WWE Universal Champion

No.

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5
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6
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12
13
14

Champion

Finn Balor
Vacated
Kevin Owens
Goldberg
Brock Lesnar
Roman Reigns
Vacated
Brock Lesnar
Seth Rollins
Brock Lesnar
Seth Rollins
"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt
Goldberg
Braun Strowman
"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt
Roman Reigns

Date 

August 21, 2016
August 22, 2016
August 29, 2016
March 5, 2017
April 2, 2017
August 19, 2018
October 22, 2018
November 2, 2018
April 7, 2019
July 14, 2019
August 11, 2019 
October 31, 2019
February 27, 2020
March 25, 2020
August 23, 2020
August 30, 2020

Event

SummerSlam
Raw
Raw
Fastlane
WrestleMania 33
SummerSlam
Raw
Crown Jewel
WrestleMania 35
Extreme Rules
SummerSlam
Crown Jewel
Super ShowDown
WrestleMania 36 
SummerSlam
Payback

Location

Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Houston, TX
Milwaukee, WI
Orlando, FL
Brooklyn, NY
Providence, RI
Riyadh, Saudi A
E Rutherford, NJ
Philadelphia, PA
Toronto, Canada
Riyadh, SA
Riyadh, SA
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL

Reign

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2

Days
 
<1
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188
28
504
64
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156
98
28
81
119
​37
150
6
1221+

Meaning
Riyadh, SA = Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Note

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 due to Finn Bálor suffering a legitimate shoulder injury during his match at SummerSlam.
2 This was a fatal four-way elimination match for the vacant title also involving Big Cass, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins.
— Vacated after Roman Reigns announced a legitimate diagnosis of leukemia.
6 This match was 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.
8 Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. This was a Falls Count Anywhere match that could not be stopped for any reason. The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand due to Wyatt's status as a SmackDown wrestler.
12 WrestleMania was taped on March 25 and 26, but it is currently unknown which day this match was taped. WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on April 4, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay.
13 This was a Falls Count Anywhere match.
14 This was a No Holds Barred triple threat match also involving Braun Strowman, who Reigns pinned.
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.
In April 2023, after Reigns was drafted to SmackDown in the 2023 WWE Draft, a new World Heavyweight Championship was established for Raw as the counterpart to Reigns' Undisputed Championship.