Every WWE Championship And The Superstar That Defined It
The men and women that MADE the titles in WWE.
Belt stuff is often taken very seriously, so here's the usual collection of caveats:
- WWE's legacy includes within it a collection of titles either too rare or short-lived to pay heed to here. There'll be excellent resources elsewhere to debate if the Don Curtis/Mark Lewin or Spiros Arion/Bruno Sammartino act were best suited to the WWWF United States Tag Team Championships, but this list will deal exclusively from the moment Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik to present day. There's always got to be a line drawn somewhere, and this is one the company have routinely revisited.
- Variants, as beautiful as they often are, won't be included. Not least because they're ordinarily personalised to one performer anyway. Yes, Daniel Bryan wore the hemp belt best, but of course he did. Ultimate Warrior and Shawn Michaels' pastel alternatives were stunning, but diving deep into all of those is love letter for another list.
- Minuscule adjustments to titles don't count. The WWF's scratch logo was added to every title in 1998, but that doesn't mean there's a place for two Big Eagle titleholders. Likewise with every belt converted to the current initials in 2002. This will rob Money Inc of their place with those ultra-rare black label Tag Team Titles, but they've both done well enough elsewhere to not need acknowledgement here.
Anyway, here's to disagreeing about all our heroes...
55. NXT Women's Tag Team Champions (2021 - Present) - Toxic Attraction
Established as the most dominant group on NXT for the duration of their existence, Toxic Attraction were given titles to legitimise a run that never really had the truly great matches to define it.
After losing and winning them back over Stand & Deliver/WrestleMania weekend in 2022, the pair's second reign cemented them as the only team to ever truly aspire to win and keep them over chasing singles glory.