Longest Reigning World Heavyweight Champions 2002-2024 Seth Rollins 316 days Batista 282 days Triple H 280 days Sheamus 210 days Randy Orton 161 days Chris Benoit 154 days Kane 154 days Undertaker 140 days Alberto Del Rio 133 days Booker T 126 days Batista 126 days Damien Priest 118 days Rey Mysterio 112 days Edge 105 days Daniel Bryan 105 days Triple H 91 days Batista 91 days Mark Henry 91 days Alberto Del Rio 90 days Triple H 85 days Goldberg 84 days Triple H 84 days John Cena 84 days Kurt Angle 82 days Jack Swagger 82 days Triple H 76 days Randy Orton 75 days Big Show 72 days Edge 70 days CM Punk 69 days Dolph Ziggler 69 days Daniel Bryan 64 days Great Khali 61 days Edge 58 days Edge 56 days Chris Jericho 49 days Edge 49 days CM Punk 49 days John Cena 49 days John Cena 49 days Edge 42 days CM Punk 42 days Undertaker 37 days Chris Jericho 37 days Randy Orton 35 days Undertaker 30 days Edge 29 days Shawn Michaels 28 days Randy Orton 28 days Jeff Hardy 28 days Rey Mysterio 28 days Christian 28 days John Cena 21 days Chris Jericho 20 days Gunther 14+ days Batista 8 days Christian 2 days Brock Lesnar 1 day Jeff Hardy 0 days Dolph Ziggler 0 days Big Show 0 days Drew McIntyre 0 days
@@kevinuchiha6830you're point don't make sense at all since this version of whc was just introduced in 2023 and seth being first and longest whc champion itself makes him more suitable for world heavyweight championship in current era wrestlers
Fun fact: if you include the new lineage as well, Seth Rollins is the longest reigning champion, holding the title longer than the previous longest holder, Batista, who I’m pretty sure held the title for 280 days.
@@NitroRalph Could we say that the Stone Cold Curse was cast to the Shield, since both Seth's and Roman's title reigns ended at the landmark 40th WrestleMania/ended in a day count of 316?
What if, as a joke, Santi and I became a tag team and, instead of defending them, we moved to an island and spent the rest of our lives as tag team champs. As a joke, of course.
Technically Triple H was the #1 Contender to the Undisputed WWE Championship when Brock Lesnar was signed to that exclusive contract on Smackdown, so he did technically earn it.
Undertaker reign in 2007 was legendary, he looked great with that belt and his 3 matches with Batista was the rivalry of the year. That on top of his reign in 2009 makes him A
HBK dropped the Title to Trips again because HBK didn't want to be a champion holding the title for so long since he was a family man now and his back issues. That's also a little history and a little fact for all y'all
I mean....yeah? Benoit's one reign was longer and better then all of Taker's world title reigns combined. Undertaker as a world champ was never that great and never lasted long either@@PaulJackson-fs4sz
Triple H: B- Shawn Michaels:D Goldberg-D+ Chris Benoit:C- Randy Orton: B- Batista:A Kurt Angle:B Rey Mysterio :D King Booker:B Undertaker:B Edge:A+ The Great Khali:F Cm Punk:D Chris Jericho:B- John Cena:C- Jeff Hardy:C- Jack Swagger:F Kane:D Dolph Ziggler:D- Christian:C Mark Henry:C Big Show:D Daniel Bryan :C- Sheamus:B- Seth Rollins:A+ Drew Mcyntire:D Damian Priest:B- Gunther:THE RING GENERAAAAAALLL
Technically speaking Christian lost the World Heavyweight Championship 2 days later as Smackdown was taped at the time. But since it aired on Friday...it would be he lost the title 5 days later not 6 days later.
I forgive it because HHH made 2 huge stars out of it. I think the sticking point is his match with Booker T. Booker should have won and held the belt for a month or two.
Video idea: number…I don’t have a clue. Every NXT superstars male and females chances of winning a world title on the main roster. /Bet the house.All the way down to no chance In hell.
