10 Oldest WWE Champions Ever

10. Andre The Giant - 41

Date Last WWE Title Won: February 5th, 1988

Age: 41 years, 8 months, 17 days

'And now, I surrender the World Tag Team Championship to Ted Dibiase'.

Around 33 million people saw Andre The Giant literally fluff his lines during that infamous post-match promo, but the bumbled botch didn't matter a lick to heartbroken Hulkamaniacs across America.

Glorious in all its sports entertainment spectacle, the controversial ending to Hulk Hogan's four year title reign on a very special edition of The Main Event would go down in history as the most-watched slice of professional wrestling ever. The pair could already claim ownership of the (alleged) 93,173 that packed out WrestleMania 3, and had smashed another record for an explosive rematch that saw the night end with The 'Million Dollar Man' holding gold after dropping fortunes on plastic surgery to make an evil twin for established WWE referee Dave Hebner.

This would ultimately be the introduction of Earl Hebner to television, just under a decade before he'd be complicit in a far more real title trade, but his original debut was a masterclass in wrestling theatre done right.

Ignoring Hogan's clearly lifted shoulder, Hebner counted three to completely rob Hulk of his title, triggering a chain of events that led to a final WrestleMania clash between the now-former champion and Andre The Giant. On that same night Randy Savage lifted the vacant strap by defeating Dibiase himself in the final of a 16 man single elimination tournament.