Title reigns in WWE are either determined by professional wrestling matches or are awarded to a wrestler, as a result of the culmination of various scripted storylines.
Previous champion Vinn Finn Balor was forced to vacate the championship due to a legitimate shoulder injury
Ownes won the vacant championship by winning a Fatal 4-Way Elimination match with Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Big Cass
WWE United States Championship
Roman Reigns
13
September 25 2016
Indianapolis, Indiana
Defeated Rusev at Clash of Champions
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
T.J. Perkins
1
September 14 2016
Winter Park, Florida
Defeated Gran Metalik in the final of the inagural Cruiserweight Classic to become the innagual champion
WWE Raw Women's Championship
Sasha Banks
2
October 3 2016
Los Angeles, California
Defeated Charlotte on Raw
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
The New Day (Big E, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston)
2 (2, 2, 4)
August 23 2015
Brookyln, New York City, New York
Big E and Kofi Kingston defeated Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando), The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) and previous champions The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) in a fatal four-way tag team match at SummerSlam.
SmackDown[]
Championship
Current Champion(s)
Reign
Date Won
Location
Notes
WWE World Heavyweight Championship
AJ Styles
1
September 11 2016
Richmond, Virginia
Defeated Dean Ambrose at Backlash.
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The Miz
5
April 4 2016
Dallas, Texas
Defeated Zack Ryder on Raw.
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
Becky Lynch
1
September 11 2016
Richmond, Virginia
Defeated Alexia Bliss, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya and Nikki Bella in a six-pack elimination challenge at Backlash.
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
Heath Slater and Rhyno
1
September 11 2016
Richmond, Virginia
Defeated the Usos in a tag team tournament final at Backlash.
NXT[]
Championship
Current Champion(s)
Reign
Date Won
Location
Notes
NXT Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura
1
August 20 2016
Brookyln, New York City, New York
Defeated Samoa Joe at NXT TakeOver: Brookyln II
NXT Women's Championship
Asuka
1
April 1 2016
Dallas, Texas
Defeated Bayley at NXT TakeOver: Dallas
NXT Tag Team Championship
The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
2 (2, 2)
June 8 2016
Winter Park, Florida
Defeated American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) at NXT TakeOver: The End