Even though Bryan got squashed by Sheamus at WM28. They would go on to have an underrated classic at Extreme Rules 2012 that should be talked about more
One thing I will say, just in case anyone is confused, when Kane won the world title, Santi says the prior champion was jack swagger. But Kane actually won it from Rey mysterio because mysterio had pinned swagger at the fatal 4 way ppv in a fatal 4 way, so at mitb Kane cashed in and beat mysterio after mysterio beat swagger
@@WillieReece0 in 90s taker won more championship total 4 times WWE champ but his career was more associated with non title storylines and remember for that. It was around ruthless agression when WWE started putting taker into world title picture and he won world title in back to back WrestleMania in memorable matches and he resembles himself with that title even if it was shorter because Undertaker character wasn't meant to hold title for longer time anyway
@@WillieReece0 I say edge is top 2 with Batista then hhh and taker at 4th but Batista and hhh looks more perfect with that belt they literally define that belt just like how Brock and roman will define universal championship than WWE title weather someone's like it or not.
Batista Undertaker Edge HHH Seth Freakin Rollins in my opinion their runs as World Heavyweight champion were incredible and especially Batista and HHH in my opinion they were total badasses when they held the world heavyweight champion
He won the WWF championship at Survivor Series 1991, Won it again at Wrestlemania 13, then at Raw 1999 and then at Backlash 2002. He is 4 times WWF Champion and a 3 Times World Heavyweight Championship.
Barring a few names (Swagger, Ziggler, Del Rio) there has been some incredibly talented people who have been World Heavyweight Championship in WWE Edit: OH FUCK I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE GREAT KHALI
Seth will forever be my favorite champion, man fights injurys while injuried, HE LITERALLY is the shield of 2023-2024 i will forever say this, SETH IS THE BLOCKER OF WWE
@@OfcImCapri I know a lot of internet wrestling fans know him for the goofy outfits but ring that bell, Seth Freakin Rollins delivers bangers and when he was World Heavyweight champion he really was a fighting champion and appeared in every PLE last year too
imo Kane's WHCH reign is underrated. At this point, him and Cena were both the biggest superstars in WWE. The story with Taker being in a vegetative state but in the end we knew it was him who put his brother in this state. He won 3 times in a row in 3 different PPV against The Undertaker. Then his feud with Edge playing around with Paul Bearer before losing his title to Edge.
Seamus faced Alberto Del Rio at 5 pay-per-view in a row during that time. I swear if I wasn’t a teenager or an adult during that time, I probably would’ve stopped watching wrestling permanently
Day 98 of asking Santi to make a “Mt Rushmores of WWE” video E.g. Mt Rushmores of technical wrestlers, sellers, comedy characters, mic workers, best heels, greatest matches, finishers, managers, entrance themes, and GOATs
In 2006 I think the rumble match should have been for the world heavyweight title. Mysterio could still win - setting up a world title match against Orton for WM. Then have Taker vs Angle at WrestleMania and Benoit vs Henry for the US Title.
Bruh, gotta disagree. Alberto del Rio was the height of the WHC meaning nothing. Also, people dog on the Reign of Terror. But, if you seriously think about it, who else in Raw at that time could be the top heel? Vince blew it with Jericho, so he was out. Kane? Nope. And Randy Orton wasn't ready yet.
people say the world title was devalued after orton and christian but meanwhile all that happened Punk was wwe champion for 400+ days. and guys like Del rio won it as well. It isn't that the world title lost prestige but wwe simply had very little star power at the time. Guys like tista, edg etc had left. It all just turned to shit.
The big gold world heavyweight championship is the greatest design of all time and here a Hot Take: Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin would’ve looked the best with that belt, better than Batista and them
i feel like brunson reed has the same build up that mark henry's hall of pain had, i know that some other guys had that "i ruin everything in my path" like rayback had the same build up but it feels like reed has the same vibes as henry had back then the only problem is that gunther just won the world heavyweight and i dont think that reed can compete at a level of wwe championship that rhoads hold. maybe a good USA chmapionship run would be great for him
I feel like the Bryan ranking is a bit harsh. To me, his heel run at the time was great, and really showcased him developing his character. If you look further of his stretch within a year, from Mania28 to Mania29, the depth of character Bryan got. He was over already, but feel like that is the point he truly got super over. Which sure the 28 seconds helped matters, but the unhinged Bryan was super entertaining, to then the great tag team of Team Hellno, was truly classic.
