| Champion | Date | Location | Event |
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| Buddy Rogers | ??/04/63 | | |
| * * * NOTES: Awarded the WWWF title when the WWWF left the NWA. |
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| Bruno Sammartino | 17/05/63 | New York City, NY | |
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| Ray Stevens | 15/07/67 | San Francisco, CA | |
| * * * NOTES: This title switch is not recognized by the WWWF. |
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| Ivan Koloff | 18/01/71 | New York City, NY | |
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| Pedro Morales | 08/02/71 | | |
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| Stan Stasiak | 08/02/71 | Philadelphia, PA | |
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| Bruno Sammartino (2) | 10/12/73 | New York City, NY | |
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| Billy Graham | 30/04/77 | Baltimore, MY | |
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| Bob Backlund | 20/02/78 | New York City, NY | |
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| Antonio Inoki | 30/11/79 | Tokushima, Japan | |
| * * * NOTES: This title switch is not recognized by the WWWF. |
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| Bob Backlund (2) | 12/12/79 | New York City, NY | |
| * * * NOTES: Title was held up on October 19, 1981. |
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| Bob Backlund (3) | 23/11/81 | New York City, NY | |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated Greg Valentine in a rematch. |
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| The Iron Sheik | 26/12/83 | New York City, NY | |
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| Hulk Hogan | 23/01/84 | New York City, NY | |
| * * * NOTES: Click Here for a photo of the pinfall. |
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| Andre The Giant | 05/02/88 | Indianapolis, IN | Sat. Nights Main Event |
| * * * NOTES: Stripped after trying to sell the title to Ted DiBiase. |
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| Randy Savage | 27/03/88 | Atlantic City, NJ | Wrestlemania IV |
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| Hulk Hogan | 02/04/89 | Atlantic City, NJ | Wrestlemania V |
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| Ultimate Warrior | 01/04/90 | Toronto, ONT | Wrestlemania VI |
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| Sgt Slaughter | 19/01/91 | Miami, FL | Royal Rumble 1991 |
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| Hulk Hogan (3) | 24/03/91 | Los Angeles, CA | Wrestlemania VII |
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| The Undertaker | 27/11/91 | Detroit, MI | Survivor Series |
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| Hulk Hogan (4) | 03/12/91 | San Antonio, TX | Tuesday In Texas |
| * * * NOTES: Vacated after controversial finish. |
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| Ric Flair | 19/01/92 | Albany, NY | Royal Rumble |
| * * * NOTES: Ric Flair wins the Royal Rumble to capture the WWF Title. |
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| Randy Savage (2) | 05/04/92 | Indianapolis, IN | Wrestlemania VIII |
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| Ric Flair (2) | 01/09/92 | Hershey, PA | |
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| Bret Hart | 12/10/92 | Saskatoon, SASK | House Show |
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| Yokozuna | 04/04/93 | Las Vegas, NV | Wrestlemania IV |
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| Hulk Hogan (5) | 04/04/93 | Las Vegas, NV | Wrestlemania IV |
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| Yokozuna (2) | 13/06/93 | Dayton, OH | King of the Ring |
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| Bret Hart (2) | 20/03/94 | New York City, NY | Wrestlemania X |
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| Bob Backlund (4) | 23/11/94 | San Antonio, TX | Survivor Series |
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| Diesel | 26/11/94 | New York City, NY | House Show |
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| Bret Hart (3) | 19/11/95 | Washington DC | Survivor Series |
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| Shawn Michaels | 31/03/96 | Anaheim, CA | Wrestlemania XII |
| * * * NOTES: This was an Iron Man match ending 1-0. |
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| Sycho Sid | 17/11/96 | New York City, NY | Survivor Series |
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| Shawn Michaels (2) | 19/01/97 | San Antonio, TX | Royal Rumble |
