List of WWE Champions - Definition and Overview

List of WWE Champions

• 1st "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
• 2nd Bruno Sammartino (1st time)
• 3rd Ivan Koloff
• 4th Pedro Morales
• 5th Stan Stasiak
• 6th Bruno Sammartino (2nd time)
• 7th "Superstar" Billy Graham
• 8th Bob Backlund (1st time)
• 9th Antonio Inoki (commonly unrecognized)
• vacant (willingly forfeit)
• 10th Bob Backlund (2nd time, commonly seen as continuation of 1st)
• vacant (after a controversial match with Greg Valentine)
• 11th Bob Backlund (3rd time, commonly seen as continuation of 1st)
• 12th The Iron Sheik
• 13th Hulk Hogan (1st time)
• 14th Andre the Giant
• vacant (surrendered to Ted DiBiase but was not recognized)
• 15th "Macho Man" Randy Savage (1st time)
• 16th Hulk Hogan (2nd time)
• 17th The Ultimate Warrior
• 18th Sgt. Slaughter
• 19th Hulk Hogan (3rd time)
• 20th The Undertaker (1st time)
• 21st Hulk Hogan (4th time)
• vacant (after a controversial match with The Undertaker)
• 22nd "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (1st time)
• 23rd "Macho Man" Randy Savage (2nd time)
• 24th "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (2nd time)
• 25th Bret Hart (1st time)
• 26th Yokozuna (1st time)
• 27th Hulk Hogan (5th time)
• 28th Yokozuna (2nd time)
• 29th Bret Hart (2nd time)
• 30th Bob Backlund (4th time, commonly referred to as 2nd time)
• 31st Diesel
• 32nd Bret Hart (3rd time)
• 33rd "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels (1st time)
• 34th Sycho Sid (1st time)
• 35th "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels (2nd time)
• vacant (willingly forfeit)
• 36th Bret Hart (4th time)
• 37th Sycho Sid (2nd time)
• 38th The Undertaker (2nd time)
• 39th Bret Hart (5th time)
• 40th "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels (3rd time)
• 41st Stone Cold Steve Austin (1st time)
• 42nd Kane
• 43rd Stone Cold Steve Austin (2nd time)
• vacant (after a controversial match with The Undertaker and Kane)
• 44th The Rock (1st time)
• 45th Mankind (1st time)
• 46th The Rock (2nd time)
• 47th Mankind (2nd time)
• 48th The Rock (3rd time)
• 49th Stone Cold Steve Austin (3rd time)
• 50th The Undertaker (3rd time)
• 51st Stone Cold Steve Austin (4th time)
• 52nd Mankind (3rd time)
• 53rd Triple H (1st time)
• 54th Vince McMahon
• vacant (willingly forfeit)
• 56th Triple H (2nd time)
• 57th The Big Show (1st time)
• 58th Triple H (3rd time)
• 59th The Rock (4th time)
• 60th Triple H (4th time)
• 61st The Rock (5th time)
• 62nd Kurt Angle (1st time)
• 63rd The Rock (6th time)
• 64th Stone Cold Steve Austin (5th time)
• 65th Kurt Angle (2nd time)
• 66th Stone Cold Steve Austin (6th time)
• 67th "Y2J" Chris Jericho
• 68th Triple H (5th time)
• 69th Hulk Hogan (6th time)
• 70th The Undertaker (4th time)
• 71st The Rock (7th time)
• 72nd "The Next Big Thing" Brock Lesnar (1st time)
• 73rd The Big Show (2nd time)
• 74th Kurt Angle (3rd time)
• 75th "The Next Big Thing" Brock Lesnar (2nd time)
• 76th Kurt Angle (4th time)
• 77th "The Next Big Thing" Brock Lesnar (3rd time)
• 78th "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero (1st time)
• 79th John Bradshaw Layfield (1st time)

See also: WWE, WWE Championship, WWE Undisputed Championship, World_Heavyweight_Championship