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JBL Reaches Milestone - 2nd Longest Reign As WWE Champion
John Bradshaw Layfield has now become the second-longest longest reigning WWE Champion since the 358 day WWE Championship reign of Diesel from November 26th, 1994 to November 19th, 1995. As of February 14th, JBL has now surpassed Shawn Michaels' original title reign of 231 days from March 31st, 1996 to November 17th, 1996.
JBL will begin his 8th month as WWE Champion on February 27th, considering he retains the championship at No Way Out in the Barbed Wire Steel Cage match against The Big Show, which he will more than likely do barring a complete booking 180. Assuming JBL holds on to the title until WrestleMania 21 on April 3rd where he is likely to drop the title to John Cena, here is where JBL's reign would rank among WWE Title reigns since Diesel's. Diesel -- November 26th, 1994 to November 19th, 1995 = 358 days John Bradshaw Layfield -- June 28th, 2004 to April 3rd, 2005 = 279 days Shawn Michaels -- March 31st, 1996 to November 17th, 1996 = 231 days Stone Cold Steve Austin -- April 1st, 2001 to September 23rd, 2001 = 175 Days Brock Lesnar -- September 16th, 2003 to February 15th, 2004 = 152 Days Shawn Michaels -- November 9th, 1997 to March 29th, 1998 = 141 Days Bret Hart -- November 19th, 1995 to March 31st, 1996 = 133 Days The Undertaker -- March 23rd, 1997 to August 3rd, 1997 = 133 Days Eddie Guerrero -- February 15th, 2004 to June 27th, 2004 = 133 Days Kurt Angle -- October 22nd, 2000 to February 25th, 2001 = 126 Days The Rock -- June 25th, 2000 to October 22nd, 2000 = 119 Days Brock Lesnar -- March 30th, 2003 to July 27th, 2003 = 119 Days Triple H -- January 3rd, 2000 to April 30th, 2000 = 118 Days Kurt Angle -- December 15th, 2002 to March 30th, 2003 = 105 Days Chris Jericho -- December 9th, 2001 to March 17th, 2002 = 99 Days Bret Hart -- August 3rd, 1997 to November 9th, 1997 = 98 Days Stone Cold Steve Austin -- March 29th, 1998 to June 28th, 1998 = 91 Days Stone Cold Steve Austin -- June 29th, 1998 to September 27th, 1998 = 90 Days Brock Lesnar -- August 25th, 2002 to November 17th, 2002 = 84 Days Sid -- November 17th, 1996 to January 19th, 1997 = 63 Days The Undertaker -- May 19th, 2002 to July 21st, 2002 = 63 Days Stone Cold Steve Austin -- October 8th, 2001 to December 9th, 2001 = 62 Days Stone Cold Steve Austin -- March 28th, 1999 to May 23rd, 1999 = 57 Days Stone Cold Steve Austin -- June 28th, 1999 to August 22nd 1999 = 55 Days Kurt Angle -- July 27th, 2003 to September 16th, 2003 = 51 Days The Big Show -- November 14th, 1999 to January 3rd, 2000 = 50 Days Triple H -- September 26th, 1999 to November 14th, 1999 = 49 Days The Rock -- November 15th, 1998 to December 29th, 1998 = 44 Days The Rock -- February 15th, 1999 to March 28th, 1999 = 41 Days The Undertaker -- May 23rd, 1999 to June 28th, 1999 = 36 Days Triple H -- May 21st, 2000 to June 25th, 2000 = 35 Days The Rock -- February 25th, 2001 to April 1st, 2001 = 35 Days Triple H -- March 17th, 2002 to April 21st, 2002 = 35 Days The Rock -- July 21st, 2002 to August 25th, 2002 = 35 Days Sid -- February 17th, 1997 to March 23rd, 1997 = 34 Days The Big Show -- November 17th, 2002 to December 15th, 2002 = 29 Days Hulk Hogan -- April 21st, 2002 to May 19th, 2002 = 28 Days Mankind -- December 29th, 1998 to January 24th, 1999 = 26 Days Shawn Michaels -- January 19th, 1997 to February 13th, 1997 = 25 Days The Rock -- April 30th, 2000 to May 21st, 2000 = 22 Days Triple H -- August 23rd, 1999 to September 14th, 1999 = 22 Days Mankind -- January 26th, 1999 to February 15th, 1999 = 20 Days Kurt Angle -- September 23rd, 2001 to October 8th, 2001 = 15 Days Vince McMahon -- September 14th, 1999 to September 20th, 1999 = 6 Days The Rock -- January 24th, 1999 to January 26th, 1999 = 2 Days Bret Hart -- February 16th, 1997 to February 17th, 1997 = 1 Day Kane -- June 27th, 1998 to June 28th, 1998 = 1 Day Mankind -- August 22nd, 1999 to August 23rd, 1999 = 1 Day |
Kane :cool:
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And who is the worst drawing champion of all-time since Diesal.
