WWE isn’t any stranger to long-tenured wrestlers all through its historical past, the longest being The Undertaker, who competed from 1990 to 2020. As an energetic wrestler, Triple H spent 25 years within the squared circle, together with his time as Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Kane went from 1997 to 2021 (although Glenn Jacobs debuted as Isaac Yankem in 1995).
Of the present roster, John Cena and Randy Orton are the flag bearers, each debuting in 2002. They’ve now amassed a mixed 66 years within the WWE, although, the latter has been full-time since his first match towards Hardcore Holly, whereas the previous has taken a number of breaks for Hollywood.
Nevertheless, as legendary as these males are, there’s a draw back to having been within the firm for thus lengthy. That’s, that quite a lot of them seem within the high 20 Superstars to have misplaced essentially the most instances in PPV/PLEs, in line with wrestlingdata.com.
20 WWE Superstars with most PLE/PPV defeats (20-11)
Place
Famous person
Defeats
20.
Christian
55
19.
Seth Rollins
57
18.
Dustin Rhodes
58
17.
Drew McIntyre
58
16.
Matt Hardy
58
15.
Shawn Michaels
60
14.
Edge
65
13.
Sheamus
66
12.
Jeff Hardy
68
11.
The Undertaker
69
10
John Cena
Losses: 71
Cena’s intermittent appearances since 2017 have probably saved him much more losses and a spot additional up the checklist, although, his 14 years as a full-timer concerned sufficient defeats to place him tenth.
On the PPV/PLE stage, Cena is greatest identified for his WrestleMania tussles with The Rock; the primary at WrestleMania 28 earned one of many 17-time champ’s 71 losses on the massive stage. Most of his losses on such an event got here courtesy of Randy Orton, as since their duel debut their careers have been intertwined with one another, most lately at 2025’s Backlash. His contemporaries when at a paid occasion additionally embrace Edge, Batista, Shawn Michaels, and The Undertaker, who pinned Cena in below 5 minutes of their WrestleMania 34 squash match.
9
Rey Mysterio
Losses: 72
The largest little man within the historical past of sports activities leisure debuted in 2002 after the collapse of WCW. Mysterio’s measurement has been a contributing issue to defeat 72 instances.
He’s greatest identified for his high-profile rivalry with Eddie Guerrero, which included a match for the custody of his son, Dominik, in a ladder match at SummerSlam 2005. The 2-time world heavyweight champion’s most constant opponents on PPV/PLE are these of Kurt Angle and former good friend and foe, Batista. Different foes embrace: The Undertaker, Kane, Cody Rhodes, R Reality, and Chris Jericho.
8
Kofi Kingston
Losses: 78
A 17-year veteran who has suffered 78 losses on PPV, Kingston is an exception as a lot of these shortcomings have are available tag group matches, however he has additionally had his fair proportion of singles matches that have not gone his manner.
In singles competitors, he misplaced to the likes of Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, and Dolph Ziggler. Such losses made Kingston’s 2019 run, which culminated in him changing into WWE Champion after defeating Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35, all of the extra satisfying.
7
Dolph Ziggler
Losses: 82
The Present-Off has had loads of rivalries which have had their blow off at a marquee occasion. All credit score to Ziggler, many have been for a mid-card championship, just like the Intercontinental or United States Championship.
Although he has come up brief to the likes of Alberto Del Rio, The Miz, and Seth Rollins on the identical stage, Ziggler needs to be held in excessive regard as a PPV and PLE specialist, given the quantity of such he has appeared at.
6
Triple H
Losses: 83
The rationale for the legendary Triple H being so excessive on the checklist will be considerably pointed to his 10-14 report at WrestleMania, three of which had been to The Undertaker.
HHH competed in 105 title matches on the largest levels, and although he grew to become a 14-time champion, he was defeated by the likes of Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Shawn Michaels, Daniel Bryan, The Rock, and Batista in entrance of the massive crowds.
5
The Massive Present
Losses: 88
In his 143 matches, The Massive Present has been defeated a good few instances on such events, by the likes of John Cena, The Undertaker, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, and Brock Lesnar.
Although he solely got here out on the suitable facet of PPV/PLE’s 52 instances, Massive Present can take delight in the truth that the matches he did lose and people who did greatest him had been of the best calibre, having additionally had a variety of title matches himself.
4
Chris Jericho
Losses: 88
Additionally caught on 88 losses is multiple-time champion Chris Jericho, who has had a great deal of high-profile rivalries that resulted in a match at an enormous occasion.
These embrace Shawn Michaels, Edge, The Undertaker, John Cena, AJ Kinds, and Kevin Owens. His championship matches totalled 43, however 24 of his whole variety of defeats got here in such tussles. He additionally holds a damaging WrestleMania report of 5-8.
3
The Miz
Losses: 97
A wildcard entry for a lot of, The Miz has been part of WWE since 2006, and has competed in 148 PPV/PLE matches. The Intercontinental Championship scene was his kingdom for a variety of years, and for a time frame in 2010-11 it was the principle occasion scene.
Lots of his PPV/PLE losses have come because of him dropping these titles. At 2011’s Excessive Guidelines, he misplaced the WWE title in a metal cage match, which additionally concerned John Morrison, to John Cena. At WrestleMania 34, in a triple risk match additionally with Finn Balor, he misplaced the Intercontinental title to Seth Rollins.
2
Randy Orton
Losses: 108
Given he has been a continuing full-time competitor, it is no shock to see The Viper so excessive on the checklist, accumulating 108 losses in his 23 years with the corporate.
His checklist of conquerors features a who’s who of legendary Superstars; The Undertaker, John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Brock Lesnar, Rey Mysterio, and Kane to call a number of, and even one to Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam 2006.
The 14-time champion has had over 170 matches at a PPV or PLE, with over 40 foremost occasions and holds a WrestleMania report of 8-11, contributing to his loss tally.
1
Kane
Losses: 110
The overall variety of PPV/PLE matches for The Massive Crimson Machine is 187, additionally with a WrestleMania report of 8-1, a lot of which have been together with his kayfabe brother, The Undertaker. The primary got here in Kane’s first look at Dangerous Blood 1997 and in addition included WrestleMania 14 and 20, together with Hell in a Cell 2010. Out of these tussles, the tally is 2-1 to The Deadman.
The Satan’s Favorite Demon, although not greatest identified for them, also can say that he has been in a good variety of PPV/PLE title matches, and a overwhelming majority of these he has tasted defeat towards have a declare to be on the Mount Rushmore of WWE.
