Win the championship at WWE It’s a big deal because the company shows that it trusts wrestlers to be at the head of the department. There were many WWE Hall of Famer inductees who successfully made a WWE career and won several championships before winning legitimate locations in the hall. The lifespan of some WWE Hall of Fame has seen them wrestling in multiple eras, winning many championships under different gimmicks and winning many different titles. Many championships have come and go to WWE, with several WWE Hall of Famer winning active and deprecated championships.
Despite some of the WWE Hall of Fame winning multiple championships, there is no doubt that titles like the WWE Hardcore Championship helped wrestlers increase tally. Nevertheless, it was all about winning a championship in wrestling, and some wrestlers solidified their legacy by winning the title.
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Mick Foley
Foley won 12 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Championship | Three times | 36th |
WWE Hardcore Championship | Once | 28th |
WWE World Tag Team Championship | 8 times | 110th |
Mick Foley won a legitimate spot in 2013 with a star-studded cast in the WWE Hall of Fame. The hardcore legend was the first WWE Hardcore champion to be awarded the championship in November 1998, but only held for four weeks in his WWE career.
A few weeks later, Foley reorganized and defeated Rock for the WWE Championship. Foley won the WWE Championship three times with the Humanity Gimmick and became the first man to beat both Rock and Steve Austin in the WWE Championship. Foley has become an eight-time tag team champion with five different partners under his man’s love, Cactus Jack and the character of humanity.
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Booker t
Booker won 12 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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World Heavyweight Championship | Once | 126th |
WCW World Heavyweight Championship | Once | 20th |
WWE Intercontinental Championship | Once | 34 days |
WWE US Championship | Three times | 136 days |
WWE Hardcore Championship | Two times | 0 days |
World Tag Team Championship | Three times | 70 days |
WCW Tag Team Championship | Once | 13th |
Like Mick Foley, Booker T also joined the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Class, winning 12 Championships in his WWE career. Booker was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019 along with his brother Stevie Ray as the Harlem Heat. Booker named himself at WCW and when he joined WWE in 2001 he continued to be successful.
Booker is a five-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and the reign of the fifth WCW Championship appeared under the WWE banner after recapturing the title from Kurt Angle. Booker also won the World Heavyweight Championship Great American Bash In 2006 he was a Grand Slam champion. Of course, Booker held the TAG Team Championship in WWE, winning gold alongside Test, Goldust and Rob Van Dam.
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Steve Austin
Austin won 13 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Championship | Six times | 529 days |
WWE Intercontinental Championship | Two times | 65 days |
Million Dollar Championship | Once | 140 days |
WWE World Tag Team Championship | Four times | 141 days |
Steve Austin is undoubtedly the greatest WWE wrestler of all time, and Texas rattlesnake was the face of the company in the attitude era. Austin solidified his legacy in the reign of six as WWE Champion. Austin excels as a WWE champion and defeated Shawn Michaels, Kane, Locke, Undertaker, Kurt Angle and others for his WWE Championship reign.
Austin’s motto was “Don’t trust anyone!” But nonetheless, he is a four-time WWE World Tag Team Champion alongside Michaels, Dude Love, Undertaker and Triple H, and is competing in the WWE Championship. Austin was a Triple Crown winner, winning two InterContinental Championships and defeating Owen Hart on both occasions, headline act for the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame. WrestleMania 13 He was the first person to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2025.
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Shawn Michaels
Michaels won 14 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Championship | Three times | 396 days |
World Heavyweight Championship | Once | 28th |
WWE Intercontinental Championship | Three times | 403 days |
WWE European Championship | Once | 82 days |
World Tag Team Championship | Five times | 257 days |
WWE Tag Team Championship | Once | 57 days |
Two-time WWE Hall of Fame Shawn Michaels is one of the best wrestlers to adore the WWE ring. Michaels was one of the faces of the new generation, and Michaels made history with Only one night In 1997, he defeated the British Bulldogs at the WWE European Championships, becoming the first Grand Slam champion in WWE history.
Michaels showered with gold, won the WWE Championship three times, defeating Bret Hart in the first run of the title WrestleMania 12, Your childhood dreams come true. The three-time InterContinental champion was a double champion against Diesel when they held the World Tag Team Championship. Michaels is a six-time tag team champion, and his final title reign before his retirement was a unified WWE tag team champion along with Triple H.
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Billy Gunn
Billy won 14 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Intercontinental Championship | Once | 17th |
WWE Hardcore Championship | Two times | 13th |
World Tag Team Championship | 10 times | 916 days |
WWE Tag Team Championship | Once | 36th |
Billy Gunn is one of the most successful tag team wrestlers in WWE history. Billy claimed 14 championships throughout his WWE career, of which 11 were the titles of tag teams. Billy has won the WWE World Tag Team Championship three times. Burt Gunn has won two times with Smoking Guns, six-time tag team champions with Road Dogs of the New Age Outlaw, and Chuck Palumbo.
