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It became a wwe championship in 1963 and the promotion continued to recognise the. Flair defeating vader started an impressive 202day long title reign before eventually vacating it due to a double pin with ricky steamboat. Wcw started to trust flair to lead them to new grounds with the reputation of the brand growing. Histories of the professional wrestling championships of various countries from the 19th century to the present. Top 10 longest title reigns in wwe history sportszion. Who are the 10 longest reigning wwe world heavyweight. Sigmon wrestling television championship is a secondary title in the american wrestling promotion innovate wrestling. At 645 days, samoa joes reign is the longest in the title s history. However, as stated, he was in the main event and they drew 4,196 people into the venue. The north are the longest reigning champions in impact. Apr 18, 2018 a twotime wwwf champion with reigns surpassing 11 combined years, sammartino stands to this day as the longest reigning world heavyweight champion in the history of what is now known as wwe. Not many know that the company has had a total of at least 19 different titles, of.

Page 4 10 longest title reigns in wrestling history. She ended moolahs run with the belt on a houston house. The first champion was buddy rogers, who won the championship in 1963. Cibernetico iwc world heavyweight championship 1 time, 2554 days not to be confused with other iwc world championships outside of mexico. On march 1, 2003 arguably the most historic world title reign in japanese wrestling took place when kenta kobashi won the ghc heavyweight championship, the premier prize for the promotion. Expansion, betrayal and the war that changed pro wrestling forever. He began training as a professional wrestler in 1973 under eddie sharkey and competed for the a. Introduction symbols name format change in process. Includes supercards and tournaments, a video guide, and historical match results for a wide array of promotions.

Longest reigns of every active championships in wwe, ranked. Nov 27, 2011 throughout history, professional wrestling has seen many championships. Wwe championshipchampion history pro wrestling fandom. Jun, 2018 vern gagne, wwe hall of famer and holder of one of the longest title reigns in history. Backlund began his career in amateur wrestling, competing for the north dakota state university bison from the late 1960s to early 1970s. As randy moss would say, moolah was straight cash, homie. Dec 21, 2016 former wwe tagteam champions the new day explain what this past year was like, including an inring segment with the rock and breaking the record for longest tagteam title reign.

Since the promotions formation in 2015, it has promoted regular live events throughout the country predominantly in invercargill and queenstown in 2018, spw held the biggest live independent wrestling show seen in new zealand for over 27 years, the 2018 southern rumble, which was held at ilt stadium in invercargill. The record was previously held by taya valkyrie, who held the knockouts title for 376 days before losing to jordynne grace. Jericho has won 30 championships between wwfe, wcw, and ecw the three. Wwe championship has seen many reigns over the years. United states wrestling association uswa title defeated. The positives of keiji mutoh and his ghc heavyweight title reign. A 4x impacttna world heavyweight champion, his fourth and final reign was his longest at 175. He is only the third man to win the title throughout wwe history, with tyler bate being. Eric embry on 05, october 1989 as the punisher lost to. Ric flair, who holds the record for title reigns with 6, used the title as a.

Mar 31, 2021 pro wrestling noah recently made their return to nippon budokan with keiji mutoh in the main event. Who has held onto the belt for the longest during a single title reign we have compiled a list of the longest wwe title reigns of alltime. The hulkster would never have had this scenario put upon him, never mind agree to it. Oct 06, 2019 kofi kingston and his 180day reign is the longest world title by an africanamerican in wwe history. Innovate pro wrestling television championship wikipedia.

Moolahs run with the prize lasted a revolutionary 10,170 days, by far the longest, and most impressive, title reign in wwes storied history. The undertakerundertaker title history pro wrestling fandom. Can you name the longest title reign of these wrestling championships. Bobby roode was impact wrestling world champion for 256 days.

The current champion is rush, who is in his second reign. Backlunds first reign as champion ranks second longest overall, lasting over 5 years. Instead, he would win the intercontinental, tag team, and wwe world championship titles. During his time in wcw, he was their champion for approximately 3 calendar years. Lex luger holds the record for the longest reign, with his third reign lasting a total of 523 days, while dean ambrose holds the longest reign under the wwe banner, at 351 days overall the third longest in the title s history. Jun 12, 2018 brock lesnars long list of wwe accomplishments has now grown by one. Bart gunn 3 times, road dogg 5 times, and chuck palumbo 2 times. Stunning steve austins second reign was the shortest, lasting approximately five minutes. Over his five reigns, okada successfully defended the title 30 times, the most of any champion.

