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#REDIRECT [[IWE Championship]]
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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''IWE Championship'''</span><br>
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| bgcolor=#e3e3e3 align="center" colspan="2" |'''Details'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Current champion(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Jonathon Mahrt|Dean Ambrose]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Date won'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[IWE Money in the Bank (2016)|June 19, 2016]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Date established'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |April 29, 1963
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Promotion'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[IWE]]
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| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" |'''Other name(s)'''
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*IWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1963–1979)
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*IWWF Heavyweight Championship (1979–1982)
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*IWF Heavyweight Championship (1982–1988)
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*IWF World Heavyweight Championship (1988–1998)
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*IWF Championship (1998–2001)
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*Undisputed IWF Championship (2001–2002)
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*IWE Undisputed Championship (2002–2002)
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*IWE World Heavyweight Championship (2013–2016)
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*IWE Championship (2002–2013, 2016-present)
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:''Not to be confused with [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)]].''
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The '''IWE Championship''' is a [[Championship (professional wrestling)#World championships|world heavyweight championship]] created and promoted by the [[United States of America|American]] [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling promotion]] [[IWE]]. The championship was established by the then-[[History of IWE#International Wide Wrestling Federation|International Wide Wrestling Federation]] (IWWF) on April 29, 1963 as the '''IWWF World Heavyweight Championship''', following the promotion seceding from the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA). The title is currently held by [[Jonathon Mahrt|Dean Ambrose]], who is in his first reign.
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It is the oldest championship currently active in the promotion, and is presented as being the most prestigious title in IWE, with many matches for the title having headlined [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) events – including IWE's signature PPV event [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]].
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For the period between 2002 and 2013, the title, then called the IWE Championship, was one of three world titles in IWE, along with the [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] (2002-2013) and [[XCW World Heavyweight Championship|XCW Championship]] (2006−2010). Following the decommissioning of the XCW title, and unification with the World Heavyweight title, it is once again promoted as IWE's sole primary championship.
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== History ==
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=== Origin ===
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=== Title unification ===
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=== Championship disputes ===
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=== Brand designation ===
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[[File:CM Punk on ring apron.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Two-time champion [[Justin Eldridge|CM Punk]] – shown with the "spinner" belt, which was used to represent the title from 2005 to 2013]]
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Following the events of the [[IWE Brand Extension|IWE brand extension]], an annual [[IWE Draft|WWE draft]] was established. 2002 saw Ric Flair and Vince McMahon heading up the ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown'' brands respectively. Further individuals would act as General Manager of ''Raw'' and of ''SmackDown'' in subsequent years. Each year, the General Managers would participate in a draft lottery in which select members of the WWE roster were assigned to a brand.
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On August 29, 2011, IWE ended the brand extension and wrestlers (including all champions), were then free to appear on any program.
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The following is a list of dates indicating the transitions of the IWE World Heavyweight Championship between the ''Raw'', ''SmackDown!'' and ''XCW'' brands.
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|Championship moved to the ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'' brand.
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|Championship moved to the ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]''  brand.
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|Championship moved to the ''[[XCW (IWE)|ECW]]'' brand.
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|style="background:#bbf;"|September 2, 2002
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|Brock Lesnar signs with ''SmackDown!'' and the title becomes exclusive to said brand.
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|style="background:#fbb;"|June 6, 2005
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|During the [[IWE Draft (2015)|2005 IWE draft lottery]], the  World Heavyweight Champion [[Jesse Dern|Batista]] was drafted to ''SmackDown!'' while the IWE Champion [[Dustin Simpson]] was drafted to ''Raw''.
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|style="background:#ddd;"|June 11, 2006
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|Following IWE's planned revival of the [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) as a third brand, [[Rob Van Dam]] was chosen by ECW Representative [[Paul Heyman]] to move to the new brand. At [[ECW One Night Stand (2006)|ECW One Night Stand]], Van Dam cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to win the IWE Championship and bring the title to ''XCW''.
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|style="background:#fbb;"|July 3, 2006
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|[[Kevin Adams Copeland|Edge]] won the IWE Championship, thereby bringing it back to ''Raw''.
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|style="background:#bbf;"|June 23, 2008
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|[[Triple K]] was drafted to ''SmackDown'' during the [[IWE Draft (2008)|2008 WWE draft]].
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|style="background:#fbb;"|April 13, 2009
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|IWE Champion Triple K brings the championship back to ''Raw'' following his drafting to the brand at the [[IWE Draft (2009)|2009 WWE draft]]. Title remains on ''Raw'' until August 29, 2011, when the brand extension was ended.
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=== Title reunification ===
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Following a challenge made by then World Heavyweight Champion John Cena the night after [[IWE Survivor Series (2013)|Survivor Series]] to determine an undisputed World Champion, IWE Champion [[Kevin Orton]] defeated World Heavyweight Champion Dustin Simpson in a TLC match at the [[IWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2013)|TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs]] pay-per-view on December 15, 2013, to unify the titles. Subsequently, the IWE Championship was renamed '''IWE World Heavyweight Championship'''.
