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In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a company or promotion's roster of contracted wrestlers.[1] WWE is a Stamford, Connecticut-based sports entertainment company primarily focused on professional wrestling. The promotion was founded in 1952 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC).[2] In the company's 50-year history, over twenty different unique championships have been operated and contended for. These titles consisted of divisional, special stipulations, and weight-class championships. Of these titles, nineteen have been retired and succeeded through replacement titles or title unifications. The first retired championship was in 1967 with the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (created in 1953), while the most recent was the WWE Divas Championship (created in 2008) in April 2016. The following is a compilation of the company's former championships that were once active and contended for by its roster. History1950–1969In 1953, CWC became a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). During this time, CWC wrestlers could compete for championships operated by the NWA.[3] In 1958, the CWC created the United States Tag Team Championship (the first title ever owned by WWE), which inaugural champions Mark Lewin and Don Curtis won in April of that year.[4] In 1963, CWC was renamed as the WWWF and ended its partnership with the NWA.[5] To reflect the changes, the WWWF introduced its world heavyweight championship (WWE's second overall championship and the current WWE Championship),[6] while the WWWF acronym was added to the United States Tag Team title. Without a formal explanation by the WWWF, the Tag Team title was disbanded in 1967, the first championship to be retired by the promotion.[4] Ten years later, the company retired its first individually contested title, the WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship, also without a formal explanation.[7] 1970–1999The WWWF formed a partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), and Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) between the 1970s and 1980s, and as a result, created and lent titles to these promotions.[8][9][10] In 1979, the promotion renamed itself to the WWF and six years later ended its partnerships with NJPW and UWF.[2][11] This resulted in the retirement of one UWF and three NJPW lent titles: the WWF International Heavyweight Championship (UWF),[8] WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship,[12] WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship,{{ref label|1|a|a}}[13] and WWF International Tag Team Championship (NJPW).[10] The company also ceased operations of three short-lived titles: the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1979–1981),[14] WWF Canadian Championship (1985–1986),[15] and WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (1983–1989).[16] Despite their names, the geographic-name-based titles were not restricted to wrestlers from that location.[14][15] During the 1990s, the WWF ended its relationship with the UWA; as a result, the WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship[17] was abandoned, while the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (which UWA possessed) was reactivated in the United States for use by the WWF.[9] In 1996, the Million Dollar Championship, a title created by Ted DiBiase, was retired, although it was never sanctioned by the WWF, but was reintroduced briefly in 2010 by Ted DiBiase Jr.[18] 2000–presentIn March 2001, the WWF acquired all assets of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), including its championships.[19] Of these titles, the WWF operated the WCW World Heavyweight,[20] World Tag Team,[21] and Cruiserweight championships.[22] In late 2001, the WWF discontinued the WCW World Heavyweight (which was unified with the WWF Championship) and Tag Team Championships[20][21] while the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was retired in favor of the Cruiserweight, which would also be retired in 2007. In 2002, WWF was renamed to WWE,[23] and during this year, WWE discontinued the WWE Hardcore and European Championships after they were unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship.[24][25] WWE also acquired all assets of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 2003, and implemented the ECW brand in 2006, along with the reactivated the ECW World Heavyweight Championship;[26] however, when the brand closed in 2010, the title was retired after Ezekiel Jackson became the last champion on the final episode of the ECW on Syfy series.[27] The World Tag Team Championship, established in 1971, and WWE Tag Team Championship, introduced in 2002, were unified on April 9, 2009, maintaining separate title histories as the "Unified WWE Tag Team Championship". However, on August 16, 2010, the older title was retired in favor of keeping the newer title as the sole tag team championship contended for in WWE. The champions, The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) were awarded a new set of belts that represented the 2002 championship, and were thus recognized as the final holders of the original World Tag Team Championship.[28][29] The original WWE Women's Championship, established in 1956, and the WWE Divas Championship, introduced in 2008, were unified on September 19, 2010, maintaining the title history of the Divas Championship. The older title was retired in favor of keeping the newer title as the sole championship contended for in WWE by the Divas. The self-professed co-Women's Champion Michelle McCool defeated Divas Champion Melina at Night of Champions to become the unified champion, thus making Layla the final holder of the Women's Championship.[30][31] On April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32, Divas Champion Charlotte was originally scheduled to defend her title in a triple-threat match. At the event, however, the Divas Championship was replaced with a new WWE Women's Championship, with the winner of the triple-threat match becoming the inaugural champion, thus Charlotte was the final holder of the Divas Championship. The World Heavyweight Championship was established in 2002 as a second world championship in WWE during the time of the first brand extension. During this period, the World Heavyweight Championship would be the primary championship for either the Raw or Smackdown brand, with the WWE Championship on the other. The brand extension ended in 2011, allowing both championships to appear on both shows. On December 15, 2013, World Heavyweight Champion John Cena faced WWE Champion Randy Orton in a match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, where the World Heavyweight Championship was unified with the WWE Championship as Orton defeated Cena. At the event, it was announced that the unified titles would be called the "WWE World Heavyweight Championship". WWE officially recognized Orton as the final World Heavyweight Champion, and retired