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Undisputed WWE Championship

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Current champion

Sami Zayn

Since 11 Sep 2026 · reign 158 since 1 Apr 1963

17days and counting

Lineage

Every reign to scale; gaps are vacancies.

Longest reigns

Bruno Sammartino 19632,803

Hulk Hogan 19841,474

Bob Backlund 19791,470

Bruno Sammartino 19731,237

Pedro Morales 19711,027

Roman Reigns 2022735

Bob Backlund 1978648

CM Punk 2011434

Every reign

#	Champion	Won	Ended	Days	How it ended
158	Sami Zayn	11 Sep 2026		17	current
157	CM Punk	6 Jul 2026	11 Sep 2026	67	Match
156	Sami Zayn	27 Jun 2026	6 Jul 2026	9	Match
155	Cody Rhodes	6 Mar 2026	27 Jun 2026	113	Match
154	Drew McIntyre	9 Jan 2026	6 Mar 2026	56	Match
153	Cody Rhodes	3 Aug 2025	9 Jan 2026	159	Match
152	John Cena	20 Apr 2025	3 Aug 2025	105	Match
151	Cody Rhodes	7 Apr 2024	20 Apr 2025	378	Match
150	Roman Reigns	3 Apr 2022	7 Apr 2024	735	Match
149	Brock Lesnar	19 Feb 2022	3 Apr 2022	43	Match
148	Bobby Lashley	29 Jan 2022	19 Feb 2022	21	Match
147	Brock Lesnar	1 Jan 2022	29 Jan 2022	28	Match
146	Big E	13 Sep 2021	1 Jan 2022	110	Match
145	Bobby Lashley	1 Mar 2021	13 Sep 2021	196	Match
144	The Miz	21 Feb 2021	1 Mar 2021	8	Match
143	Drew McIntyre	16 Nov 2020	21 Feb 2021	97	Match
142	Randy Orton	25 Oct 2020	16 Nov 2020	22	Match
141	Drew McIntyre	25 Mar 2020	25 Oct 2020	214	Match
140	Brock Lesnar	4 Oct 2019	25 Mar 2020	173	Match
139	Kofi Kingston	7 Apr 2019	4 Oct 2019	180	Match
138	Daniel Bryan	13 Nov 2018	7 Apr 2019	145	Match
137	AJ Styles	7 Nov 2017	13 Nov 2018	371	Match
136	Jinder Mahal	21 May 2017	7 Nov 2017	170	Match
135	Randy Orton	2 Apr 2017	21 May 2017	49	Match
134	Bray Wyatt	12 Feb 2017	2 Apr 2017	49	Match
133	John Cena	29 Jan 2017	12 Feb 2017	14	Match
132	AJ Styles	11 Sep 2016	29 Jan 2017	140	Match
131	Dean Ambrose	19 Jun 2016	11 Sep 2016	84	Match
130	Seth Rollins	19 Jun 2016	19 Jun 2016	0	Match
129	Roman Reigns	3 Apr 2016	19 Jun 2016	77	Match
128	Triple H	24 Jan 2016	3 Apr 2016	70	Match
127	Roman Reigns	14 Dec 2015	24 Jan 2016	41	Match
126	Sheamus	22 Nov 2015	14 Dec 2015	22	Match
125	Roman Reigns	22 Nov 2015	22 Nov 2015	0	Match
124	Seth Rollins	29 Mar 2015	5 Nov 2015	221	Vacated
123	Brock Lesnar	17 Aug 2014	29 Mar 2015	224	Match
122	John Cena	29 Jun 2014	17 Aug 2014	49	Match
121	Daniel Bryan	6 Apr 2014	9 Jun 2014	64	Vacated
120	Randy Orton	27 Oct 2013	6 Apr 2014	161	Match
119	Daniel Bryan	15 Sep 2013	16 Sep 2013	1	Vacated
118	Randy Orton	18 Aug 2013	15 Sep 2013	28	Match
117	Daniel Bryan	18 Aug 2013	18 Aug 2013	0	Match
116	John Cena	7 Apr 2013	18 Aug 2013	133	Match
115	The Rock	27 Jan 2013	7 Apr 2013	70	Match
114	CM Punk	20 Nov 2011	27 Jan 2013	434	Match
113	Alberto Del Rio	2 Oct 2011	20 Nov 2011	49	Match
112	John Cena	18 Sep 2011	2 Oct 2011	14	Match
111	CM Punk	14 Aug 2011	14 Aug 2011	0	Match
110	Alberto Del Rio	14 Aug 2011	18 Sep 2011	35	Match
109	John Cena	25 Jul 2011	14 Aug 2011	20	Match
108	Rey Mysterio	25 Jul 2011	25 Jul 2011	0	Match
107	CM Punk	17 Jul 2011	18 Jul 2011	1	Vacated
106	John Cena	1 May 2011	17 Jul 2011	77	Match
105	The Miz	22 Nov 2010	1 May 2011	160	Match
104	Randy Orton	19 Sep 2010	22 Nov 2010	64	Match
103	Sheamus	20 Jun 2010	19 Sep 2010	91	Match
102	John Cena	28 Mar 2010	20 Jun 2010	84	Match
101	John Cena	21 Feb 2010	21 Feb 2010	0	Match
100	Batista	21 Feb 2010	28 Mar 2010	35	Match
99	Sheamus	13 Dec 2009	21 Feb 2010	70	Match
98	John Cena	25 Oct 2009	13 Dec 2009	49	Match
97	Randy Orton	4 Oct 2009	25 Oct 2009	21	Match
96	John Cena	13 Sep 2009	4 Oct 2009	21	Match
95	Randy Orton	15 Jun 2009	13 Sep 2009	90	Match
94	Batista	7 Jun 2009	9 Jun 2009	2	Vacated
93	Randy Orton	26 Apr 2009	7 Jun 2009	42	Match
92	Triple H	15 Feb 2009	26 Apr 2009	70	Match
91	Edge	25 Jan 2009	15 Feb 2009	21	Match
90	Jeff Hardy	14 Dec 2008	25 Jan 2009	42	Match
89	Edge	23 Nov 2008	14 Dec 2008	21	Match
88	Triple H	27 Apr 2008	23 Nov 2008	210	Match
87	Randy Orton	7 Oct 2007	7 Oct 2007	0	Match
86	Randy Orton	7 Oct 2007	27 Apr 2008	203	Match
85	Triple H	7 Oct 2007	7 Oct 2007	0	Match
84	John Cena	17 Sep 2006	2 Oct 2007	380	Vacated
83	Edge	3 Jul 2006	17 Sep 2006	76	Match
82	Rob Van Dam	11 Jun 2006	3 Jul 2006	22	Match
81	John Cena	29 Jan 2006	11 Jun 2006	133	Match
80	Edge	8 Jan 2006	29 Jan 2006	21	Match
79	John Cena	3 Apr 2005	8 Jan 2006	280	Match
78	John "Bradshaw" Layfield	27 Jun 2004	3 Apr 2005	280	Match
77	Eddie Guerrero	15 Feb 2004	27 Jun 2004	133	Match
76	Brock Lesnar	16 Sep 2003	15 Feb 2004	152	Match
75	Kurt Angle	27 Jul 2003	16 Sep 2003	51	Match
74	Brock Lesnar	30 Mar 2003	27 Jul 2003	119	Match
73	Kurt Angle	15 Dec 2002	30 Mar 2003	105	Match
72	Big Show	17 Nov 2002	15 Dec 2002	28	Match
71	Brock Lesnar	25 Aug 2002	17 Nov 2002	84	Match
70	The Rock	21 Jul 2002	25 Aug 2002	35	Match
69	The Undertaker	19 May 2002	21 Jul 2002	63	Match
68	Hollywood Hulk Hogan	21 Apr 2002	19 May 2002	28	Match
67	Triple H	17 Mar 2002	21 Apr 2002	35	Match
66	Chris Jericho	9 Dec 2001	17 Mar 2002	98	Match
65	"Stone Cold" Steve Austin	8 Oct 2001	9 Dec 2001	62	Match
64	Kurt Angle	23 Sep 2001	8 Oct 2001	15	Match
63	"Stone Cold" Steve Austin	1 Apr 2001	23 Sep 2001	175	Match
62	The Rock	25 Feb 2001	1 Apr 2001	35	Match
61	Kurt Angle	22 Oct 2000	25 Feb 2001	126	Match
60	The Rock	25 Jun 2000	22 Oct 2000	119	Match
59	Triple H	21 May 2000	25 Jun 2000	35	Match
58	The Rock	30 Apr 2000	21 May 2000	21	Match
57	Triple H	3 Jan 2000	30 Apr 2000	118	Match
56	Big Show	14 Nov 1999	3 Jan 2000	50	Match
55	Triple H	26 Sep 1999	14 Nov 1999	49	Match
54	Vince McMahon	14 Sep 1999	20 Sep 1999	6	Vacated
