Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, The Miz, Finn Balor and Rey Mysterio top list of longest active WWE singles-title droughts

Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, The Miz, Finn Balor and Rey Mysterio are the five active WWE wrestlers with the longest spans since their last singles championship, according to a Khel Now article published on November 10, 2026. The piece ranks the gap lengths and provides the match dates and events that ended each wrestler’s most recent singles title run.

The article frames championship victories as career milestones and notes that while some performers frequently return to the title picture, others spend years chasing singles gold. It lists the top five longest singles championship droughts among active WWE wrestlers and summarizes recent title-loss events that establish those droughts.

Rey Mysterio’s most recent singles title was the United States Championship, which he lost to Logan Paul at Crown Jewel on November 4, 2023; he had won that belt from Austin Theory in August 2023. The article describes Mysterio as a legendary WWE Hall of Famer who has won many World Championships and secondary titles, and it states he has not won another singles championship since losing the United States Championship.

Finn Balor is listed fourth, with his latest singles reign ending on April 8, 2021 when he lost the NXT Championship to Karrion Kross at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver. The piece notes that Balor captured that title from Adam Cole in September 2020 after Cole’s 212-day reign, recalls Balor’s 2016 Universal Championship as one of his major accomplishments, and states he has not won a singles title since April 2021.

The Miz ranks third; his most recent singles title was his second WWE Championship, which ended on March 1, 2021. According to the article, The Miz invoked his Money in the Bank contract against Drew McIntyre on February 21, 2021, and that title run lasted eight days before he lost the championship to Bobby Lashley on Monday Night RAW; the article also records The Miz as a two-time WWE Champion and eight-time Intercontinental Champion who has continued to appear regularly and has held tag team championships.

Randy Orton occupies the second spot after failing to win a singles title since November 16, 2020, when he lost the WWE Championship to Drew McIntyre on RAW. The article records that Orton had regained the WWE Championship from McIntyre in October 2020 at Hell in a Cell and states he has not captured another singles championship since the November 16, 2020 loss, giving him a five-year and eight-month drought in the ranking.

Kevin Owens is listed first, cited as having gone more than nine and a half years without a singles championship. The article details that Owens’ last singles reign began in August 2016 when he won the Universal Championship, lasted 188 days and concluded when Goldberg defeated him at Fastlane on March 5, 2017; it adds that Owens has remained a prominent figure, has won several tag-team titles, and—according to WWE’s official bio—has been away due to an injury while helping develop talent within WWE LFG.

By contrast, the article closes with a separate note that Seth Rollins holds the record for the longest reign as WWE Heavyweight Champion at 316 days.