Black Men Who Have Won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Over the years, several Black wrestlers have made history by winning WWE’s top championships. Here are the Black men who have held either the WWE Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, or Universal Championship:
1. The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)
- First Black WWE Champion (1998).
- WWE Championship: 8-time winner.
- World Heavyweight Championship: 0 times.
- Universal Championship: 0 times.
2. Booker T
- World Heavyweight Championship: 1-time winner (King Booker, 2006).
- WWE Championship: 0 times.
- Universal Championship: 0 times.
- Also a 5-time WCW Champion before WWE acquired WCW.
3. Kofi Kingston
- WWE Championship: 1-time winner (WrestleMania 35, 2019).
- World Heavyweight Championship: 0 times.
- Universal Championship: 0 times.
- First African-born WWE Champion (from Ghana).
4. Bobby Lashley
- WWE Championship: 2-time winner (2021, 2022).
- World Heavyweight Championship: 0 times.
- Universal Championship: 0 times.
5. Big E
- WWE Championship: 1-time winner (2021).
- World Heavyweight Championship: 0 times.
- Universal Championship: 0 times.
6. Mark Henry
- World Heavyweight Championship: 1-time winner (2011).
- WWE Championship: 0 times.
- Universal Championship: 0 times.
7. King Woods (Xavier Woods) – Has not won a world title but won King of the Ring (2021).
Black Men Who Have Won the WWE Universal Championship:
- Roman Reigns (of Samoan and African American descent).
- 4-time Universal Champion (longest reign: over 1,300 days).
