World heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk kicked off the big fight build-up in London on Monday with a focus on war in ...

Last night was the second edition of WWE’s all-women’s Premium Live Event, Evolution. The main event of the night was the Women’s World Heavyweight Championship match between the champion IYO SKY and ...

WWE is in Atlanta for "Saturday Night's Main Event," and there will be two championships at stake. The NBC special will be ...

For the last time, Goldberg stepped in between the ropes of a WWE ring to take on GUNTHER for his WWE World Heavyweight ...

At Saturday Night's Main Event, Gunther defeated Bill Goldberg. The match marked Goldberg's retirement. Goldberg received a ...

Here, we look back at Usyk’s heavyweight debut in 2019 when he faces Chazz Witherspoon, the cousin of former world champion, ...

Triple H announces World Heavyweight Championship. At WrestleMania 38, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to unify the Universal Championship and the WWE Championship. The unified title would go ...

Gunther gets the World Heavyweight Championship back from Jey Uso after defeating him during Monday Night Raw.

But, of course, the World Heavyweight Championship existed previously in WWE, having made its debut in 2002 when it was awarded to — you guessed it — Triple H, courtesy of Eric Bischoff.

Since its inception in 2002 the World Heavyweight Championship has sported the clichéd "big gold belt" look. The same look as the NWA and WCW Heavyweight Championships.

By definition, that would make the World Heavyweight Championship the company’s top title, but the WWE did a great job at making both world titles feel similarly (if not equally) important.