10 REALLY Long WWE Title Reigns That Didn’t Work
8. Dean Ambrose - United States Champion (351 Days)
It took Dean Ambrose losing the United States title to Sheamus to remind the audience that he'd even been carrying it around for nearly a year during the height of The Shield's original success.
The trio's post-WrestleMania XXX babyface turn had seen them wage war with Triple H's revived Evolution for two consecutive pay-per-view brawls, but Ambrose was robbed of his prize the night after 'The Hounds Of Justice' first took down the main event trio at May's Extreme Rules supershow.
Cheated out of it by his malevolent gaffer, the future 'Lunatic Fringe' was forced to put the belt up for grabs in a 20-man battle royal that he ended up losing to Sheamus. The gutsy display was presented as cynical gamesmanship by 'The Game' in robbing Ambrose of reaching a year, though most were astonished he'd had it that long.
The group's multi-person matches (as well as their involvement in the original Authority Vs Daniel Bryan arc) had rendered singles title matches more of an inconvenience - much like the metal trinket itself at airports across the United States. Ambrose was perhaps quietly pleased to be robbed of it.