Seth Rollins made the World Championship look like a mid-card title Santi is so terrible at this seriously, at Mania, his not caring about the championship at all, made this championship an afterthought, I would rate Gunther and now Orton to make this championship mean something, and someone as huge as Orton coming for it elevates the status of this championship.
HHH shouldn’t get an A+ due to how stagnant Raw became after he won the championship and the politics and burying of talent whilst Champion. I would have given him a D.
Seth held it for 316 days. It is one of the best championship reigns. He defended it as many times as possible. Beat, AJ Damien Finn Shinsuke Jey Drew Jinder. Over 55 defenses including 9 PLEs defenses.
Heh I actually would rank Taker the same as Edge their rivalry for the title from Wrestlemania 24 to TLC was at the time my favorite feud not only on Smackdown but on both show.
I know HBK was mostly used to put over other superstars from like 2002-2010. But I wish that he would’ve won more world titles in that span :(. 100% should’ve beaten Cena at WrestleMania 23
He didn't want to. He was meant to win the 23 match but chose to lose. He didn't want the pressures of being champion and just enjoyed wrestling at that stage.
Bro really needs to rewatch taker as champion. I loved priest as champ. But it had nothing on taker. Taker v batista at mania alone Is better then anything priest did.
I was a kid whenever Kane won the title but I always remembered how I shocked I was when I heard Kane’s amazing music and coming out to beat Rey mysterio. I’ve watched it back few different times aswell. And Kane’s title reign really wasn’t bad I really enjoyed and I wish he would’ve gotten a second title reign but I would have to rate it a B+. His aura has just always been through the roof especially when he cashed in
As for Rey, Damian was the underdog in every title defense and he got us all rooting for him and a big successful face turn.. can't say the underdog thing doesn't work when it worked with Damian
I don’t think a title run should be ranked based on how long it is I think it should be ranked based on what it was surrounded by. So I think someone like edge was a great champion. Would even say the story with Cena and edge from 2009. it was a compelling story that dated back to 2006 so I wouldn’t say every run that short is bad.
day 49 of asking santi for a video where former nxt or main roster wwe superstars/factions would be in there wwe careers if they never left or never got released.
I wanna start by saying I was born in 1998 and my early years ratings are mainly gonna be based on what I think that I thought back then because I very rarely go back and watch old stuff. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Goldberg, Chris Benoit, Batista: Can’t remember anything/wasn’t watching Randy Orion (back end): A (that feud with Christian) Kurt Angle: C (can kinda remember it loosely) Rey Mysterio: B+ King Booker: A+ (I absolutely hated him 😡) Taker: C (just didn’t look right on him) Edge: A+++++++++ (MY FUCKING GUY!!!!) Khali: C+ (I enjoyed that he beat Taker) Punk: C (forgettable) Y2J: C (meh) Cena: F (how dare you take the belt of edge again) Jeff: ? (Can’t remember anything) Swagger: F- Kane: C- (felt underwhelming and didn’t sit him) Dolph: B- (if it wasn’t for the cash in it’d be a D) Christian: B+ (Great feud with Randy)(did it for edge in my eyes) Mark Henry: A (HALL OF PAIN) (Short but sweet) Big show: D (really? This guy) Daniel Bryan A (if we’re not counting the unified belts then C+) My fellow pale ginger: B+ (actually very underrated / I was on the Sheamus bandwagon from his when he killed Jamie Noble so I loved him with the WHC) That prick: B+ (I hate that I found him entertaining) Seth Rollings: A++ (my modern day 🐐) Drew McIntyre: N/A Damian Priest: A (I felt like I was the only guy that was behind him from the first second, I had full faith in him and he delivered) (my current favourite) Gunther: to early to call
Maybe this is an inside joke that I'm missing, when you said it in previous videos I thought it was just a mess up, but apperantly not. Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan was 18 seconds, not 28. It was however at Wrestlemania 28, so maybe that's where the mix up came from.
