List of current champions in WWE
At the top of WWE's championship hierarchy are the WWE Universal Championship on Raw and the WWE Championship on SmackDown. The Universal Championship is held by record two-time champion Brock Lesnar, who won the vacant title by defeating Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel on November 2, 2018; previous champion Roman Reigns had to relinquish the title due to illness (leukemia). The WWE Champion is Daniel Bryan, who is in his fourth reign. He won the title on the November 13, 2018, episode of "SmackDown Live" by defeating AJ Styles.
List of current champions in WWE
The top title of NXT is the NXT Championship, which is held by Tommaso Ciampa, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Aleister Black on the July 18, 2018 tapings of "NXT" (aired July 25). The secondary title of NXT is the NXT North American Championship, which is held by Johnny Gargano, who defeated Ricochet at on January 26 2019. The NXT Women's Championship is held by record two-time champion Shayna Baszler. She won the title by defeating Kairi Sane at Evolution on October 28, 2018. The NXT Tag Team Championship is held by one-time title holders The War Raiders (Raymond Rowe and Hanson). They won the titles by defeating Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) on the January 26,2019 at NXT Phoenix Takeover.