Daniel Bryan was the 1000th World Heavyweight Champion in Professional Wrestling

[NegativeFeedback]

As some of you have read in a previous post of mine, I've been scouring the Earth making a record of all the professional wrestling world heavyweight champions. I think I have a pretty definitive list with the 35 titles included here.

Now, when I noticed that there were 1012 reigns on that list, I decided I wanted to find out who #1000 was.

Counting down from 1012:

• 1012- Yuji Nagata (Feb 8, GHC)
• 1011- Takeshi Morishima (Jan 5, GHC)
• 1010- Satoshi Kojima (Jan 4, NWA)
• 1009- Randy Orton (Dec 15, WHC)
• 1008- Magnus (Dec 3, TNA)
• 1007- Randy Orton (Oct 27, WWE)
• 1006- John Cena (Oct 27, WHC)
• 1005- Akebono (Oct 27, AJPW)
• 1004- AJ Styles (Oct 20, TNA)
• 1003- Adam Cole (Sep 20, ROH)
• 1002- Daniel Bryan (Sep 15, WWE)
• 1001- Randy Orton (Aug 18, WWE)
• 1000- Daniel Bryan (Aug 18, WWE)

If we count all those 35 titles as World titles, then Daniel Bryan is officially the 1000th World Champion of the world.

That's a pretty amazing feat if you ask me.

Of course, his position might change if I ever add another title to that list. The only other ones I've considered are the SMW and UWF heavyweight titles. But I actually haven't found any record that they were called "world" titles, so the list will probably stay as it is, and Daniel Bryan will stay as the official 1000th Champion!

 

[DarksideEric]

Fairly cool fact.

Have we hit 100 WWF/E Champions yet in history or is that number still really low?

 

[Барбоса]

Fairly cool fact.

Have we hit 100 WWF/E Champions yet in history or is that number still really low?

Orton's current reign is the 116th different reign.

Daniel Bryan was the 44th different champion.

 

[DarksideEric]

Orton's current reign is the 116th different reign.

Daniel Bryan was the 44th different champion.

So there's been 116 total reigns but only 44 different Champions?

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

2.68 reigns per champion. 2d'ps brah.

 

[Danger Burger]

Huh. Feedback got banned?

Interesting fact either way. I guess not recognising other promotions champions has its drawbacks, eh? Cool For DB, someone should hit him up on twitter if they think he'd read it. Maybe Hallmark do a card for that?

 

[nightmare]

World Champion of the world.

Is that similar to being United States Champion of the united states?

 

[klunderbunker]

Some of these are stretches to say the least.

World Wrestling All-Stars?
IWA (Australia), meaning a title only active in Australia in the 60s/70s?
Pro Wrestling Guerilla?

Those are on the same level as the NWA or WWE Titles? Really?

 

[The Butcher]

As if any of them are legitimate.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

And where's the Internet Championship? It's called the World Wide Web.

 

[BaconBits]

As if any of them are legitimate.

It's not real to you... dammit.