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| WWE World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
| Champion | Reign (Days) | Defeated By | Date | Location | Notes |
| World Wrestling Entertainment crown inaugural WWE World Heavyweight Champion | - | Triple H | 02 September 2002 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 1/2 |
| Triple H | 76 | Shawn Michaels | 17 November 2002 | New York City, NY | |
| Shawn Michaels | 28 | Triple H | 15 December 2002 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | |
| Triple H (2) | 280 | Goldberg | 21 September 2003 | Hershey, PA | |
| Goldberg | 84 | Triple H | 14 December 2003 | Orlando, FL | |
| Triple H (3) | 91 | Chris Benoit | 14 March 2004 | New York City, NY | |
| Chris Benoit | 154 | Randy Orton | 15 August 2004 | Toronto, ON | |
| Randy Orton | 28 | Triple H | 12 September 2004 | Portland, OR | |
| Triple H (4) | 78 | - | 29 November 2004 | - | 3 |
| Title Vacant. | - | Triple H | 09 January 2005 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4 |
| Triple H (5) | 84 | Batista | 03 April 2005 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Batista | 282 | - | 10 January 2006 | Philadelphia, PA | 5 |
| Title Vacant. | - | Kurt Angle | 10 January 2006 | Philadelphia, PA | 6 |
| Kurt Angle | 82 | Rey Mysterio | 02 April 2006 | Chicago, IL | |
| Rey Mysterio | 112 | Booker T | 23 July 2006 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| Booker T | 126 | Batista | 26 November 2006 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Batista (2) | 126 | The Undertaker | 01 April 2007 | Detroit, MI | |
| The Undertaker | 37 | Edge | 08 May 2007 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Edge | 70 | - | 17 July 2007 | - | 7 |
| Title Vacant. | - | The Great Khali | 17 July 2007 | Laredo, TX | 8 |
| The Great Khali | 91 | Batista | 16 September 2007 | Memphis, TN | |
| Batista (3) | 89 | Edge | 16 December 2007 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Edge (2) | Current Champion | - | - | ||
Notes:
1. World Wrestling Entertainment create Inaugural WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
2. Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff awards Title to Triple H.
3. Vince McMahon strips Triple H of Title due to controversial end to Title defence.
4. Triple H defeats Batista, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Edge & Randy Orton in a 6-man Elimination Chamber match to raise vacant Title.
5. An already injured Batista suffers a second injury and is forced to vacate Title.
6. Kurt Angle wins Battle Royale match to raise vacant Title.
7. Edge vacates Title due to injury.
8. The Great Khali wins a Battle Royale, last eliminating Batista & Kane simultaneously to raise vacant Title.