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| |Tradition 5 | | |Tradition 5 |
| |[[Oliver Ranken]] | | |[[Oliver Ranken]] |
| |{{age in days|month1=04|day1=29|year1=1963|month2=05|day2=17|year2=1963}} | | |?? Days |
| |- | | |- |
| |{{center|{{sort|002|2}}}} | | |02 |
| |[[Bruno Sammartino]] | | |[[Psymon]] |
| |{{dts|1963|05|17}} | | |1 |
| |{{age in days|month1=05|day1=17|year1=1963|month2=01|day2=18|year2=1971}} | | |May 20, 2008 |
| |[[New York City|New York, NY]] | | |Coming of Age |
| |[[House show|Live event]] | | |[[Lucian Cain]] |
| |{{small|Held title for eight years, a record for professional wrestling world champions.<ref name="Sammartino1">{{cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/408772|title =Bruno Sammartino's first reign|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate= 2007-03-17}}</ref>}} | | |?? Days |
| |- | | |- |
| |{{center|{{sort|003|3}}}} | | |03 |
| |[[Ivan Koloff]] | | |[[William Gwynn]] |
| |{{center|{{sort|001|1}}}}
| | |1 |
| |{{dts|1971|01|18}} | | |June 24, 2008 |
| |{{age in days|month1=01|day1=18|year1=1971|month2=02|day2=08|year2=1971}} | | |Tradition 13 |
| |[[New York City|New York, NY]] | | |[[Psymon]] |
| |{{small|<ref name="Koloff1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445416|title=Ivan Koloff's first reign|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>}} | | |?? Days |
| |- | | |- |
| |{{center|{{sort|004|4}}}} | | |04 |
| |[[Pedro Morales]] | | |[[Myles Jake]] |
| |{{center|{{sort|001|1}}}}
| | |1 |
| |{{dts|1971|02|8}} | | |September 3, 2008 |
| |{{age in days|month1=02|day1=08|year1=1971|month2=12|day2=01|year2=1973}} | | |PASSION |
| |[[New York City|New York, NY]] | | |[[William Gwynn]] |
| |{{small|The championship was referred to as the WWWF Heavyweight Championship when WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971.<ref name="Morales1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445418|title=Pedro Morales's first reign| publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>}} | | |?? Days |
| |- | | |- |
| |{{center|{{sort|005|5}}}} | | |05 |
| |[[Stan Stasiak]] | | |[[Lucian Cain]] |
| |{{center|{{sort|001|1}}}}
| | |1 |
| |{{dts|1973|12|1}} | | |April 15, 2008 |
| |{{age in days|month1=12|day1=01|year1=1973|month2=12|day2=10|year2=1973}} | | |Tradition 5 |
| |[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]] | | |[[Oliver Ranken]] |
| |{{small|<ref name="Stasiak1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454110|title=Stan Stasiak's first reign|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>}} | | |?? Days |
| |- | | |- |
| |{{center|{{sort|006|6}}}} | | |06 |
| |[[Bruno Sammartino]] | | |[[Lucian Cain]] |
| |{{center|{{sort|002|2}}}} | | |1 |
| |{{dts|1973|12|10}} | | |April 15, 2008 |
| |{{age in days|month1=12|day1=10|year1=1973|month2=04|day2=30|year2=1977}} | | |Tradition 5 |
| |[[New York City|New York, NY]] | | |[[Oliver Ranken]] |
| |{{small|}}{{small|<ref name="Sammartino2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454112|title= Bruno Sammartino's second reign|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>}} | | |?? Days |
| |- | | |- |
| |{{center|{{sort|007|7}}}} | | |07 |
| |[[Billy Graham (wrestler)|Billy Graham]] | | |[[Lucian Cain]] |
| |{{center|{{sort|001|1}}}}
| | |1 |
| |{{dts|1977|04|30}}
| | |April 15, 2008 |
| |{{age in days|month1=04|day1=30|year1=1977|month2=02|day2=20|year2=1978}}
| | |Tradition 5 |
| |[[Baltimore|Baltimore, MD]] | | |[[Oliver Ranken]] |
| |{{small|<ref name="Graham1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454114|title=Billy Graham's first reign|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>}}<includeonly>|}</includeonly></onlyinclude>
| | |?? Days |
| |-
| |
| |{{center|{{sort|008|8}}}} | |
| |[[Bob Backlund]] | |
| |{{center|{{sort|001|1}}}} | |
| |{{dts|1978|02|20}}
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| |{{age in days|month1=02|day1=20|year1=1978|month2=11|day2=30|year2=1979}}
| |
| |[[New York City|New York, NY]]
| |
| |{{small|The title was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship when the World Wide Wrestling Federation became the World Wrestling Federation in March 1979.<ref name="Backlund1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454116| title=Bob Backlund's first reign|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>}}
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| |-
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| |{{center|{{sort|008.1|-}}}}
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| |[[Antonio Inoki]]
| |
| |{{center|{{sort|01|1}}<sup>†</sup>}}
| |
| |{{dts|1979|11|30}}
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| |{{age in days|month1=11|day1=30|year1=1979|month2=12|day2=06|year2=1979}}
| |
| |[[Tokushima, Tokushima|Tokushima, Japan]]
| |
| |{{small|<ref name="Truetitlehistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwf/wwf-h.html|title=WWE World Heavyweight Title|publisher=Wrestling-titles.com|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref>}}
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| |} | | |} |
Reigns
As of September 22, 2026.
- † indicates reigns and title changes not recognized by rW.