Total days spent in WWE holding a major title

[CSL]

guy who made this posted it on Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/10y43v/thinking_about_cm_punks_current_reign_and_where/) and the fan forum. Doesn't include regional titles and "double champions" count as separate reigns. Quite interesting.

10,708 – The Fabulous Moolah
4,040 – Bruno Sammartino
2,204 – Hulk Hogan
2,139 – Bob Backlund
1,667 – Triple H
1,647 – Pedro Morales
1,453 – John Cena
1,427 – Bret Hart
1,246 – Shawn Michaels
1,150 – Edge
1,076 – The Big Show
1,071 – The Miz
1,023 – Chris Jericho
948 – Billy Gunn
934 – Randy Savage
932 – Mr. Fuji, John Morrison
922 – Christian
854 – The British Bulldog
845 – Randy Orton
828 – Trish Stratus
813 – Kane
774 – Shelton Benjamin
768 – Tito Santana
757 – The Rock
746 – CM Punk
741 – The Hurricane
735 – Stone Cold Steve Austin
725 – The Ultimate Warrior
699 – Kofi Kingston
698 – Ax, Smash
689 – Chris Benoit
680 – Eddie Guerrero, Matt Hardy
667 – Batista
646 – Booker T
630 – The Undertaker
615 – Jeff Hardy
607 – Owen Hart, Cody Rhodes
600 – Johnny Valiant
597 – Tony Garea
587 – Rey Mysterio
584 – Diesel
571 – Beth Phoenix
569 – Professor Tanaka
558 – Dolph Ziggler
541 – Don Muraco
539 – Alunda Blayze
534 – Rob Van Dam
530 – Road Dogg
529 – William Regal
523 – Paul London
511 – Greg Valentine, Kurt Angle
503 – JBL
496 – Carlito, MVP, Michelle McCool
483 – Jim Neidhart
470 - Primo
455 – Yokozuna
454 – The Honky Tonk Man, Chavo Guerrero
453 - Gillberg
451 – Rockin’ Robin
449 – Wendi Richter
445 – Mickie James
441 – Sherri Martel
439 - Tajiri
438 – Razor Ramon
431 – Afa, Sika
421 – Chief Jay Strongbow
415 – X-Pac
411 – Ted DiBiase, Irwin R. Schyster
406 – Mr. Perfect, Santino Marella
398 - Melina
395 – Sheamus
373 – Ric Flair
370 – Jimmy Valiant
365 – Rick Martel
363 – Mr. Saito
362 – Jeff Jarrett
355 – Dean Malenko, Brock Lesnar
334 – Brian Kendrick
331 – Bart Gunn, Ivory
329 – Bubba Ray Dudley
315 – Taka Michinoku
305 – Road Warrior Animal
302 – D-Von Dudley
301 – Molly Holly
299 – Daniel Bryan
296 – Billy Graham
294 – The Dynamite Kid
291 – Joey Mercury
279 – Dick Murdoch, Adrian Adonis
278 – Chyna
276 – Hardcore Holly
272 – Sylvain Grenier
271 - Layla
265 – Maryse
258 – Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith
251 – Rick Rude, Chuck Palumbo
244 - Victoria
239 – Pat Patterson
237 – Billy White Wolf
236 – Charlie Haas
235 – Jack Swagger
231 – Ken Patera, Rikishi
230 – Jerry Valiant, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch
226 – Brutus Beefcake
220 – Billy Kidman
218 – Jacques Rougeau
216 – Quebecer Pierre, Johnny, Kenny, Mikey, Mitch
213 - Hawk
209 – Dominic DeNucci, Spike Dudley
204 - Lashley
