The WWE Undisputed Championship title belt (2002)

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Undisputed Championship was a professional wrestling championship. The championship was originally created with the unification of the WWF Championship and the WCW/World Championship. Image File history File links WWEchampbelt. ... Image File history File links WWEchampbelt. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... WWE Womens Champion Mickie James In professional wrestling kayfabe, a championship or title is a recognition of a wrestler being the best in his or her promotion, or for lesser championships (such as the WWE Cruiserweight Championship), his or her division. ... Chris Jericho as WWF Undisputed Champion, holding the WWF Championship and World Championship belts Championship unification or championship consolidation are terms which mean the act of combining two or more separate championships into a single title. ... The WWE Championship belt, April 11 2005 – August 20, 2006; September 18, 2006 – present The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is a professional wrestling title. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with World Heavyweight Championship (WWE). ...

History

On December 9, 2001 at Vengeance 2001, Chris Jericho defeated The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the WCW/World Championship and the WWF Championship respectively. As a result, the WCW/World Championship and the WWF Championship were unified and Chris Jericho became the first WWF Undisputed Champion. The championship was represented by both original belts. December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vengeance is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972) is an American actor and third-generation professional wrestler, best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment as The Rock. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Chris Jericho as WWF Undisputed Champion, holding the WWF Championship and World Championship belts Championship unification or championship consolidation are terms which mean the act of combining two or more separate championships into a single title. ...

Chris Jericho as the first Undisputed Champion

Jericho then lost the Undisputed Championship to Triple H at WrestleMania X8 on March 17, 2002. On April 1, 2002, the individual belts were replaced by a single belt, presented to Triple H by WWF co-owner Ric Flair. The new belt's design was a merger of both prior belts' designs: like the old WCW World Heavyweight Championship, it was almost entirely gold without any of the blue that was present on the WWF belt, and it had a name plate for the wrestler who currently held the belt (a feature that would later be incorporated onto all of WWE's other title belts), and like the WWF Championship, it had the design of a globe in the middle, surrounded by an eagle. Image File history File links Jericho_Undisputed. ... Image File history File links Jericho_Undisputed. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... WrestleMania X8 was the eighteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an iconic American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...

Following the Brand Extension and roster split (which divided the WWF into RAW and SmackDown! brands) of March 25, 2002, the Undisputed Champion was one of only two people (the other being the Women's Champion) who could appear on both brands simultaneously. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The WWE Draft (also known as the WWE Draft Lottery) is an annual event held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in which a few members of the its brands, RAW ,SmackDown! and ECW, jump to another brand. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... WWE Womens Championship belt. ...

Hulk Hogan defeated Triple H for the title in April 2002 at Backlash. The following month, in response to an August 2001 court ruling that the WWF had violated its agreement with the World Wildlife Fund, the World Wrestling Federation changed its name and removed all "WWF" references from its product. The WWF/WWE name change resulted in the WWF Undisputed title being renamed the WWE Undisputed Championship. Terrence Terry Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan. ... Backlash is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which started in 1999 and is held in April. ... Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...

The Undisputed Championship was later held by The Undertaker, The Rock, and finally Brock Lesnar, who signed an exclusive contract to appear and defend the Undisputed Championship on the SmackDown! brand only, thus leaving the RAW brand without a major championship. This led to RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff introducing a new championship for the RAW brand. This new title, named the World Heavyweight Championship, was represented by the old Big Gold Belt. Eric Bischoff then awarded the new championship to Triple H citing the fact that he was the last person to physically hold the Big Gold Belt during his reign as Undisputed Champion while it was still represented by two belts. Bischoff then stated that the Undisputed Championship could no longer be called "Undisputed" because it belonged to only one brand. Immediately afterwards, the WWE Undisputed Championship reverted to being called the WWE Championship. Mark Calaway (born March 24, 1965[1] [2]) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, The Undertaker. ... Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972) is an American actor and third-generation professional wrestler, best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment as The Rock. ... Brock Edward Lesnar (born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Eric Bischoff (born May 27, 1955[1]), is a former professional wrestling promoter and on-screen personality, most known for serving as President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later on-air General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand. ... The World Heavyweight Championship belt (2002- present) The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship. ... The Big Gold Belt The Big Gold Belt is a nickname given to a famous professional wrestling title belt. ...

Title history

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Statistics

The following pertains specifically to the history of the belt since its WWE introduction in 2001:

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See also

• List of WWE Champions
• WWE Championship
• WCW World Heavyweight Championship
• Championship unification