World Heavyweight Championship Title History

The NWA World Title dates back to 1904, however the lineage has been broken throughout the century - therefore making it difficult to follow the championship during the 1920s to 1940s. The title was known as the NWA World Title through January 1991 when the name was changed to the WCW World Title. The NWA championship was brought back as a separate title in August 1992.

This title was later reinstated on September 9th, 2002 when Eric Bischoff decided to have a exclusive World Champion for the RAW brand, renaming it simply the World Heavyweight Championship. Bischoff gave the title to Triple H since he was the last to hold the WCW Championship when it was once apart of the Undisputed Title, now the WWE Championship currently on SmackDown.

On June 6, 2005, WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to RAW, bringing the title with him. Three weeks later on June 30, 2005, World Heavyweight Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown, bringing that title with him as well. The World Heavyweight Championship has now become the "World Title" on SmackDown, while the WWE Championship is now RAW's "World Title."And now the new world Heavyweight Championship
is rey from 2 april 06' that is Wrestel Mania 22...
Matches for world Heavyweight Championship
Ric Flair
Dusty Rhodes
9/17/81
Kansas City, MO
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Harley Race
Ric Flair
11/24/83
Starrcade ’83 ‘A Flare for the Gold’; This was a steel cage match; Flair won with a crossbody off the top.
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Ric Flair
Harley Race
3/24/84
Kallang, Singapore; Neither of these title changes overseas were recognized on television.
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Kerry Von Erich
Ric Flair
5/6/84
Irving, TX; 1st Annual David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions; Von Erich won the title with a backslide; This bout was voted Match of the Year by the readers of PWI.
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Ric Flair
Kerry Von Erich
5/24/84
Yokosuka City, Japan; This was a Best 2 out of 3 Falls match; Each man traded the first two falls with their respective submission holds (Von Erich - the claw, Flair - the figure-4) before Flair won the 3rd fall by rolling through on a roll up from the champion.
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Dusty Rhodes
Ric Flair
7/26/86
Greensboro, NC; Great American Bash ’86 Tour; This was a steel cage match.
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Ric Flair
Dusty Rhodes
8/9/86
St. Louis, MO; Kiel Auditorium
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Ron Garvin
Ric Flair
9/25/87
Detroit, MN; This was a steel cage match; Garvin won with a sunset flip off the top rope.
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Ric Flair
Ron Garvin
11/27/87
Chicago, IL; Starrcade ’87; This was a steel cage match; Flair won after sending Garvin face-first into the steel fence; This took place the same day as the WWF’s first Survivor Series.
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Ricky Steamboat
Ric Flair
2/20/89
Chicago, IL; Chi-Town Rumble ’89; Steamboat won by blocking the figure-4 into an inside cradle.
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Ric Flair
Ricky Steamboat
5/7/89
Nashville, TN; Music City Showdown; Flair regained the title by blocking a slam into an inside cradle; After the match he was brutally attacked by Terry Funk, suffering a piledriver onto the commentary table.
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Sting
Ric Flair
7/7/90
Baltimore, MD; Great American Bash ’90; Sting won by blocking the figure-4 into an inside cradle; Ole Anderson was handcuffed to El Gigante during the match; Sting is known as the last NWA title holder and the first WCW title holder during this reign.
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Ric Flair
Sting
1/11/91
East Rutherford, NJ; House Show; Flair regained the title with his feet on the ropes; Flair lost a controversial bout to IWGP Champion Tatsumi Fujinami on 3/21/91 in Tokyo but the belt remained with the champion; He eventually won a rematch between the two on 5/19/91.
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Lex Luger
Barry Windham
7/14/91
Baltimore, MD; Great American Bash ’91; This was a steel cage match; Luger was to have met Flair for the title but the champion was fired from WCW and immediately joined the WWF; This match between the two top contenders would determine the new champion; Luger won with a piledriver and was led backstage by Harley Race and Mr. Hughes, foreshadowing a heel turn.
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Sting
Lex Luger
2/29/92
Milwaukee, MI; SuperBrawl II; Sting won with a crossbody off the top; Luger left WCW shortly thereafter.
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Big Van Vader
Sting
7/12/92
Albany, GA; Great American Bash ’92; Vader won with the powerbomb after Sting hit his head on the steel ring post.
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Ron Simmons
Vader
8/2/92
Baltimore, MD; Great American Bash ’92 Tour; Sting was to have met Vader in a rematch but was attacked earlier in the night by Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts; Simmons was chosen at random to challenge Vader and won the title with a surprise powerslam.
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Sting
Big Van Vader
3/11/93
London, England; House Show; Sting won with a powerslam off the top rope.
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Big Van Vader
Sting
3/17/93
Dublin, Irleand; House Show; Vader regained the title with the powerbomb after Sting hit his head on the ring post.
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Ric Flair
Big Van Vader
12/27/93
Starrcade ’93; Flair put his career on the line against Vader’s title in this bout; Flair scored the pin by clipping the champion in the back of the knee and rolling him up; The title was vacated following a controversial title defense against Ricky Steamboat on 4/17/94; Flair won the rematch shortly thereafter
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Hulk Hogan
Ric Flair
7/17/94
Bash at the Beach ’94; Hogan, with Mr. T in his corner, won the match with a legdrop; Shaquille O’Neal presented Hogan with the belt following the match; The belt was later vacated following a controversial title defense against The Giant on 10/29/95.
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Randy Savage
Vacated
11/26/95
Norfolk, VA; World War III ’95; Savage won the vacant title in the three-ring, 60-man battle royal that would determine the new champion; Savage last eliminated the One Man Gang but Hulk Hogan went out between the ropes and was thus never really eliminated.
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Ric Flair
Randy Savage
12/27/95
Nashville, TN; Starrcade ’95; Flair won the right to face Savage by defeating Sting and Lex Luger in a triangle match earlier in the night; Flair captured the title after outside interference from the Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Brian Pillman, and Chris Benoit).
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Randy Savage
Ric Flair
1/22/96
Las Vegas, NV;WCW Monday Nitro; Savage won with the flying elbowsmash in a match that saw interference from both Arn Anderson and Hulk Hogan.
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Ric Flair
Randy Savage
2/11/96
St. Petersburg, FL; SuperBrawl VI; This was a steel cage match; Flair won after Miss Elizabeth hit Savage in the eye with her high heel shoe.
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The Giant
Ric Flair
4/22/96
Albany, GA; WCW Monday Nitro; Giant won by locking a choke onto Flair, thus breaking the figure-4, and chokeslamming the champion.
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Hollywood Hogan
The Giant
8/10/96
Hog Wild; Hogan won after outside interference from Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, finishing off by hitting the champion in the head with the title belt; After the match, he and The Outsiders attacked longtime Hogan friend Brutus Beefcake.

