5 Youngest WWE Champions in history

3. Yokozuna

Yokozuna’s WrestleMania win was very short-lived

Yokozuna won the WWF Championship from Bret Hart at WrestleMania IX in 1993 following a path of destruction he would left in his wake. Yokozuna barreled through the roster, leading him to a win in the 1993 Royal Rumble, and thus earning a Championship match at WrestleMania. It was short-lived as Hulk Hogan would come to Hart’s aid and win the Championship himself just minutes later.

Regardless, Yokozuna’s win made him the second youngest WWF Champion at twenty-six years, six months, and two days old. The Rock would miss this record by one day and that was how extremely close in age the wrestlers were when the captured the top prize.