WWF/WWE Title Pure Lineage

**Big Vic** · 02-15-2016, 09:12 AM

This is what the WWE Title Lineage would be if every singles match was a WWE title match. Title won't change hands on DQ or count out.

Buddy Rogers – 1963(This is the start of the WWE lineage based on Vince McMahon Sr. and the WWWF breaking away from the NWA. Rogers was recognized as the first champion)
Bruno Sammartino – 5/17/63
Gorilla Monsoon – 10/4/63(Monsoon defeated Sammartino via Referee Stoppage due to an eye injury suffered by Sammartino.)
Bruno Sammartino (2) – 6/6/64(Wins a Best of Three Falls Match – 2 Falls to 1)
Fred Blassie – 8/24/64(Wins a Best of Three Falls Match by TKO – Sammartino won Fall #1, but couldn’t finish the match after being inadvertently hit in the groin on a leap frog.)
Bruno Sammartino (3) – 11/10/64
Professor Toru Tanaka – 5/1/67(Sammartino’s leg was under the bottom rope. WWWF disallowed the title change. Since match was never restarted, this results in a linear title change)
Bruno Sammartino (4) – 7/8/67
Professor Toru Tanaka (2) – 9/30/67(Tanaka won on a “illegal pinfall.” WWWF disallowed the title change. Since the match was never restarted, this results in a linear title change.)
Bruno Sammartino (5) – 10/2/67
Killer Kowalski – 2/20/69
Bruno Sammartino (6) – 6/14/1969
Ivan Koloff – 12/9/1969(Won by Referee Stoppage)
Bruno Sammartino (7) – 1/19/1970
Crusher Verdu – 6/15/1970(Won by Referee Stoppage)
Bruno Sammartino (8) – 9/12/1970(Won a Texas Death Match)
Ivan Koloff (2) – 1/18/1971
Pedro Morales – 2/8/1971
Stan Stasiak – 8/30/1971(Won by Referee Stoppage)
Bobo Brazil – 9/27/1971(Won by Referee Stoppage)
Giant Baba – 2/27/1973(Won a Best of Three Falls Match 2 Falls to 1)
Jack Brisco – 12/9/1974(Won a Best of Three Falls Match 2 Falls to 1)
Terry Funk – 12/10/75
Harley Race – 6/29/77
Terry Funk (2) – 5/12/1978(Won a Russian Chain Match)
Manny Fernandez – 10/14/1979
Don Muraco – 3/26/1980
Manny Fernandez (2) – 4/24/1980
Don Muraco (2) – 5/1/1980
Bugsy McGraw – 5/27/1980(Won a Lights Out Match)
Don Muraco (2) – 6/10/1980
Dusty Rhodes – 6/23/1980(Won a Lights Out Match)
Ivan Koloff (3) – 7/16/1980(Won a Russian Chain Match)
Bugsy McGraw (2) – 7/22/1980(Won a Lights Out Match)
Nikolai Volkoff – 7/24/1980(Won a Helmet Match)
Dusty Rhodes (2) – 8/15/1980
Bobby Jaggers – 9/29/1980(Won a Taped Fist Match)
Mike Graham – 10/5/1980
Dick Slater – 10/13/1980
Jack Brisco (2) – 11/4/1980
Mongolian Stomper – 12/25/1980
Andre the Giant – 2/20/1981
El Canek – 2/12/1984
Tatsumi Fujinami – 7/5/1984
Hulk Hogan – 2/5/1985
Andre the Giant (2) – 2/5/1988
Hulk Hogan (2) – 7/31/1988(Won a Steel Cage Match)
Ultimate Warrior – 4/1/1990 – Wrestlemania VI
Sgt. Slaughter – 1/19/1991 – Royal Rumble 1991
Ultimate Warrior (2) – 3/17/1991(Won a Steel Cage Match)
Hulk Hogan (3) – 10/15/1998 – Halloween Havoc
Ric Flair – 3/14/1999 – Uncensored(Won a First Blood Cage Match)
