List of WWE European Champions

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Rob Van Dam was the last ever WWE European Champion.

This is a chronological list of wrestlers that have been WWE European Champion by ring name. The WWE European Championship is a former professional wrestling title competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. The title was created on February 26, 1997.[1] The first champion was The British Bulldog who defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final.[2] The title was first abandoned in 1999 when Shane McMahon hid the belt in his duffel bag.[3] The title was later found by Mideon, which made the belt once again in use.[4] The title was finally retired on July 22, 2002 when WWE Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy to unify the European title into the Intercontinental title.[5] There have been a total of 27 recognized champions who have had a combined 37 official reigns.

WWE.com does not recognize Rob Van Dam's win over Jeff Hardy for European Championship as a title match, however it was once acknowledged in RVD's profile and is listed as a title reign in WWE's official encyclopaedia. [6][7]

The championship has been known as:[8]

  • WWF European Championship (February 1997 - May 2002)
  • WWE European Championship (May 2002 - July 2002)

Contents

[edit] Title history

# Wrestler Reigns Date Days held: Location Event Notes
1 The British Bulldog 1 01997-02-26 February 26, 1997[1] 206 Berlin, Germany Raw Defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final to become the first champion.[2]
2 Shawn Michaels 1 01997-09-20 September 20, 1997 82 Birmingham, England One Night Only [9]
3 Triple H 1 01997-12-22 December 22, 1997 40 Lowell, MA Raw Aired December 22. Michaels was ordered to defend the title against Helmsley by WWF Commissioner Slaughter. Michaels intentionally lost the match.[10]
4 Owen Hart 1 01998-01-20 January 20, 1998 55 Davis, CA Raw Aired January 26. Defeated Goldust, who was dressed as Triple H. Commissioner Slaughter awards the title to Hart considering Goldust as a substitution for Triple H.[11]
5 Triple H 2 01998-03-16 March 16, 1998 120 Phoenix, AZ Raw [12]
6 D'Lo Brown 1 01998-07-14 July 14, 1998 63 Binghamton, NY Raw Aired July 20 .[13]
7 X-Pac 1 01998-09-15 September 15, 1998 14 Sacramento, CA Raw Aired September 21.[14]
8 D'Lo Brown 2 01998-09-29 September 29, 1998 19 East Lansing, MI Raw Aired October 5.[15]
9 X-Pac 2 01998-10-18 October 18, 1998 120 Rosemont, IL Judgment Day: In Your House [16]
10 Shane McMahon 1 01999-02-15 February 15, 1999 43 Birmingham, AL Raw Defeated X-Pac in a tag team match with Shane McMahon and Kane vs. Triple H and X-Pac.[3]
10* Abandoned 0 01999-03-30 March 30, 1999 0 Uniondale, NY Sunday Night Heat Aired April 4. McMahon "retired as champion."[3]
11 Mideon 1 01999-06-21 June 21, 1999 34 Memphis, TN Raw McMahon awarded Mideon the title after he found the title in McMahon's duffel bag.[4]
12 D'Lo Brown 3 01999-07-25 July 25, 1999 28 Buffalo, NY Fully Loaded (1999) Became the first wrestler to hold the European Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the same time..[17]
13 Jeff Jarrett 1 01999-08-22 August 22, 1999 1 Minneapolis, MN SummerSlam (1999) Also for Brown's Intercontinental Championship.[18]
14 Mark Henry 1 01999-08-23 August 23, 1999 34 Ames, IA Raw Jarrett awarded the title to Henry as a gift for his assisting Jarrett in defeating D'Lo Brown at SummerSlam.[19]
15 D'Lo Brown 4 01999-09-26 September 26, 1999 30 Charlotte, NC Unforgiven (1999) [20]
16 The British Bulldog 2 01999-10-26 October 26, 1999 47 Springfield, MA SmackDown Aired October 28.[21]
