1. Longest: WWE Championship – 3rd Reign (2006/07)
John Cena’s third WWE Championship reign wasn’t just Cena’s longest championship in his WWE career; it was the best. Cena brought a chapter to a close in his rivalry with Edge for the WWE Championship at Unforgiven 2006.
Cena defeated the Rated-R Superstar for the WWE Championship in a TLC match in Edge’s hometown of Toronto. Cena somehow found a way to overcome the odds against him. Nevertheless, Cena’s 380-day WWE Championship reign delivered the goods with Cena cementing his spot at the top of the card with a victory over Shawn Michaels in the main event of WrestleMania 23.
For sure, Cena was a man on a mission by retaining the WWE Championship against the likes of Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, Edge, Mick Foley, Bobby Lashley, and The Great Khali. However, Cena’s WWE Title reign became a distant memory as he sustained an untimely injury, ruling him out of action for at least six months.
Heaven alone knows how long Cena would have been the WWE Champion, which is something wrestling fans still debate had Cena not been injured.
He vacated the WWE Championship but miraculously returned three months later as a surprise entrant in the 2008 Royal Rumble match. Cena went on to win the Rumble, but his 380-day WWE Championship reign most likely would have snapped 400 days if he hadn’t sustained a pectoral injury.
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