WWE King of the Mountain Championship

The WWE King of the Mountain Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the professional wrestling promotion KJWWE. It is one of KJWWE's three specialty titles, alongside the Shotgun Championship and the 24/7 Championship. The championship is currently defended on Monday Night Raw, and wrestlers from all four KJWWE brands can challenge for the championship. The current champion is Samoa Joe, who is in his first reign.

History
The championship was introduced by KJWWE on August 1, 2020, at Wrestle Kingdom. Wrestlers from across all KJWWE brands can challenge for the championship. KJWWE announced that the inaugural champion would be crowned at Summerslam in a King of the Mountain match. The rules for this match are:


 * 1) The championship is suspended above the ring, similar to a standard ladder match.
 * 2) All wrestlers start out the match "ineligible" to win.
 * 3) To become eligible, a wrestler must score a pinfall or submission on an opponent.
 * 4) A wrestler who has been pinned or submitted must spend two minutes in the "penalty box" cage.
 * 5) The first wrestler to retrieve the championship from above the ring is declared the winner.

Four qualifying matches took place - two on Raw, two on Smackdown - and resulted in Booker T, The Miz, and Sheamus qualifying for the match. In the fourth qualifier, Cesaro and Shawn Michaels fought to a draw. As a result, both men were added to the match. At Summerslam, The Miz became the inaugural champion.

While the championship is mainly defended in King of the Mountain matches, it has been defended in singles matches. Most notably, Booker T defeated CM Punk in a singles match on the December 14, 2020 episode of Raw to win the championship.