Cena Falls Short of 50

The stage was set for John Cena to walk out of Monday Night Raw with both the WWE Championship and the Unofficial WWE Championship for 50 and 51 days respectively. Out the 432 men who have held the Unofficial WWE Championship, only 55 of them have held the title for 50 days or more. With John Cena’s light schedule since injuring his ankle, it looked like it would be a certainty that he would be the 56th, but the new kid on the block, Curtis Axel stood in his way. John Cena went chasing an ambulance that drove into the arena and lost via count-out, which we all know means he loses his precious Unofficial WWE Championship.

John Cena’s 8th reign with the Unofficial WWE Championship was his most successful yet. He overtook his own personal longest individual reign when he held the title for 44 days and he also moved into 11th of all time most days as the champion – ending on 241 total days as champion. The secret to his success was not really wrestling all that much. He worked very few singles matches at house shows and would share the load in tag matches most of the time. His biggest defence came at Extreme Rules where he fought Ryback to a draw in a Last Man Standing match.

Curtis Axel debuted as the newest “Paul Heyman Guy” to mixed reactions just one week prior and already claims a count-out victory over Triple H and John Cena. If you want to look into wins and losses, that is not a bad start for Axel – and now he holds the Unofficial WWE Championship for the very first time. He becomes the 110th holder of the title and a rare first time holder in the past 5 or so years.

How long can Curtis Axel hold onto the UWWEC? Well, the very nature of the title makes it impossible to know. Newcomers don’t often lose when they first come in, heels get a lot of sneaky victories but tend to lose a lot at house shows. I don’t think he’ll have a particularly lengthy reign and hopefully the title works its way back down the card where it is more exciting.

Congratulations to Curtis Axel for winning his first Unofficial WWE Championship, something his father, Mr. Perfect, did on two occasions back in 1990.

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Statistics: Most Days As Unofficial WWE Champion

1. Hulk Hogan – 1584 days
2. Batista – 809 days
3. Shawn Michaels – 609 days
4. Roddy Piper – 446 days
5. The Undertaker – 411 days
6. Triple H- 384 days
7. The Rock – 294 days
8. Randy Orton – 290 days
9. Lex Luger – 267
10. Bret Hart – 265 days
11. John Cena – 243 days
12. Sheamus – 234
13. Ted Dibiase – 218 days
14. Chris Benoit – 210 days
15. Goldberg – 209 days
16. Kane – 185 days
17. Steve Austin – 183 days
18. Mark Henry – 153 days
19. Ken Shamrock – 147 days
20. Ryback – 145 days
21. Edge – 128 days
22. Randy Savage 123 days
23. Kerry Von Erich – 117 days
24. Paul Orndorff – 113
25. Brutus Beefcake – 111 days
– Rey Mysterio Jr. – 111 days
27. CM Punk – 101 days
28. Big Show – 100 days
29. Vince McMahon – 96 days
30. Booker T – 93 days
31. Tatanka – 92 days
32. Shelton Benjamin – 91 days
33. The Great Khali – 79 days
34. Mankind – 76 days
35. Dean Malenko- 71 days
36. Savio Vega – 62 days
37. The Miz – 56 days
38. Jerry Lawler – 55 days
39. Rob Van Damn – 54 days
40. Owen Hart – 51 days
41. Jesse Ventura – 49 days
42. Junkyard Dog – 47 days
43. Bradshaw/JBL – 44 days
-. Chris Jericho – 44 days
45. Bam Bam Bigelow – 42 days
-. Eddie Guerrero – 42 days
-. Curtis Axel – 42 days
48. Lance Storm – 41 days
49. Jeff Jarret – 40 days
– Hardcore Holly – 40 days
51. Kurt Angle – 38 days
52. Ken Kennedy – 36 days
53. Ric Flair – 35 days
– Razor Ramon -35 days
55. Scott Steiner – 34 days
56. Davey Boy Smith – 33 days
57. Tazz – 31 days
– Christian – 31 days
59. Rikishi – 30 days
– Maven – 30 days
61. Adrion Adonis – 28 days
– Jim Duggan – 28 days
– Psycho Sid – 28 days
64. Steve Blackman – 26 days
65. Tito Santana – 22 days
– Val Venis – 22 days
– Billy Gunn – 22 days
68. Yokozuna – 21 days
69. Dino Bravo – 18 days
– Wade Barrett – 18 days
71. Cody Rhodes- 17 days
72. Aguila – 16 days
73. IRS – 14 days
– Christopher Nowinski – 14 days
75. The Godfather – 13 days
– X-Pac – 13 days
– Goldust – 13 days
– Dolph Ziggler – 13 days
79. Crash Holly – 12 days
– MVP – 12 days
81. Diesel – 11 days
– Finlay – 11 days
83. Mabel/Big Daddy V – 10 days
84. Daniel Bryan – 9 days
85. Hercules – 8 days
– Big Bossman – 8 days
– Rick Rude – 8 days
– Scotty 2 Hotty – 8 days
– Test – 8 days
– Raven – 8 days
91. Alberto Del Rio – 7 days
92. Brian Christopher – 6 days
– Essa Rios – 6 days
94. D-Von Dudley – 4 days
95. Perry Saturn – 3 days
96. Terry Funk – 2 days
– Kamala – 2 days
– Rick Martel – 2 days
– Mr. Perfect – 2 days
100. Don Muraco – 1 day
-. Bob Orton Jr. – 1 day
-. Killer Khan – 1 day
-. Ludvig Borva – 1 day
-. The (fake) Undertaker – 1 day
-. Vader – 1 day
-. Taka Michinoku – 1 day
-. Marc Mero – 1 day
-. Road Dogg – 1 day
-. Al Snow – 1 day
-. Funaki – 1 day

