tyler bate was the youngest world champion in wwe history.
who is the youngest world champion in wwe history?
tyler bate
the main event was for the wwe undisputed championship between the rock and brock lesnar. lesnar dominated early with some power moves. the rock went for the sharpshooter. lesnar's manager paul heyman got involved in the match, as he was attacked by the rock, who executed a rock bottom through a broadcast table on heyman. the rock and brock lesnar gave each other a "rock bottom". the match came to an end when lesnar stopped a people's elbow and a "rock bottom" and then executed the "f-5" on the rock for the win and the title. lesnar remained the youngest world champion in wwe history until randy orton won the world heavyweight championship in 2004, although lesnar remains the youngest wwe champion in history.
summerslam (2002)
orton became a member of the stable evolution shortly after his wwe debut, which quickly led to an intercontinental championship reign, his first title with the company. he also acquired the moniker "the legend killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting and then physically attacking wwe hall of famers and wrestling veterans. at age 24, he became the youngest world champion in wwe history after he won the world heavyweight championship from chris benoit. with this win, he departed from evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began. in 2006, orton joined forces with edge in a tag team known as rated-rko. together, they held the world tag team championship. after rated-rko disbanded in mid-2007, orton gained two wwe championship reigns in one night, when at 27 he became the second youngest two-time wwe champion. he formed the group the legacy with cody rhodes and ted dibiase in 2008. it disbanded in 2010 and orton returned to singles competition. from 2013 to 2015, orton was aligned with the authority, who named him the "face of the wwe". in late 2016, he joined the wyatt family, winning the smackdown tag team championship with stablemates bray wyatt and luke harper before turning on wyatt in february 2017. he won his first united states championship in 2018, becoming the eighteenth overall grand slam champion after already having been the seventeenth triple crown champion.
randy orton