WWE Championship

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. Lezi zihloko kamuva zahlanganiswa njengoMqhudelwano Ongaphikisiwe . Ngemuva kokuhlukaniswa komkhiqizo wokuqala ngo-2002 kanye nokunyuswa kwegama ku- WWE, ubuqhawe bube obukhethekile ku-SmackDown, futhi i- World Heavyweight Championship yadalelwa i-Raw. I-ECW yaba uhlobo lwesithathu ngo-2006, yengeza umqhudelwano we- ECW . Leso sihloko senziwa sangasebenzi ngo-2010, kwathi iWorld Heavyweight Championship yahlanganiswa kuWWE Championship ngo-2013. Umqhudelwano uphinde waba ukuphela kwesihloko somhlaba se-WWE kwaze kwaba yilapho kwethulwa i-Universal Championship ngokuhlukaniswa kohlobo lwe-2016. Phakathi nokuhlukana kokubili komkhiqizo, i-WWE Championship ishintshe izinhlobo, ngokuvamile ngenxa ye- WWE Draft ; ngo-2019, isihloko sathuthela ku-Raw ngemva kokubusa kuka- Brock Lesnar ukuyeka i-SmackDown kulandela izehlakalo ze- Crown Jewel . I-NXT Championship iphinde yaqashelwa njengesicoco somhlaba sesithathu se-WWE ngalesi sikhathi.

### Izimpi Zasebusuku ZangoMsombuluko kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwesihloko

Ngo-1991, iWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW), eyilungu le-NWA, yasungula iWCW World Heavyweight Championship ukuze ithathe indawo yesicoco somhlaba se-NWA. Ngo-1993, i-WCW yazihlukanisa ne-NWA futhi yakhula yaba yimbangi yokukhushulwa ku-WWF. Zombili izinhlangano zakhula zaba ukuvelela okujwayelekile futhi ekugcineni zahileleka empini yezilinganiso zethelevishini, ebizwa ngokuthi Izimpi Zasebusuku NgoMsombuluko . Ngasekupheleni kwempi yokulinganisa, i-WCW yaqala ukwehla kwezimali, okwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngokuthi i-WWF ithenge i-WCW ngo-March 2001.  Njengomphumela wokuthenga, i-WWF yazuza, phakathi kwezinye izimpahla, imiqhudelwano ye-WCW . Ngakho-ke, kwakukhona iziqu ezimbili zomhlaba ku-WWF: i-WWF Championship yokuqala kanye ne-WCW Championship, eyagcina iqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi "World Championship".  

### Izingxabano zobuqhawe

### Isihloko sihlanganisiwe futhi nokuhlukaniswa komkhiqizo wesibili

Ngemva kokuphela kokuhlukaniswa komkhiqizo wokuqala ngo-Agasti 2011, bobabili i-WWE Champion kanye ne-World Heavyweight Champion bangavela kokubili i- *Raw* ne- *SmackDown* NgoNovemba 2013, ngobusuku obungemva kochungechunge lwe-Survivor Series, u-John Cena owayephethe i-World Heavyweight Champion wenza inselele ku-WWE Champion u- Randy Orton ukuze anqume umpetha womhlaba ongenambangi we-WWE. U-Orton wehlule u-Cena kumdlalo we- TLC ku- TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp;amp; Chairs pay-per-view ngoDisemba 15, 2013, ukuze kuhlanganiswe lezi zihloko. Kamuva, umqhudelwano obumbene waqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-WWE World Heavyweight Championship futhi wagcina uhlu lwe-WWE Championship; iWorld Heavyweight Championship yahoxiswa.  U-Orton kanye nompetha abalandelayo babambe womabili amabhande omqhudelwano kwaze kwanikezwa ibhande elilodwa lobuqhawe u-Brock Lesnar obusayo ngo-August 2014. 