Statistics: Most Reigns as Unofficial WWE Champion

By reigns:

30 Reigns

Hulk Hogan

16 Reigns

Randy Savage
Batista

14 Reigns

Kane
Randy Orton

12 Reigns

The Undertaker
Triple H

11 Reigns

Paul Orndorff
Roddy Piper

10 Reigns

Sheamus

9 Reigns

Ted Dibiase
Edge
Big Show
John Cena

8 Reigns

Jim Duggan

7 Reigns

Mark Henry
Bret Hart
CM Punk

6 Reigns

Brutus Beefcake
The Rock
Ric Flair
Shawn Michaels
Chris Jericho

5 Reigns

Big Bossman
Diesel
Steve Austin
Billy Gunn
Kurt Angle
Chris Benoit

4 Reigns

Lex Luger
Psycho Sid
Davey Boy Smith
Tazz
Christian
Maven
Rey Mysterio Jr.
The Miz

3 Reigns

Tito Santana
Bam Bam Bigelow
Kerry Von Erich
Tatanka
Razor Ramon
Crash Holly
Dean Malenko
Rikishi
Val Venis
Hardcore Holly
Booker T
The Great Khali
Wade Barrett
Ryback

2 Reigns

Junkyard Dog
Adrion Adonis
Kamala
Rick Rude
Rick Martel
Mr. Perfect
Yokozuna
Mabel/Big Daddy V
Owen Hart
Ken Shamrock
Bradshaw/JBL
Vince McMahon
Mankind
X-Pac
Test
Raven
Al Snow
Rob Van Dam
D-Von Dudley
Ken Kennedy
Cody Rhodes

1 Reign

Don Muraco
Jesse Ventura
Terry Funk
Bob Orton Jr.
Hercules
Killer Khan
Dino Bravo
Ludvig Borga
The (fake) Undertaker
IRS
Savio Vega
Vader
Jeff Jarrett
Brian Christopher
Aguila
Taka Michinoku
Marc Mero
The Godfather
Road Dogg
Essa Rios
Scotty 2 Hotty
Eddie Guerrero
Steve Blackman
Perry Saturn
Goldust
Funaki
Lance Storm
Scott Steiner
Christopher Nowinski
Goldberg
Shelton Benjamin
Finlay
MVP
Jerry Lawler
Daniel Bryan
Alberto Del Rio
Dolph Ziggler
Curtis Axel