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