Title History
| # | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days held: | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | The British Bulldog | 1 | 01997-02-26February 26, 1997 | 206 | Berlin, Germany | Raw | Defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final to become the first champion. |
| 02 !2 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | 01997-09-20September 20, 1997 | 82 | Birmingham, England | One Night Only | |
| 03 !3 | Triple H | 1 | 01997-12-22December 22, 1997 | 40 | Lowell, MA | Raw | Aired December 22. Michaels was ordered to defend the title against Helmsley by WWF Commissioner Slaughter. Michaels intentionally lost the match. |
| 04 !4 | Owen Hart | 1 | 01998-01-20January 20, 1998 | 55 | Davis, CA | Raw | Aired January 26. Defeated Goldust, who was dressed as Triple H. Commissioner Slaughter awards the title to Hart considering Goldust as a substitution for Triple H. |
| 05 !5 | Triple H | 2 | 01998-03-16March 16, 1998 | 120 | Phoenix, AZ | Raw | |
| 06 !6 | D'Lo Brown | 1 | 01998-07-14July 14, 1998 | 63 | Binghamton, NY | Raw | Aired July 20 . |
| 07 !7 | X-Pac | 1 | 01998-09-15September 15, 1998 | 14 | Sacramento, CA | Raw | Aired September 21. |
| 08 !8 | D'Lo Brown | 2 | 01998-09-29September 29, 1998 | 19 | East Lansing, MI | Raw | Aired October 5. |
| 09 !9 | X-Pac | 2 | 01998-10-18October 18, 1998 | 120 | Rosemont, IL | Judgment Day: In Your House | |
| 10 !10 | Shane McMahon | 1 | 01999-02-15February 15, 1999 | 43 | Birmingham, AL | Raw | Defeated X-Pac in a tag team match with Shane McMahon and Kane vs. Triple H and X-Pac. |
| — | Abandoned | — | 01999-03-30March 30, 1999 | 83 | Uniondale, NY | Sunday Night Heat | Aired April 4. McMahon "retired as champion." |
| 11 !11 | Mideon | 1 | 01999-06-21June 21, 1999 | 34 | Memphis, TN | Raw | McMahon awarded Mideon the title after he found the title in McMahon's duffel bag. |
| 12 !12 | D'Lo Brown | 3 | 01999-07-25July 25, 1999 | 28 | Buffalo, NY | Fully Loaded (1999) | Became the first wrestler to hold the European Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the same time. |
| 13 !13 | Jeff Jarrett | 1 | 01999-08-22August 22, 1999 | 1 | Minneapolis, MN | SummerSlam (1999) | Also for Brown's Intercontinental Championship. |
| 14 !14 | Mark Henry | 1 | 01999-08-23August 23, 1999 | 34 | Ames, IA | Raw | Jarrett awarded the title to Henry as a gift for his assisting Jarrett in defeating D'Lo Brown at SummerSlam. |
| 15 !15 | D'Lo Brown | 4 | 01999-09-26September 26, 1999 | 30 | Charlotte, NC | Unforgiven (1999) | |
| 16 !16 | The British Bulldog | 2 | 01999-10-26October 26, 1999 | 47 | Springfield, MA | SmackDown | Aired October 28. |
| 17 !17 | Val Venis | 1 | 01999-12-12December 12, 1999 | 58 | Sunrise, FL | Armageddon (1999) | This was a Triple Threat match also involving D'Lo Brown. |
| 18 !18 | Kurt Angle | 1 | 02000-02-08February 8, 2000 | 54 | Austin, TX | SmackDown | Aired February 10 on SmackDown!. |
| 19 !19 | Chris Jericho | 1 | 02000-04-02April 2, 2000 | 1 | Anaheim, CA | WrestleMania 2000 | Won second fall of two fall Triple Threat Match against Angle and Chris Benoit (first fall was for Intercontinental Championship); pinned Benoit to claim championship. |
| 20 !20 | Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 02000-04-03April 3, 2000 | 111 | Los Angeles, CA | Raw | |
| 21 !21 | Perry Saturn | 1 | 02000-07-23July 23, 2000 | 37 | Dallas, TX | Fully Loaded (2000) | |
| 22 !22 | Al Snow | 1 | 02000-08-29August 29, 2000 | 48 | Fayetteville, NC | SmackDown | Aired August 31. |
| 23 !23 | William Regal | 1 | 02000-10-16October 16, 2000 | 47 | Detroit, MI | Raw | Won the title on Raw. |
| 24 !24 | Crash Holly | 1 | 02000-12-02December 2, 2000 | 2 | Sheffield, England | Rebellion (2000) | |
| 25 !25 | William Regal | 2 | 02000-12-04December 4, 2000 | 49 | East Rutherford, NJ | Raw | |
| 26 !26 | Test | 1 | 02001-01-22January 22, 2001 | 69 | Lafayette, LA | Raw | |
| 27 !27 | Eddie Guerrero | 2 | 02001-04-01April 1, 2001 | 23 | Houston, TX | WrestleMania X-Seven | |
| 28 !28 | Matt Hardy | 1 | 02001-04-24April 24, 2001 | 125 | Denver, CO | SmackDown | Aired April 26. |
| 29 !29 | The Hurricane | 1 | 02001-08-27August 27, 2001 | 56 | Grand Rapids, MI | Raw | |
| 30 !30 | Bradshaw | 1 | 02001-10-22October 22, 2001 | 8 | Kansas City, MO | Raw | |
| 31 !31 | Christian | 1 | 02001-10-30October 30, 2001 | 91 | Cincinnati, OH | SmackDown | Aired November 1. |
| 32 !32 | Diamond Dallas Page | 1 | 02002-01-29January 29, 2002 | 49 | Norfolk, VA | SmackDown | Aired January 31. |
| 33 !33 | William Regal | 3 | 02002-03-19March 19, 2002 | 20 | Ottawa, ON | SmackDown | Aired March 21. Becomes exclusive to Raw when Regal is drafted to Raw on March 26, 2002. |
| 34 !34 | Spike Dudley | 1 | 02002-04-08April 8, 2002 | 28 | Phoenix, AZ | Raw | Renamed the WWE European Championship on May 5, 2002 after World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. settled a lawsuit with the World Wide Fund For Nature, and became simply World Wrestling Entertainment. |
| 35 !35 | William Regal | 4 | 02002-05-06May 6, 2002 | 63 | Hartford, CT | Raw | |
| 36 !36 | Jeff Hardy | 1 | 02002-07-08July 8, 2002 | 14 | Philadelphia, PA | Raw | |
| 37 !37 | Rob Van Dam | 1 | 02002-07-22July 22, 2002 | 0 | Grand Rapids, MI | Raw | Recognized by WWE as the Final champion. |
| — | Deactivated | — | — | Van Dam unified the European Championship with the WWE Intercontinental Championship. |
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