203 – Goldust
196 – The Big Bossman, Drew McIntyre
195 – Mark Henry
189 – Rene Dupree
188 – Sonny King
186 – Luke Graham, Tarzan Tyler
185 – Louis Cerdan, Tony Parisi, Mankind
183 – Al Snow
176 – Sable
175 – Dean Ho
174 – Lance Storm, Robert Conway
173 – Orlando Jordan
172 – Steve Blackman, Crash Holly
168 – Executioner #1, Executioner #2, Ivan Putski
167 – Ken Shamrock
166 – D’Lo Brown
162 - Jazz
160 – Lita, R-Truth
158 – Eve Torres
157 – Test
155 – Brian Knobs, Jerry Sags
154 – Tony Atlas, Rocky Johnson
148 – Jules Strongbow, Yukon Eric, Yukon Pierre, Val Venis
147 – Jamie Noble
146 – Stephanie McMahon – Helmsley, Evan Bourne
145 – Doug Basham, Danny Basham
140 - Rosey
137 – Mike Rotundo, Barry Windham
134 – Bull Nakano, Sean O’Haire
133 – Deuce, Domino
129 – Jacqueline
126 – Moondog Rex
124 - Samu
118 – Umaga
114 – Scotty 2 Hotty
113 – Ted DiBiase Jr.
111 – King Curtis Iaukea, Mikel Scicluna
109 – Haku, Andre the Giant
106 – The Iron Sheik, Epico
105 – Larry Zbyszko, Candice Michelle
104 – Haystacks Calhoun, Dino Bravo, Kelly Kelly
100 – Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel
97 – Sycho Sid
94 - Raven
93 – Heidenreich
92 – David Otunga, Zack Ryder
91 – Kenzo Suzuki, Michael McGillicutty
89 – Wade Barrett
88 – Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner
85 – Roddy Piper, Earthquake, Typhoon
84 – Kerry Von Erich, Alberto Del Rio
83 - Crush
82 – Goldberg
79 - Faarooq
78 – Nikolai Volkoff, Rhyno
77 – The Godfather, Tommy Dreamer
76 – Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Vladimir Kozlov
75 – Nunzio
74 – Blackjack Lanza, Blackjack Mulligan
72 - Rico
70 – Funaki, Natalya, Brie Bella, Seth Rollins
67 – Moondog Spot, Victor Rivera
65 – Ricky Steamboat, Hornswoggle
64 – Sgt. Slaughter
63 – Juventud, Curt Hawkins
62 - Eugene
61 – DDP, The Great Khali
60 – Chris Kanyon
59 – Moondog King
57 – Karl Gotch, Rene Goulet, Bertha Faye
56 – Alicia Fox
51 – Ezekiel Jackson
50 – Ahmed Johnson, The Kat, Shane McMahon
49 – Skip, Zip, Finlay
46 – Antonio Cesaro
44 - Tazz
43 - Mideon
42 – Kid Kash, Mr. Kennedy
41 – Leilani Kai, Vince McMahon
38 – Pat Barrett
37 – Perry Saturn, Jerry Lynn
35 – Maven, Steven Richards
34 – Bull Buchanan
29 – Debra, Essa Rios
28 – Marc Mero, Mosh, Thrasher, Gail Kim, Chavo Classic
27 – Marty Jannetty, Gerald Brisco, Grand Master Sexay, Albert
22 – Buddy Rogers
21 – Ivan Koloff
15 – Mike Awesome
9 – Stan Stasiak, Henry Godwinn
6 – Velvet McIntyre, Nikki Bella
2 – Mabel. Mo
1 – Chainsaw Charlie, Harvey Wippleman
<1 – Christopher Nowinski
<1 – Godfather’s Ho
<1 – Joey Abs
<1 – Johnny Stamboli
<1 – Justin Credible
<1 – Pete Gas
<1 – Rodney
<1 – Shawn Stasiak
<1 – Terri
<1 – Jillian Hall

