I- WWE Championship iwumpetha womhlaba we-heavyweight odalwe futhi wakhuthazwa i- WWE ekhokhelwayo ye- wrestling yaseMelika, okwamanje evikelekile esigabeni sayo sohlobo lwe- Raw.Ngesinye sezicoco zomhlaba ezintathu ze-WWE, eduze ne- Universal Championship ku- SmackDown kanye ne- NXT Championship ku- NXT . Umpetha wamanje nguBig E, osekubusweni kwakhe kokuqala. Umqhudelwano wokuqala womhlaba wokuphromotha, wasungulwa yi- World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) ngo-Ephreli 25, 1963, njenge-WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, ngemuva kokukhushulwa kwehlukana ne- National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).Umpetha wokuqala kwakunguBuddy Rogers . Selokhu sasungulwa, isihloko senziwe izinguquko eziningi zamagama ngenxa yokushintshwa kwamagama enkampani kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwesihloko. Umqhudelwano omdala kunayo yonke osebenzayo njengamanje e-WWE, futhi uvezwa njengesicoco esihlonishwa kakhulu sephromoshini, esinamameshi amaningi esihlokweni anesihloko semicimbi ekhokhelwa umuntu ngamunye uma eyibuka – okuhlanganisa nomcimbi ovelele we-WWE i-WrestleMania .Emiqhudelwaneni esezingeni eliphezulu, ithathwa njengomunye wemiqhudelwano ehlonishwayo eyake yabakhona. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo kuze kube ngu-2001, yathuthukiswa njengokuphela komqhudelwano oyinhloko we-WWE. Isicoco somhlaba esengeziwe, uMqhudelwano we-WCW, sengezwe ngemuva kokuthengwa kweWorld Wrestling Federation yangaleso sikhathi i- World Championship Wrestling ekuqaleni kuka-2001.