11 Wrestlers Who Waited The Longest To Win A World Title

9. The Miz (2171 Days)

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Much has been made of The Miz’s rough ride to the top of WWE, including how he was banished from the locker room during his earliest days in the company. Those trials and tribulations are reflected in the fact that it took him 2171 days to climb the mountain and win the WWE Championship.

The Miz first appeared in WWE on the fourth season of Tough Enough, though his in-ring debut didn’t arrive until the Armageddon pay-per-view on 12 December 2004. That may sound like an impressive stage on which to arrive, but bear in mind that this was a “Dixie Dog Fight”—essentially an overly-gimmicky boxing match—against fellow Tough Enough contestant Daniel Puder.

Granted, Miz was then relegated to developmental territory and didn’t wrestle again on main roster TV until August 2006, but he was still contracted to the company the entire time.

Over the years, he’d feature in a variety of roles, including being named the 'host' of both SmackDown and the 2006 Diva Search. But all of those bit-part roles were put behind him on the 22 November 2010 showing of Raw, when he cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase to beat Randy Orton for the WWE Title.

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