jericho, who defeated HHH, did not win the WWF championship belt due to the referee's surrender, this is Y2J's first WWF championship plot. In 2001, Jericho defeated Locke and Austin successively, winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and WWF Championship, becoming the first undoubted champion. It was this belt that indirectly led to the emergence of WHC. After Jericho lost the belt to HHH in 2002, Jericho began to have a triangle plot with Christan and Trish.
entered the WWE period, and Jericho didn't have any good plot either. It was not until 2007 that Jericho made a stunning return and had a plot with HBK, and turned into a villain who was disgusted by everyone, calling everyone a hypocrite. In 2008, although Y2J lost to HBK, he won his first World Heavyweight Championship belt from the WWE period. Jericho's return this time was very successful, and good luck lasted for several years. By 10 years, bad luck came. Jericho not only lost his world heavyweight championship belt, but also lost to the unknown Evan Bourne shortly afterwards. Not long after, Jericho left WWE.Two years later, Jericho returned to WWE, but unfortunately there was always no good plot, and the king of the world was always close and distant.
Jericho is a versatile player in WWE and one of the few players in WWE who have competed in multiple leagues. People say that they are more skillful than to suppress their own skills, so it is probably not understandable for Jericho. Many times, it is his versatility that makes him have no stable plot in WWE, but how can these things cover up his achievements?
No.7 John Cena
John Cena, the banner figure of WWE, always tends to two extremes around him. People who like him are fanatical, and people who hate him are paranoid, but people who do not deny his diligence regardless of their view. Senna entered SD in 2002 and was originally an unknown person and always appeared as a villain rapper. It was not until he had the first championship plot with Brock Lesner that Senna gradually joined the plot with a positive image. It was not until in "WrestleMania" in 2004 that Senna gradually moved closer to the front line. In that game, Senna lifted the 500-pound Showman, shocking the audience.
Just one year later, in WrestleMania, Senna won his first WWE championship. At that time, Senna was loved by everyone. When he transferred to RAW with his belt, people who hated him slowly appeared. At that time, most of his games were indeed a bit like the assembly line produced, lacking changes and winning every battle. Especially when he forced Y2J to withdraw from WWE, many fans were very annoyed, so in a triple threat match that year, there were a lot of voices choking Senna. At that time, WWE did not make much adjustments to Senna's image, and Senna was always able to participate in the championship plot. During this period, there were plots with HBK and played several exciting games. However, in a game in 2007, Senna was injured and had to leave the arena for a few months. In 2008, he returned on Royal Rumble and won the situation and participated in the triangle plot with HHH and Randy.
In November 2008, Senna got the opportunity to challenge the then world heavyweight champion Y2J, and defeated him, winning the world heavyweight champion for the first time, and thus met his other important opponent, Aige. The plot between Senna, RKO and Aige is wonderful, and both sides are constantly improving themselves in confrontation, making their images mature. Senna's diligence is obvious to all, and what he was criticized is simply because his image is too positive. The way to change this embarrassing situation can only be based on the ability of the plot writers.
No.6 Chris Benoit
Wolverine Chris Benwa is the fourth player to win the WHC. Chris is also a player who is "famous". Before becoming a WWE player, he played wrestling competitions in WCW, ECW, and participated in wrestling competitions in Japan. It wasn't until 2000 that Chris followed Mick Foley into WWF and soon won the Intercontinental title in a triple threat match against Y2J and Kurt Angle. After
, Wolverine tried to challenge The Rock's WWF championship belt, but it ended in failure. Banva is a skilled player, and some people even call him and Kurt Ang the two major technical wrestlers in the world. The match against Kurt Anger, who is also a technical stream in 2002, can be regarded as a representative game. After that, Banva gradually left the main championship plot and turned to a doubles competition.
Until 2004, Banva won the World Heavyweight Championship Belt on WrestleMania. Banwa's game always has a "life-struggling" characteristic. His series of games with Cote Anger and the plot against the "Evolutionary Legion" highlights this characteristic. Unfortunately, after the tragedy in 2007, I never found the same feeling from other players.
No.5 Rey Mysterio
Rey left his own footprint in both the ECW and WCW, and won his first lightweight championship in ECW. In 2002, the mysterious man Rey joined WWE and became a member of SD. He soon had a plot with Cote Anger. After partnering with Edge against Cote Anger and Banva, Rey began his lightweight championship journey and repeatedly competed with Matt Hardy and Chavo Guerrero, thus creating a record of eight lightweight championships. Later, Rey switched to the doubles competition.
It was not until the bad news of his friend Eddie Guerrero came that he had a new goal - to win the World Heavyweight Championship belt, and wanted to commemorate his friends.
In the 2006 Royal War, Reel set a record of lasting the longest in the Royal War and won the victory. In the following "WrestleMania", facing the strongest Kurt Ang and Randy, the strongest in the strong. Relying on his tenacious perseverance and quick tricks, he became the new world heavyweight champion in the world, and won the WHC championship for the second time four years later. Reel is the best among the WWE Mexican players. His flexible and dazzling tricks and exciting high-flying moves undoubtedly represent the style of Mexican wrestling. Sin Cara declined and Derio ran away. There are no more decent Mexican players in WWE now.