| * * * NOTES: Vacated on February 13, 1997. |
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| Bret Hart (4) | 16/02/97 | Chattanooga, TN | IYH: Final Four |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated Steve Austin, Undertaker & Vader. |
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| Sycho Sid (2) | 17/02/97 | Nashville, TN | RAW |
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| The Undertaker (2) | 23/03/97 | Chicago, IL | Wrestlemania XIII |
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| Bret Hart (5) | 03/08/97 | East Rutherford, NJ | Suummerslam |
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| Shawn Michaels (3) | 09/11/97 | Montreal, QUE | Survivor Series |
| * * * NOTES: The infamous Montreal ScrewJob. |
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| Steve Austin | 29/03/98 | Boston, MA | Wrestlemania XIV |
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| Kane | 28/06/98 | Pittsburgh, PA | King of the Ring |
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| Steve Austin (2) | 29/06/98 | Cleveland, OH | RAW |
| * * * NOTES: Title Held Up. |
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| The Rock | 15/11/98 | St Louis, MO | Survivor Series |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated Mankind in the Finals of a Tournament. |
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| Mankind | 29/12/98 | Worcester, MA | |
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| The Rock (2) | 24/01/99 | Anaheim, CA | Royal Rumble |
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| Mankind (2) | 26/01/99 | Tuscon, AZ | |
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| The Rock (3) | 15/02/99 | Birmingham, AL | RAW |
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| Steve Austin (3) | 28/03/99 | Phildelphia, PA | Wrestlemania XV |
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| The Undertaker (3) | 23/05/99 | Kansas City, MO | Over The Edge |
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| Steve Austin (4) | 28/06/99 | Charlotte, NC | RAW |
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| Mankind (3) | 22/08/99 | Minneapolis, MN | Summerslam |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated Steve Austin & The Rock in a 3-WAY. |
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| Triple H | 23/08/99 | Ames, IA | RAW |
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| Vince McMahon | 14/09/99 | Las Vegas, NV | Armegeddon |
| * * * NOTES: Vacated on September 20, 1999. |
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| Triple H (2) | 26/09/99 | Charlotte, NC | Unforgiven |
| * * * NOTES: Won a Six-Pack Challenge. |
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| The Big Show | 14/11/99 | Detroit, MI | Survivor Series |
| * * * NOTES: Substituted for Steve Austin. |
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| Triple H (3) | 03/01/00 | Miami, FL | |
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| The Rock (4) | 30/04/00 | Washington DC | Backlash |
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| Triple H (4) | 21/05/00 | Louisville, KY | Judgement Day |
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| The Rock (5) | 25/06/00 | Boston, MA | RAW |
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| Kurt Angle | 22/10/00 | Albany, NY | No Mercy |
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| The Rock (6) | 25/02/01 | Las Vegas, NV | No Way Out |
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| Steve Austin (5) | 01/04/01 | Houston, TX | Wrestlemania X-7 |
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| Kurt Angle (2) | 23/09/01 | Pittsburgh, PA | Unforgiven 2001 |
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| Steve Austin (6) | 08/10/01 | Indianapolis, IN | RAW |
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| Chris Jericho | 09/12/01 | San Diego, CA | Vengeance 2001 |
| * * * NOTES: Unified with WCW World Championship. |
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| Triple H (5) | 17/03/02 | Toronto, ONT | Wrestlemania X-8 |
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| Hulk Hogan (6) | 21/04/02 | Kansas City, MO | Backlash |
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| Undertaker (4) | 19/05/02 | Nashville, TN | Judgement Day |
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| The Rock (7) | 21/07/02 | Detroit, MI | Vengeance 2002 |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated The Undertaker & Kurt Angle. |