17 Val Venis 1 01999-12-12 December 12, 1999 58 Sunrise, FL Armageddon (1999) This was a Triple Threat match also involving D'Lo Brown.[22]
18 Kurt Angle 1 02000-02-08 February 8, 2000 54 Austin, TX SmackDown Aired February 10 on SmackDown!.[23]
19 Chris Jericho 1 02000-04-02 April 2, 2000 1 Anaheim, CA WrestleMania 2000 Won second fall of two fall Triple Threat Match against Angle and Chris Benoit (first fall was for Intercontinental Championship); pinned Benoit to claim championship.[24]
20 Eddie Guerrero 1 02000-04-03 April 3, 2000 111 Los Angeles, CA Raw [25]
21 Perry Saturn 1 02000-07-23 July 23, 2000 37 Dallas, TX Fully Loaded (2000) [26]
22 Al Snow 1 02000-08-29 August 29, 2000 48 Fayetteville, NC SmackDown Aired August 31.[27]
23 William Regal 1 02000-10-16 October 16, 2000 47 Detroit, MI Raw Won the title on Raw.[28]
24 Crash Holly 1 02000-12-02 December 2, 2000 2 Sheffield, England Rebellion (2000) [29]
25 William Regal 2 02000-12-04 December 4, 2000 49 East Rutherford, NJ Raw [30]
26 Test 1 02001-01-22 January 22, 2001 69 Lafayette, LA Raw [31]
27 Eddie Guerrero 2 02001-04-01 April 1, 2001 23 Houston, TX WrestleMania X-Seven [32]
28 Matt Hardy 1 02001-04-24 April 24, 2001 125 Denver, CO SmackDown Aired April 26.[33]
29 The Hurricane 1 02001-08-27 August 27, 2001 56 Grand Rapids, MI Raw [34]
30 Bradshaw 1 02001-10-22 October 22, 2001 8 Kansas City, MO Raw [35]
31 Christian 1 02001-10-30 October 30, 2001 91 Cincinnati, OH SmackDown Aired November 1.[36]
32 Diamond Dallas Page 1 02002-01-29 January 29, 2002 49 Norfolk, VA SmackDown Aired January 31.[37]
33 William Regal 3 02002-03-19 March 19, 2002 20 Ottawa, ON SmackDown Aired March 21. Becomes exclusive to Raw when Regal is drafted to Raw on March 26, 2002.[38]
34 Spike Dudley 1 02002-04-08 April 8, 2002 28 Phoenix, AZ Raw Renamed the WWE European Championship on May 5, 2002 after World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. settled a lawsuit with the World Wide Fund For Nature, and became simply World Wrestling Entertainment.[39][8]
35 William Regal 4 02002-05-06 May 6, 2002 63 Hartford, CT Raw [40]
36 Jeff Hardy 1 02002-07-08 July 8, 2002 14 Philadelphia, PA Raw [5]
37 Rob Van Dam 1 02002-07-22 July 22, 2002 0 Grand Rapids, MI Raw Recognized by WWE as the Final champion.[6][7][41]
- Deactivated 0 02002-07-22 July 22, 2002 0 Grand Rapids, MI Raw Van Dam unified the European Championship with the WWE Intercontinental Championship.[6][5][42][41]

[edit] List of combined reigns

Rank Wrestler # Of Reigns Combined Days
1. British Bulldog 2 253
2. William Regal 4 179
3. Triple H 2 160
4. D'Lo Brown 4 140
5. Eddie Guerrero 2 134
5. X-Pac 2 134
7. Matt Hardy 1 125
8. Christian 1 91
9. Shawn Michaels 1 82
10. Test 1 69
11. Val Venis 1 58
12. The Hurricane 1 56
13. Owen Hart 1 55
14. Kurt Angle 1 54
15. Diamond Dallas Page 1 49
16. Al Snow 1 48
17. Shane McMahon 1 43
18. Perry Saturn 1 37
19. Mideon 1 34
19. Mark Henry 1 34
21. Spike Dudley 1 28
22. Jeff Hardy 1 14
23. Bradshaw 1 8
24. Crash Holly 1 2
25. Jeff Jarrett 1 1
25. Chris Jericho 1 1
27. Rob Van Dam 1 -

[edit] References

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  34. ^ "The Hurricane's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358788. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
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  36. ^ "Christian's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358732. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
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  39. ^ "Spike Dudley's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358628. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
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