[Big Vic]

King Mabel only held the tag belt for 2 days?

[#1-norm-fan]

lol. Big asterisk needed by The Fabulous Moolah.

[DAMN iNATOR]

lol. Big asterisk needed by The Fabulous Moolah.

Correct, sir. WWE only recognizes one reign, her first, of 3,651 days. Broken down that's barely more than 1/3 of the total number of days she held the belt (≈34%). That's not to diminish her in-ring accomplishments or take anything away from her, she certainly earned all her accolades, it's just that WWE doesn't recognize anything but the first reign. You've got to remember that with all the different lineages of the NWA and whatnot linked to the women's championship from '56-'84 (roughly), and CWC/WWWF/WWF/WWE not being always or possibly even ever aligned with the NWA during the territorial years, it's only natural why they'd deny those reigns. The ones after '84 I frankly don't understand.

[CSL]

yo DAMN iNATOR, stop monging up my thread yeah

[The Condor]

I totally forgot about naked Mideon. I like how one of the <1 day reigns just has "Godfather's Ho" listed.

[Pintint]

Punk's gonna get very close to the top once he's done.

[GSP]

Anyone else find it crazy The Miz is in the top 15 for such a short period of time being in the WWE?

[DAMN iNATOR]

yo DAMN iNATOR, stop monging up my thread yeah

lol, What? are all the stats I quoted not true, or do you just want to ignore them all and not acknowledge that that total should have a * next to it?

I made completely valid and correct points and you know it. So step off.

[CSL]

no they are not, starting with your very first line

Correct, sir. WWE only recognizes one reign, her first, of 3,651 days.

http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/women

that first one goes a bit longer than 3,651 days there chief

and sure, maybe there should be an asterisk if anybody really wants to go elsewhere and dispute the legitimacy and intricacies of something as daft as the length of title reigns in professional wrestling. But this list was made to be looked at for a minute or two based on WWE numbers since no other numbers matter, to create a few "huh, didn't think that" and that's about it. Stop being such a DAMN iNATOR.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Well excuse me for thinking that you, of all people, wouldn't just take WWE's word for it on something like this just because they have a revisionist telling of who held what belts and when.

There ARE other sources (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Women%27s_Champions). Just sayin'. Calm down there, chief, I'm not looking for a fight here, alright?

[CSL]

SUPREME, THE BOT IS BROKEN AGAIN, FIX IT PLZ

[DAMN iNATOR]

Notice also in the 9th column down on that table, under Notes, it does clearly state that WWE does not recognize any title changes before 1984, and that they consider Moolah's total number of days to be 10,170 with the belt.

[CSL]

...exactly

[DAMN iNATOR]

OK, now we're getting somewhere. One last question and I will leave you and your thread in peace.

Do you believe the number is 10,170 or 10,708? Or some other number entirely. I’m legit interested to know how you personally feel on the matter, CSL. :D

[CSL]

I legitimately don't care, the numbers aren't important. The list would do exactly the same job without them and with just the names in order.

[DAMN iNATOR]

OK, fair enough.

[Emperor Smeat]

The interesting part about that list is that Sammartino had more days as the WWE champion than Ric Flair did as the NWA, WWF, and WCW champion combined.

Did some math and Google searches to find out he's almost a year ahead of Flair's belts in terms of days if Flair's WWF reigns are included and over a year if they are not included.

[Big Vic]

Mick Foley said it isn't the number of days but the number of moments within the days so Fabulous Moolah actually has 0 days.

[CSL]

"the original screw job" has to count as at least 1

[Big Vic]

That counts for Spider Lady.....although you are right on a technicality, technically.

[Ruien]

What is considered a major title?

[CSL]

WWE, WHC, IC, US, Euro, HC, Womens, Divas, all variations of the tag belts, everything that's been put on TV as a non-character specific title (eg Million Dollar title) by the looks of it

[Ruien]

Okay, thank you.

[Tazz Dan]

Gillberg is above Ric Flair on that list....

[Tazz Dan]

Makes me sad.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Billy Gunn > Randy Savage :cool:

[#1-norm-fan]

Matt Hardy spent more time as a champion than Jeff Hardy. Interesting.

[loopydate]

Billy Gunn > Randy Savage :cool:

Stephanie McMahon > Andre the Giant

[Savio]

In 2 years people are going to look back on this list and become angry that it hasn't been updated.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Billy Gunn > Randy Savage :cool:

This caught my eye, too.

And also, as much as I love Primo and Paul London, to see them listed above the likes of Mr. Perfect and Ted DiBiase just doesn't seem right. Interesting list. Thanks, CSL!

[Mr. Nerfect]

And Christian making the Top 20? That'd be an interesting fact that could really help get him over when they are trying to put over his accomplishments. John Morrison is also up there? Whoa.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Matt Hardy spent more time as a champion than Jeff Hardy. Interesting.

Matt Hardy had that really epic reign as European Champion. I mean, he very rarely defended the belt, but he had a really long reign. Jeff Hardy had more, but they were always shorter. Like when he held the IC Title for six days after beating Triple H.

[Savio]

And Christian making the Top 20? That'd be an interesting fact that could really help get him over when they are trying to put over his accomplishments. John Morrison is also up there? Whoa.
To be fair Christian held like every WWE title ever, except the top one.

[XCaliber]

Anyone else find it crazy The Miz is in the top 15 for such a short period of time being in the WWE?

Was suprised where he fell on this list but it's not that shocking really all of his reigns have lasted a long while and the only major title he hasn't held is the WHC kinda suprised Trips isn't higher actually.

[MoFo]

Shocked at The Rock b/c most his title reigns were really short like when he kept dropping the title to Trips.

[Savio]

He had the IC title for a long time