| Champion |
Date |
Circumstances |
"The British Bulldog"
Davey Boy Smith |
February 26th, 1997 |
The British Bulldog became the first champion by defeating Owen Hart in the tournament finals. |
| Shawn Michaels |
September 20th, 1997 |
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| Hunter Hearst Helmsley |
December 11th, 1997 |
Shawn Michaels was ordered by WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter to defend the title against his ally, Helmsley. Michaels allowed himself to be pinned. |
| Owen Hart |
January 20th, 1998 |
Hart became the champion by defeating Goldust, who was dressed like Helmsley. WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter awarded the title, calling Goldust a substitute for Helmsley. |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley(2nd) |
March 16th, 1998 |
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| D-Lo Brown |
July 14th, 1998 |
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| X-Pac |
September 15th, 1998 |
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| D-Lo Brown(2nd) |
September 29th, 1998 |
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| X-Pac(2nd) |
October 18th, 1998 |
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| Shane McMahon |
February 15th, 1999 |
McMahon & Kane fought in a tag-team match against Triple H & X-Pac. McMahon pinned X-Pac to win the title. McMahon abandoned the title on April 4th, 1999. |
| Mideon |
June 21st, 1999 |
Mideon found the championship inside Shane McMahon's trash can (or duffel bag). He awarded himself the championship. |
| D-Lo Brown(3rd) |
July 25th, 1999 |
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| Jeff Jarrett |
August 22nd, 1999 |
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| Mark Henry |
August 23rd, 1999 |
Henry was awarded the WWF European Championship from Jeff Jarrett as a present. |
| D-Lo Brown(4th) |
September 26th, 1999 |
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| The British Bulldog(2nd) |
October 26th, 1999 |
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| Val Venis |
December 12th, 1999 |
Venis became the champion by winning a "Three Way Dance" Match over The British Bulldog and D'Lo Brown. |
| Kurt Angle |
February 8th, 2000 |
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| Chris Jericho |
April 2nd, 2000 |
Jericho became the champion by getting the second pin during a "Three-Way Two Titles" Match involving Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. |
| Eddie Guerrero |
April 3rd, 2000 |
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| Perry Saturn |
July 23rd, 2000 |
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| Al Snow |
August 31st, 2000 |
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| William Regal |
October 16th, 2000 |
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| Crash Holly |
December 2nd, 2000 |
|
| William Regal(2nd) |
December 4th, 2000 |
|
| Test |
January 22nd, 2001 |
|
| Eddie Guerrero(2nd) |
April 1st, 2001 |
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| Matt Hardy |
April 24th, 2001 |
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| "Hurricane" Shane Helms |
August 27th, 2001 |
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| Bradshaw |
October 22nd, 2001 |
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| Christian |
October 30th, 2001 |
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| Diamond Dallas Page |
January 29th, 2002 |
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| William Regal(3rd) |
March 19th, 2002 |
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| Spike Dudley |
April 8th, 2002 |
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| William Regal(4th) |
May 6th, 2002 |
|
| Jeff Hardy |
July 8th, 2002 |
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| Rob Van Dam |
July 22, 2002 |
Van Dam unified the WWF European Heavyweight Title with the WWF Intercontinental Title. Title was retired. |
