This is the fictional history of the WWF Title as it relates to the holodeck program of Worf, Wesley, Will Riker, and Tom Riker. This compilation includes the WWF/E Title as well as the World Title as defended on WWE TV from 2002-2013, the WWE Universal Title defended on Raw starting in Aug 2016 and the WCW title defended on WWF TV after March 2001. Some reigns are not counted due to the belt being hotshotted the same night. On Feb 19 Brock Lesnar won the WWE World Title and on Aug 30,2020 Roman Reigns won the WWE Universal Title and the two titles were unified at Wrestlemania 38. On April 24, 2023 Seth Rollins won a tournament to crown a new world champpion. For gaming purposes Roman Reigns is the WWF Champion. Sixty nine men have won the WWF/E title with John Cena holds the record with 14 reigns and Bruno Sammartino holds the record for most cumulative days as champion and the longest individual reign.
WWF Title
Date | Champion | Days Held | Event | Notes |
Roman Reigns(5) | 830 | Defacto Champion when program started | ||
4/3/66 | Worf | 169 | Wrestlemania | won Royal Rumble |
9/19/66 | Triple H(12) | 265 | Raw | 6 man elimination match involving HBK, Mr Ass, Roaddogg and X-Pac |
5/28/67 | Jinder Mahal(2) | 56 | Over the Limit | |
7/23/67 | Goldberg(4) | 126 | Fully Loaded | |
11/26/67 | Edge(10) | 126 | Survivor Series | Elimination Chamber Match involving Kofi, Punk, Christian & DDP |
3/31/68 | Shawn Michaels(5) | 175 | Wrestlemania | won Royal Rumble; triple threat match involving Bret Hart |
9/22/68 | Kevin Steen(2) | 189 | Unforgiven | |
3/30/69 | Shelton Benjamin | 460 | Wrestlemania | won Royal Rumble |
7/4/70 | Brock Lesnar(11) | 212 | Beast in the East | |
2/1/71 | Ric Flair(3) | 71 | Raw | |
4/4/71 | Finn Balor | 413 | Wrestlemania | won Royal Rumble |
5/21/72 | Chris Jericho(6) | 252 | Slamboree | |
1/28/73 | Seth Rollins(5) | 73 | Royal Rumble | triple threat match involving AJ Styles |
4/1/73 | Billy Gunn | 182 | Wrestlemania | won Royal Rumble |
9/30/73 | Jack Swagger(2) | 119 | Unforgiven | |
1/27/74 | Diesel(2) | 210 | Royal Rumble | |
8/25/74 | Christian(3) | 217 | Summer Slam | |
3/30/75 | Owen Hart | 210 | Wrestlemania | won Royal Rumble |
10/26/75 | Sheamus(5) | 32 | Halloweed Havoc | |
11/27/75 | Walter | 388 | Clash of the Champions LXXI | |
12/19/76 | Mankind(4) | 70 | Starrcade | |
2/27/77 | Damian Priest | 154 | No Way Out | |
8/28/77 | Rock(11) | 91 | Summer Slam | |
11/27/77 | Drew McIntyre(3) | 126 | Survivor Series | elimination chamber involving Cesaro, Henry, Zayn & Hassan |
4/2/78 | Razor Ramon | 175 | Wrestlemania | won Royal Rumble |
9/24/78 | Roman Reigns(6) | 498+ | Unforgiven |
Longest Individual Reign
Rank | Wrestler | Length |
#1 | Bruno Sammartino | 2803 |
#2 | Bob Backlund | 2135 |
#3 | Hulk Hogan | 1474 |
#4 | Bruno Sammartino | 1237 |
#5 | Roman Reigns | 1179+ |
Combined Reigns
Rank | Wrestler | Reigns | Length |
#1 | Bruno Sammartino | 2 | 4040 |
#2 | Roman Reigns | 6 | 2675++ |
#3 | Hulk Hogan | 5 | 2184 |
#4 | Bob Backlund | 2 | 2138 |
#5 | Brock Lesnar | 11 | 1747 |
#6 | Triple H | 12 | 1536 |
#7 | John Cena | 14 | 1388 |
#8 | Pedro Morales | 1 | 1027 |
#9 | Randy Orton | 9 | 860 |
#10 | Bret Hart | 5 | 738 |
#11 | Edge | 10 | 674 |
#12 | Seth Rollins | 5 | 652+ |
#13 | CM Punk | 5 | 622 |
#14 | Shawn Michaels | 5 | 599 |
#15 | Diesel | 2 | 568 |
#16 | Rock | 11 | 566 |
#17 | Batista | 5 | 545 |
#18 | Randy Savage | 2 | 533 |
#19 | Steve Austin | 6 | 529 |
#20 | AJ Styles | 2 | 511 |
#21 | Undertaker | 7 | 481 |
#22 | Chris Jericho | 6 | 474 |
#23 | Shelton Benjamin | 1 | 460 |
#24 | Drew McIntyre | 3 | 426 |
#25 | Sheamus | 5 | 425 |
#26 | Finn Balor | 1 | 413 |
#27 | Walter | 1 | 388 |
#28 | Kurt Angle | 6 | 381 |
#29 | Kevin Steen | 2 | 377 |
#30 | Bryan Danielson | 3 | 315 |
#31 | Alberto Del Rio | 4 | 307 |
#32 | Billy Graham | 1 | 296 |
#33 | Ultimate Warrior | 1 | 293 |
#34 | John Bradshaw Layfield | 1 | 280 |
#34 | Yokozuna | 1 | 280 |
#36 | Goldberg | 4 | 275 |
#37 | Booker T/King Booker | 3 | 268 |
#38 | Christian | 3 | 247 |
#39 | Jinder Mahal | 2 | 226 |
#40 | Bobby Lashley | 2 | 217 |
#41 | Owen Hart | 1 | 210 |
#42 | Jack Swagger | 2 | 198 |
#43 | Billy Gunn | 1 | 182 |
#44 | Kofi Kingston | 1 | 180 |
#45 | Ric Flair | 3 | 176 |
#46 | Bray Wyatt | 3 | 175 |
#46 | Razor Ramon | 1 | 175 |
#48 | Miz | 2 | 168 |
#49 | Kane | 2 | 155 |
#50 | Chris Benoit | 1 | 154 |
#51 | Big Show | 3 | 150 |
#52 | Worf | 1 | 147 |
#53 | Braun Strowman | 1 | 141 |
#54 | Grave Pisser | 2 | 140 |
#55 | Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 133 |
#56 | Big E | 1 | 110 |
#57 | Mankind | 4 | 106 |
#58 | Sycho Sid | 2 | 97 |
#59 | Mark Henry | 1 | 91 |
#60 | Dean Ambrose | 1 | 84 |
#61 | Jeff Hardy | 2 | 70 |
#62 | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 69 |
#63 | Sergeant Slaughter | 1 | 64 |
#64 | Great Khali | 1 | 61 |
#65 | Iron Shiek | 1 | 28 |
#66 | Buddy Rogers | 1 | 22 |
#66 | Rob Van Dam | 1 | 22 |
#68 | Ivan Koloff | 1 | 21 |
#69 | Stan Stasiak | 1 | 9 |