WWE Championship

The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by World Wrestling Entertainment. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of three in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship on SmackDown and the ECW Championship on ECW. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963. After Raw and SmackDown became distinct brands under WWE, the championship was moved between both brands on different occasions, mainly as a result of the WWE Draft.