10 WWE records that were broken in 2019

Modified Dec 02, 2019 07:08 GMT

#8 Brock Lesnar wins the WWE title for the 2nd time on SmackDown

Brock Lesnar celebrates his WWE title win, after defeating Kofi Kingston in a matter of seconds

The 20+ year history of SmackDown has seen four WWE Champions being crowned on the show. On the FOX premiere episode of WWE SmackDown Live this October, Brock Lesnar squashed Kofi Kingston to win the WWE title.

The last time he did the same was in 2003 against Kurt Angle. The only three men besides Lesnar who have won the WWE title on SmackDown are Vince McMahon, AJ Styles, and Daniel Bryan.

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Superstars who won the @WWE Championship on #SmackDown:- @VinceMcMahon, 1999- @BrockLesnar, 2003- @AJStylesOrg, 2017- @WWEDanielBryan, 2018- @BrockLesnar, 2019@HeymanHustle's client is now the only Superstar to win the #WWEChampionship TWICE on SmackDown.
— WWE Stats & Info (@WWEStats) October 5, 2019

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#7 A 51-Man Battle Royal

Last year's Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia saw 50 WWE Superstars battling it out for a prestigious green Championship belt, with Braun Strowman winning the free-for-all in the end.

WWE outdid itself this year, and we saw a 51-Man Battle Royal at WWE Super ShowDown 2019, with NXT Superstar Mansoor winning the match by eliminating Elias. Thus, WWE broke its own record of the most number of participants in a match at Super ShowDown.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram