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WWE is a record oriented business. It seems that legacies are built on the number of records that a superstar has to his/her name and over the past few years it seems that the company have been focused on breaking many of the records that have been held for a number of years.
The New Day broke Demolition's long-held record of being the longest reigning Tag Team Champions at the end of 2016 and it seems that has set the tone for many records that have been broken or set over the past few years.
With the Women's Evolution continuing throughout 2017, there are a number of women who have stood out this year and been able to claim records for themselves too.
#10. Alexa Bliss becomes the longest reigning Raw Women's Champion
Alexa Bliss has been setting quite a few records of her own ever since she made her debut on the main roster back in 2016 and became SmackDown Women's Champion.
She was the first woman to main event SmackDown Live inside a steel cage alongside Becky Lynch before she became the first woman to hold both the SmackDown and Raw Women's Championships when she was moved over to Raw as part of the WWE draft.
Alexa made some more history when she became the longest reigning Raw Women's Champion. Charlotte's first reign held the record at 113 days, whilst Alexa's first reign as Champion earlier this year was just shy of this at 112 days.
Her current reign surpassed Charlotte Flair's on Wednesday and she has now held the title for 118 days, the longest in the short history of the belt.
#9. Triple H's WrestleMania record
Triple H is perhaps the only sour note when it comes to records in 2017 unless Curt Hawkins was going to be part of this list too. It seems that for a man who calls himself The King of Kings, he doesn't do too well at the biggest event on WWE's calendar.
Triple H went into an unsanctioned match against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 33 this year and epically lost after he knocked his wife Stephanie McMahon through a table and walked straight into his own finishing move to lose to the man he once called his protege.
This loss was The Game's 12th at WrestleMania which is more than any other superstar in the history of the event.
#8. Natalya breaks Trish Stratus' pay-per-view record
Natalya has been in WWE for almost a decade. She is one of the best -known veterans in the company and an integral component of the Women's Division.
So, it makes sense that she was able to break Trish Stratus' long-standing pay-per-view match record at Hell in a Cell this year.
Natalya tied the record at 43 with Trish Stratus back at SummerSlam when she won the SmackDown Women's Championship before defending the Championship at Hell in a Cell against Charlotte Flair and setting her own record at 44.
She has since competed at Survivor Series and Clash of Champions which means that since Backlash 2008 Natalya has competed in a record-setting 46 pay-per-view matches...more than any other woman in WWE history.
#7. Asuka Breaks Goldberg's Undefeated Streak
Asuka has been a woman on a mission ever since she made her debut in NXT, but her undefeated streak has been the biggest thing to come out of NXT over the past year. This could be why she was able to finally end Goldberg's long-standing record back in May.
At NXT Takeover: Chicago Asuka retained her Championship in a triple threat match against Nikki Cross and Ruby Riott to break Goldberg's record for her 174th win which was just one more than Goldberg's 173 win record.
Asuka is still undefeated and has continued this streak on the main roster, so it seems that she is ensuring that her record, unlike Goldberg's, will never be broken.
#6. Chris Jericho's Royal Rumble record
Chris Jericho has a lot of records to his name already, but the Ayatollah of Rock 'N' Rolla doesn't seem ready to hang up his wrestling boots just yet and after being able to withstand more than an hour in this year's Royal Rumble match, it's easy to see why.
Jericho lasted 1 hour and 13 seconds in the 2017 Royal Rumble match. This added to the time Jericho has already spent in the match over the past few decades meant that his full time in the match was 4 hours and 56 minutes.
The only person close to Jericho's record didn't even compete in the Rumble this year. He is, of course, Triple H who is almost an hour behind Y2J at just four hours total time.
#5. Mickie James has competed for every Women's Championship available
Mickie James is a five-time Women's Champion and a one-time Divas Champion. She made her debut in WWE back in 2005 and has competed against the likes of Lita and Trish Stratus throughout her career.
So, it comes as no surprise that she has managed to bag herself a record this year as well.
Mickie returned to WWE back in January and competed for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania, less than a year after she was part of the NXT Women's Championship match against Asuka back at NXT Takeover: Toronto.
Of course, being a former Women's and Divas Champion, the only title that Mickie hadn't competed for in WWE was the Raw Women's Championship, something that she was finally able to fight for at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
This means that Mickie is currently the only woman in WWE who has been able to compete for every Championship in WWE Women's Wrestling history.
#4. Goldberg breaks the record for longest amount of time between Championship reigns
Goldberg returned to WWE back in 2016 as part of the "fantasy warfare meets reality" match against Brock Lesnar back at Survivor Series, but he decided to stay with the company after this "one-off" match and faced Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship at Fastlane.
The match was over in just 20 seconds, making it the shortest Universal Championship match in history, but this match also made history because Goldberg broke a record that The Fabulous Moolah set back in 1999.
This win came 14 years or 4,831 days after he was last World Champion, Moolah's record was set at 4,469 days which means that Goldberg now holds the record for the longest time between Championship reigns.
#3. Charlotte has held every Women's Championship in WWE currently
Charlotte calls herself The Queen and considering she's the current SmackDown Women's Champion, it seems that she has a fair point.
Ever since the daughter of Ric Flair first made her debut in NXT, the company knew that she would be the one to change the landscape. Charlotte Flair has since gone on to hold the NXT Women's Championship, was the final holder of the Divas Championship, the first woman to lift the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 32 and is now SmackDown Women's Champion.
Add to this the fact that Charlotte held the Raw Women's Championship four times and it seems that Charlotte has already had seven Championship reigns in four years.
She has held every Women's Championship available in WWE and could be looking at breaking Trish Stratus' decade long record of seven title reigns in the next few years.
#2. Natalya and Charlotte's record-setting feud
Charlotte Flair and Natalya have been rivals for a number of years, dating all the way back to Flair winning her first NXT Women's Championship. She faced Natalya in the finals of the tournament to crown a new Champion after Paige was forced to vacate the title back in 2014.
When Charlotte Flair was promoted to the main roster, Natalya once again became an opponent throughout 2015 and early 2016 when she competed for both the Divas and Raw Women's Championships against the woman who calls herself The Queen.
The two women made history back at Hell in a Cell when Charlotte Flair stepped up to take on Natalya with the SmackDown Women's Championship on the line. In this match, they became the first two women to compete for every championship available to the women in WWE today.
#1. Dean Ambrose becomes the youngest Grand Slam Champion
Dean Ambrose hasn't had a lot of luck since The Shield's original split back in 2014, mostly because Roman Reigns has been pushed as the next face of the company and Seth Rollins was aligned with The Authority, so it seemed that Ambrose was the only member who had no path set out for him.
Ambrose has done well for himself as a former World Champion, United States and Intercontinental Champion, and earlier this year he became a Grand Slam Champion when he won the Tag Team Championships with Rollins at SummerSlam back in August.
When Ambrose won the titles he was just 31 years and seven months old which is two months younger than The Miz who became Grand Slam Champion (he was 31 years and nine months back in 2012).
This win made Ambrose the 16th Grand Slam winner in WWE and more importantly, the youngest.
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