53	Triple H	23 Aug 1999	14 Sep 1999	22	Match
52	Mankind	22 Aug 1999	23 Aug 1999	1	Match
51	"Stone Cold" Steve Austin	28 Jun 1999	22 Aug 1999	55	Match
50	The Undertaker	23 May 1999	28 Jun 1999	36	Match
49	"Stone Cold" Steve Austin	28 Mar 1999	23 May 1999	56	Match
48	The Rock	15 Feb 1999	28 Mar 1999	41	Match
47	Mankind	26 Jan 1999	15 Feb 1999	20	Match
46	The Rock	24 Jan 1999	26 Jan 1999	2	Match
45	Mankind	29 Dec 1998	24 Jan 1999	26	Match
44	The Rock	15 Nov 1998	29 Dec 1998	44	Match
43	"Stone Cold" Steve Austin	29 Jun 1998	27 Sep 1998	90	Vacated
42	Kane	28 Jun 1998	29 Jun 1998	1	Match
41	"Stone Cold" Steve Austin	29 Mar 1998	28 Jun 1998	91	Match
40	Shawn Michaels	9 Nov 1997	29 Mar 1998	140	Match
39	Bret Hart	3 Aug 1997	9 Nov 1997	98	Match
38	The Undertaker	23 Mar 1997	3 Aug 1997	133	Match
37	Sycho Sid	17 Feb 1997	23 Mar 1997	34	Match
36	Bret Hart	16 Feb 1997	17 Feb 1997	1	Match
35	Shawn Michaels	19 Jan 1997	13 Feb 1997	25	Vacated
34	Sycho Sid	17 Nov 1996	19 Jan 1997	63	Match
33	Shawn Michaels	31 Mar 1996	17 Nov 1996	231	Match
32	Bret Hart	19 Nov 1995	31 Mar 1996	133	Match
31	Diesel	26 Nov 1994	19 Nov 1995	358	Match
30	Bob Backlund	23 Nov 1994	26 Nov 1994	3	Match
29	Bret Hart	20 Mar 1994	23 Nov 1994	248	Match
28	Yokozuna	13 Jun 1993	20 Mar 1994	280	Match
27	Hulk Hogan	4 Apr 1993	13 Jun 1993	70	Match
26	Yokozuna	4 Apr 1993	4 Apr 1993	0	Match
25	Bret Hart	12 Oct 1992	4 Apr 1993	174	Match
24	Ric Flair	1 Sep 1992	12 Oct 1992	41	Match
23	Randy Savage	5 Apr 1992	1 Sep 1992	149	Match
22	Ric Flair	19 Jan 1992	5 Apr 1992	77	Match
21	Hulk Hogan	3 Dec 1991	4 Dec 1991	1	Vacated
20	The Undertaker	27 Nov 1991	3 Dec 1991	6	Match
19	Hulk Hogan	24 Mar 1991	27 Nov 1991	248	Match
18	Sgt. Slaughter	19 Jan 1991	24 Mar 1991	64	Match
17	Ultimate Warrior	1 Apr 1990	19 Jan 1991	293	Match
16	Hulk Hogan	2 Apr 1989	1 Apr 1990	364	Match
15	Randy Savage	27 Mar 1988	2 Apr 1989	371	Match
14	André the Giant	5 Feb 1988	5 Feb 1988	0	Match
13	Ted DiBiase	5 Feb 1988	13 Feb 1988	8	Vacated
12	Hulk Hogan	23 Jan 1984	5 Feb 1988	1,474	Match
11	The Iron Sheik	26 Dec 1983	23 Jan 1984	28	Match
10	Bob Backlund	17 Dec 1979	26 Dec 1983	1,470	Match
9	Antonio Inoki	30 Nov 1979	6 Dec 1979	6	Vacated
8	Bob Backlund	20 Feb 1978	30 Nov 1979	648	Match
7	"Superstar" Billy Graham	30 Apr 1977	20 Feb 1978	296	Match
6	Bruno Sammartino	10 Dec 1973	30 Apr 1977	1,237	Match
5	Stan Stasiak	1 Dec 1973	10 Dec 1973	9	Match
4	Pedro Morales	8 Feb 1971	1 Dec 1973	1,027	Match
3	Ivan Koloff	18 Jan 1971	8 Feb 1971	21	Match
2	Bruno Sammartino	17 May 1963	18 Jan 1971	2,803	Match
1	Buddy Rogers	1 Apr 1963	17 May 1963	46	Match

Reigns from Wikipedia's champion list for WWE Championship (CC BY-SA). Days count to today for a reign still running, as the log counts them.