<P> The WWE Championship was the first world championship introduced into the promotion in 1963 . The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers , and there have been 50 different official champions overall and 11 vacancies . The longest reigning champion is Bruno Sammartino , who held the title from May 17 , 1963 to January 18 , 1971 , for a total of 2,803 days ( 7 years , 8 months , and 1 day ) ; Sammartino also holds the record for longest combined reign at 4,040 days . André the Giant is the shortest reigning champion , officially holding the title for 1 minute , 48 seconds . The youngest champion is Brock Lesnar , who won the title at the age of 25 , while the oldest champion is Vince McMahon , who won it at the age of 54 . John Cena holds the record for most reigns with 13 . </P>
<P> The WWE Championship was the first world championship introduced into the promotion in 1963 . The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers , and there have been 50 different official champions overall and 11 vacancies . The longest reigning champion is Bruno Sammartino , who held the title from May 17 , 1963 to January 18 , 1971 , for a total of 2,803 days ( 7 years , 8 months , and 1 day ) ; Sammartino also holds the record for longest combined reign at 4,040 days . André the Giant is the shortest reigning champion , officially holding the title for 1 minute , 48 seconds . The youngest champion is Brock Lesnar , who won the title at the age of 25 , while the oldest champion is Vince McMahon , who won it at the age of 54 . John Cena holds the record for most reigns with 13 . </P>
who is the youngest world champion in wwe history
who is the youngest world champion in wwe history
Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar