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Brand Champion: John Bradshaw Layfield     Name No. Date Location Event Days Notes 01 Buddy Rogers 1 01/24/1963 Toronto, ON -- 113 Note 02 Bruno Sammartino 1 05/17/1963 New York, NY -- 2,803 Note 03 Ivan Koloff 1 01/18/1971 New York, NY -- 21 Note 04 Pedro Morales 1 02/08/1971 New York, NY -- 1,027 Note 05 Stan Stasiak 1 12/01/1973 Philadelphia, PA -- 9 Note 06 Bruno Sammartino 2 12/10/1973 New York, NY -- 1,237 Note 07 Billy Graham 1 04/30/1977 Baltimore, MD -- 296 Note 08 Bob Backlund 1 02/20/1978 New York, NY -- 648 Note 09 Antonio Inoki 1 11/30/1979 Tokushimo, Japan -- 6 Note -- Vacant -- 12/06/1979 Tokyo, Japan -- 6 Note 10 Bob Backlund 2 12/12/1979 New York, NY -- 677 Note -- Vacant -- 10/19/1981 -- -- 35 Note 11 Bob Backlund 3 11/23/1981 New York, NY -- 763 Note 12 The Iron Sheik 1 12/26/1983 New York, NY -- 28 Note 13 Hulk Hogan 1 01/23/1984 New York, NY -- 1,474 Note 14 Andre The Giant 1 02/05/1988 Indianapolis, IN TME [1] Note -- Vacant -- 02/05/1988 Indianapolis, IN TME 51 Note 15 Randy Savage 1 03/27/1988 Atlantic City, NJ WM IV 371 Note 16 Hulk Hogan 2 04/02/1989 Atlantic City, NJ WM V 364 Note 17 The Ultimate Warrior 1 04/01/1990 Toronto, ON WM VI 293 Note 18 Sgt. Slaughter 1 01/19/1991 Miami, FL RR '91 64 Note 19 Hulk Hogan 3 03/24/1991 Los Angeles, CA WM VII 248 Note 20 The Undertaker 1 11/27/1991 Detroit, MI SUR '91 6 Note 21 Hulk Hogan 4 12/03/1991 San Antonio, TX TIT '91 1 Note -- Vacant -- 12/04/1991 -- -- 46 Note 22 Ric Flair 1 01/19/1992 Albany, NY RR '92 77 Note 23 Randy Savage 2 04/05/1992 Indianapolis, IN WM VIII 149 Note 24 Ric Flair 2 09/01/1992 Hershey, PA PTW 41 Note 25 Bret Hart 1 10/12/1992 Saskatoon, SK -- 174 Note 26 Yokozuna 1 04/04/1993 Las Vegas, NV WM IX [1] Note 27 Hulk Hogan 5 04/04/1993 Las Vegas, NV WM IX 70 Note 28 Yokozuna 2 06/13/1993 Dayton, OH KOTR '93 280 Note 29 Bret Hart 2 03/20/1994 New York, NY WM X 248 Note 30 Bob Backlund 4 11/23/1994 San Antonio, TX SUR '94 2 Note 31 Diesel 1 11/26/1994 New York, NY -- 358 Note 32 Bret Hart 3 11/19/1995 Landover, MD SUR '95 133 Note 33 Shawn Michaels 1 03/31/1996 Anaheim, CA WM XII 231 Note 34 Psycho Sid 1 11/17/1996 New York, NY SUR '96 63 Note 35 Shawn Michaels 2 01/19/1997 San Antonio, TX RR '97 25 Note -- Vacant -- 02/13/1997 Lowell, MA RAW TH 3 Note 36 Bret Hart 4 02/16/1997 Chattanooga, TN IYH XIII 1 Note 37 Psycho Sid 2 02/17/1997 Nashville, TN MNR 34 Note 38 The Undertaker 2 03/23/1997 Rosemont, IL WM XIII 133 Note 39 Bret Hart 5 08/03/1997 E. Rutherford, NJ SUM '97 98 Note 40 Shawn Michaels 3 11/09/1997 Montreal, PQ SUR '97 140 Note 41 Steve Austin 1 03/29/1998 Boston, MA WM XIV 91 Note 42 Kane 1 06/28/1998 Pittsburgh, PA KOTR '98 1 Note 43 Steve Austin 2 06/29/1998 Cleveland, OH RIW 90 Note -- Vacant -- 09/27/1998 Hamilton, ON IYH XXIV 49 Note 44 The Rock 1 11/15/1998 St. Louis, MO SUR '98 44 Note 45 Mankind 1 12/29/1998 Worcester, MA RIW 26 Note 46 The Rock 2 01/24/1999 Anaheim, CA RR '99 2 Note 47 Mankind 2 01/26/1999 Tuscon, AZ SNH 20 Note 48 The Rock 3 02/15/1999 Birmingham, AL RIW 41 Note 49 Steve Austin 3 03/28/1999 Philadelphia, PA WM XV 56 Note 50 The Undertaker 3 05/23/1999 Kansas City, MO OTE '99 36 Note 51 Steve Austin 4 06/28/1999 Charlotte, NC RIW 55 Note 52 Mankind 3 08/22/1999 Minneapolis, MN SUM '99 1 Note 53 Triple H 1 08/23/1999 Ames, IA RIW 22 Note 54 Vince McMahon 1 09/14/1999 Las Vegas, NV SMDN 6 Note -- Vacant -- 09/20/1999 Houston, TX RIW 6 Note 55 Triple H 2 09/26/1999 Charlotte, NC UF '99 49 Note 56 The Big Show 1 11/14/1999 Detroit, MI SUR '99 50 Note 57 Triple H 3 01/03/2000 Miami, FL RIW 121 Note 58 The Rock 4 04/30/2000 Washington, DC BKL '00 21 Note 59 Triple H 4 05/21/2000 Louisville, KY JD '00 35 Note 60 The Rock 5 06/25/2000 Boston, MA KOTR '00 119 Note 61 Kurt Angle 1 10/22/2000 Albany, NY NM '00 126 Note 62 The Rock 6 02/25/2001 Las Vegas, NV NWO '01 35 Note 63 Steve Austin 5 04/01/2001 Houston, TX WM X-7 175 Note 64 Kurt Angle 2 09/23/2001 Pittsburgh, PA UF '01 15 Note 65 Steve Austin 6 10/08/2001 Indianapolis, IN RAW 62 Note 66 Chris Jericho 1 12/09/2001 San Diego, CA VNG '01 98 Note 67 Triple H 5 03/17/2002 Toronto, ON WM X-8 35 Note 68 Hulk Hogan 6 04/21/2002 Kansas City, MO BKL '02 28 Note 69 The Undertaker 4 05/19/2002 Nashville, TN JD '02 63 Note 70 The Rock 7 07/21/2002 Detroit, MI VNG '02 35 Note 71 Brock Lesnar 1 08/25/2002 Uniondale, NY SUM '02 84 Note 72 The Big Show 2 11/17/2002 New York, NY SUR '02 28 Note 73 Kurt Angle 3 12/15/2002 Ft. Lauderdale, FL ARM '02 105 Note 74 Brock Lesnar 2 03/30/2003 Seattle, WA WM XIX 119 Note 75 Kurt Angle 4 07/27/2003 Denver, CO VNG '03 51 Note 76 Brock Lesnar 3 09/16/2003 Raleigh, NC SMDN 152 Note 77 Eddie Guerrero 1 02/15/2004 San Francisco, CA NWO '04 133 Note 78 John Bradshaw Layfield 1 06/27/2004 Norfolk, VA GAB '04 -- Note