World Heavyweight Championship (various years)

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WWE championship professional wrestling world championship

The World Heavyweight Championship (various years) is a major professional wrestling world title used in different eras and brands within WWE, often serving as one of the company’s top championships.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
World Heavyweight Championship matches	3
World Heavyweight Championship	2
World Heavyweight Championship (various years) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3008286 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: World Heavyweight Championship (various years)
Context triple: [WWE SmackDown, hasChampionship, World Heavyweight Championship (various years)]

A. World Heavyweight Champion
The World Heavyweight Champion is the top title in professional boxing’s heavyweight division, historically held by the sport’s most dominant and celebrated fighters.
B. WBA heavyweight title
The WBA heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing's heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Association.
C. WBC heavyweight title
The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
D. IBF heavyweight title
The IBF heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation, historically held by top heavyweights such as Evander Holyfield.
E. World Welterweight Title
The World Welterweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the welterweight division and historically held by some of the sport’s greatest champions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: World Heavyweight Championship (various years)
Target entity description: The World Heavyweight Championship (various years) is a major professional wrestling world title used in different eras and brands within WWE, often serving as one of the company’s top championships.

A. World Heavyweight Champion
The World Heavyweight Champion is the top title in professional boxing’s heavyweight division, historically held by the sport’s most dominant and celebrated fighters.
B. WBA heavyweight title
The WBA heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing's heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Association.
C. WBC heavyweight title
The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
D. IBF heavyweight title
The IBF heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation, historically held by top heavyweights such as Evander Holyfield.
E. World Welterweight Title
The World Welterweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the welterweight division and historically held by some of the sport’s greatest champions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WWE championship ⓘ professional wrestling world championship ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WWE World Heavyweight Championship ⓘ linked to: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) ⓘ World Heavyweight Title ⓘ linked to: World Heavyweight Championship
audience	global television audience ⓘ
contestedIn	live events ⓘ pay-per-view events ⓘ televised WWE shows ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determinedBy	booker decisions ⓘ scripted storylines ⓘ
division	men's division ⓘ
era	PG Era ⓘ Reality Era ⓘ Ruthless Aggression Era ⓘ linked to: Ruthless Aggression era (early–mid 2000s) modern WWE brand split era ⓘ
governingBody	World Wrestling Entertainment ⓘ linked to: WWE
hasLineageType	multiple distinct lineages in WWE history ⓘ
introducedBy	WWE ⓘ
isTopTitleOf	WWE Raw (various years) ⓘ linked to: WWE Raw WWE SmackDown (various years) ⓘ linked to: WWE SmackDown (in certain years)
matchTypes	gimmick matches ⓘ multi-man matches ⓘ singles matches ⓘ
medium	live arena shows ⓘ streaming ⓘ television ⓘ
participants	main-event wrestlers ⓘ
promotion	WWE ⓘ
relatedTo	Undisputed WWE Universal Championship ⓘ linked to: WWE Universal Championship WWE Championship ⓘ WWE Universal Championship ⓘ
relativeRank	one of WWE's top championships ⓘ
scripted	yes ⓘ
scriptedOutcome	champion retains or changes based on storyline ⓘ
sport	professional wrestling ⓘ
status	world championship ⓘ
titleLevel	world title level ⓘ
usedAs	brand centerpiece title ⓘ main event attraction ⓘ symbol of top male singles wrestler ⓘ
usedInBrand	Raw ⓘ SmackDown ⓘ linked to: WWE SmackDown (in certain years) WWE Raw brand (2002–2013) ⓘ WWE Raw brand (2023– ) ⓘ linked to: WWE Raw WWE SmackDown brand (2002–2011) ⓘ linked to: WWE SmackDown (in certain years) WWE brand split era ⓘ
weightClass	heavyweight ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WWE SmackDown → hasChampionship → World Heavyweight Championship (various years) ⓘ

subject linked to: WWE SmackDown (in certain years)

WrestleMania 29 → titleContested → World Heavyweight Championship ⓘ