3 youngest (and 3 oldest) WWE Champions of all time

#2 Youngest WWE Champion: Yokozuna (26 years, 6 months, 2 days)

Due to his sheer size, Yokozuna was as perfect of a replacement for Andre The Giant as WWE could have gotten at that point in time. Yokozuna weighed around a whopping 600 pounds and Vince McMahon decided to turn him into a top heel in WWE.

Yokozuna won the Royal Rumble match in 1993 by eliminating Macho Man Randy Savage in the end, and bagged a shot at Bret Hart's WWE title. He defeated Hart at WrestleMania 9 to become the youngest WWE Champion ever, but didn't get to keep the belt for long, as Hogan came out to save the day and ended up winning the title.

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#2 Oldest WWE Champion: Hulk Hogan (48 years, 8 months, 10 days)

Hulk Hogan came back to WWE with the nWo in 2002. He faced The Rock at WrestleMania 18 in one of the biggest matches of all time. The ovation he received that night convinced Vince McMahon that Hulk was still incredibly popular among the fans. This resulted in Hogan getting a WWE title run.

At Backlash 2002, Triple H defended his newly won WWE title against Hogan. After interferences from Chris Jericho and Undertaker, Hogan managed to pin Triple H to become a 6-time WWE Champion.

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Abhilash Mendhe is a pro wrestling journalist at Sportskeeda with nearly five years of experience. He completed his MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management in 2016 and worked with multiple banking institutions, including Tech Mahindra. While he started writing WWE articles for Sportskeeda in 2019 as a hobby, it eventually became a significant part of his professional journey.

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He has interviewed prominent pro wrestling personalities like Noam Dar, Angry Miz Girl, Brendan Cobbina, and Jesse Lambert. Abhilash is a big fan of AEW star Orange Cassidy, as he believes the former International Champion’s on-screen gimmick of an extremely lazy guy resonates with him.

Given the opportunity to script WWE’s next big storyline, Abhilash would treat fans to the second installment of The Bloodline Civil War. He would book Roman Reigns to re-form The Bloodline with The Usos and Sami Zayn upon his comeback. The angle would see The Tribal Chief-led group go head-to-head with The Rock, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, and Jacob Fatu in a blockbuster family feud.

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