What is WWE Championship?
{{Citations missing}} {{about|WWE's world title made in 1963|WWE's world title created in 2016|WWE Universal Championship|WWE's world title created in 2023|World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2023–present)|WWE’s old world title from 2002 to 2013 |World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox pro wrestling championship |name = WWE Championship |image =Cody Rhodes, Wrestlemania XL in 2024 6.jpg |caption = Current champion [[Cody Rhodes]] with the Undisputed WWE Championship belt that represents both the WWE and [[WWE Universal Championship|Universal Championships]] (2023–present). |currentholder = [[Cody Rhodes]] |won = April 7, 2024 |aired = |created = April 25, 1963 |promotion = [[WWE]] |brand = [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] |firstchamp = [[Buddy Rogers]] |mostreigns = [[John Cena]]<br>([[List of WWE Champions|13 reigns]]) |longestreign = [[Bruno Sammartino]]<br>(1st reign, 2,803 days) |shortestreign = [[André the Giant]]<br>(1 minute and 48 seconds)<ref name=Andre>{{cite web|title=The 5 shortest WWE Title reigns in history|url=http://www.wwe.com/article/shortest-wwe-world-heavyweight-title-reigns?|access-date=June 26, 2016}}</ref> |oldest = [[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon]]<br>({{age in years and days|1945|08|24|1999|09|14}}) |youngest = [[Brock Lesnar]]<br>({{age in years and days|1977|07|12|2002|08|25}}) |heaviest = [[Yokozuna (wrestler)|Yokozuna]]<br>{{nobr|({{convert|568|lb|kg|abbr=on}})}} |lightest = [[Rey Mysterio]]<br>{{nobr|({{convert|175|lb|kg|abbr=on}})}} |pastnames = * WWWF World Heavyweight Championship<br>(1963–1971) * WWWF Heavyweight Championship<br>(1971–1979) * WWF Heavyweight Championship<br>(1979–1983) * WWF World Heavyweight Championship<br>(1983–1989) * WWF Championship<br>(1989–2001) * Undisputed WWF Championship<br>(2001–2002) * '''Undisputed WWE Championship'''<br>(2002, 2024–present){{efn|Together with the [[WWE Universal Championship]] since 2024.}} * WWE Undi