WWE European Championship

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• •The WWE European Championship was established on February 26, 1997, with The British Bulldog crowned the inaugural champion after defeating Owen Hart in a tournament final held in Berlin, Germany.
• •The title's distinctive design features a gold-plated center plate with an engraved globe of Europe, flags of European nations on the side plates, and a red 'European Champion' banner across the main plate.
• •When Shawn Michaels captured the European Championship, he became the first Grand Slam Champion in WWE history — the only Superstar to simultaneously hold both the WWF Championship and the European title.
• •The European Championship was unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on July 22, 2002, when Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy in a ladder match on Raw, retiring the title after a five-year run.