List of WWE European Champions

The WWE European Championship is a former professional wrestling title competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. The title was created on February 26, 1997 under the name of the WWF European Championship. The first champion was Davey [Boy Smith|The British Bulldog] who defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final. The title was retired briefly in April 1999 by then-champion Shane McMahon, who wanted to retire as an "undefeated champion". McMahon reintroduced the championship two months later and gave it to Mideon, who saw the title belt in Shane's travel bag and asked if he could have it. The title was finally retired on July 22, 2002, when WWE Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy to unify the European title into the Intercontinental title. Throughout the five year, four month, and 26 day history of the title, there were 27 recognized champions and 37 distinct championship reigns. This is a chronological list of wrestlers that have been WWE European Champion by ring name.

Reigns

Rank	Champion	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days recognized by WWE
1		2	253	249
2		4	179	173
3		2	160	149
4		4	140	126
5		2	134	134
5	X-Pac	2	134	132
7		1	125	122
8		1	91	90
9		1	82	92
10		1	69	68
11		1	58	59
12		1	56	55
13		1	55	52
14		1	54	51
15		1	49	48
16		1	48	45
17		1	43	47
18		1	37	38
19		1	34	33
19		1	34	33
21		1	28	27
22		1	14	12
23		1	8	9
24		1	2	1
25		1	1	<1
25		1	1	<1
27		1	<1	—