Sting – 4/12/1999
Rick Steiner – 6/13/1999 – Great American Bash(Won a Falls Count Anywhere Match)
Buff Bagwell – 7/7/1999
Berlyn – 9/13/1999 – Monday Nitro
Brad Armstrong – 10/24/1999 – Halloween Havoc
Madusa – 12/20/1999 – Nitro
Oklahoma (Ed Ferrara) – 1/16/2000 – Nitro
Lazz – 9/1/2001 – NWA Wildside 2nd Anniversary Tour
Jeremy Lopez – 10/20/2001 – NWA Wildside Fright Night 2001
Jimmy Rave – 6/15/2002 – NWA Wildside
Chris Hero – 11/2/2002 – IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational Night 2
CM Punk – 11/2/2002 – IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational Night 2
BJ Whitmer – 11/2/2002 – IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational Night 2
Super Hentai – 11/17/2002 – IWC
A.J. Styles – 3/14/2003 (Thanks to David Crane for helping out on this)
Raven – 03/19/2003 – Nashville, TN
Chris Hero – 03/28/2003 – Clarksville, IN
Mark Wolf – 06/07/2003 – Clarksville, IN
Chandler McClure – 06/17/2005 – Midlothian, IL
Eric Priest – 06/18/2005 – Hammond, IN
Ryan Boz – 07/09/2005 – Hammond, IN
Jimmy Jacobs – 02/18/2006 – Carpentersville, IL
BJ Whitmer – 03/30/2006 – Detroit, MI
Bull Pain – 04/21/2006 – Plainfield, IN
Tank – 06/03/2006 – Plainfield, IL
Brain Damage – 06/03/2006 – Plainfield, IL
Toby Klein – 06/07/2006 – South Charleston, WV
Jun Kasai – 09/16/2006 – South Charleston, WV
The W*inger – 12/25/2006 – Tokyo, Japan
GENTARO /BENTEN – 03/31/2007 – Tokyo, Japan
Minoru Tanaka – 05/01/2007 – Tokyo, Japan
Ryusuke Taguchi – 06/01/2007 – Tokyp, Japan
Gedo – 06/14/2007 – Anan, Japan
Prince Devitt – 09/22/2007 – Nagano, Japan
Tiger Mask # 4 – 06/01/2008 – Tokyo, Japan
Wataru Inoue – 06/15/2008 – Tokyo
Hiroshi Tanahashi – 08/09/2008 – Nagoya, Japan
Togi Makabe – 08/11/2008 – Yokohama, Japan
Shinjiro Otani – 08/14/2008
Hiroshi Tanahashi – 08/17/2008
Manabu Nakanishi – 05/06/2009
Hiroshi Tanahashi – 06/20/2009
Takao Omori – 08/07/2009
Masato Tanaka – 08/10/2009
Toji Makabe – 08/13/2009
Shinsuke Nakamura – 09/27/2009
Togi Makabe – 05/03/2010
Tetsuya Naito – 08/06/2010
Toru Yano – 08/12/2010
Hiroshi Tanahashi – 08/13/2010
Prince Devitt – 08/14/2010
Toru Yano – 08/15/2010
Tajiri – 10/11/2010
Michael Kovac – 01/29/2011
Emil Sitoci – 01/23/2011
Chris Hero – 04/08/2011
Daisuke Sekimoto – 04/09/2011
Big Van Walter – 05/02/2011
Eric Schwarz – 09/17/2011
Patrick Schulz – 08/01/2012
Eric Schwarz – 08/02/2012
Ecki Eckstein – 08/03/2012
Robbie Brookside – 08/04/2012
Jack Gallagher – 08/24/2012
Davey Richards – 08/25/2012
Michael Elgin – 09/01/2012
Adam Cole – 09/02/2012
Kyle O’Reilly – 09/08/2012
Mike Mondo – 09/22/2012
Davey Richards – 10/06/2012
Jay Lethal – 10/13/2012
Tony Nese – 10/20/2012
Apollyon – 12/07/2012
Matt Justice – 05/18/2013
Francis Kipland Stevens – 05/18/2013
Prince Nana – 06/01/2013
King Mega – 07/13/2013
DJ Hyde – 12/21/2013
BLK JEEZ – 03/08/2014
Brandon Scott – 09/20/2014 (I started tracking at this point.)