Ngemuva kokuthi uDean Ambrose abe ngumpetha ngoJuni 2016, igama lesicoco labuyiselwa ku-WWE Championship.Ngenxa yokubuya komkhiqizo ohlukaniswe ngenyanga elandelayo, u-Ambrose wabhalwa ku-SmackDown . U-Ambrose wabe esesigcina isicoco sakhe e- Battleground ngoJulayi 24 eqhudelana nabahleli be-Raw u- Seth Rollins kanye ne- Roman Reigns, okwenza isihloko sikhethelwe i-SmackDown kuphela.NgoJulayi 25 isiqephu se- *Raw*, ukubhekana nokuntuleka kwesihloko somhlaba somkhiqizo, i- WWE Universal Championship yadalwa; U-Finn Bálor ube ngumpetha wokuqala e- SummerSlam .Ngemva kokwembulwa kwesihloko se-Universal, i-WWE Championship yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-WWE World Championship,kodwa yabuyiselwa ku-WWE Championship ngo-December 2016 ngesikhathi sokubusa kokuqala kwe- AJ Styles. 

Ku- Crown Jewel ngo-Okthoba 31, 2019, i-SmackDown wrestler "The Fiend" uBray Wyatt uwine i-Universal Championship, ngaleyo ndlela edlulisela isicoco ku-SmackDown. Futhi kulowo mcimbi, ngemva kokubusa kwe-WWE Champion u-Brock Lesnar wayenqobe u- Cain Velasquez ukuze agcine isicoco, wahlaselwa ngu-Raw's Rey Mysterio, u-Lesnar ayehlasele emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambili..Ngobusuku obulandelayo *ngoLwesihlanu Night SmackDown*, U-Lesnar wayeka i-SmackDown futhi waya e-Raw ukuze aqhubeke nokuxabana kwakhe noMysterio, ngaleyo ndlela adlulisele i-WWE Championship ku-Raw.Ngo-2021, umqhudelwano we- NXT, owawusungulelwe i- NXT ngo-2012 (futhi wawuyindawo ethuthukisiwe ye-WWE kwaze kwaba ngu-2019), wawuzoqashelwa njengesicoco somhlaba wesithathu ngesikhathi esisodwa ekunyusweni. 

## Ukuqokwa komkhiqizo
Ngokuhlukaniswa komkhiqizo wokuqala, uhlaka lwaminyaka yonke lwasungulwa ngo-2002. Unyaka ngamunye (ngaphandle kuka-2003), Abaphathi-Jikelele babamba iqhaza kulotho esalungiswa lapho amalungu akhethiwe ohlu lwe-WWE abelwa uhlobo. I-ECW evuselelwe yaba uhlobo lwesithathu kusukela ngo-2006 kuya ku-2010. Ngomhla zingama-29 ku-Agasti 2011, i-WWE yaqeda ukunwetshwa komkhiqizo futhi abagijimi (okuhlanganisa nabo bonke ompetha), babe sebekhululekile ukuvela kunoma yiluphi uhlelo.

## Imiklamo yebhande lobuqhawe

### 1963-1982

Ngenkathi yethulwa ngo-1963, iWWWF World Heavyweight Championship yasekuqaleni yayimelwe yibhande lobuqhawe laseMelika uBuddy Rogers ayelivikele esikhathini esithile ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumpetha womhlaba wokuqala weWWWF. Ipuleti elimaphakathi laleli bhande laliwuhlaka lwezwekazi lase-United States futhi kwakukhona amapuleti asemaceleni amise okwehawu anama-grappler kuwo; amapuleti ayephezu kwebhande lesikhumba elibomvu. Epuletini elimaphakathi, kwakukhona indingilizi ephahlwe ama-grapplers, futhi indilinga yayiklanyelwe ukuqukatha isithombe somnikazi wesihloko. Ngenhla kwesiyingi kwakunehawu elinokhozi phezu kwalo elinezinkanyezi ezinhlangothini eziphambene zesihlangu. Amagama-ncazo "Umpetha Womhlaba" angezwe ngaphansi kombuthano. Leli bhande lesihloko laligqokwe yingqwele yokuqala uBuddy Rogers ngo-1963 kanye nompetha wesibili uBruno Sammartino.  Ngemuva kokuthi u-Sammartino abe ngumpetha, kwasungulwa ibhande lesihloko esisha ngebhande eliluhlaza. Ucezu oluphakathi nendawo olukhulisiwe luqukethe imbulunga enomqhele kanye nama-grapplers amabili, futhi ufundeka "WWWF World Champion"; amapuleti amabili aseceleni abekhumbula ukunqoba kwesicoco sikaSammartino. USammartino wayegqoke le nguqulo isikhathi sokubusa kwakhe kweminyaka eyisikhombisa. Ngemva kokunqoba u-Sammartino ngoJanuwari 1971, u-Ivan Koloff wabamba le nguqulo amasonto amathathu ngaphambi kokuba alahlekelwe nguPedro Morales . 

Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaMorales, ibhande lobuqhawe labuyekezwa izikhathi ezimbalwa. Okokuqala ngo-1971, lo mklamo wawusebhandeni elinemibala ye-indigo futhi wawuqukethe amapuleti amathathu amise okwehawu. Ngezansi kwepuleti elimaphakathi, elifundeka ngokuthi "World Heavyweight Champion" futhi linesiphambano phakathi nendawo, ipuleti elihlukile elivundlile lifundeka ngokuthi "WWWF". Lokhu kwathathelwa indawo omunye umklamo ngo-1972. Le nguqulo, emgqeni obomvu, ifundeka ngokuthi "WWWF Heavyweight Wrestling Champion" emaphethelweni kunokhozi phakathi nendawo, kanti amapuleti asemaceleni ayisithupha amele amazwe amaningana. Ngo-1973 kwethulwa omunye umklamo ofanayo; lena yayisebhandeni elimnyama futhi iqukethe ama-grappler amabili ngaphezu kokhozi oluklanywe ngendlela ehlukile. Le nguqulo yabe ibanjwe ngu- Stan Stasiak, u-Bruno Sammartino, u- Superstar Billy Graham - owayegqoke ukuhluka kwesikhumba esibomvu - no- Bob Backlund . Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakamuva, igama lephromoshini lafushaniswa laba yi-World Wrestling Federation (WWF), kodwa ibhande lobuqhawe lomzimba lisafundeka kanje "WWWF". 

### 1982-2005

### Imiklamo eyenziwe ngokwezifiso

Amabhande obuqhawe angokwezifiso adalelwe ukuhlonipha ompetha abathile ababusayo noma ukufanisa abalingisi babo. Phakathi nokubusa kukaHogan ngo-1986, wayenenguqulo eguquliwe ye-Hogan '86 eyenziwe, ehlanganisa isithombe sakhe esikhungweni.Lona bekuwumklamo wangokwezifiso owaphila isikhashana njengoba ebuyela enguqulweni ye-Hogan '86.Inguqulo enkulu kakhulu efana nebhande lobuqhawe lika-Hogan '86 ladalelwa u- André the Giant ngaphambi kwe- WrestleMania III, nakuba engakaze aligqoke njengompetha. 

## Umbusi

I-WWE Championship yayiwumqhudelwano wokuqala womhlaba owethulwa ekukhuthazeni ngo-1963. Umpetha wokuqala kwakunguBuddy Rogers, kanti sekube nompetha abasemthethweni abahlukene abangama-54 kanye nezikhala eziyi-11.Umpetha ophethe isikhathi eside kunabo bonke nguBruno Sammartino, obambe lesi sicoco kusukela ngoMeyi 17, 1963, kuya kuJanuwari 18, 1971, ingqikithi yezinsuku eziyi-2,803 (iminyaka eyi-7, izinyanga eziyi-8, nosuku olungu-1); I-Sammartino iphinde ibe nerekhodi lokubusa okude kakhulu okuhlanganisiwe ezinsukwini ezingu-4,040.  U-André the Giant ungumpetha obusayo omfushane kunabo bonke, ubambe ngokusemthethweni isicoco umzuzu ongu-1, imizuzwana engama-48.  Umpetha omncane nguBrock Lesnar, owanqoba lesi sicoco eneminyaka engu-25, kanti umpetha omdala nguMnu McMahon, owasinqoba eneminyaka engu-54. UJohn Cena uphethe irekhodi lokubusa izikhathi eziningi enezingu-13. 

UBig E ungumpetha wamanje ekubuseni kwakhe kokuqala. Uwine isicoco ngokwenza imali ngenkontileka yakhe ethi Money in the Bank futhi ehlula uBobby Lashley ngoSepthemba 13, 2021, isiqephu *seRaw* eBoston, Massachusetts .I-Big E kuphela i-wrestler yesine yase-Afrika-yaseMelika ukunqoba i-WWE Championship, ngemuva kwe- The Rock ngo-1998, u- Kofi Kingston ngo-2019, no-Bobby Lashley ekuqaleni kuka-2021.