Top 10 Longest World Championship Reigns In WWE History
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 ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.