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It could be great if you include the attitude era in your video 😀😀😀
Also with Randy he at 24 was not ready to be a World Champion at that time so he did have to drop it
Longest Reigning World Heavyweight Champions 2002-2024
Seth Rollins 316 days
Batista 282 days
Triple H 280 days
Sheamus 210 days
Randy Orton 161 days
Chris Benoit 154 days
Kane 154 days
Undertaker 140 days
Alberto Del Rio 133 days
Booker T 126 days
Batista 126 days
Damien Priest 118 days
Rey Mysterio 112 days
Edge 105 days
Daniel Bryan 105 days
Triple H 91 days
Batista 91 days
Mark Henry 91 days
Alberto Del Rio 90 days
Triple H 85 days
Goldberg 84 days
Triple H 84 days
John Cena 84 days
Kurt Angle 82 days
Jack Swagger 82 days
Triple H 76 days
Randy Orton 75 days
Big Show 72 days
Edge 70 days
CM Punk 69 days
Dolph Ziggler 69 days
Daniel Bryan 64 days
Great Khali 61 days
Edge 58 days
Edge 56 days
Chris Jericho 49 days
Edge 49 days
CM Punk 49 days
John Cena 49 days
John Cena 49 days
Edge 42 days
CM Punk 42 days
Undertaker 37 days
Chris Jericho 37 days
Randy Orton 35 days
Undertaker 30 days
Edge 29 days
Shawn Michaels 28 days
Randy Orton 28 days
Jeff Hardy 28 days
Rey Mysterio 28 days
Christian 28 days
John Cena 21 days
Chris Jericho 20 days
Gunther 14+ days
Batista 8 days
Christian 2 days
Brock Lesnar 1 day
Jeff Hardy 0 days
Dolph Ziggler 0 days
Big Show 0 days
Drew McIntyre 0 days
Good job, brother 👏. Even with all those days, Seth isn't really a top 5 heavyweight championship
@@kevinuchiha6830who would you have above him, I picture him being about 4th behind Batista and Triple H minimum
Dolph has longer reign
Quick question guys, if I say zigglers name with an n instead of a z, do I get cancelled?
@@kevinuchiha6830you're point don't make sense at all since this version of whc was just introduced in 2023 and seth being first and longest whc champion itself makes him more suitable for world heavyweight championship in current era wrestlers
Fun fact: if you include the new lineage as well, Seth Rollins is the longest reigning champion, holding the title longer than the previous longest holder, Batista, who I’m pretty sure held the title for 280 days.
True but batista never lost the title he vacated do to injury in January 2006
Damn
@@NitroRalph Could we say that the Stone Cold Curse was cast to the Shield, since both Seth's and Roman's title reigns ended at the landmark 40th WrestleMania/ended in a day count of 316?
@@Dm_hunkstill lost it
@@HaydenJolinwell no he didn't lose it, that was the whole point of that guys comment. Losing it and vacating it are 2 completely different things
What if, as a joke, Santi and I became a tag team and, instead of defending them, we moved to an island and spent the rest of our lives as tag team champs. As a joke, of course.
Then fans would probably travel there to tell him to oil up.
@@jeremiasnolasco-uw2lt what if I oiled up too? As a joke though.
would the joke be funnier if i joined? maybe even oiled up as well
@@gageyz couldn’t hurt. Just a bunch of oiled up fellas talking about wrestling. As a joke.
You can't beat the ultimate wrestler Vacant, that dude will even follow you and Santi to that Island.
Technically Triple H was the #1 Contender to the Undisputed WWE Championship when Brock Lesnar was signed to that exclusive contract on Smackdown, so he did technically earn it.
Thank you , not alot of people mention this
Triple H is the best heavyweight champion of the world in history and he has earned the right to become the first holder of this title!
Me and my cousin would just literally call the world heavyweight championship "batistas belts" and wwe title as "john cenas belt" lol
@@palashthakur2716 you were a weird kid ,Randy was almost always seen holding Cenas spinner belt
Undertaker reign in 2007 was legendary, he looked great with that belt and his 3 matches with Batista was the rivalry of the year. That on top of his reign in 2009 makes him A
I agree I think even an A+ is fair for his reign, especially because of that Batista rivalry
12:31 “BATISTA IS DOWN” that’s the most memorable thing from that reign 😂
Im glad you gave some big recognition to the Randy Orton and Christian feud. So underrated. They put on banger matches too.
