5 things you didn't know about the WWE Championship
The WWE Championship is the most prestigious championship in the world. It's a part of the company since 1963, and so far, more than 100 champions have been crowned.
The championship has now become pretty old, and there's a high chance that many new wrestling fans don't know a lot about this title. In this article, I will list some rare things about the WWE Championship that you may not know. Now, it's possible that you may know already know about some of these things, but I will try my best to avoid listing known facts.
So without further ado, let's take a look at 5 unknown things about the WWE Championship.
#5 The WWE Championship previously had 7 different names
Many of the new wrestling fans already know that the WWE was once the WWF. They had to change their name because of a lawsuit by the World Wildlife Fund. The title was previously called the WWF Heavyweight Championship, but this isn't just it.
This title actually had 7 other names as well. But, the fans may not know about every one of them.
In 1963, the company introduced the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. Then in 1971, the title was reintroduced as the WWWF Heavyweight Championship.
After 8 years, the company again changed the name of this title to the WWF Heavyweight Championship. Sometime later in the same year, the company shortened the name of this title to the WWF Championship.
After that, from 2001 to 2002, the title got three more name changes. In 2001 the company rebranded the championship as the Undisputed WWF Championship, then in 2002 it was titled as the Undisputed WWE Championship, and just a few weeks later, the title was renamed as the WWE Championship.
The WWE Championship then got a name change in 2013. It was renamed as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
After 3 years, in 2016, the title got two more name changes. Firstly the company re-titled it as the WWE World Championship and then as the WWE Championship.
The title actually got a name change for 8 times but only 7 of the names were unique. The last one happened because of the WWE Draft and that time the company also introduced Universal Championship to the WWE Universe.