WWE European Championship

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The WWE European Championship was a professional wrestling championship competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). During its history it generally served as a secondary title along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship at the time and was generally held by midcarders during its existence in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The title was generally considered more prestigious than the WWE Hardcore Championship after it was introduced in 1999 but was also considered less prestigious than the Intercontinental Championship. Multiple wrestlers also held the European and WWE Intercontinental Championships within short spans of each other, and three held both simultaneously, becoming "Eurocontinental champions". Established in February 1997 as the "WWF European Championship", the title incurred a brief hiatus in April 1999 due to then-champion Shane McMahon's desire to retire as an "undefeated champion". The title returned in June 1999. It was renamed in May 2002 when the WWF became...

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