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The esteemed history of WWE Champions: photos
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% G; R; R5 i. _WWE Champion Buddy Rogers (1963)
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2 ~: g z: g; `9 p$ H3 K+ JTwo-time WWE Champion Bruno Sammartino (1963 - '71, '73 - '77)
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WWE Champion Ivan Koloff (1971)' x5 [$ B/ @3 o5 ~
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WWE Champion Stan Stasiak (1973)
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WWE Champion The Iron Sheik (1983)
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Six-time WWE Champion Hulk Hogan (1984 - '88, '89 - '90, '91, '93, '02)# _& ~$ U* F4 P D& @
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) P, L" I+ z* ^' ~Two-time WWE Champion Randy Savage (1988 - '89, '92)
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WWE Champion Ultimate Warrior (1990 - '91)4 P, r# U' j1 ^( T- ^* v, ?
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5 j; B; q/ E6 L9 D( hFive-time WWE Champion Bret Hart (1992 - '93, '94, '95, '97)9 K* N! U. m& k" U E$ O
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Two-time WWE Champion Yokozuna (1993 - '94)
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Three-time WWE Champion Shawn Michaels (1996, '97 - '98)- M) u# L( \2 k
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7 r7 `1 R3 B; U5 q. C: y. CTwo-time WWE Champion Sid (1996 - '97)
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) ?2 E% b& m0 B6 k6 USix-time WWE Champion "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (1998, '99, '01)4 n9 _/ m$ x+ \3 @0 d2 B% W
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WWE Champion Kane (1998)
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Eight-time WWE Champion Triple H (1999, '00, '02, '07, '08, '09)- I$ | o( I( z/ W
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$ K9 Y: {- g1 Y9 _Four-time WWE Champion Kurt Angle (2000 - '01, '02, '03)3 ^+ Q$ N, N6 y) F+ m `# e7 c
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WWE Champion Chris Jericho (2001 - '02)
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7 |/ Z2 E% |$ {2 Z9 `2 }7 Z& bThree-time WWE Champion Brock Lesnar (2002, '03, '03 - '04)
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( M1 Z1 v( H5 ]. l$ ?6 e5 u5 N# zWWE Champion JBL (2004 - '05) x, @- F' |. m
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11-time WWE Champion John Cena (2005 - '06, '09, '10, '11, '13)8 D. g: P) k- H' e
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4 E+ @ n3 X, s2 |9 L, Y0 C& H# ]WWE Champion Rob Van Dam (2006)! i2 z' g" C8 R( X
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) K& y9 ]5 Q0 U! m! l& n! \Four-time WWE Champion Edge (2006, '08, '09)
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Two-time WWE Champion Batista (2009, '10)
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Two-time WWE Champion CM Punk (2011 - '13)
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WWE Champion Rey Mysterio (2011)
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