World Wrestling Entertainment

WWE European Championship

WON BY

Davey Boy Smith

DATE

February 26, 1997

LOCATION

Berlin, Germany

*Defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final to become the first WWF - World Wrestling Federation European Champion

 

Shawn Michaels

 

Triple H 

 

Owen Hart

 

Triple H (2)

 

D'Lo Brown

 

X-Pac

 

D'Lo Brown (2)

 

X-Pac (2)

 

Shane McMahon

September 20, 1997

 

December 11, 1997

 

January 20, 1998

 

March 16, 1998

 

July 14, 1998

 

September 15, 1998

 

September 29, 1998

 

October 18, 1998

 

February 15, 1999

Birmingham, England

 

Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

 

Davis, California, USA

 

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

 

Binghamton, New York, USA

 

Sacramento, California, USA

 

East Lansing, Michigan, USA

 

Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

*The championship was deactivated on March 30, 1999

 

Mideon

June 21, 1999

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

*Awarded the reactivated championship

 

D'Lo Brown (3)

 

Jeff Jarrett

 

Mark Henry

 

D'Lo Brown (4)

 

Davey Boy Smith (2)

 

Val Venis

 

Kurt Angle

 

Chris Jericho

 

Eddie Guerrero

 

Perry Saturn

 

Al Snow

 

William Regal

 

Crash Holly

 

William Regal (2)

 

Test

 

Eddie Guerrero (2)

 

Matt Hardy

 

The Hurricane

 

Christian

 

Bradshaw

 

Dallas Page

 

William Regal (3)

 

Spike Dudley

July 25, 1999

 

August 22, 1999

 

August 23, 1999

 

September 26, 1999

 

October 26, 1999

 

December 12, 1999

 

February 8, 2000

 

April 2, 2000

 

April 3, 2000

 

July 23, 2000

 

August 29, 2000

 

October 16, 2000

 

December 2, 2000

 

December 4, 2000

 

January 22, 2001

 

April 1, 2001

 

April 24, 2001

 

August 27, 2001

 

October 22, 2001

 

October 30, 2001

 

January 29, 2002

 

March 19, 2002

 

April 8, 2002

Buffalo, New York, USA

 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

 

Ames, Iowa, USA

 

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

 

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

 

Sunrise, Florida, USA

 

Austin, Texas, USA

 

Anaheim, California, USA

 

Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Dallas, Texas, USA

 

Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

 

Detroit, Michigan, USA

 

Sheffield, England

 

East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA

 

Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

 

Houston, Texas, USA

 

Denver, Colorado, USA

 

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

 

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

 

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

 

Norfolk, Virginia, USA

 

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

*In May 2002, the WWF was renamed WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment, and this became the WWE European Championship

 

William Regal (4)

 

Jeff Hardy

 

Rob Van Dam

May 6, 2002

 

July 8, 2002

 

July 22, 2002

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

*This was a unification match.  WWE Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam defeated WWE European Champion Jeff Hardy.  This championship was then deactivated