World Heavyweight Championship

The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by WWE. It is one of two top championships in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship.

The title is one of six to be represented by the historic Big Gold Belt, first introduced in 1985. It was established under the Raw brand in 2002, after Raw and SmackDown became distinct brands under WWE, and moved between both brands on different occasions (mainly as a result of the WWE Draft) until August 29, 2011 when all programming became full roster "supershows". Its heritage can be traced back to the first world heavyweight championship, thereby giving the belt a legacy over 100 years old, the oldest in the world.

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