the title. Defunct championships{{multiple image|align=left|caption_align=center|header_align=center|image1 = Edge World Heavyweight Champ.jpg |width1 = 150 |caption1 = The World Heavyweight Championship (shown being worn by record seven-time champion Edge) served as a second world championship in WWE from 2002-2013 |image2 = CM Punk ECW Champion.jpg |width2 = 128 |caption2 = The ECW Championship (shown being held by one-time champion CM Punk) served as a third world championship in WWE from 2006-2010, primarily in the ECW brand | image3 = John Cena August 2008.jpg | width3 = 148 | caption3 = The World Tag Team Championship (shown being worn by two-time champion John Cena) was active from 1971 to 2010. | image4 = Matthardycwtitle.jpg | width4 = 202 | caption4 = The original WWE Cruiserweight Championship (shown being held by former champion Matt Hardy) was officially recognized as established in 1991 by WCW, brought to WWE in 2001 following its purchase of WCW, and remained active until 2007 | image5 = Trish Stratus.jpg | width5 = 244 | caption5 = The original WWF/E Women's Championship (shown being held by record seven-time champion Trish Stratus) was active from 1956 to 2010, when it was unified with the Divas Championship. | image6 = Paige WWE Divas Champion.jpg | width6 = 179 | caption6 = The WWE Divas Championship (shown being held by two-time champion Paige) was active from 2008 to 2016. }}
See also{{Portal|Professional wrestling}}
Footnotes
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Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|accessdate=2009-03-08|quote=If he couldn't win the WWE Championship and he couldn't buy the WWE Championship, Dibiase decided to purchase his own championship, introducing "the Million Dollar Belt" to the WWE. The title was never official and rarely did Dibiase even bother "defending" the title.}} 19. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2001/2001_03_23.jsp |title=WWE Entertainment, Inc. Acquires WCW from Turner Broadcasting |date=2001-03-21 |work=WWE Corporate |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment |accessdate=2009-03-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408044957/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2001/2001_03_23.jsp |archivedate=2005-04-08 |df= }} 20. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wcwchampionship/|title=History of the WCW World Championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2009-03-08}} 21. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttwcw.html|title=WCW World Tag Team Championship Title History (1991–2001)|work=Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan & Gary Will|publisher=Solie's Title Histories|accessdate=2009-03-08}} 22. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://solie.org/titlehistories/ctwwf.html|title=WWE Cruiserweight Championship reign history|work=Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan|publisher=Solie.org|accessdate=2009-03-08}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp |title=World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment |date=2002-05-06 |work=WWE Corporate |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment |accessdate=2009-03-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119180317/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp |archivedate=2009-01-19 |df= }} 24. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358594 |title=History of the WWE European Championship: Jeff Hardy |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment |accessdate=2009-03-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724125810/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358594 |archivedate=2008-07-24 |df= }} 25. ^{{cite web|url=http://solie.org/titlehistories/whcwwf.html|title=WWE Hardcore Championship reign history|work=Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan|publisher=Solie.org|accessdate=2009-03-08}} 26. ^{{cite web|title=History of the ECW Championship: Rob Van Dam|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/history/ecwchampionship/061506rvd|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2010-09-09}} 27. ^1 {{cite web|title=History of the ECW Championship: Ezekiel Jackson|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/history/ecwchampionship/13528698|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2010-09-09}} 28. ^1 {{Cite web|title=History of the World Tag Team Championship|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/|accessdate=2010-09-20|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}} 29. ^1 {{Cite web|title=History of the WWE Tag Team Championship|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/|accessdate=2010-09-20|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}} 30. ^{{Cite web|title=History of the WWE Women's Championship|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/|accessdate=2010-09-21|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}} 31. ^{{Cite web|title=History of the WWE Divas Championship|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/divas/|accessdate=2010-09-21|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}} 32. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/|title=The History of the WWE European Championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2009-03-14}} 33. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/hard/|title=The History of the WWE Hardcore Championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2010-02-16}} 34. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwefeaturepage/features/mccoolhistory/news1/mccool/|title=Flawless mark on history|first=Katie A.|last=Raymond-Santo|date=2010-09-24|accessdate=2010-09-26|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}} 35. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwefeaturepage/features/mccoolhistory/womenschampions/|title=Hall of Women's Champions|accessdate=2010-09-26|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|quote=Layla is the last-ever Women's Champion.}} 36. ^{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_45319.shtml|title=Keller's WWE Raw report 11/15: Special three-hour old school Raw with great angle at end, Jim Ross returns, Piper steps up, more|date=2010-11-15|last=Keller|first=Wade|accessdate=2010-11-16|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}} 37. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/retired-championships|work=WWE.com|publisher=WWE|accessdate=January 11, 2016|date=March 21, 2011|author=WWE Staff|title=Retired championships|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109092104/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/retired-championships|archivedate=January 9, 2016|df=}} 38. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/32/article/wwe-womens-championship-revealed|title=All-new WWE Women’s Championship introduced at WrestleMania|publisher=WWE|date=April 3, 2016|accessdate=April 3, 2016}} Further reading
External links
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