Who Has Held the WWE Championship the Longest?
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand.
WWE Championship
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, currently defended on their Raw brand. It is one of WWE’s original championships, dating back to 1963.
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand.
The WWE Championship is widely recognized as the most important championship in WWE. It has been referred to as the “WWE Universe’s most coveted prize” and the “foundation of SmackDown”. The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers, who won the title on April 25, 1963. Since its inception, the title has undergone many name changes due to company name changes and integrated brands (such as WWE’s merger with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001). Finally, in 2002, it was unified with
the WCW World Heavyweight Championship when then-WWE Undisputed Champion Brock Lesnar defeated then-WCW World Heavyweight Champion The Rock at WrestleMania X8. It became exclusive to and remained on the SmackDown brand until August 15, 2016 when Raw GM Mick Foley introduced a new title known as the Universal Championship for that brand; this made the WWE Championship exclusive to SmackDown again. The reigning champion is AJ Styles, who is in his second reign.
In professional wrestling, a championship is a rewards system for wrestlers based on their in-ring achievements. Overall, there are four major wrestling promotions in the United States: WWE, Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling), Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Occasionally, other companies will also recognize a wrestler as champion such as Major League Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah. Independent promotions usually recognize their own top stars with unique titles such as those promoted by Border City Wrestling and Destiny World Wrestling.
It is one of the two world titles of the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that is promoted on the Raw brand.
The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign. He defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 on April 5, 2020, becoming the first British-born WWE Champion.
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, currently defended on their Raw brand division. It is one of the two world titles of the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was promoted for their SmackDown brand division. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign. He defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 on April 5, 2020, becoming the first British-born WWE Champion.
The title was introduced into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1963 with Buddy Rogers becoming the inaugural champion. Since theninyou has undergone many name changes due to company name changes and consolidations and has been shared between promotions a number of times.. The title has also been vacated and deactivated on numerous occasions while inactive as a result of a storyline. When Edge won two consecutive Royal Rumbles in 2010 he chose to take his opportunities at WrestleMania 26 against reigning champion Drew McIntyre; however injury caused Edge to vacate the title.. The title was then unified with the World Heavyweight Championship as part of then-WWE Champion Sheamus’ victory over Daniel Bryan at Fatal 4-Way in 2010; however this unification was short lived as then-World Heavyweight Champion Kane defeated then-WWE Champion Rey Mysterio at Night of Champions later that same year to unify both titles into one..
Since its inception, there have been 74 different individual championship reigns that have occurred among 61 wrestlers. Bruno Sammartino has had the longest single championship reign at 2,803 days…
WWE Champions
The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of the two world titles of the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that is promoted on the Raw brand. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign.
The first WWE Champion was Buddy Rogers, who won the title on April 25, 1963.
Buddy Rogers was the first WWE Champion, winning the title on April 25, 1963. He held the title for 21 days before losing it to Bruno Sammartino on May 17, 1963. Sammartino went on to hold the title for a record 2,803 days (7 years 4 months 1 week), until he was finally defeated by Ivan Koloff on January 18, 1971.
The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 on April 5, 2020.
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, currently defended on their Raw brand. It is one of WWE’s two flagship championships, alongside the Universal Championship that was created for the SmackDown brand as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 on April 5, 2020.
The title was introduced in 1963 by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, after WWWF owner Vince McMahon Sr.’s predecessor, the Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers. Since its inception, it has been defended in 27 different countries. From its inception until 2001, it was promoted as WWE’s sole primary championship. An additional world title, the World Heavyweight Championship, was added in 2002 and split off into its own brand in 2006; this title became exclusive to SmackDown after July 2016 following the reintroduction of the brand extension system and temporarily ceased to be defended on Raw between October 2013 and August 2016 due to WWE recognizing Lesnar as champion while he competed exclusively on Raw due to his part-time contract status.
As a result of the 2016 draft, which officially established brand-specific rosters forRaw and SmackDown following the end of the previous multibranded roster system dating back to 2002, both world titles are once again exclusive to their respective brands—the WWE Championship became exclusive to Raw and has yet to be drafted to SmackDown since; conversely, while originally announced as exclusive to SmackDown when it was reintroduced in 2016 (and accordingly Drafted there that same year), due to Goldberg holding it at that time and being a part-time performer under a legends contract which allowed him only to appear on Raw at that time, it became exclusive to Raw from October 2016 until April 2017 (when he lost it back to Lesnar at WrestleMania 33), before finally returning as exclusive to SmackDown from April 2017 onward.
Longest WWE Championship Reigns
In this article, we’ll be looking at the five longest WWE Championship reigns in history. The WWE Championship is the most prestigious title in WWE and has been held by some of the biggest names in the business. Holding the WWE Championship for a long time is a sign of dominance and these five men definitely dominated their eras.
The longest reigning WWE Champion is Bruno Sammartino, who held the title for 2,803 days from May 17, 1963 to January 18, 1971.
Bruno Sammartino is a retired professional wrestler who is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). He is considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. Sammartino held the WWWF Heavyweight Championship for a record-breaking 2,803 days, from May 17, 1963 to January 18, 1971. This is the longest reign of any champion in WWE history.
The second longest reigning WWE Champion is Bob Backlund, who held the title for 2,135 days from February 20, 1978 to December 26, 1983.
The second longest reigning WWE Champion is Bob Backlund, who held the title for 2,135 days from February 20, 1978 to December 26, 1983. Backlund’s record was broken by Hulk Hogan, who held the title for 3,170 days from December 27, 1983 to February 5, 1988. Hogan’s record was then broken by Bruno Sammartino, who held the title for 2,803 days from June 30, 1963 to January 18, 1971.
