WWE Universal Championship

The WWE Universal Championship is the first-tier championship title for men in the WWE E-Fed federation on Friday Night SmackDown; the second brand of the company. The title was introduced on May 25, 2020 episode of Raw when the announcement was made that the brand split would be returning. With recent reintroduction of WCW as a direct competitor and with Shane McMahon owning all WCW properties (which included the Big Gold Belt) the Universal Championship was created to be SmackDown's counter part to Raw's WWE Championship. The inaugural champion was The Boogeyman who won the championship in an Armageddon Hell in a Cell match at Unforgiven 2020. The current champion is Jinder Mahal who defeated Sami Zayn on the Halloween edition of Friday Night SmackDown on October 29, 2021. Thorne is the longest reigning Universal Champion with his reign at 112 days; while Kane is the shortest reigning champion at 21 days.

List of combined reigns
As of November 3rd, 2021