10 Best WWE Champions in History

#6 The Rock

The Rock: Captured eight WWE Championships

The Rock was destined for wrestling superstardom ever since a young age, given his father Rocky Johnson was a former WWE Tag Team Champion and his grandfather, one of the most feared wrestlers of all time, "High Chief" Peter Maivia.

The Rock surpassed both of their achievements and then some.

Just two years after his WWE debut, The Rock reached the summit of the business and became WWE Champion when he won a one-night tournament at Survivor Series 1998 with a little help from Vince and Shane McMahon to become a Corporate Champion.

The Rock was a three-time WWE Champion before he turned 27, winning thrilling bouts versus Mankind in a brutal I Quit Match at Royal Rumble 1999 to win his second strap and a Ladder Match on Raw to win title number three.

After dropping the WWE Championship to Stone Cold in the main event of Wrestlemania XV, Rock had to wait a year before he would reclaim the belt, ironically with assistance from Stone Cold in the thrilling headliner of Backlash 2000 versus Triple H. Backlash 2000 was then the highest drawing non-Wrestlemania pay per view in WWE history pulling an incredible 675,000 orders.

Rock's ability to draw huge numbers put him on a par with his great rival, Stone Cold and his title bouts at Judgment Day 2000 (420,000 orders), King of the Ring 2000 (475,000 orders), Fully Loaded 2000 (420,000 orders), Summerslam 2000 (570,000 orders), Unforgiven 2000 (605,000 orders) and No Mercy 2000 (550,000 orders) were all incredible financial successes.

Although Rock's longest reign, his fifth, only lasted 119 days, his success during the period he reigned as champion, merit his position on this list.

His sixth title victory over Kurt Angle at No Way Out 2001 pulled a whopping 590,000 buy rate and his unsuccessful title defence versus Stone Cold Steve Austin at Wrestlemania X-7 pulled a then-record 1.1 million orders.

Rock's heavily hyped return to the WWE Championship picture at Royal Rumble 2013, almost 12 years since his last title reign earned 498,000 buys, the highest number for the 'Rumble event since 2008.

The Rock's electrifying charisma did huge business for WWE and his reigns yielded tons of excitement and thrilling matches.

Despite the brevity of his title runs, Rock is unquestionably one of the greatest WWE Champions of all time.