Ranking All 50 WWE World Heavyweight Champions - From Worst To Best

7. The Rock

WWE Champions
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'The Great One's eight WWE Championship runs were all disconcertingly short for a man that felt like the industry's biggest star for such a long time. In reality, fans were savouring every moment with The Rock as if it were their last.

A heel and babyface titleholder during the rapid-fire Attitude Era, few spent as little time at the top as 'The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment' but made such an enormous impact. Selfless when dropping it, Rock's secure sense of self added drama to all his title clashes.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett