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World Heavyweight Title History (WWE)
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triple H | – | 9/2/2002 | Raw[1] |
| Shawn Michaels | Triple H | 11/17/2002 | Survivor Series[2] |
| Triple H (2) | Shawn Michaels | 12/15/2002 | Armageddon |
| Goldberg | Triple H | 9/21/2003 | Unforgiven |
| Triple H (3) | Goldberg | 12/14/2003 | Armageddon[3] |
| Chris Benoit | Triple H | 3/14/2004 | WrestleMania XX[4] |
| Randy Orton | Chris Benoit | 8/15/2004 | SummerSlam |
| Triple H (4) | Randy Orton | 9/12/2004 | Unforgiven[5] |
| Triple H (5) | – | 1/9/2005 | New Year’s Revolution[6] |
| Batista | Triple H | 4/3/2005 | WrestleMania 21[7] |
| Kurt Angle | – | 1/10/2006 | Smackdown![8] |
| Rey Mysterio | Kurt Angle | 4/2/2006 | WrestleMania 22[9] |
| King Booker | Rey Mysterio | 7/23/2006 | Great American Bash |
| Batista (2) | King Booker | 11/26/2006 | Survivor Series |
| The Undertaker | Batista | 4/1/2007 | WrestleMania 23 |
| Edge | The Undertaker | 5/8/2007 | Smackdown![10] |
| The Great Khali | – | 7/17/2007 | Smackdown![11] |
| Batista (3) | The Great Khali | 9/16/2007 | Unforgiven[12] |
| Edge (2) | Batista | 12/16/2007 | Armageddon[13] |
| The Undertaker (2) | Edge | 3/30/2008 | WrestleMania XXIV[14] |
| Edge (3) | The Undertaker | 6/1/2008 | One Night Stand |
| CM Punk | Edge | 6/30/2008 | Raw[15][16] |
| Chris Jericho | Kane | 9/7/2008 | Unforgiven[17] |
| Batista (4) | Chris Jericho | 10/26/2008 | Cyber Sunday[18] |
| Chris Jericho (2) | Batista | 11/3/2008 | Raw |
| John Cena | Chris Jericho | 11/23/2008 | Survivor Series |
| Edge (4) | Rey Mysterio | 2/15/2009 | No Way Out[19] |
| John Cena (2) | Big Show | 4/5/2009 | WrestleMania XXV[20] |
| Edge (5) | John Cena | 4/29/2009 | Backlash |
| Jeff Hardy | Edge | 6/7/2009 | Extreme Rules |
| CM Punk (2) | Jeff Hardy | 6/7/2009 | Extreme Rules[21] |
| Jeff Hardy (2) | CM Punk | 7/26/2009 | Night of Champions |
| CM Punk (3) | Jeff Hardy | 8/23/2009 | SummerSlam |
| The Undertaker (3) | CM Punk | 10/4/2009 | Hell in a Cell |
| Chris Jericho (3) | The Undertaker | 2/21/2010 | Elimination Chamber[22] |
| Jack Swagger | Chris Jericho | 4/2/2010 | Smackdown! |
| Rey Mysterio (2) | Jack Swagger | 6/20/2010 | Fatal 4-Way[23] |
| Kane | Rey Mysterio | 7/18/2010 | Money in the Bank |
| Edge (6) | — | 12/19/2010 | TLC[24] |
| Dolph Ziggler | Edge | 2/18/2011 | Smackdown![25] |
| Edge (7) | Dolph Ziggler | 2/18/2011 | Smackdown![26] |
| Christian | Alberto Del Rio | 5/1/2011 | Extreme Rules[27] |
| Randy Orton (2) | Christian | 5/6/2011 | Smackdown! |
| Christian (2) | Randy Orton | 7/17/2011 | Money in the Bank |
Footnotes:
[1]: This title was awarded to Triple H by the Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff.
[2]: This was the first-ever elimination chamber match which also included Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Chris Jericho, and Kane.
[3]: This was a triple-threat match which also involved Kane.
[4]: This was a triple-threat match which also involved Shawn Michaels.
[5]: The belt was vacated the week after on December 6, 2004, because of a controversial finish during a triple-threat match which included the World Champion Triple H, Chris Benoit and Edge.
[6]: This was an elimination chamber match which also included Batista, Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and Edge.
[7]: The title became exclusive to Smackdown on June 28, 2005, after Batista was drafted from Raw. He also had to vacate the title on January 13, 2006, because of an injury.
[8]: Angle won a 20-man battle royal to win the title.
[9]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Randy Orton.