Yep, you guessed it. :y: |
lol, the 3 worst drawing champion runs of all-time are a top the list.
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Sssssh. Triple H might get wind of this and attempt to beat this record too.
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Well, he sort of has with the World Title (Demcember to September), so...
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Where's Jericho's 3 minute reign when he beat HHH on RAW? I need a date on that one cos I cant find my RAW X mag.
Anyways, erm, nice post, lot of time and effort. :y: Rep for you. |
Bradshaws overrated ¬¬..
It's his Promos and Gimmick that have been saving him. |
And such a quality title reign, too.
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He's done a good job as champion.
Booking-wise though, just terrible. I like JBL but fuck him for surpassing HBK in ANYTHING. :mad: |
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He's not done a good job as champion. He's done a decent job at promos with no in ring ability. |
HBK's title reign was GREAT.
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Should he hold onto the title for one full year?
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Well, the way it's went at WM is one champion loses, the other doesn't.
Hmmmmmmmm. |
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Next Dumb Question. |
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Yet another shred of proof that the writers have resorted to forcing "greatness" down our throats. They're only keeping the belt on him for this long to make us believe he's great. Well, to make those dumb enough to be fooled by such trivialties anyway. But when you really look at "how," JBL's solid reign only dates back to December, when he actually got a "credible" win.
So never mind that 2/3 of JBL's reign has been worse than that of a Cruiserweight Champ... JBL's the Greatest of All Time because he's been around so long, eh writers? |
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HBKs reign resulted in shite ratings, shite storyline, shite everything. WCW was kicking WWF's ass when the company was centered around Michaels.
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:n: One of the reasons why Smackdown is pretty terrible compared to Raw
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BJL's title reign just proves that kissin ass works wonders even if you have little or no talent. :foc: :nono:
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The top of that list really proves how meaningless a prolonged title reign can be.
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somehow i think that list is wrong
Bret Hart New York Wrestlemania X - March, 20, 1994 Bob Backlund San Antonio Survivor Series - Novemeber 23, 1994 so in theory Bret should in the 3rd postion another example of them trying to screw Bret |
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yeah i just realized that....top three sucks even as a kid i thought shawn michaels was a good champion
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also, how is it the second longest reign, why is diesal's reign a start point?
what about when the first few title holders held it for years? |
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That gave me good chuckle. |
What about Bob Backland, didn't he hold it for 8 years or something?
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I am actually starting to enjoy JBL as champ, but i really don't think he should have this long of a title reign. I really hope he doesn't last a year as champ, i just don't think he is good enough to have that long of a run.
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Almost 300 days and still 0 credibility!
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If you're going to bash JBL's reign because he doesn't put on good wrestling matches with clean finishes, then you can't ignore the same factors when judging Michael's reign. During his 8 month reign, he had two great defenses against the British Bulldog, an entertaining match with Vader following a great 2 month feud and a match with Mick Foley that Mick calls one of the best matches he's ever had. Not to mention the fact that his title reign began at WM XXII in one of the greatest matches of all time. |
Bruno Sammartino, 8 year title reign anyone?
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He did have some great matches during his run, so its just a matter of how you view success. In the ring; good run, out of the ring; terrible. Nash's was worse than all of them though. |
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Well I would judge his title reign based soley on quality of title defenses and how much credibility was brought to the title during his reing.
Howvever, The ratings during Bret's run didn't change at all during Michael's 8 months. He was the fan favorite going into WM 12 based on crowd reaction alone. So again, if you're going to be fair and use the same principles to judge all title reigns, then Bret's wasn't good either and, if anything, was worse than Michael's. |
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