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| Brock Lesnar | 25/08/02 | New York, NY | Summerslam |
| * * * NOTES: WWE Championship became exclusive to SmackDown!. |
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| Big Show (2) | 17/11/02 | New York City, NY | Survivor Series |
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| Kurt Angle (3) | 15/12/02 | Ft Lauderdale, FL | Armageddon |
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| Brock Lesnar (2) | 30/03/03 | Seattle, WA | Wrestlemania 19 |
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| Kurt Angle (4) | 27/07/03 | Denver, CO | Vengeance |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated Brock Lesnar & Big Show in a 3-WAY. |
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| Brock Lesnar (3) | 18/09/03 | Raleigh, NC | Smackdown! |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated Kurt Angle in a 60-Minute Iron Man Match. |
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| Eddie Guerrero | 15/02/04 | San Francisco, CA | No Way Out |
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| John Layfield | 27/06/04 | Norfolk, VA | G.A.B. |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated Eddie Guerrero in a Bullrope Match. |
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| John Cena | 02/04/05 | Los Angeles, CA | Wrestlemania 21 |
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| Edge | 01/08/06 | Albany, NY | NY Revolution |
| * * * NOTES: Edge cashed in his Money In The Bank. |
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| John Cena (2) | 01/29/06 | Miami, FL | Royal Rumble |
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| Rob Van Dam (1) | 06/11/06 | Philadelphia, PA | One Night Stand |
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| Edge (2) | 07/03/06 | Philadelphia, PA | RAW |
| * * * NOTES: Defeated RVD & John Cena in a 3-WAY. |
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| John Cena (3) | 09/17/06 | Toronto, ONT | Unforgiven |
| * * * NOTES: John Cena was stripped due to injury. |
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| Randy Orton (Awarded) | 10/07/07 | Chicago, IL | No Mercy |
| * * * NOTES: Randy Orton was awarded the title by Vince McMahon. |
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| Triple H (11) | 10/07/07 | Chicago, IL | No Mercy |
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| Randy Orton (3) | 10/07/07 | Chicago, IL | No Mercy |
| * * * NOTES: Randy Orton defeated Triple H in a Last Man Standing Match. |
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| Triple H (12) | 04/27/08 | Baltimore, MY | Backlash |
| * * * NOTES: HHH defeated Randy Orton & John Cena & JBL in a 4-WAY. |
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| Edge (6) | 11/23/08 | Boston, MA | Survivor Series |
| * * * NOTES: Edge was inserted into an HHH vs. Kozlov match at the last second by Edge’s wife and General Manager Vickie Guerrero.. |
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| Jeff Hardy | 12/14/08 | Buffalo, NY | Armageddon |
| * * * NOTES: Jeff Hardy defeated Edge (c) and Triple H in a 3-WAY after Vladimir Kozlov interfered.. |
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| Edge (7) | 10/25/09 | Detroit, MI | Royal Rumble |
| * * * NOTES: Edge defeated Jeff Hardy in a controversial No-DQ match after interference from Chavo and Vickie Guerrero – plus Matt Hardy’s shocking turn on his brother.. |
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| Triple H (13) | 02/15/09 | Seattle, WA | No Way Out |
| * * * NOTES: Triple H defeated Edge (c) and Jeff Hardy and the Undertaker and the Big Show and Vlaidmir Kozlov in an Elimination Chamber Match to win the WWE Championship!. |
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| Randy Orton (4) | 04/26/09 | Providence, RI | Backlash |
| * * * NOTES: Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr. defeated Triple H & Batista & Shane McMahon in a six man tag team match where Triple H’s WWE championship was on the line. |
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| Batista (5) | 06/07/09 | New Orleans, LA | Extreme Rules |
| * * * NOTES: Batista defeated Randy Orton in a Steel Cage Match. The following night on RAW, Randy Orton & Legacy destroyed Batista to the point of injury, so the championship had to be vacated and put up for grabs the following week. |
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| Randy Orton (5) | 06/15/09 | Charlotte, NC | RAW (Three-4-All) |
| * * * NOTES: Randy Orton defeated Triple H and John Cena and the Big Show in a 4-WAY to capture the vacant WWE championship! |
