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WWE has recently presented with a rundown of every single WWE Champion through its 58-year history. The most prestigious belt in the history of sports entertainment started its linage with Buddy Rogers and it is currently held by Bobby Lashley on Monday Night Raw. He is slated for the next title defense against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania Backlash PPV on May 16.

Every WWE Champion In History & Top 20 Title Changes From Last Decade 1

That being said, check out the number of superstars who had the honor of holding WWE Championships during their career,

Buddy Rogers – Bruno Sammartino – Ivan Koloff – Pedro Morales –
Stan Stasiak – Superstar Billy Graham – Bob Backlund – Antonio Inoki –
The Iron Sheik – Hulk Hogan – André the Giant – Ted DiBiase Sr. – Randy
Savage – The Ultimate Warrior – Sgt. Slaughter – The Undertaker – Ric
Flair – Bret Hart – Yokozuna – Diesel – Shawn Michaels – Sycho Sid –
Stone Cold Steve Austin – Kane – The Rock – Mankind – Triple H – Mr.
McMahon – Big Show – Kurt Angle – Chris Jericho – Brock Lesnar –
Eddie Guerrero – John Bradshaw Layfield – John Cena – Edge – Rob Van
Dam – Randy Orton – Jeff Hardy – Batista – Sheamus – The Miz – CM
Punk – Rey Mysterio – Alberto Del Rio – Daniel Bryan – Seth Rollins –
Roman Reigns – Dean Ambrose – AJ Styles – Bray Wyatt – Jinder Mahal
– Kofi Kingston – Drew McIntyre – Bobby Lashley

Overall, 55 Superstars held the WWE Championship while on 12 separate occasions the title remained in a vacant state.

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Top 20 WWE Championship changes from last decade

WWE has also recently published a list of top 20 WWE Championship changes in the history of the company from the last decade. The top three on the list have been picked as Daniel Bryan (WrestleMania 30), Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 31), and at number one, Kofi Kingston (WrestleMania 35).

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The full list of changes, at a glance, is given below alongside the video posted on the WWE YouTube channel,

20. Brock Lesnar defeats John Cena at SummerSlam 2014
19. Bray Wyatt wins the Elimination Chamber match to take the title off defending champion John Cena at Elimination Chamber 2017
18. Rey Mysterio defeats The Miz on Raw, July 25, 2011 episode
17. Drew McIntyre defeats Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36
16. Daniel Bryan defeats AJ Styles on SmackDown, November 13, 2018 episode
15. Randy Orton defeats Drew McIntyre at Hell in a Cell 2020
14. AJ Styles defeats Jinder Mahal on SmackDown, November 7, 2017 episode
13. Bobby Lashley defeats The Miz on Raw, March 1, 2021 episode
12. Roman Reigns defeats Dean Ambrose at Survivor Series 2015
11. CM Punk defeats John Cena at Money in the Bank 2011
10. Drew McIntyre defeats Randy Orton on Raw, November 16, 2020 episode
9. Sheamus defeats Roman Reigns at Survivor Series 2015
8. Brock Lesnar defeats Kofi Kingston on SmackDown, October 4, 2019 episode
7. Triple H wins the Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 2016
6. Jinder Mahal defeats Randy Orton at Backlash 2017
5. The Rock defeats CM Punk at Royal Rumble 2013
4. John Cena defeats AJ Styles at Royal Rumble 2017
3. Daniel Bryan defeats Randy Orton and Batista at WrestleMania 30
2. Seth Rollins defeats Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 31
1. Kofi Kingston defeats Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35

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Arindam Pal

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