It’s an absolute no-brainer that Roman Reigns is among the biggest attractions in all of WWE. The Tribal Chief may not show up regularly on weekly television, but whenever he does, it produces a buzz among the professional wrestling fans.
One of the biggest reasons behind Roman’s popularity is his 1147-day title reign with the WWE Undisputed title. The Tribal Chief‘s title run is the longest since 1988, and he has even surpassed Dwayne Johnson’s legacy with it.
The Head of the Table’s reign is near the 1150-day mark, but this single run is longer than all eight WWE Championship reigns of The Rock. Dwayne held the world title for a combined 378 days, and it is far behind the single run of the reigning Undisputed Champion.
Roman Reigns’ current Universal title reigns is LONGER than all of The Rock’s 8 WWE title reigns combined 🤯 pic.twitter.com/HiRtIC0Hks
— WrestlingWorldCC (@WrestlingWCC) October 20, 2023
As Reigns is way ahead of Johnson in terms of days as the World Champion, he has also proved Ric Flair’s claims right. The Nature Boy shared it in a recent interview that The Brahma Bull doesn’t really fit in his Mount Rushmore.
Sharing the reason behind this exclusion, the 16-time WWE Champion said that Dwayne didn’t work in the industry for long. Flair said, “I think part of Mount Rushmore is longevity. It’s hard to be really good and Rock was great, but he took off.”
Even though Dwayne has not been in WWE for as long as some of the legends in the business. But it can be denied that he’s one of the greatest ever to enter the industry. Thus, Roman being ahead of him in terms of days as World Champion is a truly remarkable accomplishment.
Can Dwayne Johnson end Roman Reigns’ historic title-run?
It’s true that The People’s Champion is far behind The Tribal Chief in terms of days as the top prize holder. But Dwayne can again make a mark in WWE if he ends Roman Reigns’ historic title-run with the Undisputed Universal Championship.
It’s been rumored for years that there are plans for a possible showdown between Johnson and Reigns for WrestleMania. Due to such speculations, a lot of fans believe that The Rock could be the one to dethrone Roman from his title.
It’s possible that The Brahma Bull could be the one to end Roman’s legendary run. But it’s equally true that WWE might have him fight The Tribal Chief to give their champion more mainstream attention.
There are currently no plans for Roman Reigns vs The Rock to happen at WrestleMania 40.
According to multiple sources close to WWE, the decision about the WrestleMania 40 Main Event will not be The Rock’s to make, nor is the main event even a topic of substance.
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It is possible that the latter could be the thing the Stamford-based promotion plans, fans want to see Dwayne have one last title reign. But it can happen only if WWE books the two for a match at The Show of Shows. Only the future knows what the actual plans are for the highly-anticipated rivalry between the two stars.