Roman Reigns has now been Universal Champion for 800 combined days.
Posted Sep 6, 2022, 12:36 PM UTC
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Balor may have had a short reign, but at least he’s in the top 10
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Honestly makes it kind of prestigous that in the now over 7 year history of the universal title its been held <10 times. Especially in the previous era of the 00's and early 10's of numerous title changes and short reigns.
Also wild that it's been around this long. I know 7 years isn't a long long time, but it's not short either. And I still think of it as a "new" development within WWE. But its really not anymore. Time flies.
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<10 champions, not <10 times.
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Yeah, its been held 14 times.
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6 years
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That gap between Lesnar and Owens. Ooof.
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And yet almost the same number of defenses.
I hate Lesnar’s reigns because of that.
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Almost 100 days per defence, ridiculous
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And, at least to me, why Roman's reigns (Heh) doesn't feel as tedious as any of Lesnar's reigns. There's a lot of defenses and a lot of them have been fun af. I do want to see someone else as champion tho.
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Yeah, putting that into perspective versus Roman's defenses, makes Roman's title reign look a lot better. lol
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Insufferable succotash
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What’s gonna be the payoff? Like who is getting the rub as the result of eventually beating reigns
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Cody
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Kid's not born yet.
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Roman's taking Sammartino's record.
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Other than MAYBE Bron or Cody, who else is beating him? I don't even see Cody going over clean.
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Cody, Gargano, Breakker, Theory, Bate, honestly take your pick. I'd say Riddle but I don't think Vince expected him to say so white hot when he implemented that "no challenge roman" rule
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A new star
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I think he's going to lose at summerslam next year to Cody.
Can't think of anyone else
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Cody returns at Royal Rumble and wins. Challenges Roman Reigns for the titles at WrestleMania and wins.
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Ever heard of the independent wrestler named Dwayne Johnson
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Big E
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Haters gonna hate. I love Sammartino-esque reigns & this has been gourmet TV (for the most part. there have been ups & downs)
☝️ AGKNOWLEDGE HIM☝️
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I actually majorly missed this sort of title reign in wrestling (at least in the WWE).
Long title reigns when someone is in peak form make sense.
Chaotic title swaps make sense when you don't have an established "the guy" - like when you have two "The guys" in Rock and Austin.
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Sammartino-esque lol yeah he'll have another five years with it.
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Here's to 800 more ☝🏽
Edit: lol a Reddit Cares message because I'm a Roman Reigns fan. Never change, SC.
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☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
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At this point they have to let it at least reach 1000 days.
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Wrestlemania 39 is 207 days away. So it'll be 1007 on that Saturday. Perfect.
Keep in mind, that 1000 is across both his reigns. It'll be 942 on that Saturday for the one that matters.
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Only 2001 days from beating the Sammartino record.
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Finn balor deserves more
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Universal Championship is still such a lame name
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Wait until you find out it's because it's "not the world championship " it's the "championship of the universe"
And then you realize it's because "The fans are called the WWE Universe"
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Dude holy shit did you know water is wet??
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Waters not wet.
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Kevin Owen’s reign deserved way more love than what we got.
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There was a bad stretch of this run (post Balor match to Summerslam) that was bad, but otherwise, this has been an unparalleled world title run. Roman before this title reign and after are two entirely different humans.
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It's at times a very frustrating run, but it's also very engrossing. Part of it is we haven't seen something like this, and won't see something like this for a long time. A truly signature run
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Agreed that Romans character has been infinitely more interesting since he became the Tribal Chief, but calling this an "unparalleled" title reign is laughable- especially considering you just acknowledged that it's had a (very) bad stretch lmao.
That said, I have some faith that HHH will at least help right some booking wrongs and make this title reign bearable again.
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Our Tribal Chief ☝
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Roman Reigns. Literally.
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Reigns's reigns
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<1 day, didnt have to do my boy Finn like that.
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Keep it going my forever champion
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Love Roman but would have loved to see drew win the other night and then Roman get it back several months later with the swerve they used Saturday
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It’ll never end :/
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It’s definitely ending next year. Either at Wrestlemania, just before Money in the Bank (Theory), or at Summerslam.
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I know Roman's not been defending it as regularly lately but 27 defences over 800 days is still an average of 1 title defence per month.
The Tribal Chief Acknowledges the arbitrary 30 day title defense rule.
He only missed Backlash (six-man tag), HIAC and MITB. Made up for it with some TV defenses.
