10 WWE Superstars with the longest gaps between title reigns

#8 Bret Hart - 12 Years and 6 Months

Still the best there was, all those years later

Perhaps still the most controversial exit from the company in WWE history, Bret Hart was famously made to lose the WWE Championship in his final match at Survivor Series 1997, before leaving for WCW.

After just over 12 long years, Bret Hart finally returned to WWE in January 2010, to put the past behind him and participate in an angle with Vince McMahon. Ever since, Hart has made sporadic appearances for WWE, perhaps most notably on the May 17 2010 episode of RAW from Toronto, Canada.

Hart was challenged by then WWE United States Champion The Miz to a Championship match, and amazingly, Hart would defeat The A-Lister for the title, with help from the Hart Dynasty. Hart vacated the Championship the following week.

In between Bret Hart's 12 year + WWE Championship drought, he would become a two-time WCW World Champion, four-time WCW United States Champion and a WCW Tag Team Champion.