The following is the title history of the WWE European Championship.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place / Type Of Match / Event: |
| WWF European Championship | |||
| The British Bulldog | 1 | 26 February 1997 | Berlin Germany / Tournament Final / Raw |
| "H.B.K." Shawn Michaels | 1 | 20 September 1997 | Birmingham EN / 1 Fall / One Night Only |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 1 | 11 December 1997 | Lowell MA / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| Owen Hart | 1 | 20 January 1998 | Davis CA / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 2 | 9 March 1998 | Phoenix AZ / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| D'Lo Brown | 1 | 14 July 1998 | Binghamton NY / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| X-Pac | 1 | 15 September 1998 | Sacramento CA / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| D'Lo Brown | 2 | 29 September 1998 | East Lansing MI / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| X-Pac | 2 | 18 October 1998 | Chicago IL / One Fall / Judgment Day |
| Shane McMahon | 1 | 15 February 1999 | Birmingham AL / Tag-Team / Raw Is War |
| Vacated when Shane McMahon retires the championship. | 30 March 1999 | Long Island NY / Sunday Night Heat | |
| Mideon | 1 | 21 June 1999 | Memphis TN / Awarded / Raw Is War |
| D'Lo Brown | 3 | 25 July 1999 | Buffalo NY / One Fall / Fully Loaded |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | 22 August 1999 | Minneapolis MN / Unific. / Summerslam |
| "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry | 1 | 23 August 1999 | Ames IO / Awarded / Raw Is War |
| D'Lo Brown | 4 | 26 September 1999 | Charlotte NC / One Fall / Unforgiven |
| The British Bulldog | 2 | 26 October 1999 | Springfield MA / One Fall / Smackdown |
| Val Venis | 1 | 12 December 1999 | Fort Lauderdale FL / Tr. Th. / Armageddon |
| Kurt Angle | 1 | 8 February 2000 | Austin TX / One Fall / Smackdown |
| Chris Jericho (pinned Chris Benoit) | 1 | 2 April 2000 | Anaheim CA / Triple Th. / Wrestlemania |
| Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 3 April 2000 | Los Angeles CA / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| Perry Saturn | 1 | 23 July 2000 | Dallas TX / One Fall / Fully Loaded |
| Al Snow | 1 | 29 August 2000 | Fayetteville NC / One Fall / Smackdown |
| William Regal | 1 | 16 October 2000 | Detroit MI / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| Crash Holly | 1 | 2 December 2000 | Sheffield EN / One Fall / Rebellion |
| William Regal | 2 | 4 December 2000 | East Rutherford NJ / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| Test | 1 | 22 January 2001 | Lafayette LA / One Fall / Raw Is War |
| Eddie Guerrero | 2 | 1 April 2001 | Houston TX / One Fall / Wrestlemania |
| Matt Hardy | 1 | 24 April 2001 | Denver CO / One Fall / Smackdown |
| The Hurricane | 1 | 27 August 2001 | Grand Rapids MI / One Fall / Raw |
| Bradshaw | 1 | 22 October 2001 | Kansas City MO / One Fall / Raw |
| Christian | 1 | 30 October 2001 | Cincinnati OH / One Fall / Smackdown |
| Diamond Dallas Page | 1 | 29 January 2002 | Norfolk VA / One Fall / Smackdown |
| renamed WWE European Championship | |||
| William Regal | 3 | 19 March 2002 | Ottawa ON / One Fall / Smackdown |
| Spike Dudley | 1 | 8 April 2002 | Phoenix AZ / One Fall / Raw |
| William Regal | 4 | 6 May 2002 | Hartford CT / One Fall / Raw |
| Jeff Hardy | 1 | 8 July 2002 | Philadelphia PA / One Fall / Raw |
| Rob Van Dam | 1 | 22 July 2002 | Grand Rapids MI / Ladder Match/ Unific. / Raw |
| The belt was abandoned on 22 July 2002 after the Unification Match took place. |