WWE European Championship
Introduced in 1997, the European Championship crowned its first title holder in a tournament. In the finals, appropriately right in the heart of Europe, in Berlin, Germany, the British Bulldog prevailed over Owen Hart. The title didn’t make regular appearances in the United States, however, until after Shawn Michaels defeated the British Bulldog in Birmingham, England at One Night Only. After Michaels won the title, the European Championship began being defended on U.S. soil more often. The European Championship was retired on April 4, 1999, after Shane McMahon defeated X-Pac, but it was then brought back and awarded to Mideon in June of that same year. The European Championship became a coveted title and was strapped around the waists of some of the top WWE superstars including the likes of Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and Eddie Guerrero. But after Rob Van Dam defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy to unify the Intercontinental Championship and European Championship, the European Championship was once again deemed inactive.
Entire list of champions
| Champion | Won from | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Hardy | William Regal | Philadelphia, PA, USA | |
| William Regal | Spike Dudley | Hartford, CT, USA | |
| Spike Dudley | William Regal | Phoenix, AZ, USA | |
| William Regal | Diamond Dallas Page | Ottawa, OT, USA | |
| Diamond Dallas Page | Christian | Norfolk, VA, USA | |
| Christian | Bradshaw | Cincinnati, OH, USA | |
| Bradshaw | The Hurricane | Kansas City, MO, USA | |
| The Hurricane | Matt Hardy | Grand Rapids, MI, USA | |
| Matt Hardy | Eddie Guerrero | Denver, CO, USA | |
| Eddie Guerrero | Test | Houston, TX, USA | |
| Test | William Regal | Lafayette, LA, USA | |
| William Regal | Crash Holly | East Rutherford, NJ, USA | |
| Crash Holly | William Regal | Sheffield, England | |
| William Regal | Al Snow | Detroit, MI, USA | |
| Al Snow | Perry Saturn | Fayetteville, NC, USA | |
| Perry Saturn | Eddie Guerrero | Dallas, TX, USA | |
| Eddie Guerrero | Chris Jericho | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Chris Jericho | n/a | Anaheim, CA, USA | |
| Kurt Angle | Val Venis | Austin, TX, USA | |
| Val Venis | n/a | Sunrise, FL, USA | |
| British Bulldog | D’Lo Brown | Springfield, MA, USA | |
| D’Lo Brown | Mark Henry | Charlotte, NC, USA | |
| Mark Henry | n/a | Ames, IA, USA | |
| Jeff Jarrett | D’Lo Brown | Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
| D’Lo Brown | Mideon | Buffalo, NY, USA | |
| Mideon | n/a | Memphis, TN, USA | |
| Shane McMahon | X-Pac | Birmingham, AL, USA | |
| X-Pac | D’Lo Brown | Rosemont, IL, USA | |
| D’Lo Brown | X-Pac | East Lansing, MI, USA | |
| X-Pac | D’Lo Brown | Sacramento, CA, USA | |
| D’Lo Brown | Triple H | Binghampton, NY, USA | |
| Triple H | Owen Hart | Phoenix, AZ, USA | |
| Owen Hart | Goldust | Davis, CA, USA | |
| Triple H | Shawn Michaels | Lowell, MA, USA | |
| Shawn Michaels | British Bulldog | Birmingham, England | |
| British Bulldog | n/a | Berlin, Germany |