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The WWE Championship, also known as the '''World Wrestling Entertainment Championship''' and occasionally as the '''WWE Championship of the World''' or '''WWE Heavyweight Championship''', is one of the two top "world Championships " contested in World Wrestling Entertainment . It is the WWE's original world championship and was exclusive to the '' SmackDown! '' brand between August 26 , 2002 and June 6 , 2005 , while the World Heavyweight Championship was exclusive to the '' RAW '' brand; however, when WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to ''RAW'' during the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery , he took the belt with him to ''RAW''. Since then, the World Heavyweight Championship has moved to ''SmackDown!'' due to the draft of then-Champion Batista on June 30 , 2005. HISTORY The WWE Championship was originally known as the WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation) World Heavyweight Championship. In 1971, the WWWF rejoined the National Wrestling Alliance , and the title was downgraded in status to become simply the '''WWWF Heavyweight Championship'''. In 1979, the promotion dropped "Wide" from its name, thus renaming the title the '''World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship''' (or '''WWF Heavyweight Championship'''). After the WWF left the NWA in 1983 , the title was referred to as the '''WWF World Heavyweight Championship'''. Beginning in the 1990s, the title was occasionally referred to as simply the '''WWF Championship''' (also commonly lengthened to '''World Wrestling Federation Championship'''). It was unified with another title, then called the World Championship (though more commonly known through lineage as the 2002 title reign). The belt style remained in use, and the combined title was known as the WWE Undisputed Championship until August 26 2002, when the champion at the time, Brock Lesnar , refused to defend the championship against a ''RAW'' brand wrestler following a number-one contender's match won by Triple H. Lesnar claimed he would only defend his championship against ''SmackDown!'' brand wrestlers, despite previous tradition that the Undisputed Champion would defend their championship against wrestlers from either brand. Following Lesnar's actions, ''RAW's'' General Manager Eric Bischoff awarded the World Heavyweight Championship to Triple H on September 2 2002, to act as ''RAW's'' premier champion. This left the former Undisputed Champion Brock Lesnar as simply the WWE Champion, with no "undisputed" label. Both championships have since become exclusive to both brands. When John Cena was drafted to ''RAW'' on June 6 2005 , both belts were briefly ''RAW''-exclusive until Batista , the World Heavyweight Champion at the time, was drafted to ''SmackDown!'' on June 30 2005 . WWE is scheduled to release a three disc DVD set covering the history of the WWE Championship in September 2006. Belt designs |
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