10 WWE Superstars with the longest gaps between title reigns

#5 Shane McMahon - 18 Years and 5 Months

Here comes the gold

Many fans remember Shane McMahon defeating X Pac in 1999 to become the WWE European Champion and holding the gold for a few months. What many often forget, is the dare devils brief stint as WWE Hardcore Champion in 2000.

Shane O'Mac defeated Steve Blackman for the Hardcore Championship in August of that year, with help from Test, Albert, and Edge and Christian. He would hold the title for a couple weeks before losing it back to Blackman at SummerSlam, falling 50 feet off the stage in one of his signature stunts. After leaving WWE in 2009, not many people expected to see him ever return to WWE TV, let alone win another Championship, but that is exactly what would happen.

On the request of The Miz, he and Shane formed a tag team in late 2018, and would become the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions at the 2019 Royal Rumble, defeating The Bar. The title win came over 18 years after McMahon lost the WWE Hardcore Championship. They held the titles for a month before losing them to The Usos at the Elimination Chamber event.