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World Heavyweight Championship (2002–2013)

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Last champion

Randy Orton

Held from 15 Dec 2013 to 15 Dec 2013 · reign 55 since 2 Sep 2002

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Lineage

Every reign to scale; gaps are vacancies.

Longest reigns

Batista 2005282

Triple H 2002280

Sheamus 2012210

Chris Benoit 2004154

Kane 2010154

The Undertaker 2009140

Alberto Del Rio 2013133

King Booker 2006126

Every reign

#	Champion	Won	Ended	Days	How it ended
55	Randy Orton	15 Dec 2013	15 Dec 2013	0	Unified
54	John Cena	27 Oct 2013	15 Dec 2013	49	Match
53	Alberto Del Rio	16 Jun 2013	27 Oct 2013	133	Match
52	Dolph Ziggler	8 Apr 2013	16 Jun 2013	69	Match
51	Alberto Del Rio	8 Jan 2013	8 Apr 2013	90	Match
50	Big Show	28 Oct 2012	8 Jan 2013	72	Match
49	Sheamus	1 Apr 2012	28 Oct 2012	210	Match
48	Daniel Bryan	18 Dec 2011	1 Apr 2012	105	Match
47	Big Show	18 Dec 2011	18 Dec 2011	0	Match
46	Mark Henry	18 Sep 2011	18 Dec 2011	91	Match
45	Randy Orton	14 Aug 2011	18 Sep 2011	35	Match
44	Christian	17 Jul 2011	14 Aug 2011	28	Match
43	Randy Orton	3 May 2011	17 Jul 2011	75	Match
42	Christian	1 May 2011	3 May 2011	2	Match
41	Dolph Ziggler	15 Feb 2011	15 Feb 2011	0	Match
40	Edge	15 Feb 2011	12 Apr 2011	56	Vacated
39	Edge	19 Dec 2010	15 Feb 2011	58	Vacated
38	Kane	18 Jul 2010	19 Dec 2010	154	Match
37	Rey Mysterio	20 Jun 2010	18 Jul 2010	28	Match
36	Jack Swagger	30 Mar 2010	20 Jun 2010	82	Match
35	Chris Jericho	21 Feb 2010	30 Mar 2010	37	Match
34	The Undertaker	4 Oct 2009	21 Feb 2010	140	Match
33	CM Punk	23 Aug 2009	4 Oct 2009	42	Match
32	Jeff Hardy	26 Jul 2009	23 Aug 2009	28	Match
31	CM Punk	7 Jun 2009	26 Jul 2009	49	Match
30	Jeff Hardy	7 Jun 2009	7 Jun 2009	0	Match
29	Edge	26 Apr 2009	7 Jun 2009	42	Match
28	John Cena	5 Apr 2009	26 Apr 2009	21	Match
27	Edge	15 Feb 2009	5 Apr 2009	49	Match
26	John Cena	23 Nov 2008	15 Feb 2009	84	Match
25	Chris Jericho	3 Nov 2008	23 Nov 2008	20	Match
24	Batista	26 Oct 2008	3 Nov 2008	8	Match
23	Chris Jericho	7 Sep 2008	26 Oct 2008	49	Match
22	CM Punk	30 Jun 2008	7 Sep 2008	69	Match
21	Edge	1 Jun 2008	30 Jun 2008	29	Match
20	The Undertaker	30 Mar 2008	29 Apr 2008	30	Vacated
19	Edge	16 Dec 2007	30 Mar 2008	105	Match
18	Batista	16 Sep 2007	16 Dec 2007	91	Match
17	The Great Khali	17 Jul 2007	16 Sep 2007	61	Match
16	Edge	8 May 2007	17 Jul 2007	70	Vacated
15	The Undertaker	1 Apr 2007	8 May 2007	37	Match
14	Batista	26 Nov 2006	1 Apr 2007	126	Match
13	King Booker	23 Jul 2006	26 Nov 2006	126	Match
12	Rey Mysterio	2 Apr 2006	23 Jul 2006	112	Match
11	Kurt Angle	10 Jan 2006	2 Apr 2006	82	Match
10	Batista	3 Apr 2005	10 Jan 2006	282	Vacated
9	Triple H	9 Jan 2005	3 Apr 2005	84	Match
8	Triple H	12 Sep 2004	6 Dec 2004	85	Vacated
7	Randy Orton	15 Aug 2004	12 Sep 2004	28	Match
6	Chris Benoit	14 Mar 2004	15 Aug 2004	154	Match
5	Triple H	14 Dec 2003	14 Mar 2004	91	Match
4	Goldberg	21 Sep 2003	14 Dec 2003	84	Match
3	Triple H	15 Dec 2002	21 Sep 2003	280	Match
2	Shawn Michaels	17 Nov 2002	15 Dec 2002	28	Match
1	Triple H	2 Sep 2002	17 Nov 2002	76	Match

Reigns from Wikipedia's champion list for World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013) (CC BY-SA). Days count to today for a reign still running, as the log counts them.