Date of recognition |
Championship |
Promotion |
Country |
July 14, 1948 – January 11, 1991 May 8, 2006 – May 13, 2007 January 1, 2021 – present |
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship |
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) |
|
May 18, 1960 – December 12, 1990 |
AWA World Heavyweight Championship |
American Wrestling Association (AWA) |
|
April 25, 1963 – present |
WWE Championship |
WWE: SmackDown |
|
January 11, 1991 – December 9, 2001 |
WCW World Heavyweight Championship |
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) World Wrestling Federation |
|
August 27, 1994 – April 11, 2001 |
ECW World Heavyweight Championship |
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) |
|
September 2, 2002 – December 15, 2013 |
World Heavyweight Championship |
WWE |
|
May 13, 2007 – June 29, 2015 January 1, 2021 – present |
TNA World Championship |
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) |
|
August 21, 2016 – present |
WWE Universal Championship |
WWE: SmackDown |
|
August 31, 2019 – present |
AEW World Championship |
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) |
|
April 3, 2020 – March 4, 2021 |
IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) |
|
January 1, 2021 – present |
AAA Mega Championship |
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) |
|
January 1, 2021 – present |
ROH World Championship |
Ring of Honor (ROH) |
|
January 1, 2021 – present |
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship |
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) |
|
January 1, 2021 – present |
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship |
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) |
|
January 1, 2021 – present |
MLW World Heavyweight Championship |
Major League Wrestling (MLW) |
|
January 1, 2021 – present |
World of Stardom Championship |
World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) |
|
February 12, 2021 – present |
GHC Heavyweight Championship |
CyberFight (CF): Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) |
|
March 4, 2021 – present |
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) |
|
August 8, 2021 – present |
Independent Wrestling World Championship[15] |
IndependentWrestling.tv (IWTV) |
|
August 8, 2021 – present |
Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship[16] |
PAWDWC Presents F1ght Club Pro Wrestling (F1ght Club) |
|
May 27, 2023 – present |
World Heavyweight Championship |
WWE: Raw |
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