Was the only real good thing on smackdown at the time
The only annoying part was Christian losing the title practically immediately every time
@@ultraomenmurat9937he wasn't that good
@@ultraomenmurat9937 yh that was unfortunate he should’ve at least held for a few months. That feud could’ve gone on longer
HBK dropped the Title to Trips again because HBK didn't want to be a champion holding the title for so long since he was a family man now and his back issues. That's also a little history and a little fact for all y'all
Exactly
Teddy : No way you gave Undertaker a 'B' grade
You gotta go one on one with the undetekkaaa
The best part about Benoit’s reign was that HHH could never figure out how to beat Benoit. It made us feel like someone had his number
Dirty Dom will be in this ranking very soon, acknowledge him
you better acknowledge me
Waiting for that top dolla and santi tag team it’s going to be santiline rules 👏👏👏👏👏
Okay but if Batista, Edge, Triple H, and Undertaker aren’t all S tier then I will boycott this channel
Agreed. I'm biased to Edge and Taker also 😂😂
He rated Chris Benoit higher than taker 😢😂
@@PaulJackson-fs4szdelusional
I mean....yeah? Benoit's one reign was longer and better then all of Taker's world title reigns combined. Undertaker as a world champ was never that great and never lasted long either@@PaulJackson-fs4sz
You shall be boycotting then 😂
Triple H: B-
Shawn Michaels:D
Goldberg-D+
Chris Benoit:C-
Randy Orton: B-
Batista:A
Kurt Angle:B
Rey Mysterio :D
King Booker:B
Undertaker:B
Edge:A+
The Great Khali:F
Cm Punk:D
Chris Jericho:B-
John Cena:C-
Jeff Hardy:C-
Jack Swagger:F
Kane:D
Dolph Ziggler:D-
Christian:C
Mark Henry:C
Big Show:D
Daniel Bryan :C-
Sheamus:B-
Seth Rollins:A+
Drew Mcyntire:D
Damian Priest:B-
Gunther:THE RING GENERAAAAAALLL
Day 98 of asking Santi to rank every NXT TakeOver
Keep commenting that vid will feed
Technically speaking Christian lost the World Heavyweight Championship 2 days later as Smackdown was taped at the time. But since it aired on Friday...it would be he lost the title 5 days later not 6 days later.
The fact that they call it the “reign of terror” should make it obvious that it wasn’t A+ material
I forgive it because HHH made 2 huge stars out of it. I think the sticking point is his match with Booker T. Booker should have won and held the belt for a month or two.
Video idea: number…I don’t have a clue. Every NXT superstars male and females chances of winning a world title on the main roster.
/Bet the house.All the way down to no chance In hell.
Del Rio’s win over the Big Show in the last man standing match was phenomenal. Gotta give him a better grade than that
Hall of Pain Mark Henry was so iconic I forget how short it was.
Triple H is the best heavyweight champion of the world in history!
18:40 The Previous Champion was Rey Mysterio
7:07 Batista was a badass when he was World Heavyweight champion bro. That championship suited him ten times better 🔥🔥🔥
Even though Bryan got squashed by Sheamus at WM28. They would go on to have an underrated classic at Extreme Rules 2012 that should be talked about more
One thing I will say, just in case anyone is confused, when Kane won the world title, Santi says the prior champion was jack swagger. But Kane actually won it from Rey mysterio because mysterio had pinned swagger at the fatal 4 way ppv in a fatal 4 way, so at mitb Kane cashed in and beat mysterio after mysterio beat swagger
So we’re just going to ignore santis face turn last night?