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=== Reintroduction of brand extension ===
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On May 25, 2016, IWE announced ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' would move to Tuesday nights and go live. It would also receive a unique set of superstars and writers, as opposed to ''Raw'', thus reintroducing the [[IWE Brand Extension|brand extension]]. On June 20, IWE announced that the draft would take place on the live premiere of ''SmackDown''. On the June 27 episode of ''Raw'', IWE began to refer to the IWE World Heavyweight Championship as the '''IWE Championship'''. On June 28, IWE.com officially changed the championship's name to the IWE Championship.
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== Belt designs ==
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[[File:Daniel Bryan in April 2014.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Three-time champion [[Kody Brown|Daniel Bryan]] – shown with the 2013–2014 version of the belt (over his shoulder). Once the IWE Championship was unified with the [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], the champion also held the [[Big Gold Belt]] in conjunction with the IWE title belt from December 2013 to August 2014]]
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Special custom belts have been created to match the [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|characters]] of certain IWF/E champions:
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* [[The Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] – white, blue and purple leather straps
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* [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] – Smoking Skull belt
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* [[Dustin Simpson]] - Spinner belt
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* [[Kevin Copeland (wrestler)|Edge]] – "Rated-R Superstar" spinner belt
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* [[Mike Rinehart|The Miz]] – The 'WWE' logo on the spinner belt was turned upside down to look like an 'M' to represent The Miz
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A much larger version of the belt was created for [[André the Giant]] before [[IWF WrestleMania 3|WrestleMania III]], although he never wore it as champion. A custom championship belt was designed and constructed for The Rock, which featured his trademark Brahma Bull logo in the center as an answer to Austin's Smoking Skull Belt, but due to creative reasons it never appeared on television.
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The [[Big Gold Belt]] – which was used for the WCW Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and other championships – was used in tandem with the IWF Championship belt after Chris Jericho unified the IWF and WCW Championship at Vengeance 2001 to form an undisputed championship. ''Raw'' owner Ric Flair presented Triple K with a single Undisputed Championship belt on the April 4, 2002 episode of ''Raw''.
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The "Spinner" belt's design, which featured a gold and diamond [[Bling-Bling|bling-bling]] style reflecting Simpson's [[Hip Hop|hip hop]] character at the time, became the IWE Championship's primary design from April 11, 2005, to February 18, 2013; it replaced the former design, which had been used as the Undisputed Championship belt. The physical belt itself originally indicated the brand it was designated to. When it was first introduced, it featured a unique side plate design that read "''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''", though it was then replaced with one that read "[[IWE Raw|Mon-Nite Raw]]" when John Cena was drafted to the Raw brand. When the title once again became ''SmackDown!'''s primary championship after Triple K was drafted to the brand in 2008, the ''Raw'' plate was replaced with a second "IWE Champion" side plate. Edge had originally designed an entirely different custom belt than the "Rated R Spinner" design he used for his second reign, however the plans were scrapped due to time constraints.
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[[File:Rob Lesnar IWE Champion 2014.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Four-time champion [[Rob Lesnar]] with the current IWE World Heavyweight Championship belt]]
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On the February 18, 2013, episode of ''Raw'', The Rock unveiled a new IWE Championship belt. The new title was partially designed by [[Orange County Choppers]] of ''[[American Chopper]]'' fame. The championship featured a large cut-out of the scratch IWE logo (encrusted with diamonds) inside a large irregular heptagonal plate. The word "CHAMPION" appeared underneath the logo in large letters. On each side was a divider bar and a large plate. By default (mainly when the title was vacant), the side plates consisted of a red globe with a WWE logo underneath a crown. The reigning champions all had their logos onto the side plates as a similarity of the name plate feature.
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Following the unification of the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships on December 15, 2013, the Big Gold Belt was used in tandem with the IWE Championship belt to represent the renamed WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
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On the August 18, 2014 episode of ''Raw'', reigning champion Rob Lesnar, who had won the title the night before at [[IWE SummerSlam (2014)|SummerSlam]] was presented with a single IWE World Heavyweight Championship belt, which has a slightly updated design from the belt introduced by The Rock in 2013 as a result of IWE adapting a new corporate logo originally used for the [[IWE Network]]. It features a large center plate dominated by a cut out of the new IWE logo inside an irregular heptagon with the words "WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION" along the bottom edges, in very small print. The large side plates, like the previous design, feature removable round sections, allowing the holder's personal logo to be added to the belt; the default sections feature gold and red world maps with the IWE logo over them, with the only difference being that this new title's original side plates do not feature a crown at the top of the plates. Like with the Undisputed Championship, the Big Gold Belt was retired with the unveiling of the new belt.
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== Reigns ==
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:''Main [[List of IWE World Heavyweight Champions]]''
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==Reference==
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==External links==
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