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Lex Luger
Hollywood Hogan
8/4/97
Auburn Hills, MI; WCW Monday Nitro; This was the 100th episode of Nitro; Luger won with the Torture Rack after fending off outside interference from the New World Order.
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Hollywood Hogan
Lex Luger
8/9/97
Sturgis, SD; Road Wild ’97; Hogan won this rematch with the legdrop after a fake Sting came ringside and hit Luger with a baseball bat.
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Sting
Hollywood Hogan
12/28/97
Washington, DC; Starrcade ’97; Sting won the match with the Scorpion Deathlock; Hogan originally won the match with the legdrop but Bret Hart intervened before the bell could be rung, knocking out referee Nick Patrick and taking over as the ref; The title was vacated following a controversial rematch on 12/29/97.
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Randy Savage Sting 4/19/98 Denver, CO; Spring Stampede ’98; This was a No DQ match; Savage won after Kevin Nash interfered and powerbombed the champion. ******************************************
Hollywood Hogan Randy Savage 4/20/98 Colorodo Springs, CO; WCW Monday Nitro; Hogan regained the title after Bret Hart ran into the ring, nailed Kevin Nash with the title belt, and placed an unconscious Hogan on top of an unconscious Savage ************************************************** ***
Bill Goldberg Hollywood Hogan 7/6/98 Atlanta, GA; WCW Monday Nitro; Goldberg was the reigning United States champion at the time of the bout and defeated Scott Hall earlier in the night to earn the title shot; He won the match with the Spear and Jackhammer, while Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone dealt with Curt Hennig on the floor.
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Kevin Nash Bill Goldberg 12/27/98 Washtington, DC; Starrcade ’98; Kevin Nash earned the right to this title shot by winning the previous month’s World War III battle royal; Nash won the title and ended Goldberg’s undefeated streak with the powerbomb after Scott Hall used a tazer on the champion. **************************************************
Hollywood Hogan Kevin Nash 1/4/99 Atlanta, GA;WCW Monday Nitro; Nash was to have met Goldberg in a rematch but the challenger was arrested earlier in the night; Hogan stepped in as the surprise challenger and beat Nash by pushing him with his finger; It was soon revealed that Nash and Hogan were working together and this night saw the rebirth of the New World Order. **************************************************
Ric Flair Hollywood Hogan 3/14/99 Louisville, KY; Uncensored ’99; This was a First Blood steel cage match in which Flair’s career, Hogan’s title, and Eric Bischoff’s power were on the line; Flair eventually won the match via pinfall after hitting Hogan with a crowbar given to him by Arn Anderson - even though pinfalls were not originally allowed in the match; Flair bled throughout the match but the referee never motioned to stop the bout; This match also featured the heel turn of Flair and the face turn of Hogan.

