10 Most Successful Champions In WWE History
2. Hulk Hogan
WWE Championship Reign(s): January 23, 1984 - February 5, 1988, April 2, 1989 - April 1, 1990, March 24, 1991 - November 27, 1991, December 3, 1991 - December 4, 1991, April 4, 1993 - June 13, 1993, April 21, 2002 - May 19, 2002
Who else but Hulk Hogan at this point in the list?
The man that changed the face of North American wrestling forever may have done much to tarnish his legacy as a national hero over the decades, but the financial records in the 1980s and early 1990s will surely never even be approached by another wrestler in the era of WWE's brand-first, superstars-second philosophy.
'The Hulkster' was so successful for such a sustained period that even those that never particularly engaged with his work couldn't ignore his success. A cultural icon for better and worse during the height of Ronald Reagan's 80s, he was the exact right guy at the exact right time to allow Vince McMahon to take control of almost all United States wrestling and never give it back.