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Bruce BostwickWWE Championship Title History - Page 2
May 19th 2008 12:48
WWE Championship Title History - Page 2
Page 1 of the WWE Championship Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | Days of Title Reign |
| Stone Cold Steve Austin (3) | The Rock | 03/28/99 | 56 |
| Wrestlemania XV | |||
| The Rock (3) | Mankind | 02/15/99 | 41 |
| Ladder Match on Raw. | |||
| Mankind (2) | The Rock | 01/26/99 | 20 |
| This match was aired on the special "Halftime Heat" during halftime at Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31, 1999. | |||
| The Rock (2) | Mankind | 01/24/99 | 2 |
| I Quit match at the Royal Rumble. | |||
| Mankind | The Rock | 12/29/98 | 26 |
| Aired on the January 2, 1999 episode of Raw. | |||
| The Rock | n/a | 11/15/98 | 44 |
| The Rock defeated Mankind in a tournament final for the title at Survivor Series PPV. | |||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin (2) | Kane | 06/29/98 | 90 |
| The title is vacated as of September 28, 1998, after a controversial ending to a triple threat match where both Kane and The Undertaker pinned Austin at the same time. Kane and The Undertaker had a match to determine the champion but the match was declared a no-contest. | |||
| Kane | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 06/28/98 | 1 |
| First Blood Match at King of the Ring PPV | |||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | Shawn Michaels | 03/29/98 | 91 |
| Wrestlemania XIV | |||
| Shawn Michaels (3) | Bret Hart | 11/09/97 | 140 |
| Survivor Series PPV "The Montreal Screwjob" | |||
| Bret Hart (5) | The Undertaker | 08/03/97 | 98 |
| SummerSlam PPV with Shawn Michaels as special guest referee. | |||
| The Undertaker (2) | Sid | 03/23/97 | 133 |
| Wrestlemania 13 | |||
| Sid (2) | Bret Hart | 02/17/97 | 34 |
| Raw the next night. | |||
| Bret Hart (4) | n/a | 02/16/97 | 1 |
| Shawn Michaels was forced to vacate the title due to a knee injury. In a four-way elimination match at he "In Your House: Final Four" PPV, Bret Hart outlasted Steve Austin, Vader, & The Undertaker to win the title. | |||
| Shawn Michaels (2) | Sid | 01/19/97 | 25 |
| Royal Rumble PPV | |||
| Sid | Shawn Michaels | 11/17/96 | 63 |
| Survivor Series PPV | |||
| Shawn Michaels | Bret Hart | 03/31/96 | 231 |
| 60-minute Iron Man match at Wrestlemania XII. At the end of the 60-minutes it was tied 0-0 and went into sudden death overtime. | |||
| Bret Hart (3) | Diesel | 11/19/95 | 133 |
| No-Disqualification match at Survivor Series | |||
| Diesel | Bob Backlund | 11/26/94 | 358 |
| Bob Backlund (2) | Bret Hart | 11/24/94 | 3 |
| "Throw In The Towel Match" at Survivor Series. | |||
| Bret Hart (2) | Yokozuna | 03/20/94 | 248 |
| Wrestlemania X | |||
| Yokozuna (2) | Hulk Hogan | 06/13/93 | 280 |
| King of the Ring PPV | |||
| Hulk Hogan (5) | Yokozuna | 04/04/93 | 70 |
| Wrestlemania IX | |||
| Yokozuna | Bret Hart | 04/04/93 | 2 minutes 37 seconds |
| Wrestlemania IX | |||
| Bret Hart | Ric Flair | 10/12/92 | 174 |
| Ric Flair (2) | Randy Savage | 09/01/92 | 41 |
| Randy Savage (2) | Ric Flair | 04/05/92 | 149 |
| Wrestlemania VIII | |||
| Ric Flair | n/a | 01/19/92 | 77 |
| Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble match and was awarded the vacated title. | |||
| Hulk Hogan (4) | The Undertaker | 12/03/91 | 1 |
| WWF President Jack Tunney was at ringside for the bout, but was knocked unconscious by the interfering Ric Flair. Undertaker's manager, Paul Bearer, also interfered by attempting to hit Hulk Hogan with his urn. Hogan ducked, and Bearer hit Undertaker instead. Hogan grabbed the urn, threw ashes in Undertaker's face, then pinned him. The following day, Tunney declared the title vacant, with a new champion to be determined at the January 19, 1992 Royal Rumble. | |||
| The Undertaker | Hulk Hogan | 11/27/91 | 6 |
| Survivor Series PPV | |||
| Hulk Hogan (3) | Sgt. Slaughter | 03/24/91 | 248 |
| Wrestlemania VII | |||
| Sgt. Slaughter | The Ultimate Warrior | 01/19/91 | 64 |
| Royal Rumble PPV | |||
| The Ultimate Warrior | Hulk Hogan | 04/01/90 | 293 |
| Title for title match at Wrestlemania VI | |||
| Hulk Hogan (2) | Randy Savage | 04/02/89 | 364 |
| Wrestlemania V | |||
| Randy Savage | n/a | 03/27/88 | 371 |
| This was a tournament final at Wrestlemania IV Savage defeated Ted DiBiase to win the title. | |||
| Andre the Giant | Hulk Hogan | 02/05/88 | 1 minute |
| Andre the Giant scored a controversial pinfall when Hulk Hogan lifted his shoulder at the two-count, but referee Earl Hebner (the twin brother of assigned referee Dave Hebner) continued the count. Andre then surrendered the belt to Ted DiBiase; WWF President Jack Tunney later ruled the transaction invalid, vacated the title, and ordered a tournament held for WrestleMania IV. | |||
| Hulk Hogan | The Iron Sheik | 01/23/84 | 1,474 |
| The Iron Sheik | Bob Backlund | 12/26/83 | 28 |
| Bob Backlund | Antonio Inoki | 12/06/79 | See below |
| Antonio Inoki | Bob Backlund | 11/30/79 | 6 |
| Bob Backlund | Superstar Billy Graham | 02/20/78 | 2,135 |
| Bob Backlund's reign as WWF champion is listed by the WWE as never being interrupted. They did not recognize Inoki's reign. | |||
| Superstar Billy Graham | Bruno Sammartino | 04/30/77 | 296 |
| Bruno Sammartino (2) | Stan Stasiak | 12/10/73 | 1,237 |
| Becomes first two-time champion. | |||
| Stan Stasiak | Pedro Morales | 12/01/73 | 9 |
| Pedro Morales | Ivan Koloff | 02/08/71 | 1,027 |
| Ivan Koloff | Bruno Sammartino | 01/18/71 | 21 |
| Bruno Sammartino | Buddy Rogers | 05/17/63 | 2,803 |
| Longest title reign in history. | |||
| Buddy Rogers | n/a | 04/29/63 | 18 |
| Buddy Rogers won a tournament in April of 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to become the first WWWF champion; he defeated Antonino Rocca in the final. | |||
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