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DDP Ric Flair 4/11/99 Racoma, WA; Spring Stampede ’99; This was a 4-way match also including Hollywood Hogan and Sting; Randy Savage, the guest referee, brutally attacked Flair - allowing Page to hit the Diamond Cutter and score the easy pin; Hogan was stretchered out of the ring after having his knee injured by DDP halfway through the battle.
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Sting DDP 4/26/99 Fargo, ND; WCW Monday Nitro; Sting won following the Scorpion Death Drop.
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Randy Savage Kevin Nash 7/11/99 Sunrise, FL; Bash at the Beach ’99; This was a tag team 4-way match also including Sid Vicious and Sting; Savage won with the flying elbowsmash.
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Hollywood Hogan Randy Savage 7/12/99 Jacksonville, FL; WCW Monday Nitro; Hogan won thanks to the help of Kevin Nash.
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Sting Hollywood Hogan 9/12/99 Winston-Salem, NC; Fall Brawl ’99; Sting won by using his baseball bat as a weapon; The title was later held up following a match against Bill Goldberg on 10/24/99 in which Goldberg won but Sting never accepted that the bout would be for the title.
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Bret Hart Chris Benoit 11/21/99 Toronto, Ontario; Mayhem ’99; This was the final bout in a 16-person tournament to determine the new champion; Hart won the match with the Sharpshooter; Hart had defeated Sting earlier in the night in a semi-final bout while Benoit beat Jeff Jarrett; The title was later held up following a title defense against Bill Goldberg on 12/19/99.
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Bret Hart Bill Goldberg 12/20/99 Baltimore, MD; WCW Monday Nitro; Hart won this rematch via pinfall after The Outsiders attacked Goldberg with baseball bats; Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Jeff Jarrett, and Hart formed the New World Order 2000 after the match; Hart was later stripped of the title on 1/16/00 due to a head injury which eventually ended his career.
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Chris Benoit Sid Vicious 1/16/00 Cincinnatti, OH; Souled Out ’00; Vicious was to have met Hart for the title but, due to Hart’s injury, Benoit was brought in as a substitution; Arn Anderson served as guest referee and had the match stopped when Vicious tapped out to Benoit’s Crippler Crossface - even though Vicious’ leg was underneath the ring ropes; Benoit left for the WWF the following day and was stripped of the title
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Sid Vicious Vacated 1/17/00 WCW Monday Nitro; Arn Anderson officially reversed his decision from the previous night since Vicious’ leg was under the ropes.
Sid Vicious Kevin Nash 1/24/00 Los Angeles, CA; WCW Thunder; Nash ordered this match to take place since Vicious did not defeat the proper Harris before beating Nash the night prior; Vicious was stripped of the title on 4/10/00 as Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated all the championships.
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Sid Vicious Vacated 1/17/00 WCW Monday Nitro; Arn Anderson officially reversed his decision from the previous night since Vicious’ leg was under the ropes.
Sid Vicious Kevin Nash 1/24/00 Los Angeles, CA; WCW Thunder; Nash ordered this match to take place since Vicious did not defeat the proper Harris before beating Nash the night prior; Vicious was stripped of the title on 4/10/00 as Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated all the championships.
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David Arquette Eric Bischoff 4/25/00 Syracuse, NY; WCW Thunder</b>; This was a tag team bout pitting Arquette and DDP against Bischoff and Jarrett - whoever gained the pinfall won the title; Arquette got the pin with a spear. ************************************************** *
Jeff Jarret DDP 5/7/00 Slamboree ’00; This was a three-tiered cage match also involving David Arquette; Jarrett won thanks to Arquette turning on his friend Page; Chris Kanyon was tossed from the top of the cage through the rampway by Mike Awesome after the match.
Ric Flair Jeff Jarrett 5/15/00 Biloxi, MS; WCW Monday Nitro
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Jeff Jarrett Vacated 5/22/00 Grand Rapids, MI; WCW Monday Nitro; Jarrett was awarded the title by Vince Russo following Flair’s collapse during a previous broadcast.
Kevin Nash Jeff Jarrett 5/23/00 Saginaw, MI; WCW Thunder; This was a 3-way bout also involving U.S. Champion Scott Steiner.
