Champion
Defeated Reign Date
Buddy
Rogers Antonio Rocca n/a
4/63
Bruno Sammartino Buddy Rogers 2,803 days 5/17/63
Ivan
Koloff Bruno Sammartino 71 days 1/18/71
Pedro
Morales Ivan Koloff 1,027 days 2/8/71
Stan
Stasiak Pedro Morales 9 days 12/1/73
Bruno
Sammartino Stan Stasiak 1,237 days 12/10/73
Billy Graham
Bruno Sammartino 296 days 4/30/77
Bob Backlund Billy
Graham 2,135 days 2/20/78
Iron Sheik
Bob Backlund 28 days 12/26/83
Hulk Hogan
Iron Sheik 1,474 1/23/84
Andre
The Giant Hulk Hogan 0 days 2/5/88
Randy Savage Ted Dibiase 371 days
3/27/88
Hulk Hogan Randy Savage 364 days
4/2/89
Ultimate Warrior Hulk Hogan 293 days
4/1/90
Sgt. Slaughter Ultimate Warrior 64 days 1/19/91
Hulk
Hogan Sgt. Slaughter 248 days 3/24/91
Undertaker
Hulk Hogan 6 days 11/27/91
Hulk
Hogan Undertaker 1 day
12/3/91
Ric Flair n/a
77 days 1/19/92
Randy Savage Ric Flair
149 days 4/5/92
Ric Flair Randy Savage
41 days 9/1/92
Bret Hart Ric Flair
174 days 10/12/92
Yokozuna Bret
Hart 0 days 4/4/93
Hulk
Hogan Yokozuna 70 days
4/4/93
Yokozuna Hulk Hogan
280 days 6/13/93
Bret Hart Yokozuna
248 days 3/20/94
Bob Backlund Bret Hart
3 days 11/23/94
Diesel
Bob Backlund 358 days 11/26/94
Bret Hart
Diesel 133 days 11/19/95
Shawn
Michaels Bret Hart 231 days 3/31/96
Sid
Shawn Michaels 63 days 11/17/96
Shawn Michaels
Sid 25 days
1/19/97
Bret Hart n/a
1 day 2/16/97
Sid
Bret Hart 34 days 2/17/97
Undertaker
Sid 133 days
3/23/97
Bret Hart Undertaker
98 days 8/3/97
Shawn Michaels Bret Hart
140 days 11/9/97
Steve Austin Shawn Michaels
91 days 3/29/98
Kane
Steve Austin 1 day 6/28/98
Steve
Austin Kane 90 days
6/29/98
The Rock Mankind 50
days 11/15/98
Mankind
The Rock 20 days 1/4/99
The
Rock Mankind 7
days 1/24/99
Mankind
The Rock 15 days 1/31/99
The
Rock Mankind 41
days 2/15/99
Steve Austin The Rock
56 days 3/28/99
Undertaker Steve Austin
36 days 5/23/99
Steve Austin Undertaker
55 days 6/28/99
Mankind
Steve Austin 1 day 8/22/99
Triple
H Mankind 22 days
8/23/99
Vince McMahon Triple H 6 days
9/14/99
Triple H n/a
49 days 9/26/99
Big Show
Triple H 50 days 11/14/99
Triple
H Big Show 118 days
1/3/00
The Rock Triple H
21 days 4/30/00
Triple H
The Rock 35 days 5/21/00
The
Rock Triple H 119 days
6/25/00
Kurt Angle The Rock
126 days 10/22/00
The Rock Kurt
Angle 35 days 2/25/01
Steve Austin
The Rock 175 days 4/1/01
Kurt
Angle Steve Austin 15 days
9/23/01
Steve Austin Kurt Angle 62 days
10/8/01
Chris Jericho Steve Austin 98 days
12/9/01
Triple H Chris Jericho 35 days
3/17/02
Hulk Hogan Triple H
28 days 4/21/02
Undertaker Hulk
Hogan 63 days 5/19/02
The Rock
Undertaker 35 days 7/21/02
Brock
Lesnar The Rock 84 days
8/25/02
Big Show Brock Lesnar 28
days 11/17/02
Kurt Angle Big Show
104 days 12/15/02
Brock Lesnar Kurt Angle
119 days 3/30/03
Kurt Angle Brock Lesnar
51 days 7/27/03
Brock Lesnar Kurt Angle 152
days 9/16/03
Eddie Guerrero Brock Lesnar 133
days 2/15/04
JBL Eddie
Guerrero 280 days 6/27/04
John Cena JBL
Current 4/3/05
