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While we don't know who will be competing at WrestleMania 41, make sure to check back to see the upcoming matchups for the biggest WWE event of the year. Note that the odds that we share are provided by BetMassachusetts and not Massachusetts betting apps.
Who is the Current WWE Championship Holder?
Cody Rhodes is the current WWE Championship Holder, having defeated Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 41 in the most exciting WWE Championship match that we've seen.
Who Has Held the WWE Championship the Longest?
Bruno Sammartino holds the record for the longest reign as WWE Champion at 2,803 days, or nearly 8 years from April 1963 to January 1971. Dubbed with nicknames such as The Italian Strongman, The Strongest Man in the World, The Living Legend and Bruno Mars, Sammartino won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship after beating incumbent champion “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers in just 48 seconds.
In fact, Sammartino has the highest number of days holding the WWE Championship at 4,040 across his 2 reigns. And he’s far and away the clear leader as the next closest is Hulk Hogan at 2,188 days.
Who Has the Most WWE Championships?
John Cena has held the WWE Championship a record 13 times, dating from April 2005 to January 2017.
Cena’s championships have combined for 1,254 days and have come at events including Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, Raw, Money in the Bank, Night of Champions, Extreme Rules, Elimination Chamber, Bragging Rights, Breaking Point and Unforgiven.
WWE Championship Holders
Here are the previous WWE Championship holders dating back
WWE Champions (2000s)
| 2020s | 2010s | 2000s | |||
| WWE Champion | # Of Days | WWE Champion | # Of Days | WWE Champion | # Of Days |
| Roman Reigns | 700 | Kofi Kingston | 180 | John Cena | 48 |
| Brock Lesnar | 43 | Daniel Bryan | 144 | Randy Orton | 20 |
| Bobby Lashley | 20 | AJ Styles | 371 | John Cena | 20 |
| Brock Lesnar | 27 | Jinder Mahal | 169 | Randy Orton | 89 |
| Big E | 110 | Randy Orton | 49 | Batista | 1 |
| Bobby Lashley | 195 | Bray Wyatt | 48 | Randy Orton | 41 |
| The Miz | 8 | John Cena | 14 | Triple H | 69 |
| Drew McIntyre | 96 | AJ Styles | 140 | Edge | 20 |
| Randy Orton | 22 | Dean Ambrose | 83 | Jeff Hardy | 41 |
| Drew McIntyre | 202 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | 1 | Edge | 20 |
| Brock Lesnar | 184 | Roman Reigns | 76 | Triple H | 209 |
| Triple H | 69 | Randy Orton | 202 | ||
| Roman Reigns | 40 | Triple H | 1 | ||
| Sheamus | 22 | Randy Orton | 1 | ||
| Roman Reigns | 1 | John Cena | 380 | ||
| Seth Rollins | 220 | Edge | 75 | ||
| Brock Lesnar | 223 | Rob Van Dam | 21 | ||
| John Cena | 49 | John Cena | 132 | ||
| Daniel Bryan | 63 | Edge | 20 | ||
| Randy Orton | 160 | John Cena | 279 | ||
| Daniel Bryan | 1 | JBL | 279 | ||
| Randy Orton | 28 | Eddie Guerrero | 132 | ||
| Daniel Bryan | 1 | Brock Lesnar | 150 | ||
| John Cena | 132 | Kurt Angle | 52 | ||
| The Rock | 69 | Brock Lesnar | 118 | ||
| CM Punk | 434 | Kurt Angle | 104 | ||
| Alberto Del Rio | 48 | Big Show | 27 | ||
| John Cena | 13 | Brock Lesnar | 83 | ||
| Alberto Del Rio | 34 | The Rock | 34 | ||
| John Cena | 19 | Undertaker | 62 | ||
| Rey Mysterio | 1 | Hollywood Hogan | 28 | ||
| CM Punk | 28 | Triple H | 34 | ||
| John Cena | 76 | Chris Jericho | 97 | ||
| The Miz | 159 | "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 61 | ||
| Randy Orton | 63 | Kurt Angle | 14 | ||
| Sheamus | 90 | "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 175 | ||
| John Cena | 83 | The Rock | 34 | ||
| Batista | 35 | Kurt Angle | 125 | ||
| John Cena | 1 | The Rock | 118 | ||
| Sheamus | 69 | Triple H | 34 | ||
| The Rock | 20 | ||||
| Triple H | 117 | ||||
| Big Show | 50 | ||||
WWE Champions (1960-1999)
| 1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | ||||
| WWE Champion | # Of Days | WWE Champion | # Of Days | WWE Champion | # Of Days | WWE Champion | # Of Days |
| Triple H | 49 | Randy Savage | 371 | Superstar Billy Graham | 296 | Buddy Rogers | 21 |
| Mr. McMahon | 4 | Andre the Giant | 1 | Bruno Sammartino | 1,200 | ||
| Triple H | 24 | Hulk Hogan | 1,500 | Stan Stasiak | 9 | ||
| Mankind | 1 | The Iron Sheik | 28 | Pedro Morales | 1,000 | ||
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 55 | Bob Backlund | 2,100 | Ivan Koloff | 21 | ||
| Undertaker | 36 | Bruno Sammartino | 2,800 | ||||
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 56 | ||||||
| The Rock | 41 | ||||||
| Mankind | 15 | ||||||
| The Rock | 7 | ||||||
| Mankind | 20 | ||||||
| The Rock | 50 | ||||||
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 90 | ||||||
| Kane | 1 | ||||||
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 91 | ||||||
| Shawn Michaels | 140 | ||||||
| Bret Hart | 98 | ||||||
| Undertaker | 133 | ||||||
| Sid | 34 | ||||||
| Bret Hart | 1 | ||||||
| Shawn Michaels | 25 | ||||||
| Sid | 62 | ||||||
| Shawn Michaels | 231 | ||||||
| Bret Hart | 133 | ||||||
| Diesel | 358 | ||||||
| Bob Backlund | 3 | ||||||
| Bret Hart | 248 | ||||||
| Yokozuna | 280 | ||||||
| Yokozuna | 1 | ||||||
| Hulk Hogan | 70 | ||||||
| Bret Hart | 174 | ||||||
| Ric Flair | 41 | ||||||
| Randy Savage | 149 | ||||||
| Ric Flair | 77 | ||||||
| Hulk Hogan | 1 | ||||||
| Undertaker | 6 | ||||||
| Hulk Hogan | 248 | ||||||
| Sgt. Slaughter | 64 | ||||||
| Ultimate Warrior | 293 | ||||||
| Hulk Hogan | 364 | ||||||
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