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Ric Flair N/A 5/29/00 Salt Lake City, UT; WCW Monday Nitro; Nash gave the title back to Flair since Flair never lost it in the ring and had it wrongfully taken from him.
Jeff Jarrett Ric Flair 5/29/00 Salt Lake City, UT; WCW Monday Nitro
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Booker T Jeff Jarrett 7/9/00 Fort Lauderdale, FL; Bash at the Beach ’00; Jarrett was to have met Hulk Hogan but Vince Russo scraped the match, gave Hogan a consolation title belt, and put the title up for grabs between these two men; Booker won with the Book End.
Kevin Nash Booker T. 8/28/00 Las Cruses, NM; WCW Monday Nitro
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Booker T Kevin Nash 9/17/00 Buffalo, NY; Fall Brawl ’00; This was a caged heat match; Booker regained the title with the Book End.
Vince Russo Booker T 9/25/00 Long Island, NY; WCW Monday Nitro; This was a cage match; Russo won by being speared out of the cage by Goldberg; The title was vacated a week after; The concussion Russo suffered during this match permanently kept him off WCW TV and out of the booking committee.
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Booker T Jeff Jarrett 10/2/00 San Francisco, CA; <b>WCW Monday Nitro</b>; This was a 49ers match in which boxes would cover items held on poles on each four turnbuckles - three items would be weapons and the other would be the title belt.
Scott Steiner Booker T 11/26/00 Milwaukee, MI; Mayhem ’00; This was a caged heat match in which a straight jacket could be used as a weapon; Steiner won with the Steiner Recliner.
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Booker T Scott Steiner 3/26/01 Panama City Beach, FL; WCW Monday Nitro; This was the last episode of Nitro after the WWF purchased WCW days prior; Booker T was the reigning United States champion going into the battle; He regained the title with the Bookend. ************************************************** ****
Kurt Angle vs Booker T WWF Raw is War
Booker Tvs Kurt Angle WWF Raw is War
The Rockvs Booker T San Jose, CA; Summerslam, '01
Chris Jericho vsThe Rock No Mercy'01
The Rockvs Chris Jericho WWF Raw is War
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Chris Jericho The Rock 12/29/01 San Diego, CA; Vengeance; This was a first round match in a one-night tournament to crown the first ever undisputed heavyweight champion; Jericho won due to interference from Vince McMahon; Later in the night, Jericho defeated WWF World Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin to unify the championship titles. (Both belts were combined to make Undisputed Title making the WCW World Title now defunct) ************************************************** ***
Triple H ----- 9/2/02 Milwaukee, WI; WWE RAW; After it was announced Brock Lesnar would be exclusive to SmackDown as the Undisputed Champion, Eric Bischoff thought RAW deserved a champion of its own. Bischoff then introduced Triple H as the new World Heavyweight Champion, handing him the belt without having to earn it. This now makes the former WCW World Title active again for the RAW brand simply known as the "World Title."
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Shawn Michaels Triple H 11/17/02 New York City, NY; WWE Survivor Series; Triple H was forced to defend his World Heavyweight Title in a newly invented Elimination Chamber Match which included challengers Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Kane, Chris Jericho and the return of "HBK" Shawn Michaels. In the end, Shawn Michaels was able to do the unthinkable and pin Triple H 1, 2, 3 to become the new World Heavyweight Champion in 2002, making Michaels a World Champion for the first time since 1998.
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Triple H Shawn Michaels 12/15/02 Fort Lauderdale, FL; WWE Armageddon; Following the win by Shawn Michaels in the Elimination Chamber at the Survivor Series, the tension between Triple H and Shawn Michaels grew. Eric Bischoff announced that HBK would defend the World Heavyweight Title against Triple H in a Best of Three Falls Match. In the end, Triple H won the first fall (Street Fight), Shawn Michaels won the second fall (Steel Cage Match) and Triple H won the third fall (Ladder Match) to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
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Goldberg Triple H 9/21/03 Hershey, Pennsylvania;WWE Unforgiven; In what turned out to be a 9 1/2 month World Heavyweight Title reign for Triple H (successfully defending the title against Rob Van Dam, Kane, Scott Steiner, Booker T & Kevin Nash), Bill Goldberg was finally able to do what no one else had done for a lengthy amount of time, beat Triple H. Goldberg did so by shrugging off a sledgehammer shot by Triple H and taking the advantage by hitting a big spear followed by the Jackhammer to gain the 1, 2, 3 to become the NEW World Heavyweight Champion.
