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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Feb 17, 2022 22:41:20 GMT -5
I've decided to compile this list to see between all companies and all world titles who has spent the most time as a World champion.
The Belts being considered are the following:
WWE Title, World Heavyweight Title, WWE Universal Title, WCW World Title, NWA World Title, AWA World Title, TNA/Impact World Championship, IWGP Heavyweight/World Heavyweight Championship, AEW World Championship.
1: Verne Gagne: 4,677 Days (AWA World Champion)
2: Bruno Sammartino: 4,040 Days (WWF Champion)
3: Lou Thesz: 3,749 Days (NWA World Championship)
4: Ric Flair: 3,739 Days (NWA World Champion: 3,116 Days. WCW Champion: 505 Days. WWF Champion 118 Days)
5: Hulk Hogan: 3,365 Days (WWF/E Champion: 2,188 Days. WCW Champion: 1177 Days.)
6: Nick Bockwinkel: 2,990 (AWA World Champion)
7: Bob Backlund: 2,138 (WWF Champion)
8: Kazuchika Okada: 2,025 Days (IWGP Heavyweight/World Champion)
9: Harley Race: 1,801 Days (NWA World Champion)
10: Brock Lesnar: 1,794 Days (WWE Champion: 828 Days. IWGP Champion: 280 Days WWE Universal Champion: 686 Days.)
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 18, 2022 7:32:57 GMT -5
Jesus Christ, Verne.
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Post by clifford on Feb 18, 2022 8:22:26 GMT -5
I'm surprised Flair beats out Hogan, actually.
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Post by tafkaga on Feb 18, 2022 10:27:28 GMT -5
Missing Verne's stats as Nursing Home World Champion.
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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 18, 2022 11:43:50 GMT -5
Missing Verne's stats as Nursing Home World Champion. I hear he was a death match champion there. Too soon? |
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Post by salz4life on Feb 18, 2022 15:16:32 GMT -5
Of course Verne is the leader...
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Feb 18, 2022 20:02:19 GMT -5
I'm surprised Flair beats out Hogan, actually. Ric Flair's first 3 NWA title runs already exceed Hulk Hogan's 4 year WWF title reign. This is then followed by 3 title reigns each of which extended past 400 days as champion. In the end Ric Flair won largely by volume. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 18, 2022 20:19:00 GMT -5
To put Verne's into perspective, if I am doing the math right, he was champion for well over 12 years, combined. I know AWA's problems were myriad, but good lord.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Feb 18, 2022 20:39:32 GMT -5
To put Verne's into perspective, if I am doing the math right, he was champion for well over 12 years, combined. I know AWA's problems were myriad, but good lord. He was a 10 time champion, the longest of his reigns lasted 2625 days or 7.2 years, and his last reign ended after he retired while still the champ and the title was simply awarded to previous champion Nick Bockwinkel. So in short he had the most reigns, the most cumulative days as champion, and the longest individual reign, and then couldn't even be bothered to put over the new top star on the way out. It's one thing to book yourself as champion, but it takes a special kind of arrogance to book yourself as the Greatest of All Time in your own promotion. |
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Post by ChitownKnight on Feb 18, 2022 21:03:50 GMT -5
It both shocking and saddening to me that Brock has more days as champ
Than Cena
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Post by bob on Feb 18, 2022 21:24:01 GMT -5
I'm surprised Roman and Cena aren't on the list
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 18, 2022 21:41:59 GMT -5
To put Verne's into perspective, if I am doing the math right, he was champion for well over 12 years, combined. I know AWA's problems were myriad, but good lord. He was a 10 time champion, the longest of his reigns lasted 2625 days or 7.2 years, and his last reign ended after he retired while still the champ and the title was simply awarded to previous champion Nick Bockwinkel. So in short he had the most reigns, the most cumulative days as champion, and the longest individual reign, and then couldn't even be bothered to put over the new top star on the way out. It's one thing to book yourself as champion, but it takes a special kind of arrogance to book yourself as the Greatest of All Time in your own promotion. Right, like it makes sense for someone to book themselves as a top star in so far as, well, it's not like you're ever going to hold yourself up for money, etc, right? But THE top star, for that long, it does really paint a certain picture of the man. |
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Feb 18, 2022 21:43:52 GMT -5
