IWE Universal Championship

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IWE Universal Championship
Details
Promotion	IWE
Brand	Raw
Date established	July 25, 2016
Current champion(s)	Kevin Owens
Date won	August 29, 2016
Statistics

The IWE Universal Championship is an upcoming world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE. It will be one of two world titles in the promotion. The championship will be exclusive to the Raw brand, and it was created to rival the IWE Championship, which became exclusive to SmackDown following the reintroduction of the IWE brand extension on July 19, 2016. The championship is named in honor of the IWE Universe.

Contents 1 History 2 Championship belt design 2.1 Reception 3 Title history 3.1 Reigns 4 Combined reigns 5 References 6 External links

History

With the reintroduction of the brand extension, a draft took place on the SmackDown Live premiere episode on July 19, 2016. IWE World Champion Dean Ambrose was drafted to SmackDown. At Battleground on July 24, 2016, he defended the title in a Triple threat match against Raw draftees Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. When Ambrose retained the title, Raw was left without a world title. Subsequently, Kaila Matteson and Mick Foley created a new championship, the IWE Universal Championship, the following night on Raw to serve as the brand's top championship. According to Foley, the title was named in honor of the IWE Universe, the name IWE uses to refer to its fan base.

The inaugural champion will be crowned at SummerSlam on August 21, 2016 in a singles match; Seth Rollins was automatically set for that match, as he was not pinned at Battleground, while his opponent was determined by two Fatal 4-Way matches that night, with the winners wrestling each other in a singles match. Finn Bálor won the first Fatal 4-Way by defeating Cesaro, Kevin Owens, and Rusev, while Reigns won the second by defeating Khris Jericho, Sami Zayn, and Sheamus. Bálor then defeated Reigns and was added to the title match at SummerSlam. At SummerSlam, Bálor defeated Rollins to become the inaugural champion.

Championship belt design

Reception

Title history

Reigns

As of June 12, 2026.

Reign	The reign number for the specific champion listed
Location	The city in which the title was won
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
†	Indicates the title change is not recognized by IWE
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Finn Bálor	1	August 21, 2016	1	Brooklyn, New York City, NY	SummerSlam	Defeated Seth Rollins in a no disqualification match to become the inaugural champion.
—	Vacated	—	August 22, 2016	—	Brooklyn, NY	Raw	Bálor was forced to vacate the title due to suffering a shoulder injury in winning the title.
2	Kevin Owens	1	August 29, 2016	28+	Houston, TX	Raw	This was a Fatal 4-Way Elimination match, also involving Seth Rollins, Roman Regins and Big Cass.

Combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Champion	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Kevin Owens †	1	28+
1	Finn Bálor	1	1

References

External links