Talk:List of WWE Championship reigns by length

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Look at the history of belt page. Many ppl have 'won' the belt, only for the win not to be upheld. Rob Van Dam, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and Antonnio Inoki, there may be more, these are just the ones we know about. Like wise the it is similar to the dispute over AWA championships and IWGP championship won by Hogan, for a long time Hogan was not classed as a former AWA champion, because he was not recognised by the AWA as such, that was changed and reverted, and so now Hogan is a former AWA champ. Only the company involved can confer championship status, otherwise it's not valid, and the WWE does not confer that Inoki was never champ, he may have 'won' the belt (like Benoit), but he doesn't appear on the roll because it is not recognised, WWE still think of Backlund as the champ at that time, therefore Inoki did not hold the championship, that's how championships work(Halbared 08:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

RVD and Jericho did win the belt. Benoit never officially won it. Inoki won the title and then lost it in a re-match, WWE just never acknowledged it. Go to WP:PW and ask about this, wrestling companies don't always go by what actually happened, so we go by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. TJ Spyke 19:41, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Benoit never officially won it because WWE say he didn't. Belts have bene held up before and changed hands more than once on one night. It doesn't matter what anybody else other than the WWE say, because the official history of the belt is written by them. I know of at least 4 occasions when ppl 'won' the belt only for it not to be held up. If WWE altered their books and made Inoki's reign official, like the AWA did with Hogan, then fine, but until they do he was not champion. WWE still recognise B Backlund as champ in that time, whether Inoki had physical possession of the belt or not.(Halbared 19:49, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

Benoit didn't win the belt because the match was re-started. Inoki's reign is not like Benoit(or the night Jericho "won" by a fast count). Inoki did win the belt and later lost it back in a re-match, there is a difference between a belt being returned to the champion and losing it back to them. TJ Spyke 20:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I understand the differences here. But the situation is the same as the Hogan/AWA one. Either way, if as you say protocol is to go off the PWI, then I'll abide by it, if you can direct me to it please?(Halbared 20:02, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

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I went ahead and converted the current champion(John Cena)'s count to template form '''{{age in days|month1=9|day1=17|year1=2006}}'''. This is best, as it will not require daily updating. Alex43223 ^{Talk | Contribs | E-mail | C} 04:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)