The World Heavyweight Championship was active for 11 years from 2002-2013, and the title was brought back a decade later albeit under a different lineage.

Triple H announces World Heavyweight Championship. At WrestleMania 38, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to unify the Universal Championship and the WWE Championship. The unified title would go ...

But, of course, the World Heavyweight Championship existed previously in WWE, having made its debut in 2002 when it was awarded to — you guessed it — Triple H, courtesy of Eric Bischoff.

Gunther gets the World Heavyweight Championship back from Jey Uso after defeating him during Monday Night Raw.

Triple H unveiled a reboot of the World Heavyweight championship on “Monday Night Raw”, giving WWE a third world championship and a consolation prize of sorts to a roster that has seen Roman ...

On September 2, 2002, then General Manager of WWE RAW, Eric Bischoff activated the World Heavyweight Championship. Ten years have passed, and the World Heavyweight Championship has gained a ...

Triple H unveiled a new World Heavyweight Championship on Monday Night Raw, and WWE fans had some thoughts on its design. The WWE Draft officially begins on the Apr. 28 episode of Friday Night ...

The recently returned enigma, Aleister Black, has been embroiled in a growing feud with R-Truth, stemming from an incident on SmackDown where Truth interrupted, or rather prevented Black's scheduled m ...

Catch the beginning of the World Heavyweight Championship tournament on Monday Night Raw on USA on Monday, May 8th at 8:00 p.m. ET. The second half of round one will kick off on SmackDown over at ...

Since its inception in 2002 the World Heavyweight Championship has sported the clichéd "big gold belt" look. The same look as the NWA and WCW Heavyweight Championships.

Still, at least the final World Heavyweight Championship match of a WCW pay-per-view was very good. Greed, held on March 18, 2001, was the final PPV in WCW history .