New Age won the singles championship in 1999, with Billy winning the first singles championship of two reigns of the WWE Hardcore Championship. He’s in WrestleMania 15 As a hardcore champion, but removed the Hardcore Holly title in a triple threat match. Billy’s biggest title victory in his WWE career was the InterContinental Championship, but he only maintained it for 17 days.
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Undertaker
Undertaker won 15 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Championship | Four times | 238 days |
World Heavyweight Championship | Three times | 207 |
WWE Hardcore Championship | Once | 58 days |
World Tag Team Championship | Six times | 78 days |
WCW Tag Team Championship | Once | 49 days |
Undertaker was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022 as headline law. The Undertaker won 15 championships, but did not need to win the title to get through it. Nevertheless, Phenom defeated Hulk Hogan, Sycho Sid and Steve Austin twice in four WWE Championship reigns. Phenom saw Batista, Edge and CM Punk for hat-tricks in the world heavyweight championship rule.
Surprisingly, Undertaker held the WWE Hardcore Championship after beating Rob Van Dam in the title revenge 2001. Undertaker won three times with his brother Kane, twice on the Big Show, seven times on the Tag Team Championships, where he was rivals in Rock with Steve Austin. Undertaker’s third Final World Heavyweight Championship reign was concluded by Chris Jericho inside the elimination chamber in 2010 after Shawn Michaels took the title and set it up. WrestleMania 26 Match.
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Rey Mysterio
Mysterio won 16 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Championship | Once | |
World Heavyweight Championship | Two times | 138 days |
WWE Intercontinental Championship | Two times | 129th |
WWE US Championship | Three times | 129th |
WWE Cruiserweight Championship | Three times | 197 days |
WWE Tag Team Championship | Four times | 115th |
SmackDown Tag Team Championship | Once | 63 days |
WWE Hall of Fame Rey Mysterio is still actively wrestling in 2025. This is a testament to his longevity in the wrestling business. The 619 master won his first world championship when he defeated Kurt Angle and Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match WrestleMania 22.
Mysterio’s three world championship rule was not the best, and he won the Intercontinental Championship several times and the US Championship three times. Mysterio was already in the WWE Hall of Fame when he defeated Austin theory to win the third US Championship. The Ultimate Underdog is a five-time WWE Tag Team Champion, who won gold along with his son Dominic and became the first father-son duo in WWE history to win a Tag Team Championship.
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Rob Van Dam
RVD won 16 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Championship | Once | 22nd |
ECW Championship | Once | The 21st |
WWE Intercontinental Championship | Six times | 224th |
WWE European Championship | Once | |
WWE Hardcore Championship | Four times | 134 days |
World Tag Team Championship | Two times | 111th |
WWE Tag Team Championship | Once | 35 days |
Rob Van Damme was one of the most popular wrestlers to move from ECW to WWE in the invasion storyline in July 2001. Intrusion and Summer Slam.
RVD defeated John Cena at the WWE Championship in 2006, and was awarded the ECW Championship, becoming the first man to hold both prestigious championships at the same time. RVD is one of the greatest Intercontinental champions in history, winning six championships with wins from William Regal, Chris Jericho, Christian and Shelton Benjamin. RVD was the final champions of Europe and hardcore, and these titles were unified with the 2002 InterContinental Championship.
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Babareidadri
Bubba Ray won 18 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Hardcore Championship | 8 times | 28th |
World Tag Team Championship | 8 times | 281 days |
WWE Tag Team Championship | Once | The 21st |
WCW Tag Team Championship | Once | 26th |
Bubba Ray Dudley is half of the legendary Dudley Boyz along with D-Von Dudley, and is one of the most decorated tag teams in WWE history. The Dudley Boys have won 10 WWE Tag Team Championships. Survivor Series 2001.
The Dudleys are split into the 2002 draft lottery, and during that time slot, Bubba moved to the hardcore category, winning the WWE Hardcore Championship eight times. Dudley meets again Survivor Series In 2002, he continued to win more tag team championships. Bubba Ray is still active in the wrestling business, and the WWE Hall of Fame is one of the best tag team competitors in WWE history.
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Kane
Kane won 19 championships
The championship won | The Times won | Combined lengths |
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WWE Championship | Once | One day |
World Heavyweight Championship | Once | 154 days |
ECW Championship | Once | 91 days |
WWE Intercontinental Championship | Two times | 58 days |
WWE Hardcore Championship | Once | 16th |
WWE 24/7 Championship | Once | |
World Tag Team Championship | 9 times | 393 days |
WWE Tag Team Championship | Two times | 279 days |
WCW Tag Team Championship | Once | 49 days |
Kane has the knack for a WWE championship, and the Big Red Machine has won a whopping nine championships throughout his career. Kane was WWE’s two-time world champion, beating Steve Austin and Rey Mysterio in their run as world champions. He once held the ECW Championship and defeated Chabo Guerrero in seconds WrestleMania 24.
The Devil’s Favorite Devil has become the third Grand Slam champion in WWE history Judgment Day In 2001, when he defeated Triple H in the Intercontinental Championship in a chain match. Additionally, Kane was a prolific tag team wrestler, earning gold three times alongside his brother, Undertaker.