WWE Universal Championship

WWE Universal Title History
No. Won By Won From Location Date
1. Finn Balor Seth Rollins* Brooklyn, NY 8/21/16
2. Kevin Owens Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Big Cass** Houston, TX 8/29/16
3. Bill Goldberg Kevin Owens Milwaukee, WI 3/5/17
4. Brock Lesnar Bill Goldberg Orlando, FL 4/2/17
5. Roman Reigns Brock Lesnar Brooklyn, NY 8/19/18
6. Brock Lesnar Braun Strowman*** Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11/2/18
7. Seth Rollins Brock Lesnar East Rutherford, NJ 4/7/19
8. Brock Lesnar Seth Rollins Philadelphia, PA 7/14/19
9. Seth Rollins Brock Lesnar Toronto, ON 8/11/19
10. Bray Wyatt Seth Rollins Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 10/31/19
11. Bill Goldberg Bray Wyatt Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2/27/20
12. Braun Strowman Bill Goldberg Orlando, FL 4/4/20
13. Bray Wyatt Braun Strowman Orlando, FL 8/23/20
14. Roman Reigns**** Bray Wyatt Orlando, FL 8/30/20

*WWE re-instituted the brand split, and the Universal Title was created to be the main title on the Raw brand. Rollins was automatically named a top contender while Balor won a mini-tournament to earn the right to face Rollins to determine the first champion.

**Balor had to vacate the belt due to injuries he sustained in the title match. This was a Fatal Four Way Match to determine the new champion.

***Reigns had to vacate the title due to illness. His scheduled Triple Threat title defense against Lesnar and Strowman was changed to a singles match to determine the new champion.

****A year after Reigns unified both the WWE and Universal Championships, the title was made exclusive to Smackdown. A new World Championship was created for Raw, and the belt was renamed the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. The lineages would continue to be separate until Reigns lost the title, at which point the Universal Title would be dropped in favor of the WWE Title.

1. Finn Balor
---N/A

2. Kevin Owens
---pinned Seth Rollins, Clash of Champions: 9/25/16
---beat Seth Rollins in a Hell in a Cell Match, Hell in a Cell: 10/30/16
---beat Seth Rollins in a No DQ Match, Raw: 11/21/16
---DQ win over Roman Reigns, Roadblock - End of the Line: 12/18/16
---beat Roman Reigns in a No DQ Match, Royal Rumble: 1/29/17
---DQ win over Braun Strowman, Raw: 1/30/17

3. Goldberg
---N/A

4. Brock Lesnar
---pinned Samoa Joe, Great Balls of Fire: 7/9/17
---beat Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe and Roman Reigns in a Fatal Four Way Match, SummerSlam: 8/20/17
---pinned Braun Strowman, No Mercy: 9/24/17
---beat Braun Strowman and Kane in a Triple Threat Match, Royal Rumble: 1/28/18
---pinned Roman Reigns, WrestleMania 34: 4/8/18
---beat Roman Reigns in a Steel Cage Match, Greatest Royal Rumble: 4/27/18

5. Roman Reigns
---pinned Finn Balor, Raw: 8/20/18
---no contest against Braun Strowman in a Hell in a Cell Match, Hell in a Cell: 9/16/18
---pinned Baron Corbin, Raw: 9/17/18

6. Brock Lesnar
---pinned Finn Balor, Royal Rumble: 1/27/19

7. Seth Rollins
---DQ loss to Kofi Kingston, Raw: 4/8/19
---pinned AJ Styles, Money in the Bank: 5/19/19
---pinned Baron Corbin, Super ShowDown: 6/7/19
---pinned Baron Corbin, Stomping Grounds: 6/23/19
---w/ Becky Lynch, beat Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans in an Extreme Rules Mixed Tag Team Match, Extreme Rules: 4/17/19

8. Brock Lesnar
---N/A

9. Seth Rollins
---pinned Braun Strowman, Clash of Champions: 9/15/19
---no contest against Rusev, Raw: 9/30/19
---no contest against The Fiend in a Hell in a Cell Match, Hell in a Cell: 10/6/19

10. Bray Wyatt
---pinned Daniel Bryan, Survivor Series: 11/24/19
---beat Daniel Bryan in a Strap Match, Royal Rumble: 1/26/20

11. Goldberg
---N/A

12. Braun Strowman
---pinned Bray Wyatt, Money in the Bank: 5/10/20
---beat John Morrison & The Miz in a Handicap Match, Backlash: 6/14/20

13. Bray Wyatt
---N/A

14. Roman Reigns
---pinned Jey Uso, Clash of Champions: 9/27/20
---pinned Braun Strowman, Smackdown: 10/16/20
---beat Jey Uso in an I Quit Hell in a Cell Match, Hell in a Cell: 10/25/20
---beat Kevin Owens in a TLC Match, TLC: 12/20/20
---beat Kevin Owens in a Steel Cage Match, Smackdown: 12/22/20
---beat Kevin Owens in a Last Man Standing Match, Royal Rumble: 1/31/21
---beat Daniel Bryan via ref stoppage, Fastlane: 3/21/21
---beat Daniel Bryan and Edge in a Triple Threat Match, WrestleMania 37 - Night 2: 4/11/21
---beat Daniel Bryan via ref stoppage, Smackdown: 4/30/21
---beat Cesaro via ref stoppage, WrestleMania Backlash: 5/16/21
---beat Rey Mysterio in a Hell in a Cell Match, Smackdown: 6/18/21
---pinned Edge, Money in the Bank: 7/18/21
---pinned John Cena, SummerSlam: 8/21/21
---beat Finn Balor via ref stoppage, Smackdown: 9/3/21
---beat Finn Balor in an Extreme Rules Match, Extreme Rules: 9/26/21
---pinned Brock Lesnar, Crown Jewel: 10/21/21
---pinned Sami Zayn, Smackdown: 12/3/21
---DQ loss to Seth Rollins, Royal Rumble: 1/29/22
---beat Goldberg via ref stoppage, Elimination Chamber: 2/19/22
---pinned Riddle, Smackdown: 6/17/22
---beat Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing Match, SummerSlam: 7/30/22
---pinned Drew McIntyre, Clash at the Castle: 9/3/22
---pinned Logan Paul, Crown Jewel: 11/5/22
---pinned Kevin Owens, Royal Rumble: 1/28/23
---pinned Sami Zayn, Elimination Chamber: 2/18/23
---pinned Cody Rhodes, WrestleMania 39 - Night 2: 4/2/23
---beat Jey Uso in a Tribal Combat Match, SummerSlam: 8/5/23