I respect Santi’s opinion…but how Undertaker doesn’t get a higher grade than Kurt Angle and Booker T is baffling😂
Santi 2 days ago: "I don't have any titles"
16:55 : *grabs the WWE spinner belt*
Edge and Undertaker are 1 and 2. No more said 😂😂. S Tier reigns
Dude has some bizzare opinion's fr
I’m not going to lie… the world heavyweight championship is more symbolic to Undertaker than a lot of people… a B is crazy
Yeah after spending entire 90s decades taker finally started winning World title in 2000s and resembles himself more with world title than wwe
@@thegameking3931 agreed
@@WillieReece0 in 90s taker won more championship total 4 times WWE champ but his career was more associated with non title storylines and remember for that. It was around ruthless agression when WWE started putting taker into world title picture and he won world title in back to back WrestleMania in memorable matches and he resembles himself with that title even if it was shorter because Undertaker character wasn't meant to hold title for longer time anyway
@@thegameking3931 I’m in my early 20’s. I think that anyone in my age group will say they remember taker and Edge for the big goldy
@@WillieReece0 I say edge is top 2 with Batista then hhh and taker at 4th but Batista and hhh looks more perfect with that belt they literally define that belt just like how Brock and roman will define universal championship than WWE title weather someone's like it or not.
Batista
Undertaker
Edge
HHH
Seth Freakin Rollins in my opinion their runs as World Heavyweight champion were incredible and especially Batista and HHH in my opinion they were total badasses when they held the world heavyweight champion
13:48 and these were taker's 3 only world title reigns
Can't tell if you're making a joke or not
Lockdown kids😂
He won the WWF championship at Survivor Series 1991, Won it again at Wrestlemania 13, then at Raw 1999 and then at Backlash 2002.
He is 4 times WWF Champion and a 3 Times World Heavyweight Championship.
@@arvindshastry1178 exactly
oh my bad I only heard of his 3 WHC reigns
It still kinda pisses me that they never pulled the trigger on kane in 2003 when he was a menace
Blame triple h’s reign of terror. Lane lost his mask and lost the unification match in 02
Day 132 of asking you to rank every superstar based off of pure in ring ability
Barring a few names (Swagger, Ziggler, Del Rio) there has been some incredibly talented people who have been World Heavyweight Championship in WWE
Edit: OH FUCK I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE GREAT KHALI
Randy Orton is at LEAST a B+ WHC
Seth will forever be my favorite champion, man fights injurys while injuried, HE LITERALLY is the shield of 2023-2024 i will forever say this, SETH IS THE BLOCKER OF WWE
He represented very well in my opinion
@@sandiletwala3001 right
@@OfcImCapri I know a lot of internet wrestling fans know him for the goofy outfits but ring that bell, Seth Freakin Rollins delivers bangers and when he was World Heavyweight champion he really was a fighting champion and appeared in every PLE last year too
@@sandiletwala3001 right
@@OfcImCapri in my opinion he's amongst one of the greatest wrestlers of all time in the modern era
imo Kane's WHCH reign is underrated. At this point, him and Cena were both the biggest superstars in WWE.
The story with Taker being in a vegetative state but in the end we knew it was him who put his brother in this state. He won 3 times in a row in 3 different PPV against The Undertaker. Then his feud with Edge playing around with Paul Bearer before losing his title to Edge.
Seth’s matches with fin and drew and shin were fucking amazing . Truly 5 stars
Seamus faced Alberto Del Rio at 5 pay-per-view in a row during that time. I swear if I wasn’t a teenager or an adult during that time, I probably would’ve stopped watching wrestling permanently
Do you even why Shawn won? It was called on the go. Holy shit. Santi. You have no respect.
Day 98 of asking Santi to make a “Mt Rushmores of WWE” video
E.g. Mt Rushmores of technical wrestlers, sellers, comedy characters, mic workers, best heels, greatest matches, finishers, managers, entrance themes, and GOATs
You should have included the wcw. If you're a wrestling youtubers. You're a WRESTLING youtubers. Not just wwe.
Damian impressed as WHC but I can’t say he should have a higher grade than Hall of Pain Mark Henry.
Hall of pain henry deserved to carry to mania. Especially with how the WWE did Bryan Danielson against Sheamus
Day 2 of asking santi to collab with thegreatone
Grading every Undisputed champion next???
Would love to see a video like this for the women. There’s been some really good women’s champions that deserve some recognition
In 2006 I think the rumble match should have been for the world heavyweight title. Mysterio could still win - setting up a world title match against Orton for WM. Then have Taker vs Angle at WrestleMania and Benoit vs Henry for the US Title.