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| John Cena (6) | 09/13/09 | Montreal, QUE | Breaking Point |
| * * * NOTES: John Cena defeated Randy Orton in a “I Quit” match to win the WWE title! |
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| Randy Orton (6) | 10/04/09 | Newark, NJ | Hell in a Cell |
| * * * NOTES: Randy Orton defeated John Cena in a Hell in a Cell Match to capture the WWE championship! |
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| John Cena (7) | 10/25/09 | Pittsburgh, PA | Bragging Rights |
| * * * NOTES: John Cena defeated Randy Orton in a “60-Minute Iron Man” match by a score of 6-5 to win the WWE championship! |
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| Sheamus | 12/13/09 | San Antonio, TX | TLC |
| * * * NOTES: Sheamus defeated John Cena in a Tables match to win the WWE championship! |
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| John Cena (8) | 02/21/10 | St. Louis, MO | Elimination Chamber |
| * * * NOTES: John Cena defeated Sheamus (c) and Triple H and Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase Jr. and Kofi Kingston to win the WWE Championship |
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| Batista (6) | 02/21/10 | St. Louis, MO | Elimination Chamber |
| * * * NOTES: This match was ordered by Vince McMahon immediately following the Elimination Chamber match. Batista won in about 30 seconds! |
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| John Cena (9) | 03/28/10 | Phoenix, AZ | WrestleMania 26 |
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| Sheamus (2) | 06/20/10 | Long Island, NY | Fatal 4-WAY |
| * * * NOTES: Sheamus defeated John Cena (c) and Randy Orton and Edge in a Fatal 4-WAY after interference by the NXT 7 to win the WWE championship! |
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| Randy Orton (7) | 09/19/10 | Chicago, IL | Night of Champions |
| * * * NOTES: Randy Orton defeated Sheamus (c) and John Cena and Chris Jericho and Edge and Wade Barrett in a Six Pack Challenge to win the WWE championship! |
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| Mike “The Miz” Mizanin | 11/23/10 | Orlando, FL | RAW |
| * * * NOTES: The Miz cashed in his “Money in the Bank” contract on Randy Orton (after Orton had been attacked by the Nexus, and miraculously defeated Wade Barrett in a title match) to win the WWE championship! |
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| John Cena (10) | 05/01/11 | Orlando, FL | Extreme Rules |
| * * * NOTES: John Cena defeated The Miz (c) and John Morrison in a triple threat Steel Cage match to win his 10th WWE Championship! |
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| C.M. Punk (4) | 07/17/11 | Chicago, IL | Money in the Bank |
| * * * NOTES: C.M. Punk won the title on the day his contract “expired.” He then left the WWE (in storyl?ine) with the belt, so it was vacated and a tournament was announced. |
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| Rey Mysterio (3) | 07/25/11 | Hampton, VA | WWE RAW |
| * * * NOTES: Rey Mysterio defeated The Miz in the finals of an 8-Man tournament to ?win the vacant WWE championship. |
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| John Cena (11) | 07/25/11 | Hampton, VA | WWE RAW |
| * * * NOTES: John Cena defeated Rey Mysterio in the main event to ?win the WWE Championship! After the match, C.M. Punk was brought back with his title, sett?ing up a champion vs. champion match. |
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| C.M. Punk (5) | 08/14/11 | Los Angeles, CA | Summerslam |
| * * * NOTES: WWE champion C.M. Punk defeated WWE champion John Cena to become the “Undisputed champion.” After the match, Kevin Nash returned to WWE and attacked C.M. Punk. |
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| Alberto Del Rio | 08/14/11 | Los Angeles, CA | Summerslam |
| * * * NOTES: Alberto Del Rio cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and won the Undisputed championship! |
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| John Cena (12) | 09/18/11 | Buffalo, NY | Night of Champions |
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| Alberto Del Rio (2) | 10/02/11 | New Orleans, LA | Hell in a Cell |
| * * * NOTES: Alberto Del Rio defeated C.M. Punk and John Cena (c) in a triple threat Hell in a Cell match to win the WWE championship |
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| C.M. Punk (6) | 11/20/11 | New York City, NY | Survivor Series |
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