Last Updated on January 7, 2022 by Avik Das
WWE Championship is the most prestigious title in the world of professional wrestling for several reasons. First, it is the primary world title of WWE, which is the leading wrestling company in the world for decades. Secondly, the title has a long history. Established in 1963, the WWE Championship belt’s history is incredible, and it has been active for nearly six decades. Over the past years and decades, many top Superstars have won the WWE Championship in the main events of big pay-per-views.
After winning the WWE Championship, a WWE Superstar automatically gets the main event status because the main event storylines and matches take place with the WWE Championship belt on the line. John Cena is recognized as the most winner of the WWE Championship. He has captured the World Title a record 16 times in his career. Ric Flair is also recognized for the same, but he hasn’t done it under the WWE banner. Many wrestlers have become WWE Champions not just in one decade but also in three different decades to write their names in history. We would only talk about the WWE Championship belt, not the World Heavyweight Championship belt or the Universal Title.
# 5 Hulk Hogan ( 1980s, 1990s, 2000s)
Hulk Hogan was the first man in WWE to win the WWE Championship in three different decades, proving why he was one of the greatest Superstars to grace the squared circle. The Hulkamania won the WWE Title six times in his career that had stretched in three different decades.
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Hogan was the face of WWE in the 1980s, and he won the WWE Championship in that decade. With that title on the line, Hogan also faced the legendary Andre the Giant at WrestleMania 3. He continued his domination in the next decade, and he captured the coveted big gold in the early 1990s as well. While he could have increased his number in that decade, he eventually left for WCW, where he also became a WCW World Champion multiple times. Hogan held the WWE Championship for the last time in 2002 when he beat Triple H at WWE Backlash to win his sixth WWE Title.
# 4 The Rock (the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s)
The Rock was the poster boy of WWE in the Attitude Era. The Rock’s age was in his 20s when he started his career as a professional wrestler. Despite failures earlier, The Great One took WWE by storm with his witty catchphrases, the ability to ridicule his opponent, and of course the unmatchable charisma. The Rock won his first WWE Championship at the 1998 Survivor Series, and he ended his career as an eight-time WWE Champion.
He also won the WWE Championship a few times in the early 2000s. But his final WWE Championship victory was in the decade 2010s. The Hollywood megastar came back for a run in 2013, and he ended the record-long WWE Title reign of CM Punk at Royal Rumble 2013. He dropped the title to John Cena at WrestleMania 29.
# 3 Triple H (the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s)
Like The Rock, Triple H won the WWE Championship in three decades flowing a similar path. Considering The Game and The Great Once were in the company at the same time and closer to each other in age, they managed to win it in the same pattern. Triple H was a huge name in the Attitude Era as the leader of DX.
Triple H won his first WWE Championship in 1999, and he never looked back as the main event level star later. He dominated the 2000s decade because won the big gold numerous times. He won it for the last time at Royal Rumble 2016 before dropping it back to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 32. In his whole career, Triple wore the WWE Championship around his waist nine times, while the WWE’s old World Heavyweight Championship belt five times.
# 2 Randy Orton (2000s, 2010s, 2020)
From a legend killer in his initial days in WWE, Randy Orton quickly became a legend himself. The Viper is currently the longest-serving full-time Superstar, having been in the company for two decades. He made his main roster debut in 2002 as a young rookie. But he became a World Champion in 2004. However, he took three more years to win his first WWE Championship, which he captured for the first time in 2007.
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He never looked back after the title win. In the PG Era as well as the whole 2010s, Orton dominated the main event scene along with John Cena. He became the WWE Champion ten times, including once in 2020, which was the most recent one. Randy Orton’s age was 40 when he won became the WWE Champion for the last time from Drew McIntyre, making him a WWE Superstar to hold it in three different decades.
# 1 Brock Lesnar ( 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
Brock Lesnar is the latest addition to the list to win the WWE Championship in three different decades. The Beast Incarnate is someone to be in the main event scene of WWE throughout his career, right from his debut. As a rookie, he was the ‘Next Big Thing’. Brock Lesnar became the youngest WWE Champion at SummerSlam in 2002 after beating The Rock.
When Lesnar came back in the 2010s, he won the WWE Championship from John Cena in 2014. Following it, he was in the WWE Universal Championship picture for a while until winning the WWE Championship again in 2019 on WWE SmackDown’s season premiere on Fox. His fresh WWE Championship win was at Day 1 pay-per-view, where he captured the big prize for the sixth time in his career. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns was supposed to headline the show with the Universal Championship on the line. Since the latter wasn’t cleared to wrestle, it opened the gate for Lesnar to enter the WWE Championship match, and he was crowned as the new WWE Champion.
Avik Das is the founder of Sportsheed. He is a sports lover with broad knowledge of Professional Wrestling, MMA, Football, and Cricket. He has an English major and has previously written articles for various sports and entertainment websites
