10 Fastest Pushes In WWE History
6. Bruno Sammartino (102 Days)
When Bruno Sammartino first won the WWE title, he kept it
for a staggering 2,803 days. But it hadn’t taken him anywhere near as long to secure
the belt in the first place.
After a few appearances for the company under the Capitol Wrestling Coporation banner, Sammartino then competed largely with the NWA until Vince McMahon Sr. broke away to form the World Wide Wrestling Federation. McMahon managed to lure Sammartino with him, allegedly thanks to the promise of a title match.
And so, on 2 February 1963, the Italian made the first official appearance of his legendary WWE career in a 2-out-of-3 falls match with Buddy Rogers for the title. However, he would end up losing by two falls to one.
Just over three months later, though, he’d be back to finish the
job—although it wasn’t under the most straightforward of circumstances.
Rogers, the defending champion, had apparently suffered a heart attack the week prior and was in no fit state to stage a title bout. As such, he was defeated in a mere 48 seconds, crowning Sammartino only the second WWE Champion in history, just over 100 days after his debut.