5 WWE Superstars who had to wait the longest for a World Championship

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Jeff Hardy with the World Heavyweight Championship title
Jeff Hardy with the World Heavyweight Championship title

#1 Andre the Giant - 5429 days

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Andre The Giant

When you look back at the legend of Andre the Giant, you would assume that he dominated everyone who stood in his path and enjoyed some hugely successful title runs.

Well, not quite. Despite being unpinned and unsubmitted for nearly 15 years, Andre had to wait for more than that for his first WWE Championship.

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Nearly 5500 days after making his debut, he finally defeated Hulk Hogan for the belt in 1988 but it proved to be a sham of a title run as he immediately gave up the title to Ted DiBiase, prompting the kayfabe owner of WWE at that time, Jack Tully, to vacate the belt.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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