WWE Championship/Champion History

==Reigns==
No.	Champion 	Reigns	Retains	Date 	Event 	Days
1 	John Cena 	13 	- 	January 1, 2016 	- 	31
2 	Randy Orton 	9 	- 	January 31, 2016 	Royal Rumble 	28
3 	John Cena 	14 	- 	February 28, 2016	Elimination Chamber	28
4 	Batista 	3 	1 	March 27, 2016 	WrestleMania 32 	28
5 	Dean Ambrose 	1 	2 	April 24, 2016 	Backlash 	126
6 	Daniel Bryan 	4 	1 	August 28, 2016 	Summerslam 	64
7 	Seth Rollins 	2 	2 	October 30, 2016 	Hell in a Cell 	119
8 	John Cena 	15 	- 	February 26, 2017	Elimination Chamber	28
9 	Seth Rollins 	3 	- 	March 26, 2017 	WrestleMania 33 	1
10 	John Cena 	16 	2 	March 27, 2017 	RAW 	27
11 	Randy Orton 	10 	- 	April 23, 2017 	Extreme Rules 	2
12 	Dean Ambrose 	2 	4 	April 25, 2017 	SmackDown Live 	124
13 	John Cena 	17 	1 	August 27, 2017 	SummerSlam 	21
14 	Dean Ambrose 	3 	- 	October 22, 2017 	No Mercy 	35
15 	Dolph Ziggler 	1 	- 	November 26, 2017	Survivor Series 	28
16 	Randy Orton 	11 	- 	December 24, 2017	TLC 	35
17 	Dolph Ziggler 	2 	- 	January 28, 2018 	Royal Rumble 	21
18 	AJ Styles 	1 	- 	February 18, 2018	Elimination Chamber	35
19 	Dolph Ziggler 	3 	- 	March 25, 2018 	WrestleMania 34 	37
20 	AJ Styles 	2 	1 	May 1 ,2018 	SmackDown Live 	54
21 	Kevin Owens 	1 	- 	June 24, 2018 	Money in the Bank 	35
22 	AJ Styles 	3 	4 	July 29, 2018 	Battleground 	210
23 	Shinsuke Nakamura	1 	- 	February 24, 2019	Fastlane 	35
24 	AJ Styles 	4 	- 	March 31, 2019 	WrestleMania 35 	<1
25 	Rusev 	1 	- 	March 31, 2019 	WrestleMania 35 	28
26 	AJ Styles 	5 	4 	April 28, 2019 	Backlash 	79
27 	Daniel Bryan 	5 	4 	July 16, 2019 	SmackDown Live 	110+