10 Longest WWE Championship Reigns Ever
3. Hulk Hogan (1474 Days)
Hulk Hogan's inaugural stint with the WWE Title will forever reflect the most important time in Vince McMahon's life as a wrestling promoter - the bombast, aggressiveness and magnificence of it all.
With 'The Hulkster' front and centre for expansion plans that completely reimagined the landscape of the industry forever more, Vince went on a tear through the territories that simply couldn't compete in virtually any area with the machine he'd rapidly and shrewdly assembled.
A loyal and monied soldier as a result of his part in the plans, Hogan's aura as Champion was truly incredible. Magnetising generations of supporters towards the product with his beautifully simplistic act, 'The Hulkster' was the embodiment of 1980s North American pop culture as it was happening. McMahon only managed to capture this twice, with his company's rebirth spurred on by Steve Austin's incredible momentum just over a decade later.
'The Rattlesnake' was, too, an icon of the time and a 'Mount Rushmore' certainty. But Hulk - through this particular reign - was the first of his kind.