World Heavyweight Championship Rey Mysterio

former championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE

Key facts

Promotion: WWE
Date established: September 2, 2002
Date retired: December 15, 2013 , (unified with the WWE Championship )
First champion: Triple H
Final champion: Randy Orton
Most reigns: Edge , (7 reigns)
Longest reign: Batista , (1st reign, 282 days)
Shortest reign: Randy Orton , (4th reign, 1 minute)
Oldest champion: The Undertaker , (44 years, 194 days)
Youngest champion: Randy Orton , (24 years, 136 days)
Heaviest champion: Big Show , (441 lb (200 kg))
Lightest champion: Rey Mysterio , (175 lb (79 kg))

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The 2002 to 2013 version of the World Heavyweight Championship was a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was the second world championship to be created by the company, after their original world title, the WWE Championship (1963). The title was one of two top championships in the company from 2002 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2013, complementing the WWE Championship, and one of three top championships from 2006 to 2010 with the addition of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

Established in September 2002, its creation came as a result of the WWE Undisputed Championship becoming exclusive to the SmackDown brand which left Raw without a world title due to the introduction of the brand split. Raw then created the World Heavyweight Championship and the title was awarded to Triple H. The titles moved between the WWE brands on different occasions (usually as a result of the WWE Draft) until August 29, 2011, when all programming became full roster "supershows".