As of writing this, Jinder Mahal has held the WWE Championship for 109 days. He is scheduled to defend his title against Shinsuke Nakamura at the Hell in a Cell Pay-Per-View. If our math is correct, on October 8th, Jinder will have held the title for 139 days.
If WWE doesn’t decide to randomly take the title off Jinder over the next few weeks, there are several big WWE stars that he is going to pass on the list of longest (single) WWE Championship reigns of all-time.
If you already hate Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion, this probably won’t make you any happier. Here are the names that Jinder is about to beat at 139 days (at Hell in a Cell):
- – The Undertaker’s longest reign was 133 days.
- – Eddie Guerrero’s longest reign was 133 days.
- – Kurt Angle’s longest reign was 126 days.
- – The Rock’s longest reign was 119 days.
Some of the legends that Jinder has already passed:
- – Chris Jericho’s longest reign was 98 days.
- – Ric Flair’s longest reign was 77 days.
- – Edge’s longest reign was 76 days.
- – Mankind’s longest reign was 26 days.
Imagine I told you a year ago that Jinder Mahal would have a longer WWE Championship reign than the Undertaker. Would you have believed me?
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The length of a title reign doesn’t mean a whole lot. Jake the Snake never held the top title.
The true sign of WWE’s faith in a title holder is how many times they hold and drop a title. If Jinder doesn’t get another title reign, it means the experiment failed. If he gets over a dozen title reigns, it’s because he either brings prestige to the title or is able to use the title to put other people over.