The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created by WWE, currently defended on the SmackDown brand division.
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| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
| 1 | Finn Bálor | August 21, 2016 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | <1 | The title was established for Raw after the WWE Championship became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2016 WWE Draft. Bálor defeated Seth Rollins in a pinfall and submission-only match to become the inaugural champion. |
| — | Vacated | August 22, 2016 | Raw | Brooklyn, NY | — | — | Vacated due to Finn Bálor suffering a legit shoulder injury during his match at SummerSlam. |
| 2 | Kevin Owens | August 29, 2016 | Raw | Houston, TX | 1 | 188 | This was a fatal four-way elimination match for the vacant title. |
| 3 | Goldberg | March 5, 2017 | Fastlane | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | 27 | |
| 4 | Brock Lesnar | April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 503 | |
| 5 | Roman Reigns | August 19, 2018 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 63 | |
| — | Vacated | October 22, 2018 | Raw | Providence, RI | — | — | Vacated after Roman Reigns announced that he had a legitimate re-diagnosis of leukemia. |
| 6 | Brock Lesnar | November 2, 2018 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 2 | 156 | Originally scheduled as a triple threat match in which Roman Reigns was to defend the title against Lesnar and Braun Strowman. After Reigns relinquished the championship, the match became a singles match between Lesnar and Strowman for the vacant title. |
| 7 | Seth Rollins | April 7, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 1 | 98 | |
| 8 | Brock Lesnar | July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 27 | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. |
| 9 | Seth Rollins | August 11, 2019 | SummerSlam | Toronto, ON, Canada | 2 | 81 | |
| 10 | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt | October 31, 2019 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 119 | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand due to Wyatt's status as a SmackDown wrestler. |
| 11 | Goldberg | February 27, 2020 | Super ShowDown | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 2 | 37 | |
| 12 | Braun Strowman | April 4, 2020 | WrestleMania 36Part 1 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 141 | |
| 13 | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt | August 23, 2020 | SummerSlam | Orlando, FL | 2 | 6 | |
| 14 | Roman Reigns | August 30, 2020 | Payback | Orlando, FL | 2 | 692+ | At WrestleMania 38 on April 3, 2022, Reigns defeated Raw's WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in a Winner Takes All match and became recognized as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Despite the match being billed as a unification match, both titles remain independently active. |