Young Talents at the WWE have made more progress than any other of the wrestling stages out there. With the whizzes making they make a big appearance at the age of 23-24 a long time old, they have their entire future ahead at the WWE. Moreover, it is exceedingly startling from a young talent lifting the WWE Championship before the age of 30. Still, there have been numerous exemptions at the WWE.
Here are 5 of the youngest WWE Champions of all time:
5) Bruno Sammartino (27 years, 7 months & 11 days)
The longest-reigning WWE Champion of all time was also one of the championship’s youngest titleholders. Bruno Sammartino was the WWE Championship’s second titleholder, overcoming ‘Nature Boy’ Buddy Rogers on May 17, 1963.
The 27-year-old held the title for over seven years before he dropped the belt to Ivan Koloff on January 18, 1971. He would reclaim the title almost three years later at the age of 38.
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4) The Undertaker (26 years, 8 months & 3 days)
The Undertaker wrestled in WWE for three decades. ‘The Deadman’ made a moment effect and rapidly got to be a headline act.
Exactly one year after his debut, ‘The Phenom' crushed Hulk Hogan to lift his first WWE Championship at the 1991 Survivor Series. At only 26 years of age, ‘Taker was the youngest title holder in the belt’s close three-decade history at that point in time.
The Undertaker holds the title of advance three times; in 1997, 1999, and 2002.
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3) The Rock (26 years, 6 months & 14 days)
The Rock won the first of his eight WWE Championships, at just 26 years of age at the 1998 Survivor Series. ‘The People’s Champion’ defeated The Big Boss Man, Ken Shamrock, The Undertaker and Mankind to lift the vacant title in the Deadly Game tournament. That win marked a meteoric rise for The Rock. He had only debuted at the 1996 Survivor Series two years earlier and had only turned professional one year prior to that.
The 26-year-old would win the WWE Championship twice more before his 27th birthday and is one of the few wrestlers to hold the title in three different decades; 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
2) Yokozuna (26 years, 6 months & 3 days)
The behemoth debuted on WWE tv on the October 31, 1992, episode of Superstars. Fair beneath three months afterward, Yokozuna won the 30-Man Royal Rumble and earned a break at Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart’s WWE Championship at WrestleMania IX.
Yokozuna got to be the youngest title holder within the belt’s then-three-decade history when he stuck Hart. Be that as it may, his rule endured insignificant minutes, as he was rapidly ousted by Hulk Hogan in an impromptu challenge promptly taking after the main event.
1) Brock Lesnar (25 years, 1 month & 14 days)
In 2002, Brock Lesnar was named as ‘The Next Big Thing’ and was fast-tracked to primary event fame instantly after his debut on the post-WrestleMania X-8 Raw.
He won the 2002 King of the Ring in June and challenged The Rock for the WWE Undisputed Championship at SummerSlam just two months afterward. Lesnar stuck The Rock to ended up the WWE Champion at just 25 years of age, making him the most youthful title holder in the titles near sixty-year history.
That could be a record that has stood for nearly two decades and is likely to stand for numerous more years to come.
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