One of the greatest stars to grace a WWE ring, Bruno Sammartino holds the record for the longest WWE Championship reign in history at 2,803 days. On May 17, 1963, Sammartino defeated Buddy Rogers ...

During his childhood in a small Italian mountain town, Bruno Sammartino heard ... Bruno held the WWE Championship for nearly eight years, by far the longest reign of all time, which was a record ...

Before Bruno Sammartino started his nearly eight-year World Wide Wrestling Federation Championship reign in 1963, Buddy Rogers had held the title for a few weeks. Vince McMahon Sr. commissioned a ...

Quantity does not equal quality. These wrestlers are memorable WWE Champions despite having only won the belt once in their ...

This historic reign began in August 2020 ... According to WWE.com, Bruno Sammartino held what would later be known as the WWE Championship for 2,803 days, or nearly seven years.