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WWE Championship
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:''This article is about the best-known WWE championship, one that was once defended only on the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] of [[WWE]]. For the newer WWE top championship, once defended only on [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]], see [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].''
{{Infobox championship
|image=WWE Championship.jpg
|caption=The WWE Championship belt <br /> (April 11, 2005 – August 20, 2006; September 18, 2006 – present)
|championshipname=WWE Championship
|currentholder=[[CM PunDwayne Johnson|The Rock]]
|won=NovemberJanuary 207, 20113
|promotion=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]
|brand=[[WWE Raw|Raw]]
|created=[[April 29]], [[1963]]
|mostreigns=[[Triple H]] ([[List of WWE Champions|8 reigns]])
|firstchamp=[[Buddy Rogers]]
(contracted; show full)side plate design that read "SmackDown", though it was then replaced with one that read "Mon-Nite Raw" when John Cena was drafted to the Raw brand. When the title once again became SmackDown's primary championship after Triple H was drafted to the brand in 2008, the "Raw" plate was replaced with a second "WWE Champion" side plate. Furthermore, the belt also features a silver tip on the end of the leather strap.

== Current champion ==

The current champion is [[
CM PunDwayne Johnson|The Rock]], who is in his secondeighth reign. He won it by beating [[Alberto Del Rio]] for the championship at [[Survivor Series (2011)|Survivor Series]] on November 20, 2011.CM Punk]] at the [[Royal Rumble (2013)|Royal Rumble]] on January 27, 2013 and ended Punk's 434 day reign as champion.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/2013/royal-rumble-2013-results-26086345|accessdate=2013-1-27|title=Royal Rumble 2013 results|publisher=WWE}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Other websites ==
* [http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/ WWE Championship Title History]

{{WWE Championships}}

[[Category:World Wrestling Entertainment championships]]
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