Top 10 Longest World Championship Reigns In WWE History

Views: 55 | 27 Dec 2022 03:51:17 pm IST | By Jitu Jangir

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Here is the full list of the ten longest world championship reigns in WWE history.

Bruno Sammartino tops the list who held the WWE Championship (During this reign, the title was known as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship) for 2,803 days. Plush, Hulk Hogan, Pedro Morales, Roman Reigns, Bob Backlund, Brock Lesnar, Hulk Hogan, CM Punk and Shane Douglas are also seen in the list.

Check out the full list below in the table:

Longest World Championship Reigns In WWE History

No.	Champion	Title	Reign	Length (days)	Notes
1	Bruno Sammartino	WWE Championship	1	2,803	During this reign, the title was known as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship.
2	Hulk Hogan	WWE Championship	1	1,474	During this reign, the title was known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
3	Bruno Sammartino	WWE Championship	2	1,237	During this reign, the title was known as the WWWF Heavyweight Championship.
4	Pedro Morales	WWE Championship	1	1,027	During this reign, the title was known as the WWWF Heavyweight Championship.
5	Roman Reigns	WWE Universal Championship	2	849+	This reign is ongoing.
6	Bob Backlund	WWE Championship	1	648	Backlund first won the title as the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. During this reign, it was renamed to WWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF was renamed to WWF. WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 2,135 days as they do not recognize Antonio Inoki's reign or the subsequent vacations of the title that followed, and thus recognize this period as one continuous reign for Backlund.
7	Brock Lesnar	WWE Universal Championship	1	504	WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 504 days.
8	Hulk Hogan	WCW World Heavyweight Championship	1	469
9	CM Punk	WWE Championship	2	434
10	Shane Douglas	ECW World Heavyweight Championship	4	406