8. Kofi Kingston Is First To Pin The WWE World Heavyweight Champion - Raw, Jan 2014
That pesky Kofi Kingston struck again in early 2014, making history as the first person to defeat a WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Randy Orton was the first person to hold the newly named WWE World Heavyweight Championship, when he won a ladder match that merged the WWE & World Heavyweight titles. Given the significance of a new, unified and all-ruling champion, attributing his first pinfall loss would probably have been similarly significant, and the person that got to do it would be a major star, or, as a result, would go on to be one. On the 13th January edition of Raw, Kingston faced off against Orton in a singles (non-title) match, which Kofi won. Cleanly. No shenanigans, screw jobs or anything. He didn't even use his proper finisher, instead pinning Orton after an SOS.Again Kofi's accomplishment went unrecognised, which is surprising, given that a clean pin over a World Champion is a rare thing, and the first pinfall defeat over the holder of an entirely new championship is even rarer.