Day 94 of asking Santi to name the top 25 best wrestlers of all time
We need a ranking of the women's champions
Bruh, gotta disagree. Alberto del Rio was the height of the WHC meaning nothing.
Also, people dog on the Reign of Terror. But, if you seriously think about it, who else in Raw at that time could be the top heel? Vince blew it with Jericho, so he was out. Kane? Nope. And Randy Orton wasn't ready yet.
people say the world title was devalued after orton and christian but meanwhile all that happened Punk was wwe champion for 400+ days. and guys like Del rio won it as well. It isn't that the world title lost prestige but wwe simply had very little star power at the time. Guys like tista, edg etc had left. It all just turned to shit.
The big gold world heavyweight championship is the greatest design of all time and here a Hot Take: Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin would’ve looked the best with that belt, better than Batista and them
Taker didn't needed a belt to be the big guy,he was more than any championship belt
i feel like brunson reed has the same build up that mark henry's hall of pain had, i know that some other guys had that "i ruin everything in my path" like rayback had the same build up but it feels like reed has the same vibes as henry had back then the only problem is that gunther just won the world heavyweight and i dont think that reed can compete at a level of wwe championship that rhoads hold. maybe a good USA chmapionship run would be great for him
I feel like the Bryan ranking is a bit harsh. To me, his heel run at the time was great, and really showcased him developing his character. If you look further of his stretch within a year, from Mania28 to Mania29, the depth of character Bryan got. He was over already, but feel like that is the point he truly got super over. Which sure the 28 seconds helped matters, but the unhinged Bryan was super entertaining, to then the great tag team of Team Hellno, was truly classic.
The first reign for ziggler was actually when Vickie handed him the title after Edge used the spear in his match, which was banned
Seth Rollins made the World Championship look like a mid-card title Santi is so terrible at this seriously, at Mania, his not caring about the championship at all, made this championship an afterthought, I would rate Gunther and now Orton to make this championship mean something, and someone as huge as Orton coming for it elevates the status of this championship.
HHH shouldn’t get an A+ due to how stagnant Raw became after he won the championship and the politics and burying of talent whilst Champion.
I would have given him a D.
Seth held it for 316 days. It is one of the best championship reigns. He defended it as many times as possible.
Beat,
AJ
Damien
Finn
Shinsuke
Jey
Drew
Jinder.
Over 55 defenses including 9 PLEs defenses.
You forgot Bron he defended it against him at NXT
@@KingK_Boy124 yeah. Completely forgot. Thanks
I remember when Santi complained about Seth beating people that he thought Seth shouldn't have beaten during his reign.
For the pop at survivor series alone, Shawn Michaels is GOAT tier
How about you do a video on rating every WCW World Champion?
The big gold belt is Batista's belt. And Orton and Cena are synonymous with the WWE championship
Santi’s hairline is incredible.
I also watched the Era where HHH had this belt for the majority of the time.
Bro this belt was made for The Game S+ brother ! Batista too ! Omg i miss this era so bad, what a time it was 🙌🙌🙌
Heh I actually would rank Taker the same as Edge their rivalry for the title from Wrestlemania 24 to TLC was at the time my favorite feud not only on Smackdown but on both show.
Do this with the WWE titles, include universal as well. There’s few enough ppl
You should do grading every universal champion
I know HBK was mostly used to put over other superstars from like 2002-2010. But I wish that he would’ve won more world titles in that span :(.
100% should’ve beaten Cena at WrestleMania 23
He didn't want to. He was meant to win the 23 match but chose to lose. He didn't want the pressures of being champion and just enjoyed wrestling at that stage.
Bro really needs to rewatch taker as champion.
I loved priest as champ.
But it had nothing on taker. Taker v batista at mania alone Is better then anything priest did.
I was a kid whenever Kane won the title but I always remembered how I shocked I was when I heard Kane’s amazing music and coming out to beat Rey mysterio. I’ve watched it back few different times aswell. And Kane’s title reign really wasn’t bad I really enjoyed and I wish he would’ve gotten a second title reign but I would have to rate it a B+. His aura has just always been through the roof especially when he cashed in
Jeff Hardy is at least a C, he had that classic Summerslam 2009 TLC main event with CM Punk.