Conor Claxton - 11/1/2014
Lucky 13 - 3/14/2015
Joey Janela - 10/16/2015
Archadia - 10/17/2015
Azrieal - 11/7/2015
Matt Hardy - 11/14/2015
Jeff Jarrett - 11/28/2015
Colt Cabana - 1/22/2016
Dick Durning - 1/31/2016
Brody Steele - 4/30/2016
Markus Burke - 9/23/2016
Titus - 10/21/2016
Abyss - 4/29/2017
Low Ki - 6/17/2017
Sonjay Dutt - 7/2/2017
Trevor Lee - 8/19/2017
Mahabali Shera - 8/22/2017
Joey Allen - 9/15/2017
Eddie Osbourne - 5/12/2018
Haviko - 6/1/2018
Fire Wasp - 6/1/2018
Haviko - 6/8/2018
Nathan Legacy - 6/22/2018
Judas Icarus - 7/1/2018

02-15-2016, 09:12 AM	#1
Big Vic ( ._.) Posts: 13,896	WWF/WWE Title Pure Lineage This is what the WWE Title Lineage would be if every singles match was a WWE title match. Title won't change hands on DQ or count out. Buddy Rogers – 1963(This is the start of the WWE lineage based on Vince McMahon Sr. and the WWWF breaking away from the NWA. Rogers was recognized as the first champion) Bruno Sammartino – 5/17/63 Gorilla Monsoon – 10/4/63(Monsoon defeated Sammartino via Referee Stoppage due to an eye injury suffered by Sammartino.) Bruno Sammartino (2) – 6/6/64(Wins a Best of Three Falls Match – 2 Falls to 1) Fred Blassie – 8/24/64(Wins a Best of Three Falls Match by TKO – Sammartino won Fall #1, but couldn’t finish the match after being inadvertently hit in the groin on a leap frog.) Bruno Sammartino (3) – 11/10/64 Professor Toru Tanaka – 5/1/67(Sammartino’s leg was under the bottom rope. WWWF disallowed the title change. Since match was never restarted, this results in a linear title change) Bruno Sammartino (4) – 7/8/67 Professor Toru Tanaka (2) – 9/30/67(Tanaka won on a “illegal pinfall.” WWWF disallowed the title change. Since the match was never restarted, this results in a linear title change.) Bruno Sammartino (5) – 10/2/67 Killer Kowalski – 2/20/69 Bruno Sammartino (6) – 6/14/1969 Ivan Koloff – 12/9/1969(Won by Referee Stoppage) Bruno Sammartino (7) – 1/19/1970 Crusher Verdu – 6/15/1970(Won by Referee Stoppage) Bruno Sammartino (8) – 9/12/1970(Won a Texas Death Match) Ivan Koloff (2) – 1/18/1971 Pedro Morales – 2/8/1971 Stan Stasiak – 8/30/1971(Won by Referee Stoppage) Bobo Brazil – 9/27/1971(Won by Referee Stoppage) Giant Baba – 2/27/1973(Won a Best of Three Falls Match 2 Falls to 1) Jack Brisco – 12/9/1974(Won a Best of Three Falls Match 2 Falls to 1) Terry Funk – 12/10/75 Harley Race – 6/29/77 Terry Funk (2) – 5/12/1978(Won a Russian Chain Match) Manny Fernandez – 10/14/1979 Don Muraco – 3/26/1980 Manny Fernandez (2) – 4/24/1980 Don Muraco (2) – 5/1/1980 Bugsy McGraw – 5/27/1980(Won a Lights Out Match) Don Muraco (2) – 6/10/1980 Dusty Rhodes – 6/23/1980(Won a Lights Out Match) Ivan Koloff (3) – 7/16/1980(Won a Russian Chain Match) Bugsy McGraw (2) – 7/22/1980(Won a Lights Out Match) Nikolai Volkoff – 7/24/1980(Won a Helmet Match) Dusty Rhodes (2) – 8/15/1980 Bobby Jaggers – 9/29/1980(Won a Taped Fist Match) Mike Graham – 10/5/1980 Dick Slater – 10/13/1980 Jack Brisco (2) – 11/4/1980 Mongolian Stomper – 12/25/1980 Andre the Giant – 2/20/1981 El Canek – 2/12/1984 Tatsumi Fujinami – 7/5/1984 Hulk Hogan – 2/5/1985 Andre the Giant (2) – 2/5/1988 Hulk Hogan (2) – 7/31/1988(Won a Steel Cage Match) Ultimate Warrior – 4/1/1990 – Wrestlemania VI Sgt. Slaughter – 1/19/1991 – Royal Rumble 1991 Ultimate Warrior (2) – 3/17/1991(Won a Steel Cage Match) Hulk Hogan (3) – 10/15/1998 – Halloween Havoc Ric Flair – 3/14/1999 – Uncensored(Won a First Blood Cage Match) Sting – 4/12/1999 Rick