10 Longest WWE Championship Reigns Ever

10. AJ Styles (359+ Days)

It's been a long year as WWE Champion for AJ Styles since his 2017 saviour role climaxed with the dethroning of Jinder Mahal last November.

He'd already bailed out Raw's Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view with a superlative effort against a floundering Finn Bálor, and was now primed to save Survivor Series in a Champion Vs Champion thriller with Brock Lesnar by virtue of his victory over 'The Modern Day Maharaja'. Sadly for the 'Phenomenal One', those early days were the best of the reign.

Mixed blessings from the booking team in 2018 haven't helped, but Styles has been left exposed by programmes he failed to take control of when the bell rang. Trapped in divisive storylines with Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe, the nature of Styles' act required his title contests to be routinely the most exciting on the card. They almost always failed in their stated aim.

Like too many in his orbit, he succumbed to the curse of the WWE churn. Though fleetingly enjoyable, his tenure spoke mostly to that rather than his unique-but-deteriorating skill-set.