On this page I'll include the obvious and arcane facts and stats that we wrestling fans love so much. Hey, it's all important!
WWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY: WRESTLER DATE Bruno Sammartino 05/17/63 Ivan Koloff 1/18/71 Pedro
Morales 2/08/71 Stan Stasiak 12/01/73 Bruno Sammartino [2] 12/10/73 Billy Graham 04/20/77 Bob Backlund
02/20/78 Antonio Inoki - Win was not acknowleged in the US 11/30/79 Bob Backlund 06/12/79 Iron Sheik - Bob
Backlund's manager threw in the towel 12/26/83 Hulk Hogan 01/23/84 Andre The Giant - Attempted to give belt to Ted
DiBiase but was stripped 02/05/88 Randy Savage - Wins the tournament at WrestleMania 4 03/27/88 Hulk Hogan [2] 04/02/89
Ultimate Warrior 04/01/90 Sgt. Slaughter 01/19/91 Hulk Hogan [3] 03/24/91 Undertaker 11/27/91 Hulk
Hogan [4] - Title declared vacant the next day because of controversial finish 12/03/91 Ric Flair - Wins the Royal Rumble
and wins the vacant belt 01/19/92 Randy Savage [2] 04/05/92 Ric Flair [2] 09/01/92 Bret Hart 10/12/92 Yokozuna
04/04/93 Hulk Hogan [5] 04/04/93 Yokozuna [2] 06/13/93 Bret Hart [2] 03/20/94 Bob Backlund [4] 11/23/94
Diesel 11/26/94 Bret Hart [3] 11/19/95 Shawn Michaels 03/31/96 Sid 11/17/96 Shawn Michaels [2] - Vacates
title on 2/27 because of knee injury 01/19/97 Bret Hart [4] - Won a four way, no DQ match at IYH: Final Four 02/16/97
Sid [2] 02/17/97 The Undertaker [2] 03/23/97 Bret Hart [5] 08/03/97 Shawn Michaels [3] - Vince McMahon
called for the bell, although Hart never actually submitted 11/09/97 Steve Austin 03/29/98 Kane 06/28/98 Steve
Austin [2] 06/29/98 Undertaker/Kane - Pinned Austin at the same time and therefore, the belt was vacated 09/26/98 The
Rock - Wins Tournament at Survivor Series vs. Mankind after McMahon calls for bell 11/15/98 Mankind 01/04/99 The
Rock [2] - Defeats Mankind in an "I quit" match 01/24/99 Mankind [2] - Defeats The Rock in an Empty Arena Match
01/31/99 The Rock [3] 02/15/99 Steve Austin [3] 03/28/99 The Undertaker [3] 05/23/99 Steve Austin [4]
06/28/99 Mankind [3] 08/22/99 Triple H 08/23/99 Vince McMahon 09/16/99 Triple H [2] 09/26/99 The
Big Show 11/14/99 Triple H [3] 01/03/00 The Rock [4] 04/30/00 Triple H [4] 05/21/00 The Rock [5] - The
Rock pinned Vince McMahon, not Triple H, in a 6 man tag match 06/26/00 Kurt Angle 10/22/00 The Rock [6] 02/25/01
Steve Austin [5] 04/01/01 Kurt Angle [2] 09/23/01 Steve Austin [6] 10/09/01
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