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Buddy Rodgers except back then it was called the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. Technically Rogers did not win the title, as the top star in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) he was named the first WWE Champion when the company began promoting in the early 1960's.

Rogers quickly lost the title to Bruno Sammartino, making Rogers the first ever WWE Champion but Bruno the first man to "WIN" the title.

Subsequently, Rogers was the first man to be recognized as both WWE and NWA or WCW (World Championship Wrestling, the company name after Ted Turner purchased most of the NWA assets in the late 80's) until Ric Flair in 1992.

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