I think this was his first time. But iam not sure.
Batista is the better wrestler in my opinion because khali has never one a championsip belt but Batista has been world heavyweight champion quite a few times
12 times, 10 time WWE champion, 2 time World Heavyweight Champion
Triple H has been world heavyweight champion a record 8 times
batista have been champion three times batista is now the 4 time world champ
3 times
Hulk Hogan has never been the World Heavyweight Champion, but has been the WWE Champion 5 times.
he has been champ 2 times.
He is a 1 Time World Heavyweight Champion
Two times
once as far as 2011
John Cena has been the World Heavyweight Champion twice, the United States Champion three times, the WWE Champion 11 times, the WWE Tag Team Champion two times, and the World Tag Team Champion 2 times. Altogether he has been champion a combined 17 times.
Yes, 16 times to be exact.