Not as regularly?
I know people claim his 'part-time' status is bad and all that, but this is not a great take.
He defends it regularly in nearly every PLE and occasionally with a good storyline on Smackdowns. (Riddle and Balor) And not a single squash in them except Sami, but that was story centric. He went the distance with all.
Even for a part timer he appears nearly every week on the show at some capacity and does lengthly character work.
Man has put in the work for the title. Can't deny that.
Really hate the narrative that Reigns never elevates anyone. When was the last time Owens was a main eventer/threat? That started with a 3+ month Reigns program where he beat the shit out of Reigns every time. The Usos constantly main eventing/cementing themselves as a GOAT tag team? Again, Reigns. Now Sami having probably his most important run yet? Turning Drew back into an unstoppable monster?
I would have accepted Jey Uso as the universal champion because his title match was so good. He has me convinced it would work. If that’s not elevating idk what is
he made stroman a monster too
They're on his side, I would hope he would "elevate" them.
Heres the issue with all of these (and I added Balor in) they all looked stupid in their loss. Even if they were elevated during the feud the final outcome was just silly. Owens I know was a "botch" but it made him look so damn stupid it was infuriating.
Reigns is a massive star, but the finishes to his feuds continually leave something to be desired. Even his last Brock match at Summerslam which I liked having Brock get the shit kicked out of him by everyone just made Brock look stupid for not having contingencies since Reigns leads a fricking faction.
Ok, lets use Drew as an example, seeing as though he was the last dominant champ with a real reign. Did he elevate anyone? All he did was beat up the whole locker room one at a time without really any feuds. Did anyone even gain anything from Drews reign?
Oh and then that KO angle you claim elevated him?
He lost on nonsense and never got a rematch making him look stupid and weak
Because that’s what Roman does
He has never elevated anyone
Owens was elevated by Cena and stayed elevated on his own merit
The Usos existed before the bloodline as a top tier tag team and will exist after
This is the worst run of Sami’s career and makes him look weak and stupid
Drew was always this since he returns and was cemented when he beat Brock
You Roman dick riders are ridiculous
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Reigns isn’t a part timer. He has a more relaxed schedule sure, but he’s damn sure no part timer.
If anyone deserves a relaxed schedule it's the guy who busted his ass off to become one of the GOAT's after having a Leukemia diagnosis. He's in the middle of a historic reign and to be honest any Universal champion from now on should have a similar schedule. Don't burn them out and risk injury on house shows, and make their matches feel special.
I agree 100%. There is a nice grey area between seeing a champion on every show and doing what Brock did, and I think Roman is right in that sweet spot. Makes his appearances feel a little more special, but also doesn’t come off as an absentee champion.
People 100% don't get part time status just means no house shows, and maybe an occasional week off of the 2 weekly shows.
Yeah this isn't like 5 appearance a year Brock part time. This is like once a month part time lol.
I think a lot of people seem to forget that even though Roman is part time, the nights that he is there and doesn't wrestle on the show, he does wrestle in dark matches when the show goes off the air; not to mention, he still does occasional live events.
And people say he's easing to a Lesnar schedule? Heh.
I mean, most of these defenses took place prior to his "eased" schedule. He's absolutely on an eased schedule, but I don't think theres any point he'll enter Lesnar territory.
Lesnar legitimately has worked 72 matches since he returned in 2012 (I cannot believe its been that long) and a total of 7 this year.
Reigns has worked 48 matches this year, 6 of which have been since his schedule "eased" in June.
Even if you take his June-August work load as his workload going forward he's still going to work 20+ matches a year, which is 3 years worth of work for Brock.
Well because he is, him going to the easier schedule has only happened within the last 90 days of that 800 day reign.
He has more defences than everybody else combined
Yeah it’s like earning PTO at work. He is cashing the vacation days in that he earned by defending often early on.
It’s great. He’s a regular and it seems like he’s still getting some breaks too.
You also need to count how many defenses he had before the 2nd term
During his first, he was still being pushed as a face.
The real stat is how many defenses has he had since he won it the second time.
EDIT: The 1 defense per month works out to the hypothetical one PPV per month (remember when they used to run PPVs every 3 weeks)?
24 in this second reign
Huh... well then that's pretty decent!
Sure beats Brock's 7.
People just speak without knowledge
A defence a month is fine. Okadas 720 day reign is the greatest of all time, and it had a total of 12 defenses (excluding the match he won it in).