The WWE Champion on January 1st

Can you name who was the reigning WWE champion for each year as of the 1st of January?

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Year	Champion
1964	Bruno Sammartino
1965	Bruno Sammartino
1966	Bruno Sammartino
1967	Bruno Sammartino
1968	Bruno Sammartino
1969	Bruno Sammartino
1970	Bruno Sammartino
1971	Bruno Sammartino
1972	Pedro Morales
1973	Pedro Morales
1974	Bruno Sammartino
1975	Bruno Sammartino
1976	Bruno Sammartino
1977	Bruno Sammartino
1978	Superstar Billy Graham
1979	Bob Backlund
1980	Bob Backlund
1981	Bob Backlund
1982	Bob Backlund
1983	Bob Backlund
1984	The Iron Sheik

Year	Champion
1985	Hulk Hogan
1986	Hulk Hogan
1987	Hulk Hogan
1988	Hulk Hogan
1989	Randy Savage
1990	Hulk Hogan
1991	The Ultimate Warrior
1992	(title vacant)
1993	Bret Hart
1994	Yokozuna
1995	Diesel
1996	Bret Hart
1997	Sycho Sid
1998	Shawn Michaels
1999	Mankind
2000	The Big Show
2001	Kurt Angle
2002	Chris Jericho
2003	Kurt Angle
2004	Brock Lesnar

Year	Champion
2005	John Bradshaw Layfield
2006	John Cena
2007	John Cena
2008	Randy Orton
2009	Jeff Hardy
2010	Sheamus
2011	The Miz
2012	CM Punk
2013	CM Punk
2014	Randy Orton
2015	Brock Lesnar
2016	Roman Reigns
2017	AJ Styles
2018	AJ Styles
2019	Daniel Bryan
2020	Brock Lesnar
2021	Drew McIntyre
2022	Big E
2023	Roman Reigns
2024	Roman Reigns