Dear God, will this title run ever end?

[J is Justice]

It will never end...

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

STAT TIME~!

Of the six championships representing the top male and top female star on RAW, SmackDown and NXT (WWE, Universal, NXT, RAW Women's, SmackDown Women's and NXT Women's Championships), only four title changes have occurred since WrestleMania. One was the NXT belt the night after WrestleMania (Ziggler to Breakker), the other three of them have all been with the SmackDown Women's belt (Flair to Rousey to Morgan to Rousey).

Now... Is this adding prestige to the belts, with scarce title changes and strong champions and such? Or has any effect in that regard been cancelled out by the idea of just simply being sick of long-running champions?

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I’ll say Mandy. Mandy’s is actively hurting NXT more than Roman or the Uso’ are hurting main roster. At least Bloodline moved merch.

[Numero Dos]

All of the above for me but I voted for Mandy as at least I can think of interesting fresh challengers for the other two. Mandy has run through everyone and I can’t think of who’s next. Probably Roxanne given the Halloween Havoc results but we’ve seen it before.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Oct 23, 2022 6:53:19 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I’ll say Mandy. Mandy’s is actively hurting NXT more than Roman or the Uso’ are hurting main roster. At least Bloodline moved merch.

And at least the Sami stuff is moving the Bloodline story somewhere interesting.

[Eunös ✈]

Honestly at this point, I kinda want to see Roman get to 1000 Days with the Universal belt.. I could do without him being WWE Champion as well though. So I'm kinda hoping they find a way for him to drop the WWE title at Mania and retain the Universal.. Even if that means 2 different matches on 2 nights.

[mistery]

Oct 23, 2022 6:56:38 GMT -5 Numero Dos said:

All of the above for me but I voted for Mandy as at least I can think of interesting fresh challengers for the other two. Mandy has run through everyone and I can’t think of who’s next. Probably Roxanne given the Halloween Havoc results but we’ve seen it before.

Probably not. Cora Jade has already vowed to make sure Roxanne doesn't get another title match.

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Roman's.

In fairness though the only issue I have is that he has BOTH f***ing titles, when he doesn't need both of them for any reason, and they could easily have made a stipulation for Clash at the Castle for only the WWE Title to be on the line, and have Drew win it.

Raw NEEDS a world title for people to chase after. No reason for SDL to have both, when Roman is part time as it is. Him having both belts is hurting the product.
You could tell the same story with Sami/Bloodline with Roman as solely the Universal Champion.

[kingoftheindies]

For as long as Roman's has been the Bloodline is insanely over still same goes for the Usos. Mandy's just seems like a chore now

[Mid-Carder]

Mandy. I think the difference for me is Roman is great and clearly the obvious top star. The women's division struggles enough for time and respect without an ok-at-best wrestler holding their title for a year.

[Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal]

Not sure why Breakker isn’t on here. I get Ziggler had it for a hot minute but it’s basically been Bron’s title for nearly a year now. It’s excruciating. I also get that he’s young and only been in the business for like a year and change but that’s also part of the problem here. Feels like he was essentially hotshot to the title and now I’m already tired of it.

Mandy, Sonya, Gigi, and Jacy are a nice little faction so I have no problems with her reign. Maybe I have sympathy for her because Vince did her dirty for so long.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Oct 23, 2022 8:57:29 GMT -5 Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal said:

Not sure why Breakker isn’t on here. I get Ziggler had it for a hot minute but it’s basically been Bron’s title for nearly a year now. It’s excruciating. I also get that he’s young and only been in the business for like a year and change but that’s also part of the problem here. Feels like he was essentially hotshot to the title and now I’m already tired of it.

It’s like I said in the other thread, he’s got a lot of potential, but because NXT is so widely-viewed, if he doesn’t reach that potential but still gets the big push on the main roster, we’ve basically already seen it at this point.

[mistery]

Oct 23, 2022 8:57:29 GMT -5 Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal said:

Not sure why Breakker isn’t on here. I get Ziggler had it for a hot minute but it’s basically been Bron’s title for nearly a year now. It’s excruciating. I also get that he’s young and only been in the business for like a year and change but that’s also part of the problem here. Feels like he was essentially hotshot to the title and now I’m already tired of it.

Mandy, Sonya, Gigi, and Jacy are a nice little faction so I have no problems with her reign. Maybe I have sympathy for her because Vince did her dirty for so long.

I mean by that logic, everyone under Vince's regime should be getting year long title reigns. Mandy has been in WWE for her entire wrestling career and not once has she ever displayed the ability to be a top champion. Let alone one for over a year. She's a pretty below average wrestler, with below average promo skills. It doesn't help that her material for the past 9 months has been the same exact promo of her screaming at fans to "put some damn respect on her name". She hasn't evolved at all, and that's entirely on her.

[Savage Gambino]

Before I opened the thread, I was gonna reiterate my fear that Roman's reign would only end with an injury and NO ONE getting the rub.

Imagine my surprise to see a poll.

[Jindrak Mark]

Roman and the Usos have potential great stories that are doing good business and can easily get them to Wrestlemania. Mandy really needs to drop the title though I think.

I don’t think Alba is the person to beat her though. She seems pretty cold and miscast as a face and she isn’t exactly getting great pops. Most weeks Toxic Attraction are being cheered over her.

I think you need to get the title on Roxanne at the next special, send Toxic Attraction to the main roster then Roxanne and Cora can have one final big match for the title before eventually being called up themselves.

[theironyuppie]

Not listed on the poll, but Bianca's long reign is in a weird place where while the PPV matches themselves are generally liked, on TV she's super-booked while also coming off as a third wheel at times.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I'm split in that I think when you break it down Mandy's by far the worst performer of the bunch and doing the most damage to her division, but also I am not certain I have ever disliked a fictional character and wanted them to go away forever as badly as I do Roman Reigns.

[asuka007]

I’m burnt out on overly long title reigns in general. Can we please give it a break for awhile?

Roman, the USO’s, Jade Cargill, Mandy, Bianca, etc. it’s getting very tiresome at this point.

[Nr1Humanoid]

Roman. I would rather have sex with a woman than see another match with Reigns as champion.

[bob]