I'm surprised Roman and Cena aren't on the list Cena's cumulative days are 1,325(1,171 as WWE Champion & 154 days as World Heavyweight Champion) Roman's cumulative days are currently 721+ days(119 days as WWE Champion & 602+ days as Universal Champion) |
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 19, 2022 1:20:00 GMT -5
It's worth noting Bruno probably could have met Verne's score if he wanted to. He was getting exhausted and was happy for Pedro Morales to get the title, only to be burdened again with the title when the elder McMahon wanted to cater to the Italian fans again instead of the Puerto Rican audience Morales obviously was big with. Had Bruno wanted to hold on longer, I don't think McMahon would have favored Bob Backlund over him, at least not right away, so he probably could have milked another couple of years until Vince would have taken over and likely would have wanted to install his own guy, most likely Hogan still. Bruno didn't likely need the money or ego boost, though, not enough to put up with the grind.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Feb 19, 2022 13:41:59 GMT -5
It both shocking and saddening to me that Brock has more days as champ Than Cena Honestly, I'm more shocked that he's in the top 10 than I am about that. Cena had a lot of runs with the world title, but almost all of them were short. Aside from his first title run and his 2006-2007 run none of his title reigns lasted longer than 133 days. Lesnar meanwhile had more consistently long runs although they were far fewer in number. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 22, 2022 7:56:10 GMT -5
I wonder a bit on who, out of current wrestlers, have any chance of breaking into the top 10 if not already in it. I'm guessing few if any.
Also, had you counted AJPW's Triple Crown Championship for one, Misawa would have definitely bumped Lesnar off of the list. Naturally, I understand you have got to limit your scope somewhere, so not complaining, just pointing it out.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Feb 22, 2022 15:21:14 GMT -5
I wonder a bit on who, out of current wrestlers, have any chance of breaking into the top 10 if not already in it. I'm guessing few if any. Also, had you counted AJPW's Triple Crown Championship for one, Misawa would have definitely bumped Lesnar off of the list. Naturally, I understand you have got to limit your scope somewhere, so not complaining, just pointing it out. Roman would still need 1,000+ days as champion to make it, which is theoretically possible depending on when he retires. Tanahashi would need another 400 days, which I just don't see happening. Beyond them nobody comes to mind. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2022 15:27:22 GMT -5
To put Verne's into perspective, if I am doing the math right, he was champion for well over 12 years, combined. I know AWA's problems were myriad, but good lord. He was a 10 time champion, the longest of his reigns lasted 2625 days or 7.2 years, and his last reign ended after he retired while still the champ and the title was simply awarded to previous champion Nick Bockwinkel. So in short he had the most reigns, the most cumulative days as champion, and the longest individual reign, and then couldn't even be bothered to put over the new top star on the way out. It's one thing to book yourself as champion, but it takes a special kind of arrogance to book yourself as the Greatest of All Time in your own promotion. Honestly, how would you rank the territory promoters in terms of "biggest egos"? Fritz would be #1 to me, but Verne is a close #2 |
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Feb 22, 2022 16:14:19 GMT -5
He was a 10 time champion, the longest of his reigns lasted 2625 days or 7.2 years, and his last reign ended after he retired while still the champ and the title was simply awarded to previous champion Nick Bockwinkel. So in short he had the most reigns, the most cumulative days as champion, and the longest individual reign, and then couldn't even be bothered to put over the new top star on the way out. It's one thing to book yourself as champion, but it takes a special kind of arrogance to book yourself as the Greatest of All Time in your own promotion. Honestly, how would you rank the territory promoters in terms of "biggest egos"? Fritz would be #1 to me, but Verne is a close #2 Don't know enough abut them I'm afraid. The only one I know much about is Giant Baba in Japan back in the 70s, who was noted as being one of the most honest, forthcoming, and generous promoters there ever was. The Original Sheik has a claim to it I would think. |
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Post by genericusername on Feb 24, 2022 8:49:25 GMT -5
Verne Gagne being on top of the list surprised me, I thought it would either be Bruno or Lou Thesz.
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