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.
WWE Universal Championship
As of 02, 2022, there have been six reigns between five champions and two vacancies. Finn Bálor was the inaugural champion, but he was forced to vacate the title due to suffering a legitimate injury in winning the title, making his reign the shortest at 22 hours. Brock Lesnar holds three records with the championship: he has the most reigns at two, his first reign is the longest reign at 504 days (beginning on April 2, 2017 and ending on August 19, 2018), and he has the longest combined reign at + days. Kevin Owens is the youngest champion when he won it at 32 years old, while Goldberg is the oldest when he won it at 50.