10 Shortest WWE World Championship Title Reigns

10. (Tie) Bret Hart, Kane, Mankind & Daniel Bryan

Length of WWE Championship Reigns: 1 day

Nine men have held the WWE Championship for less than one day, but four men managed to hold onto the title for a full day (as recognized by WWE). We probably could have gotten into the time when the wrestler won the strap and time they lost it the following night, but that would be a bit excessive here.

As such, all four of these men won their titles at a Sunday night PPV and then lost the championship the following night on Raw. Bret “Hitman” Hart accomplished this “feat” first in 1997 when he won the vacant WWF Championship at In Your House 13 in a four-way match, then lost it to Psycho Sid on Raw. Kane followed in 1998 when he beat Steve Austin at King of the Ring in a First Blood match, then dropped the title back to Austin the next night.

The following year, Mankind won the title at SummerSlam by pinning Austin in a triple threat match, then lost the title to the other man in that bout, Triple H, on Raw.

It wasn’t until 2013 when we got our latest 24-hour man, when Daniel Bryan defeated Randy Orton at Night of Champions to win his second WWE Championship, only to be stripped of it the following night by The Authority.