List of WWE Championship reigns: Part 1

This is an interesting list concerning the WWE Championship reigns. So far, there have been 42 champions so far.

The first champion was Buddy Rogers, who won the championship in 1963. The current champion is CM Punk, who is in his second reign. Overall, there have been 43 different official champions, with John Cena having the most reigns at ten.

Here is the list of the 12 champions who had the oppurtunity to hold the title for the least number of days.

Rank	Wrestler	# of Reigns	Combined Days
42	Andre the Giant	1	<1
41	Rey Mysterio	1	<1
40	Kane	1	1
39	Vince McMahon	1	6
38	Ivan Koloff	1	21
37	Rob van Dam	1	22
36	Buddy Rogers	1	22
35	Iron Sheik	1	28
34	Batista	2	37
33	Jeff Hardy	1	42
32	Mankind	3	47
31	Sgt. Slaughter	1	64
30	Big Show	2	78

It is really disappointing to see the likes of Batista, Big Show, Kane here. But it’s true, WWE championship is not that easy to keep. Now we know what kind of work CM Punk has to put in to keep hold of his title. So we should better show him some respect, eh?