[10]: Edge cashed in his “Money in the Bank” briefcase after a Batista/Undertaker steel cage match. He then had to vacate the title because of a pectoral injury.
[11]: Khali won a 20-man battle royal to win the title.
[12]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Rey Mysterio.
[13]: This was a triple-threat match which also included The Undertaker.
[14]: On May 2, 2008, Smackdown General Manager Vickie Guerrero stripped The Undertaker of the championship because she felt his new choke hold was too dangerous to the Smackdown wrestlers.
[15]: Punk cashed in his “Money in the Bank” briefcase after Batista beat the crap out of Edge. As a result of CM Punk being a part of Raw, the World Title became exclusive to Raw again.
[16]: At Unforgiven, CM Punk suffered a concussion after a backstage beatdown at the hands of Randy Orton and could not compete later on in the night in the Championship Scramble match. While not the crowned champion at the time, Chris Jericho wrestled as his replacement.
[17]: According the Championship Scramble rules, the World Heavyweight title could change hands any time during the match with any one gaining a pinfall on any one else regardless of whether or not they are the current champion. This match included Chris Jericho, Kane, Batista, Rey Mysterio and JBL.
[18]: Steve Austin was chosen by the fans as the special referee in this match.
[19]: Just before the Raw Elimination Chamber match, Smackdown superstar Edge beat up Raw superstar Kofi Kingston and then locked himself inside the chamber to become part of the match. The other participants were World Champion John Cena, Mike Knox, Kane and Chris Jericho. After everyone else was eliminated, it came down to Edge pinning Rey Mysterio to win the title.
[20]: This was a triple-threat match which also included the World Heavyweight Champion Edge, although Big Show was the one pinned in the match.
[21]: As the 2009 winner of the ‘Money in the Bank’ match, CM Punk cashed in the title opportunity of his choice right after Jeff Hardy defeated Edge won the belt in a grueling ladder match.
[22]: Chris Jericho regained the World Heavyweight title in an Elimination Chamber match which also featured R-Truth, John Morrison, Rey Mysterio and CM Punk. During the final part of the match, Shawn Michaels entered the elimination chamber and delivered Sweet Chin Music to the Undertaker, which allowed Chris Jericho to score the easy pinfall on the Dead Man.
[23]: This was a fatal four-way match which also included CM Punk and the Big Show.
[24]: This was a four man Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match which also featured Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio.
[25]: On a February 18 2011 episode of Smackdown, acting Smackdown GM Vickie Guerrero awarded the World Heavyweight title to Dolph Ziggler after Edge used the Spear on him during a title match.
[26]: On the same episode, the REAL Smackdown GM Teddy Long made his return and in his first act as the returning GM, gave the belt back to Edge. However, Edge would soon retire and vacate the title on an April 15 2011 episode of Smackdown.
[27]: This match was set in place to fill the title vacancy.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
Saturday Night’s Main Event #36 (08.08)
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event #36
August 2, 2008
Washington DC
Verizon Center
(Taped on 7/28/2008)
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: CM Punk (6/30/2008)
Intercontinental Champion: Kofi Kingston (6/29/2008)
Women’s Champion: Mickie James (4/14/2008)
World Tag Team Champions: Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes (6/29/2008)
WWE Champion: Triple H (4/27/2008)
U.S. Champion: Shelton Benjamin (7/20/2008)
Diva’s Champion: Michelle McCool (7/20/2008)
WWE Tag Team Champions: Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder (7/20/2008)
ECW Champion: Mark Henry (6/29/2008)
Your hosts are JR and the King! Could this be an omen that they’re getting back together? No, probably not. Read the rest of this entry
The Finlay Youtube/DailyMotion MixTape
Today, I salute you Mr. Finlay, for being the only guy with a first name that starts with the letter F that’s worth a crap. You’ve made a reputation of being one of the most consummate greats in the biz and you only get better with age. Thank you Dave Finlay, for all the wonderful matches and brawls you have given us over the years.
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The Eddie Guerrero YouTube/DailyMotion Mixtape
This is my favorite mixtape to date. Eddie Guerrero is one of my faves as he is most everybody who had followed his career, I believe. I’m pouring my creative heart and soul into this one (not that I BS’ed the other three, but I really thought about this match list), so I hope you enjoy it!
There is a Terry Funk squash on Youtube with a 21-year old Eddie Guerrero from May of 1989 on an episode of World Championship Wrestling that is quite awesome and I definitely recommend you check it out if you haven’t already. Eddie takes a couple hard bumps in it especially for the time period. A Running Piledriver on the floor gives Funk the win. I’d say it was easily **½ to ***
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