How would other talent do if they got the Roman title run?

[The Rick Jericho]

Seth.
Finn.
Dom.
Drew.
Bobby.
Styles.

The more you think about it, is there any other man on the roster that could hold a 1,000+ title reign without the fans losing interest real quick?

How would other guys do if they got the 1,000+ day run?

[fw91]

Don't know if it would work out that well. With Roman, the character of the Tribal Chief adds that much more to a long a title reign. It's like going after two prizes in effort to defeat him.

[Jindrak Mark]

None of the names listed I think could cultivate a character as good as Tribal Chief Roman and keep drawing bigger numbers 3 years in.

I think a heel Cena character is one of the only things that could reach this level but that's obviously never happening.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

None of those others have the benefit of three super over wrestlers, 4 when Sami was involved and one of the best talkers/managers of all time as massive pieces in their storyline.

[firsttimelongtime]

Nobody currently in the business could draw like Roman. Or even close to it, really. Like all great stars, it’s numerous factors all hitting at once to create lightning in a bottle. It’s his history in WWE. It’s the previous failed push sticking in fans brains. It’s his shoot family being who it is. It’s the network he’s on. It’s the limited bookings. It’s the cancer diagnosis. It’s the legendary manager. It’s the great faction. It’s everything.

He is unmatched. I acknowledge him.

[Deleted]

If they put in the same level of dedication they have with him...with the exception of Dom with those others I think any of them could do it.

There is an entire contigent you could put around Drew and even go further and include some women and he could pull it off.

Because largely what works for Roman is basically most if not all The Bloodline stuff is teathered to very strong history within his own family so he has alot to draw upon emotionally.

You can draw up AJ's time in New Japan and team the likes of Nakamura with him and draw upon history like that with others....it is just a matter of effort but clearly WWE is only willing to dedicat that much effort to one act.

[Rudy Gobert Weather Machine]

I think that Heidenreich as The Tribal Chief would not have lived up to the lofty expectations.

[JasonVoorhees1988]

Noone. Roman is a once in a lifetime talent.

[XIII]

None of them. They could have good stories and maybe be heated for a year, but there’s just so much backstory with Roman, his forced pushes, Samoan dynasty, the Uso’s, etc. that to think that just anyone could have a similar run is madness.

[PTBartman]

Maybe Rhea, but only if JD stayed together to provide tension and storyline potential.

I think it's to hard in the TV/PLE Era. I Cheered When Hogan beat Sheik, but was cheering the heel by the time Andre beat him. Four years was just too long.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Do I think they can still write long term stories? Sure.

This is just a once in a lifetime thing, though. Love it, hate it, whatever, but it's just not something that they could have manufactured in a writer's room. Everything came together in the right way all at once. Real life family, real life success and failure, health issues that the guy overcame. And even this story has had its lulls, but people are clearly interested.

[polarbearpete]

There’s really no way to know for sure, but in my opinion I’d say no one else would have moved numbers the way he has. The legacy of his family, his mic work, acting chops, in-ring work all go a long way to making this run so successful.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I think this title reign kind of shows a dividing line in fans. Where older fans don’t mind a really long reign and less old fans find anything longer than 3 months a tortures amount of time for anyone to be champ and a story other than “You’re the champion, I wanna be champion!!!” too taxing.

Which is WWE’s fault, because on the length of title reigns is how they have booked for 25 years now and threadbare storylines for like 20.