WWE: Every Active Championship, All 17 Of Them
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We're on the road to Wrestlemania right now, and at WWE's biggest show of the year, there will surely be a championship changing hands. There are two types of WWE superstars: Champions and the six wrestlers who don't have titles. Jokes aside, there are so many championship titles in WWE that are currently active. After all, the company has to many different brands, each of which has its own set of titles.
When you look at the big picture, WWE has a lot of championship titles in the current rotation. Here's a fun fact, while there 17 titles currently active in WWE right now, only three of them existed before the year 2000. So we're going to take a look at all the WWE titles that are currently in rotation.
While on occasion the titles get some aesthetic changes, like Daniel Bryan's current eco-friendly WWE Championship, we'll be discussing the titles as they exist outside of storylines where they may be personalized in some way. Here are all of WWE's current titles.
NXT UK Tag Team Championship
Date introduced: June 18, 2018 (First won on January 12, 2019)
First champions: James Drake & Zack Gibson
Longest Reign: James Drake & Zack Gibson (January 12, 2019-Current)
Current title holders: James Drake & Zack Gibson
NXT UK Women's Championship
Date introduced: June 18, 2018 (First won on August 26, 2018)
First champion: Rhea Ripley
Longest Reign: Rhea Ripley (August 26, 2018-January 12, 2019)
Current title holder: Toni Storm
WWE United Kingdom Championship
Date introduced: December 15, 2016 (First won on January 15, 2017)
First champion: Tyler Bate
Longest Reign: Pete Dunne (May 20, 2017-April 2, 2019)
Current title holder: Walter
NXT Tag Team Championship
Date introduced: January 23, 2013 (First won on July 17, 2013)
First champions: British Ambition (Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey)
Longest Reign: The Ascension (September 12, 2013-September 11, 2014)
Current title holders: The War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe)
NXT Women's Championship
Date introduced: April 5, 2013 (First won on July 24, 2013)
First champion: Paige
Longest Reign: Asuka (April 1, 2016-September 6, 2017)
Current title holder: Shayna Baszler
NXT North American Championship
Date introduced: March 7, 2018 (First won on April 7, 2018)
First champion: Adam Cole
Longest Reign: Ricochet (August 18, 2018-January 26, 2019)
Current title holder: Velveteen Dream
NXT Championship
Date introduced: July 1, 2012 (First won on August 29, 2012)
First champion: Seth Rollins
Longest Reign: Finn Balor (July 4, 2015-April 21, 2016)
Current title holder: Johnny Gargano
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Date introduced: December 24, 2018 (First won on February 17, 2019)
First champions: The Boss 'n' Hug Connection
Longest Reign: The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (February 17, 2019-April 7, 2019)
Current title holders: The IIconics
This title is the only championship that can be defended between main and developmental brands.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Date introduced: September 14, 2016
First champion: T.J. Perkins
Longest Reign: Neville (January 29, 2017-August 14, 2017)
Current title holder: Tony Nese
Smackdown Tag Team Championship
Date introduced: August 23, 2016 (First won on September 11, 2016)
First champions: Heath Slater & Rhyno
Longest Reign: The Usos (October 8, 2017-April 8, 2018)
Current title holders: Vacant
Not including their current title run, the Usos have four title reigns totaling 328 days with the Championship.
United States Championship
Date introduced: January 1, 1975
First champion: Harley Race
Longest Reign: Lex Luger (May 22, 1989-October 27, 1990)
Current title holder: Samoa Joe
Smackdown Women's Championship
Date introduced: August 23, 2016 (First won on September 11, 2016)
First champion: Becky Lynch
Longest Reign: Charlotte Flair (November 14, 2017-April 10, 2018)
Current title holder: Becky Lynch
WWE Championship
Date introduced: April 11, 1963 (As the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship)
First champion: Buddy Rogers
Longest Reign: Bruno Sammartino (May 17, 1963-January 18, 1971)
Current title holder: Kofi Kingston
Intercontinental Championship
Date introduced: September 1, 1979
First champion: Pat Patterson
Longest Reign: The Honky Tonk Man (June 2, 1987-August 29, 1988)
Current title holder: Finn Balor
The IC Championship is the unified WWF North American Heavyweight and South American Heavyweight championships.
Raw Tag Team Championship
Date introduced: October 20, 2002
First champions: Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit
Longest Reign: The New Day (August 23, 2015-December 18, 2016)
Current title holder: Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins
Raw Women's Championship
Date introduced: April 3, 2016 (As WWE Women's Championship)
First champion: Charlotte
Longest Reign: Alexa Bliss (August 28, 2017-April 8, 2018)
Current title holder: Becky Lynch
Universal Championship
Date introduced: July 25, 2016 (First won on August 21, 2016)
First champion: Finn Balor
Longest Reign: Brock Lesnar (April 2, 2017-August 19, 2018)
Current title holder: Seth Rollins
In total, Lesnar has had over 600 days as champion, combining his two reigns.*
*Lesnar only defended the title 16 times during his reign and only had--including title defenses--21 matches as champion.