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5. John Cena
Cena won his maiden Heavyweight Championship against Jericho at Survivor Series (2008). His second win came at the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania in a Triple Threat Match against Edge and Big Show. His third and final reign is also the current one and the last run of the title. Cena could successfully defend the title only four times, but still emerged as a strong Heavyweight Champion.
4. Randy Orton
“The Viper” won his first title against Chris Benoit at SummerSlam and became, as we all know, the youngest ever World Champion, but lost the title to Triple H within a month’s time. Orton had to wait for seven years to become the Heavyweight Champion again. His last two title reigns came from wins over Christian. The name of Randy Orton will always be mentioned whenever the title will be remembered.
3. Batista
“The Animal” Batista won his first Heavyweight Championship against Triple H at WrestleMania 21, a win which most of the fans remember very well. His maiden title reign was 282-day long, which is the longest in history. His second championship win came against ‘King Booker’ at Survivor Series (2006) which again marked a long reign (126 days). His third title win came against The Great Khali, a reign which lasted for 91 days and his last title win came against Jericho which lasted only 8 days. Batista was one of the best Heavyweight champions and will always be remembered as one.
2. Edge
The “Rated ‘R’ Superstar” had the most number of reigns (7) as the World Heavyweight Champion. In fact, he retired as the Heavyweight Champion. He successfully retained the title 15 times (second-highest). He held the title in five consecutive years, this shows that he journeyed his last professional wrestling years along with this title.
1.Triple H
Not only was “The Game” the inaugural Heavyweight Champion but also one of the most dominating. He held the title on five different occasions which combine to form a 616-day long reign, the highest in history. HHH successfully retained the title a record 27 times. In its initial years, the title was recognized with Triple H, as no matter what the case would be the title always returned to him. It was like they were meant to be with each other. And now, it’s only Triple H who had decided to discontinue the Heavyweight Championship as the new ‘Unified Championship’ takes its place, which will also replace the WWE Championship.
It was great to see the World Heavyweight Championship in the WWE for over a decade. Its inception marked the beginning of a new era in WWE, and we hope that the inception of the Unified Championship marks the beginning of a great new era in WWE.
