List of WWE European Champions

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Kurt Angle, seen here with both the WWF European Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship, in 2000. Angle was the third and final man to have achieved this accomplishment

The WWE European Championship is a former professional wrestling title competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). 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. This is a chronological list of wrestlers that have been WWE European Champion by ring name.

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

Title history

Names

Name Years
WWF European Championship February 1997 – May 2002
WWE European Championship May 2002 – July 2002

Reigns

No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 The British Bulldog 1 February 26, 1997[1] Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Berlin, Germany Raw Aired March 3. Defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final to become the first champion. [2]
2 Shawn Michaels 1 September 20, 1997 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Birmingham, England One Night Only Becomes first Grand Slam Champion with this win. [8]
3 Triple H 1 December 22, 1997 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Lowell, MA Raw Aired December 22. Michaels was ordered to defend the title against Helmsley by WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter. Michaels intentionally lost the match. [9]
4 Owen Hart 1 January 20, 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Davis, CA Raw is War Aired January 26. Defeated The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust, who was dressed as Triple H. Commissioner Slaughter awards the title to Hart considering Goldust as a substitution for Triple H. [10]
5 Triple H 2 March 16, 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Phoenix, AZ Raw is War Aired March 17. [11]
6 D'Lo Brown 1 July 14, 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Binghamton, NY Raw is War Aired July 20. [12]
7 X-Pac 1 September 15, 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Sacramento, CA Raw is War Aired September 21. [13]
8 D'Lo Brown 2 September 29, 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. East Lansing, MI Raw is War Aired October 5. [14]
9 X-Pac 2 October 18, 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Rosemont, IL Judgment Day: In Your House [15]
10 Shane McMahon 1 February 15, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Birmingham, AL Raw is War Defeated X-Pac in a tag team match with Shane McMahon and Kane vs. Triple H and X-Pac. [3]
— Deactivated — March 30, 1999 — Uniondale, NY Sunday Night Heat McMahon "retired as champion." Aired April 4. [3]
11 Mideon 1 June 21, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Memphis, TN Raw is War Shane McMahon awarded Mideon the title after he found the title in McMahon's duffel bag. [4]
12 D'Lo Brown 3 July 25, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Buffalo, NY Fully Loaded Became the first wrestler to hold the European Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the same time. [16]
13 Jeff Jarrett 1 August 22, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Minneapolis, MN SummerSlam Also for Brown's Intercontinental Championship. [17]
14 Mark Henry 1 August 23, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Ames, IA Raw is War Jarrett gave the title to Henry as a gift for his assisting Jarrett in defeating D'Lo Brown at SummerSlam. [18]
15 D'Lo Brown 4 September 26, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Charlotte, NC Unforgiven [19]
16 The British Bulldog 2 October 26, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Springfield, MA SmackDown Aired October 28. [20]
17 Val Venis 1 December 12, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Sunrise, FL Armageddon This was a Triple Threat match also involving D'Lo Brown. [21]
18 Kurt Angle 1 February 8, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Austin, TX SmackDown Aired February 10. [22]
19 Chris Jericho 1 April 2, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 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. [23]
20 Eddie Guerrero 1 April 3, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Los Angeles, CA Raw is War [24]
21 Perry Saturn 1 July 23, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Dallas, TX Fully Loaded [25]
22 Al Snow 1 August 29, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Fayetteville, NC SmackDown! Aired August 31. [26]
23 William Regal 1 October 16, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Detroit, MI Raw is War [27]
24 Crash Holly 1 December 2, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Sheffield, England Rebellion [28]
25 William Regal 2 December 4, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. East Rutherford, NJ Raw is War [29]
26 Test 1 January 22, 2001 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Lafayette, LA Raw is War [30]
27 Eddie Guerrero 2 April 1, 2001 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Houston, TX WrestleMania X-Seven [31]
28 Matt Hardy 1 April 24, 2001 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Denver, CO SmackDown Aired April 26. [32]
29 The Hurricane 1 August 27, 2001 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Grand Rapids, MI Raw [33]
30 Bradshaw 1 October 22, 2001 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Kansas City, MO Raw [34]
31 Christian 1 October 30, 2001 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Cincinnati, OH SmackDown Aired November 1. [35]
32 Diamond Dallas Page 1 January 29, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Norfolk, VA SmackDown Aired January 31. [36]
33 William Regal 3 March 19, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Ottawa, ON SmackDown Aired March 21. Title became exclusive to Raw when Regal was drafted to the Raw brand on March 26, 2002. [37]
34 Spike Dudley 1 April 8, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 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. [38][39]
35 William Regal 4 May 6, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Hartford, CT Raw [40]
36 Jeff Hardy 1 July 8, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Philadelphia, PA Raw [5]
37 Rob Van Dam 1 July 22, 2002 <1 Grand Rapids, MI Raw This was a ladder match, to unify the European Championship into the Intercontinental Championship [6][7][41]
— Unified — July 22, 2002 — Grand Rapids, MI Raw Rob Van Dam unified the European Championship with the WWE Intercontinental Championship. [5][6][41][42]

Combined reigns

Rank Champion No. of reigns Combined days
1 The 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
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
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
Chris Jericho 1 1
27 Rob Van Dam 1 <1

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