Roman Reigns WWE Universal Title Record Reign Does it Matter?

 

Roman Reigns has been WWE universal champion as of this writing for an incredible 1058 days. The Story of Roman Reigns and the Bloodline has been one of the most engaging compelling piece of storytelling in many years in WWE.

Roman won the WWE universal title in August 2020 from Bray Wyatt, and since put on some tremendous matches along the way. 

Looking back at these matches so many of them stand out Logan Paul at Crown Jewel,  Sami Zayn at Elimination Chamber, Drew Mcintyre at Clash at The Castle, Cody Rhodes at Wrestlemaina 39. There is no denying that the quality of the matches has been great.

WWE even felt strongly that the Universal title wasn't being defended as much and Triple H (Head of Creative, WWE) came out on WWE RAW and said  because WWE felt Universal title was not being defended as much they created WWE Heavyweight Title on 24 April 2023 in order for this to be defended more on TV and on Premium live events.

What it brings into question is have WWE de-valued Roman Reigns title reign? 

In my opinion they have, having to create a new title and to actually say Roman does not defend his title enough i think really hurt what Roman was doing and the intrigue about when he was going to lose his title. WWE told us "Roman title doesn't mean as much as he does not defend it" here is a new one that will mean more.

I didn't understand and don't understand now how that was meant to help Roman, his reign and his perception as a champion. More confusing was a few weeks after they announced Roman as 1000 day champion and gave him a new title.

Roman not defending the title so much is on WWE is a WWE problem. WWE are aware of his contract, how many dates he can work and how many matches he can have a year that is not Roman fault. To Roman credit also, WWE business with him at the helm has been the best it has been in years for the company, with them consistently breaking attendance records, generating more revenue and being more profitable than ever. 

Inside the ring also Roman has also brought people along with him The Usos Jimmy and Jey have become much bigger stars in the last 3 years also with the addition of Solo Sikoa it has helped him to become a bigger star by just being associated with Roman and The Bloodline Group. One of the biggest stars to come out of this group was Sami Zayn the momentum he created for himself was incredible, he caught on and had so much fan support but WWE decided to go in a different direction with Sami and Kevin Owens defeated The Usos in Main Event Wrestlemiana 39.

The Story has continued to evolve to the point now that The Bloodline group have broken up and The Usos now oppose Roman and everything that he has done to them and made them do. Jey Uso will be challenging Roman Reigns at Summerslam 2023. Could Jey be the guy to finally topple Reigns? The Answer could be very possibly. 

My reasoning for this is that they have done so much that now its maybe time to start making even more stars out of this and if you are going to make a new star in a singles environment Jey Uso seems a very sound choice and it would be great to see him elevated forward to see what Jey could do as a singles star in WWE after being in a team for so long.

If Jey does not defeat Roman Reigns and Roman continues his historic title reign then who will take the title from Roman? John Cena? The Rock? Cody Rhodes? Randy Orton? or will someone else in WWE rise through the ranks, gain support of the fans and be the right person to take the title LA Knight? Gunther? 

What we do know is that WWE have plenty of options and they can play this to the maximum  what we all hope is that WWE time it right and the next guy is the right guy.

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