No.4 Undertaker
The mourner started to enter WWF in 1990. It has been in the league for more than 20 years and is proud of the heroes. If you find a player who can witness WWE, you will undoubtedly be a mourner. UT is rampant in the league and has clashed with many flag figures of the era, from the early Hook Hogan and Bret Hart to the later Austin, Locke, HHH, Kane, as well as the younger generation of stars John Cena and Batista. The mourner who has been in a state of turmoil for more than ten years has long become a god-like existence. The image of the mourner is divided into two parts in my heart. In the early stage, he was a gangster who values love and righteousness and acts on his own, and in the later stage, he was the terrifying and gloomy immortal god of death. The two images of
also reflect the situation of the mourner in WWE. Although it was unique in the early stage, it was still flesh and blood, and it shone with other stars to form a tripod. It was a moment of brightness. In the later stage, there were very few opponents, and UT gradually faded out of the screen. Over the past decade, the Mourner won 7 WWE World Championships, including 3 World Heavyweight Championships, 5 WWF Tag Team Championships and 1 World Tag Team Championship. At that time, no one could control the "Brothers of Destruction" ring.
The Mourner's 3 World Heavyweight Championship held by the Mourner, each brings wonderful memories to the fans. However, the champion belt is not the best sign of the Mourner's career achievements. He has something more valuable than the belt - that is the 21 consecutive wins that no one has surpassed so far. Although it was ended by Brock Lesner this year, it is a myth that transcends the times.
No.3 Edge
"restricted" superstar, ultimate opportunist, world heavyweight champion, these are probably the three most important tags of Edge, but these are all later stories. Edge is already a "veteran" compared to Orton and Senna. Edge signed with WWF in 1998 and won the WWF Intercontinental Championship in 1999, but then he partnered with Christine more in doubles championships. The two won 7 WWF doubles championships in total. It was not until 2001 that Edge began to transform into singles and had a good plot with Cott Anger. It was not until 2004 that Edge, who recovered from injury, began his first-line championship journey.
has been renamed from WWF to WWE, I personally feel that Eggie and Randy are the two most successful villains. These two have their own characteristics. Randy is cruel and Eggie is despicable. Both of them are the kind of people who use any means to achieve their goals, but Eggie is even more cunning. Eggie did not waste the contract briefcases he won in 2005 and 2007, but took the opportunity to win the WWE championship and the world heavyweight championship. The wonderful championship plot between him and Senna in 2006 showed his cunning characteristics to the fullest. The time was in 2007. When he and Jeff Hardy completed a series of dangerous actions, the two were carried out of the arena and the match was Mr. Kennedy ended with the victory, but unwilling Aggi introduced it into the pussy, cheated out the contract briefcase, and won the World Heavyweight Champion belt from the mourner the next day. Aige's character creation is undoubtedly successful, and his evil spirit has brought too many surprises to people.
After defending the title of WrestleMania 27, Aige announced his retirement in RAW on April 12, 2011, and gave up the world heavyweight title on Smackdown on April 15, 2011 and officially retired.
No.2 Batista
Batista entered WWE in May 2002. Later, when HHH established the "Evolution Legion", he brought him and Randy into the team, but 8D's luck was not as good as Randy, so he was always with HHH and was loyal to HHH. It was not until half a year after Randy left that he also qualified for the championship challenge. At that time, in order to keep the belt, HHH used all means. 8D, who knew the truth, also turned against HHH, and the Evolution Legion began to die. The angry 8D defeated HHH on WrestleMania 21 and won his first world championship belt. On the transfer day in June 2005, he also brought the belt to SmackDown.
Then, the unruly match with the Mourners in "WrestleMania 23" was even named one of the best world heavyweight championships in history.
Most of the championship plots of Batista’s career are about the world heavyweight champions. Batista didn't win as many times as Randy's title, but this did not affect his status at all. 8D still maintains some interesting records, such as the record of never losing to HHH in singles, and the record of 8D being the only person who used powerbomb to Undertaker except Kevin Nash.
No.1 HHH
The first winner of the World Heavyweight Championship Belt was Triple H. When he won the WHC awarded by Bishev, then General Manager of RAW, the king of kings immediately became the target of public criticism. Since then, those who covet HHH's belts are like maggots on their tars. Among them are clowns who overestimate themselves and top-notch masters. Within four years since the birth of the belt, WHC has been playing the scene of gaining and losing again and losing again in his hands. It has always been extremely difficult to maintain wealth and power, especially during that period, when talents emerged and no one could guarantee that they could still maintain their past glory tomorrow. Triple H used 5 times WHC winners to show everyone that he was the one who would represent WWE, and only he could maintain the glory of WWE.
has been born from the birth of the world heavyweight belt to being merged for 12 years. A total of 24 contestants have won this title, and there are many good contestants who can only praise it. The players kept working hard for him, some won openly and some took advantage of the opportunity, but victory was just about the result and not the process. But the editor thinks this world heavyweight champion belt is an ominous thing. The evolution army was at its peak, but it was disbanded because of a belt. HHH and HBK have been friends for many years, but they also turned against each other because of a belt. When 8D brought the belt to SD and became the belt of SD, SD began to decline. Some belt holders, some left, some retired, and even Ye, who once owned it, were unable to escape. Some became soy sauce, some were fired, and some were seriously injured, and their return was far away. These phenomena cannot be said to be evil.
In history, a total of 24 players have obtained this belt. This article only explains the earlier champions (excluding the WCW World Heavyweight Champion Belt Period).In recent years, there have been many world heavyweight champions with outstanding achievements, such as Big Show, Mark Henry, Sheamus, Daniel Brian, Alberto de Leo, etc., and the editor will not take stock of them one by one.
*Note: This article is not the official ranking of WWE Author: Dan Tai Kexie
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