All Ego beating trick was godluck and i loved it
As for Rey, Damian was the underdog in every title defense and he got us all rooting for him and a big successful face turn.. can't say the underdog thing doesn't work when it worked with Damian
I loved the reign of terror with triple H
I was a big fan of his, so I didn't mind it. Also he helped build 2 superstars at the same time.
Triple H got the world title in 02 because he beat Undertaker in a number 1 contender's match the week before
Tanga Loa is just a mini-Great Khali when you think about it......
Great video. Day 36 of asking for comparisons of the current main roster to veterans/retired/HOF Wrestlers I.e. Dom and Eddie, Sami and Hulk
Day 1 of asking santi to make WWE Mashup Theme Songs Reaction
I was and still am a huge Triple H fan. I absolutely loved how much of a heel he was and how it seemed he was always champion.
Alberto Del Rio Triple HHH Edge best villain world heavyweight champ
Video idea ranking every john cena title reign
I don’t think a title run should be ranked based on how long it is I think it should be ranked based on what it was surrounded by. So I think someone like edge was a great champion. Would even say the story with Cena and edge from 2009. it was a compelling story that dated back to 2006 so I wouldn’t say every run that short is bad.
Do an updated list of GRADING EVERY WWE CHAMPION EVER
day 49 of asking santi for a video where former nxt or main roster wwe superstars/factions would be in there wwe careers if they never left or never got released.
imagine HBK
Starting this comment before Batista grade, better be an A-S tier grade.
Finishing comment after watching Batista grade, A+ is damn right!
Great vid!
Hhh had just won the #1 contender match. That’s why he was “given” the belt
Chris Benoit literally had the same reign as Damien
Woah woah woah taker isn’t the guy with a title he definitely did give it an aura. On top of that when he had that title for wrestlemania was awesome.
Man literally called the title “the holy grail” . Speaks volumes
I wanna start by saying I was born in 1998 and my early years ratings are mainly gonna be based on what I think that I thought back then because I very rarely go back and watch old stuff.
Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Goldberg, Chris Benoit, Batista: Can’t remember anything/wasn’t watching
Randy Orion (back end): A (that feud with Christian)
Kurt Angle: C (can kinda remember it loosely)
Rey Mysterio: B+
King Booker: A+ (I absolutely hated him 😡)
Taker: C (just didn’t look right on him)
Edge: A+++++++++ (MY FUCKING GUY!!!!)
Khali: C+ (I enjoyed that he beat Taker)
Punk: C (forgettable)
Y2J: C (meh)
Cena: F (how dare you take the belt of edge again)
Jeff: ? (Can’t remember anything)
Swagger: F-
Kane: C- (felt underwhelming and didn’t sit him)
Dolph: B- (if it wasn’t for the cash in it’d be a D)
Christian: B+ (Great feud with Randy)(did it for edge in my eyes)
Mark Henry: A (HALL OF PAIN) (Short but sweet)
Big show: D (really? This guy)
Daniel Bryan A (if we’re not counting the unified belts then C+)
My fellow pale ginger: B+ (actually very underrated / I was on the Sheamus bandwagon from his when he killed Jamie Noble so I loved him with the WHC)
That prick: B+ (I hate that I found him entertaining)
Seth Rollings: A++ (my modern day 🐐)
Drew McIntyre: N/A
Damian Priest: A (I felt like I was the only guy that was behind him from the first second, I had full faith in him and he delivered) (my current favourite)
Gunther: to early to call
thank you so much for telling the thruth about seth when i dont know why everyone want to disrespect him rn
When I think of this belt there’s only one man….. BATISTA
16:15 feels weird? It feels straight up wrong😂 looks like a photoshop😂
See u loafing, Goldberg was that guy in WcW, the ppl that only watched WWF was missing out on some good matches and segments in WcW
Maybe this is an inside joke that I'm missing, when you said it in previous videos I thought it was just a mess up, but apperantly not. Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan was 18 seconds, not 28. It was however at Wrestlemania 28, so maybe that's where the mix up came from.
Such a great video. Do WWE Championship next!