| European Championship | |||||||||||
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 The European Championship's current design | |||||||||||
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Retired | ||||||||||
| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||
| Date retired | January 8, 2017 | ||||||||||
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The WWE European Championship was a third-tier championship title in WWE The E-Fed on Monday Night RAW; the second brand of the company. The first champion was M-Dogg 20 who won a 15-man Battle Royal to become the inaugural champion. The final champion was New Jack who was in second reign, after defeating Paul Burchill at Unforgiven on September 22, 2008. After winning the European Championship, New Jack would disown the European Championship and rename it the Hardcore Championship, reactivating a championship that had been inactive since September of 2006. Jake Anderson hold the record for the most reigns with three reigns. New Jack holds the shortest reign with 1 day. Jimmy Rave currently holds the record for longest reign (as an individual) with 110 days. The WWE European Championship was reactivated April 6, 2015. The championship was retired on January 8, 2017 when Marty Scurll defeated Jimmy Havoc to unify it with the WWE Hardcore Championship.
Title history[]
Key[]
| # | The overall championship reign |
| Date | The date in which the championship was obtained |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Venue | The event where the championship was obtained |
| Notes | Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| # | Wrestler Name | Reign | Date | Days held | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M-Dogg 20 | 1 | September 25, 2005 | 86 | Unforgiven |
M-Dogg 20 won a 15-man Battle Royal to become the inaugural European Champion. |
| 2 | Muhammed Hassan | 1 | December 19, 2005 | 28 | RAW | |
| 3 | Johnny Nitro | 1 | January 15, 2006 | 85 | New Year's Revolution | |
| 4 | The Rock | 1 | April 9, 2006 | 23 | Wrestlemania 22 | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 1, 2006 | — | RAW | |
| 5 | Austin Aries | 1 | May 1, 2006 | 55 | RAW | Aries won a Battle Royal to claim the vacant European Championship. |
| 6 | Kid Kash | 1 | June 25, 2006 | 71 | Vengeance |
This was a fatal fourway match also involving Rob Conway and Ken Doane. |
| — | Vacated | — | September 3, 2006 | — | ||
| 7 | Muhammed Hassan | 2 | September 3, 2006 | 15 | RAW | Hassan defeated Rob Conway to claim the vacant European Championship. |
| 8 | Chris Sabin | 1 | September 17, 2006 | 52 | Unforigven | |
| 9 | Adrian Cage | 1 | November 7, 2006 | 92 | Taboo Tuesday | |
| 10 | John Jeter | 1 | February 6, 2007 | 104 | Royal Rumble | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 20, 2007 | — | RAW | |
| 11 | Jimmy Rave | 1 | May 27, 2007 | 110 | RAW | |
| — | Vacated | — | September 3, 2007 | — | Summerslammiversary | |
| 12 | Sterling James Keenan | 1 | Septmeber 30, 2007 | 23 | Unforgiven | |
| — | Vacant | — | October 22, 2007 | — | RAW | |
| 13 | Johnny Devine | 1 | November 21, 2007 | 74 | Taboo Tuesday |
Devine defeated Festus and Johnny Fairplay to claim the vacant European Championship. |
| 14 | Paul London | 1 | February 2, 2008 | 59 | Royal Rumble | |
| 15 | New Jack | 1 | March 31, 2008 | 20 | Wrestlemania | |
| — | Vacated | — | April 19, 2008 | — | RAW | |
| 16 | Paul Burchill | 1 | August 25, 2008 | 29 | Summerslammiversary | Burchill defeated New Jack to claim the vacant European Championship. |
| 17 | New Jack | 2 | September 22, 2008 | 1 | Unforgiven | |
| — | Deactivated | — | September 22, 2008 | — | Unforgiven |
New Jack disowned the European Championship and reactivated the Hardcore Championship. |
| 18 | Zack Ryder | 1 | April 13, 2015 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | Triple Threat also involving Wade Barrett and The Rock |
| 19 | Chris Sabin | 2 | April 20, 2015 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | 5 Way Dance involving Zack Ryder, Paul London, Wade Barrett and Magnus. |
