Ranking EVERY WWE Champion From Worst To Best

11. Brock Lesnar

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With seven reigns spread across 828 days and two separate eras of his career, Brock Lesnar has the numbers to back up every bit of hyperbole ever uttered about him by Paul Heyman or others.

As a wunderkind in 2002 and 2003, he was a force of nature, even if the latter runs as a babyface weren't quite in keeping with what he did best. His 2014 mauling of John Cena was something altogether different though. A particularly brutal SummerSlam beating that built on his ending of The Undertaker's WrestleMania undefeated streak months earlier, Lesnar was finally re-established as a true pro wrestling final boss over the next several years. When he wasn't Champion, he was a clear and present danger for the titleholder. When he was, it was as though nobody could get near him. 

If his final run was the one terminated by Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 38, it marks a title era going out like a lamb rather than a lion. But with 'The Beast' mired in controversy then, now, forever thanks to the sex trafficking lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE, it's perhaps part of the legacy he deserves. 

 
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