Who are the longestreigning champions in wwe history. Effort post the longest reigning champions in history, according to. Also includes a mailing list and directory of links. Overall, there have been 33 reigns among 27 wrestlers with one vacancy. Nxt, raw and smackdown tag team championships in pro wrestling history. Note that these are not all the long title reigns, just the ones which are the most famous or influential. So wwe is just calling them the longestreigning champions. Walter has now been champion for 686 days, which has made him the longest reigning champion in the history of wwes youngest brand.

Originally called the roh championship, the title was renamed to the roh world championship in may 2003 after the title was defended outside the united states for the first time. Savage, despite being a heel, was loudly cheered when he won the. He set a world record in the bench press at 565 pounds in 1959 after missing out. Walter overtakes pete dunnes wwe nxt uk championship reign. United states championship 10 longestreigning champs. Cody rhodes, then known simply as cody, was the inaugural champion. Jeff jarrett had the longest world title reign of the nwa.

Champion for 2300 days in his day, thesz was considered an. Kensuke sasakis fourth reign of 16 days is the shortest in the title s history. Ric flair 16 one of the most cherished records in all of pro wrestling is the record that ric flair has feld for as long as many fans can remember, the record for most world title reigns. Jerry lawler on 25, april 1989 uswa texas title defeated.

Page 5 10 longest title reigns in wrestling history. Not all of his teams were long term partnerships, but his seven different teammates. The living legend bruno sammartino, an alltime wrestling great. If you were a fan of pro wrestling in the 1980s this book might be of interest. Wwe, wcw, world heavyweight 200120, nwa 19481991, ecw 19922001, awa, world heavyweight 19051948. World heavyweight wrestling championship original version. As a staple of the late 70s and early 80s wwe, backlund defended his wwe championship against various other champions of different promotions including the likes of nick bockwinkel and ric flair. Flairs title reign here helped establish wcw as a great alternative to wwe. His first title win was in 1995 when the smoking gunns defeated 123 kid and bob holly on raw. He had unremarkably become the longest reigning champion in the wwe exclusive era. From bruno sammartino to aj styles, relive the 10 longest wwe championship reigns in history.

The new day sets alltime tag team title record on raw sporting. The current champions gallus mark coffey and wolfgang has the record for the longest reign as they are holding the titles for over 354 days as of this writing. The 10 longest and 10 shortest wwe championship reigns. The beast incarnate has officially notched the longest world championship reign of the modern era. What makes this unique is that it is one of the last books that could ever be. The 10 longest championship reigns in wwe from the 1980s. Kay lee rays nxt uk womens title reign has reached a historic milestone. Frank gotchs reign may not be as long as others on this list, but his reign is the most impressive for one reason. Im not sure if the rest of sc will argee but im going to say the mizs wwe title reign is one of the top, most talked about reigns. The current champion is darby allin, who is in his. Through many broken tables, the dudleys have cemented themselves in the history books. He began his career in 1973, retired for a while in 1984 except for special appearances, then came back to the wwe. This outdrew new japan pro wrestling s 46th anniversary.

Southern pro wrestling spw is a new zealand professional wrestling promotion. The new day is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of kofi kingston and xavier woods. Feb 19, 2021 walter has made history this week, officially becoming the longest reigning wwe nxt uk champion in history. Richard sullivan has provided details regarding the crockett promotions midatlantic championship wrestling from his personal memories and collection of clippings, eric roelfsema has aided in the compilation of the more recent nwa title histories and andrew zadarnowski has calculated fall times for the major wwf and wcw titles over the last years. Daniel bryan and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons. Yep, wwe is talking about brock lesnar breaking cm punks. Lesnars ongoing run as universal champion surpassed the previous marker, cm punks 434day stint as wwe champion that stretched between 2011 and 20.

The team is currently performing in wwe on the raw brand, where they are the current wwe raw tag team champions in their recordtying fourth reign as a team. Again, the differences in how a hogan title reign and this first championship run of harts were handled was quite apparent. Punks 434 day reign again from a recent history length. Jerry lawler on 01, april 1989 as the master of pain lost to. Fuji then got on the microphone and said that yokozuna would challenge hogan right then and there for the title and after getting the okay from hart, hogan jumped into the ring for an impromptu match that saw the hulkster drop the big leg and get the 123, making him a fivetime wwe champion and putting yokozuna in the record books with the secondshortest title reign in history. Jun, 2018 brock lesnar recently beat cm punks record as reigning wwe champion, but how does his reign measure against these legends.