Steiner – 6/13/1999 – Great American Bash(Won a Falls Count Anywhere Match) Buff Bagwell – 7/7/1999 Berlyn – 9/13/1999 – Monday Nitro Brad Armstrong – 10/24/1999 – Halloween Havoc Madusa – 12/20/1999 – Nitro Oklahoma (Ed Ferrara) – 1/16/2000 – Nitro Lazz – 9/1/2001 – NWA Wildside 2nd Anniversary Tour Jeremy Lopez – 10/20/2001 – NWA Wildside Fright Night 2001 Jimmy Rave – 6/15/2002 – NWA Wildside Chris Hero – 11/2/2002 – IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational Night 2 CM Punk – 11/2/2002 – IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational Night 2 BJ Whitmer – 11/2/2002 – IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational Night 2 Super Hentai – 11/17/2002 – IWC A.J. Styles – 3/14/2003 (Thanks to David Crane for helping out on this) Raven – 03/19/2003 – Nashville, TN Chris Hero – 03/28/2003 – Clarksville, IN Mark Wolf – 06/07/2003 – Clarksville, IN Chandler McClure – 06/17/2005 – Midlothian, IL Eric Priest – 06/18/2005 – Hammond, IN Ryan Boz – 07/09/2005 – Hammond, IN Jimmy Jacobs – 02/18/2006 – Carpentersville, IL BJ Whitmer – 03/30/2006 – Detroit, MI Bull Pain – 04/21/2006 – Plainfield, IN Tank – 06/03/2006 – Plainfield, IL Brain Damage – 06/03/2006 – Plainfield, IL Toby Klein – 06/07/2006 – South Charleston, WV Jun Kasai – 09/16/2006 – South Charleston, WV The Winger – 12/25/2006 – Tokyo, Japan GENTARO /BENTEN – 03/31/2007 – Tokyo, Japan Minoru Tanaka – 05/01/2007 – Tokyo, Japan Ryusuke Taguchi – 06/01/2007 – Tokyp, Japan Gedo – 06/14/2007 – Anan, Japan Prince Devitt – 09/22/2007 – Nagano, Japan Tiger Mask # 4 – 06/01/2008 – Tokyo, Japan Wataru Inoue – 06/15/2008 – Tokyo Hiroshi Tanahashi – 08/09/2008 – Nagoya, Japan Togi Makabe – 08/11/2008 – Yokohama, Japan Shinjiro Otani – 08/14/2008 Hiroshi Tanahashi – 08/17/2008 Manabu Nakanishi – 05/06/2009 Hiroshi Tanahashi – 06/20/2009 Takao Omori – 08/07/2009 Masato Tanaka – 08/10/2009 Toji Makabe – 08/13/2009 Shinsuke Nakamura – 09/27/2009 Togi Makabe – 05/03/2010 Tetsuya Naito – 08/06/2010 Toru Yano – 08/12/2010 Hiroshi Tanahashi – 08/13/2010 Prince Devitt – 08/14/2010 Toru Yano – 08/15/2010 Tajiri – 10/11/2010 Michael Kovac – 01/29/2011 Emil Sitoci – 01/23/2011 Chris Hero – 04/08/2011 Daisuke Sekimoto – 04/09/2011 Big Van Walter – 05/02/2011 Eric Schwarz – 09/17/2011 Patrick Schulz – 08/01/2012 Eric Schwarz – 08/02/2012 Ecki Eckstein – 08/03/2012 Robbie Brookside – 08/04/2012 Jack Gallagher – 08/24/2012 Davey Richards – 08/25/2012 Michael Elgin – 09/01/2012 Adam Cole – 09/02/2012 Kyle O’Reilly – 09/08/2012 Mike Mondo – 09/22/2012 Davey Richards – 10/06/2012 Jay Lethal – 10/13/2012 Tony Nese – 10/20/2012 Apollyon – 12/07/2012 Matt Justice – 05/18/2013 Francis Kipland Stevens – 05/18/2013 Prince Nana – 06/01/2013 King Mega – 07/13/2013 DJ Hyde – 12/21/2013 BLK JEEZ – 03/08/2014 Brandon Scott – 09/20/2014 (I started tracking at this point.) Conor Claxton - 11/1/2014 Lucky 13 - 3/14/2015 Joey Janela - 10/16/2015 Archadia - 10/17/2015 Azrieal - 11/7/2015 Matt Hardy - 11/14/2015 Jeff Jarrett - 11/28/2015 Colt Cabana - 1/22/2016 Dick Durning - 1/31/2016 Brody Steele - 4/30/2016 Markus Burke - 9/23/2016 Titus - 10/21/2016 Abyss - 4/29/2017 Low Ki - 6/17/2017 Sonjay Dutt - 7/2/2017 Trevor Lee - 8/19/2017 Mahabali Shera - 8/22/2017 Joey Allen - 9/15/2017 Eddie Osbourne - 5/12/2018 Haviko - 6/1/2018 Fire Wasp - 6/1/2018 Haviko - 6/8/2018 Nathan Legacy - 6/22/2018 Judas Icarus - 7/1/2018 Last edited by Big Vic; 12-19-2018 at 11:24 AM.*