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With SmackDown! having now aired, some congratulations are in order for one AJ Styles, who will see the 365th day, the 1 calendar year mark, of his WWE Championship reign occur tomorrow(Nov. 7, 2018).
That now means a club that has had only 7 men in it will become 8.
For the record, the numbers below for all the 1+ year title reigns.
1. Bruno Sammartino(twice)-May 17, 1963-Jan. 18, 1971(Reign 1) & Dec. 10, 1973-Apr. 30, 1977(Reign 2)
2. Pedro Morales-Feb. 8, 1971-Dec. 1, 1973
3. Bob Backlund(Reign 1)-Feb. 20, 1978-Dec. 26, 1983(to WWE)/Dec. 17, 1979-Dec. 26, 1983(actual)
4. Hulk Hogan(Reign 1)-Jan. 23, 1984-Feb. 5, 1988
5. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage(Reign 1)-Mar. 27, 1988-Apr. 2, 1989
6. John Cena(Reign 3)-Sept. 17, 2006-Oct. 2, 2007
7. CM Punk(Reign 2)-Nov. 20, 2011-Jan. 27, 2013
8. AJ Styles(Reign 2)-Nov. 7, 2017-present(as of Nov. 7, 2018)
To me, for a guy who was with Impact Wrestling(as TNA) 5 years ago, AJ has come a really long way to now, and to me, has more than earned this place in history for himself. To be forever called an ELITE WWE Champion, according to the terms of being champ for 365/366 days, and to keep himself performing at this high level, is something that I'm happy for him to have gotten here.
Congrats again to AJ.
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