| 20 | Jake Anderson | 1 | May 4, 2015 | 28 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 21 | Bobby Roode | 1 | June 1, 2015 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 22 | Big Show | 1 | June 8, 2015 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 23 | Jake Anderson | 2 | June 22, 2015 | 77 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 24 | John Cena | 1 | September 7, 2015 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 25 | Seth Rollins | 1 | September 14, 2015 | 28 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 26 | Xavier Woods | 1 | October 12, 2015 | 48 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 27 | Ashley Remington | 1 | November 29, 2015 | 8 | Survivor Series | |
| 28 | Xavier Woods | 2 | December 7, 2015 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 29 | Ashley Remington | 2 | December 14, 2015 | 27 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 30 | Hugo Knox | 1 | January 10, 2016 | 8 | New Year's Revolution | |
| 31 | Adam Cole | 1 | January 18, 2016 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 32 | Kenny Omega | 1 | February 1, 2016 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | This was a tag team match which also included Ryback and Matt Sydal |
| 33 | Johnny Gargano | 1 | February 15, 2016 | 56 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 34 | Sami Zayn | 1 | April 11, 2016 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 35 | Enzo Amore | 1 | April 25, 2016 | 28 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 36 | Randy Orton | 1 | May 23, 2016 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 35 | PJ Black | 1 | May 30, 2016 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 36 | Edge | 1 | June 13, 2016 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 37 | Jake Anderson | 3 | June 27, 2016 | 50 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 38 | Pastor William Eaver | 1 | August 16, 2016 | 27 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 39 | X-Pac | 1 | September 12, 2016 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 40 | Jeff Hardy | 1 | September 26, 2016 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 41 | Alex Shelley | 1 | October 3, 2016 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 42 | Jeff Hardy | 2 | October 10, 2016 | 7 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 43 | Austin Aries | 1 | October 17, 2016 | 14 | Monday Night Raw | |
| 43 | Marty Scurll | 1 | October 31, 2016 | 69 | Monday Night Raw | The Hardcore Championship was unified with the WWE Hardcore Championship during Scurll's reign |
List of combined reigns[]
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| <1 | Indicates the reign was less than 1 day |
As of May 2020
| Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jake Anderson | 3 | 155 |
| 2. | Jimmy Rave | 1 | 110 |
| 3. | John Jeter | 1 | 104 |
| 4. | Adrian Cage | 1 | 92 |
| 5. | M-Dogg 20 | 1 | 86 |
| 6. | Johnny Nitro | 1 | 85 |
| 7. | Johnny Devine | 1 | 74 |
| 8. | Kid Kash | 1 | 71 |
| 9. | Austin Aries | 2 | 69 |
| 9. | Marty Scurll | 1 | 69 |
| 10. | Chris Sabin | 2 | 66 |
| 1`. | Paul London | 1 | 59 |
| 12. | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 56 |
| 13. | Xavier Woods | 2 | 55 |
| 14. | Muhammed Hassan | 2 | 43 |
| 15. | Ashley Remington | 2 | 35 |
| 16. | Paul Burchill | 1 | 29 |
| 17. | Seth Rollins | 1 | 28 |
| 17. | Enzo Amore | 1 | 28 |
| 18. | Pastor William Eaver | 1 | 27 |
| 19. | The Rock | 1 | 23 |
| 19. | Sterling James Keenan | 1 | 23 |
| 20. | New Jack | 2 | 21 |
| 21. | Big Show | 1 | 14 |
| 21. | Adam Cole | 1 | 14 |
| 21. | Jeff Hardy | 2 | 14 |
| 21. | Kenny Omega | 1 | 14 |
| 21. | Sami Zayn | 1 | 14 |
| 21. | PJ Black | 1 | 14 |
| 21. | Edge | 1 | 14 |
| 21. | X-Pac | 1 | 14 |
| 22. | Hugo Knox | 1 | 8 |
| 23. | Zack Ryder | 1 | 7 |
| 23. | Bobby Roode | 1 | 7 |
| 23. | John Cena | 1 | 7 |
| 23. | Randy Orton | 1 | 7 |
| 23. | Alex Shelley | 1 | 7 |