Is Roman Reigns the longest running male heel champ?

[fg]

It certainly seems so.

BTW notice that I said male heel champ. We all know that the Fabulous Moolah used her pull to make sure she was womens champ for supposedly 26 years (in reality, she did lose the title several times with the longest reign supposedly being 10 years. Also, he title was deactivated several times during the 26 years as well.)

[Abadebe]

Yes. At this point the only reigns that were longer are Bruno's first, Backlund, Hogan, Bruno's second, and Morales. All were as faces.

Reigns has quite a bit to go if he's going to catch up. All five of these are over 1000 days and Roman's in the low 600s.

[lucas_lee]

This is unprecedented. I hate the repetitive segments but his matches are always good to great.

[tirtefaa]

Given that ratings and profits aren't going to be effected by anything major any time soon, there's no reason he couldn't get to 1,000 days or more.

[ChitownKnight]

I think Roman should be regarded as WWE’s GOAT heel. A near 2 year title reign where he wins 2 mania main events in a row, then becoming undisputed champ. It also worked because fans wanted it so bad

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 10, 2022 18:51:24 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

Given that ratings and profits aren't going to be effected by anything major any time soon, there's no reason he couldn't get to 1,000 days or more.

The fact he might be taking a full summer off only makes this even more painful. This is becoming worse than any time Lesnar held the belts.

[GodzillaIsMyMonster]

May 10, 2022 23:22:29 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

May 10, 2022 18:51:24 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

Given that ratings and profits aren't going to be effected by anything major any time soon, there's no reason he couldn't get to 1,000 days or more.

The fact he might be taking a full summer off only makes this even more painful. This is becoming worse than any time Lesnar held the belts.

Why does everyone assume he's taking a full summer off?

[Raw is Doodie101]

May 10, 2022 23:22:29 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

May 10, 2022 18:51:24 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

Given that ratings and profits aren't going to be effected by anything major any time soon, there's no reason he couldn't get to 1,000 days or more.

The fact he might be taking a full summer off only makes this even more painful. This is becoming worse than any time Lesnar held the belts.

He's not taking the summer off. He's just not working house shows in smaller markets going forward.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

May 10, 2022 20:25:36 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I think Roman should be regarded as WWE’s GOAT heel. A near 2 year title reign where he wins 2 mania main events in a row, then becoming undisputed champ. It also worked because fans wanted it so bad

He's held the title for a long time, but greatest WWE heel ever? No chance, no chance in Hell.

[Raw is Doodie101]

Greatest Heel Run in WWE history. He's managed to combine drawing power, match rate, promos, & story(especially the first half of his run) into a well-rounded epic title reign. It does need to end by Clash at the Castle. Get him to 2 years and then end it.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 11, 2022 1:39:13 GMT -5 Raw is Doodie101 said:

May 10, 2022 23:22:29 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

The fact he might be taking a full summer off only makes this even more painful. This is becoming worse than any time Lesnar held the belts.

He's not taking the summer off. He's just not working house shows in smaller markets going forward.

I missed the post where that was updated, so my bad

Still hate this reign and if it goes over 1000 days its gonna be hell for me at least

[A Platypus Rave]

Yes, mostly since WWE has never been a Heel Territory. McMahonland has always been about the superhero face.

as for being the best anything... the only thing Roman's reign really has going for it is length.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

May 11, 2022 2:07:33 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

May 11, 2022 1:39:13 GMT -5 Raw is Doodie101 said:

He's not taking the summer off. He's just not working house shows in smaller markets going forward.

I missed the post where that was updated, so my bad

Still hate this reign and if it goes over 1000 days its gonna be hell for me at least

Meltzer said he was pulled off of all advertising for shows from June to September basically except for the PPVs. And that's not his opinion. It's just a factual statement. Andrew Zarian than said a source in WWE told him that he just will be missing the smaller house shows. Both in theory could be true since WWE house show advertising doesn't always equal their plans but it could also be the case that this source either doesn't know the full story or they are trying to downplay it and doesn't want Roman taking 10 weeks off to become widely known until it actually happens.