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Chris Benoit Triple H & Shawn Michaels 3/14/04 New York, New York;WWE WrestleMania XX; After a title reign of exactly 3 months, Triple H tapped out to the Crippler Crossface in New York's Madison Square Garden at WrestleMania XX in what was a 3 way match between Benoit, Michaels, and HHH. Michaels was laying outside of the ring on the floor in a bloody mess while HHH submitted to the Crossface.
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Randy Orton Chris Benoit 8/15/04 Toronto, Ontario, Canada;WWE SummerSlam; Reigning as World Heavyweight Champion for a solid 5 months, Benoit defended his title yet again against Randy Orton who had won a 20 Man Battle Royal on RAW to earn the title shot. Orton countered another Crossface attempt by Benoit, hitting the RKO in quick fashion to get the 1, 2, 3 for the win to become the youngest world champion in WWE history.
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Triple H Randy Orton 9/12/04 Portland, Oregon;WWE Unforgiven; After a somewhat short four week long reign as the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history, Randy Orton defended his title against Triple H at Unforgiven. Following interference from Evolution members Ric Flair, Batista and an outside assistance from The Coach, Triple H was able to use a steel chair to his advantage to knock out Orton and connect a Pedigree to gain the pinfall and win, making him a nine-time World Champion in his career.
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Triple H Randy Orton 1/5/05 San Juan, Puerto Rico;WWE New Year's Revolution; The month before in December, Vince McMahon officially declared the World Title vacant when a Triple Threat Match on RAw between Triple H, Chris Benoit & Edge ended with a controversial finish that saw both Benoit & Edge win the match at the same time. Eric Bischoff announced an Elimination Chamber Match to determine a new World Champion and in the end, it came down to Triple H & Randy Orton in the Chamber. Triple H was able to get the pinfall after a big Pedigree with help from Batista to start his 10th reign as World Champion ************************************************** ********
Batista Triple H 4/3/05 Los Angeles, California;WWE WrestleMania 21; After recapturing the title in January in the Elimination Chamber, Triple H was forced to defend his World Title against former friend & Evolution member Batista after he made the decision to stay with RAW after the Royal Rumble. In the end, Batista was able to overcome Triple H by ending his 10th reign with a Batista Bomb. ************************************************** ********
Kurt Angle ----- 1/13/06 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;WWE SmackDown; After holding the World Title for nearly nine months and jumping to the SmackDown brand in the summer as a result of the Draft Lottery, Batista held on to his title and even continued to defend it after suffering an injury in late 2005. Batista worked through that injury, but ended up with yet another injury in early 2006. Batista was forced to forfeit the title which saw a 20 Man Battle Royal get set to determine a new champion on SmackDown. RAW's Kurt Angle showed up at the event and ended up eliminated Mark Henry to capture the title in shocking fashion .************************************************** ********
Rey Mysterio Randy orton 4/2/06 Chicago, Illinois;WWE WrestleMania 22; After jumping to SmackDown in January and capturing the World Title in a Battle Royal, Kurt Angle went on to successfully defend the World Title for nearly three months until it was announced he would defend his title in a Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania 22 against Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton. In the end, Angle wasn't pinned to lose his title as Mysterio finished off Orton with a 619 and West Coast Pop to capture his first ever World Title. ************************************************** *****
-Hrh_diago

Thnx

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Thnx... though it does not contain all the information

But at judgement day there is a match and i hope that rey wins because he is much greater...and like his best friend Eddie Gurrero was the best preformer in the industry...and they still say his name Latino Heat--i miss him alot i wish could see him preforming...

Additional Comment:
i hope that bobby lashly wins the King of the ring tournement....because he is better than them all not like booker T cheats because all he does is cheating..