BatistaWasRight Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Folks, A few months ago I made topics about the Fightingest World Heavyweight Champions and Fightingest US Heavyweight Champions. To complement this series, I've put together the numbers to find out who is the Fightingest WWE champion. Utilizing data from www.ProFightDB.com, I've determined that these are the top five individual reigns of all time, as judged by most defenses: Bruno Sammartino '63, 63 defenses Bob Backlund, 45 defenses Bruno Sammartino '73, 32 defenses Pedro Morales, 28 defenses CM Punk, 26 defenses In addition, if you go by total defenses for all combined reigns, here are the top five wrestlers: Bruno Sammartino, 95 defenses Bob Backlund, 66 defenses John Cena, 46 defenses Hulk Hogan, 41 defenses Pedro Morales, 28 defenses Now some of this is dicey, because the database might be missing defenses, and also Bob Backlund's initial reign is not split by all sources, but I tried to be as consistent as possible with what I had. If you want to see the raw data, you can download it from here. That will enable you to correct my inevitably incorrect math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm having a hard time with the idea that Hogan had less than 30 defenses during his 49 month first title reign. Partly because I watched about 12 title defenses of his up through 9/7/84 a few years ago for an aborted Hulkamania project. And his reign lasted another 3+ years after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 yeah - iwd and cagematch both don't count house shows... well most house shows. They do have MSG shows and some bigger shows from Chicago and Toronto But it clearly isn't every single defense ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 If house shows count, Punk might be #1. He probably defended it 5 or 6 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 If house shows count, Punk might be #1. He probably defended it 5 or 6 days a week. Bruno would probably far and away be #1 still. He at least defended it once a week and he was champion 7 times as long as Punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Bret Hart is number 1. The Hell with what the numbers say! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonr4s Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Bret Hart is number 1. The Hell with what the numbers say! And nobody says it more than Bret Hart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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