WWE Universal Championship

The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, currently defended on their SmackDown brand. It is one of three world titles in WWE, alongside the WWE Championship on RAW and the NXT Championship on NXT. The current champion is Roman Reigns, who is in his second reign.

History

With the return of the WWE Brand Extension in the middle of 2016,[1][2] a draft took place in July 19. The WWE Champion Dean Ambrose was drafted to SmackDown. And as a result, Raw was left without a world title.[3] On the July 25, 2016 episode of Raw, Stephanie McMahon and the general manager Mick Foley created the WWE Universal Championship to be the world title of the program.[4]

The first champion was determined at SummerSlam on August 21, 2016. Finn Bálor beat Seth Rollins to win the title.[5]

Reign	The reign number for the specific champion listed
Location	The city in which the title was won
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily


No.	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Finn Bálor	1	August 21, 2016	<1	New York, NY	SummerSlam	Beat Seth Rollins in a pinfall and submission-only match to become the first champion.
—	Vacated	—	August 22, 2016	—	New York, NY	Raw	Vacated after Finn Bálor got a shoulder injury during the match at SummerSlam.
2	Kevin Owens	1	August 29, 2016	188	Houston, TX	Raw	This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Big Cass, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.
3	Goldberg	1	March 5, 2017	28	Milwaukee, WI	Fastlane
4	Brock Lesnar	1	April 2, 2017	504	Orlando, FL	WrestleMania 33
5	Roman Reigns	1	August 19, 2018	64	Brooklyn, NY	SummerSlam
—	Vacated	—	October 22, 2018	—	Providence, RI	Raw	Vacated after Roman Reigns got leukemia.
6	Brock Lesnar	2	November 2, 2018	156	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Crown Jewel	Beat Braun Strowman to win the vacant title.
7	Seth Rollins	1	April 7, 2019	98	East Rutherford, NJ	WrestleMania 35
8	Brock Lesnar	3	July 14, 2019	28	Pittsburgh, PA	Extreme Rules	Cashed in Money in the Bank on Seth Rollins
9	Seth Rollins	2	August 11, 2019	80	Toronto, Canada	Summerslam
10	The Fiend (Bray Wyatt)	1	October 31, 2019	118	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Crown Jewel
11	Goldberg	2	February 27, 2020	37	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Super Showdown
12	Braun Strowman	1	April 3rd, 2020	141	Orlando, FL	WrestleMania 36
13	The Fiend (Bray Wyatt)	2	August 23rd, 2020	6	Orlando, FL	Summerslam
14	Roman Reigns	2	August 30, 2020	1,013+	Orlando, FL	Payback	This was a triple threat match, also involving Braun Strowman.

As of June 9, 2023.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Brock Lesnar	3	688
2	Roman Reigns †	2	1,077+
3	Kevin Owens	1	188
4	Seth Rollins	2	179
5	Braun Strowman	1	150
6	The Fiend (Bray Wyatt)	2	126
7	Goldberg	2	55
8	Finn Bálor	1	<1

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