Ladders, and chairs match where benoit sustained a year long injury doing a. The roh world championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned by the ring of honor roh promotion. Edge is one of the most decorated champions in wwe history. List of longest matches in wwe history wrestling jat. Over the years, some of the biggest stars in professional wrestling history have competed to call themselves wwe champion. Klr has now held the prestigious championship for 400 days, extending her own record for the longest reign in. Wrestling title histories solies vintage wrestling. Kofi kingston 2nd longest reigning africanamerican world. Named after the tnt television network, which airs aews flagship program, dynamite, it was established on march 30, 2020. Impact wrestling took to twitter today, revealing that alexander and page have now held the tagteam titles for 381 days.

It came from a time when the lines were murky between different promotions. The benchmark remains the fabulous moolahs reign with the inaugural womens championship. Their third title reign only lasted one day, but the duo regained the tag team title. That marks the most days for any title in the companys history. Two wwe stars celebrating big title reign milestones. Gagne often played politics with his position as champion. Billy gunn is one of the longest reigning champions in wwe history, and he did it with three tag team partners. The championship was created and debuted on july 27, 2002, at rohs crowning a champion event. He has since gone on to become the only superstar to win the new japan pro wrestling iwgp us and wwe us title. He beat the iron sheik in 1984 and held the title until 1988.

The unbelievable history of the united states championship. As such, ax and smash are the longest reigning tag team champions in wwe history. Nov 08, 2017 backlund has the distinction of the second longest wwe championship title reign and the second longest time between being the champion. With as many titles as the legendary hitman held in wwe, its kind of. Cibernetico is mostly known for his brief time in wwf as part of a talent exchange between aaa and wwf in 1997. The champion with the single longest reign is bruno sammartino with a reign of 2,803. Tag titles mad trixz vs the coalition first time ever in pwf history doom will be defending the pwf heavyweight title vs sgt. Mid 2010 from mitb to the cashin and up until extreme rules 2011. Honky tonk man 454 days intercontinental champion 9. Come reign or shine is the 63rd episode of wwe total divas and the 5th in season five. The aew tnt championship is a professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by the american promotion all elite wrestling aew.

This book is as much about the changing tv business as it is the wrestling business and, at times, is a little too dry for my liking but its a decent read that explains how and why the pro wrestling. The north become longest reigning champions in impact. Sandy parker stands at the intersection of black and lgbtq. The new day retained the tag team titles through a pair of threeway matches. He won the iwc championship in 2000 from hector garza. Robert louis backlund is an american retired professional wrestler best known for his tenures in the wwe, where he is a twotime wwe champion and a member of the wwe hall of fame. Bret hart and his often overlooked first wwf title reign. Bobby lashley had huge success in the past decade, with his best years as part of impact wrestling. Hart, forever the professional, played his part and left wrestlemania 9. Wrestlings longest title reigns quiz by roaringelbow. Page 6 10 longest title reigns in wrestling history.

To this day it still holds the record for longest title reign for a major championship in puroresu at 735 days in the modern era. Oct 05, 2020 kay lee ray reaches historic milestone with nxt uk womens title reign. Kazuchika okada holds the record for the longest reign in the title s history at 720 days during his fourth reign, over which he successfully defended the title 12 times, more defenses than any other title holder. The wwe officially recognizes fabulous moolahs reign as womens. Meanwhile, alicia and rosa clash over their visions for rosas baby shower. His first reign of 2,803 days may 1963january 1971 is the longest single. Sammartino would retain the title for seven years, eight months and one day 2,803 days, until losing it to ivan koloff, making sammartinos reign the longest continuous world championship reign in mens wrestling history. Page 3 10 longest title reigns in wrestling history.

Wwe united states tag team championship claimed reign. Tharkas most of all first time ever its going to be a barbed wire glove match on a pole with the pwf heavyweight title on the line 7 big matches, 4 title matches. If you ask the scary queen of scots, shed tell you shes just getting started. The following list shows the longest world championship reigns in wwe history. In over 100 years of pro wrestling, there have been champions and then. Jun, 2018 note that these are not all the long title reigns, just the ones which are the most famous or influential. Wwe championship rematch announced for tonights raw. Hart and yokozuna, who happened to be the wwe tag team champions.