WWE Smackdown: Roman Reigns the longest-reigning Universal Champion- WWE Chairman Vince McMahon has achieved what he wanted. His move to give Roman Reigns the push of his life has made Roman the longest reigning WWE Universal Champion of all time.
With 504 days and counting, Roman Reigns has now become the longest-reigning WWE Universal Champion surpassing the record held by the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar. His 504th day as the Universal Champion came on Sunday.
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WWE Smackdown: Roman Reigns 504 days as Universal Champion
Roman Reigns made a shocking return at the 2020 Summerslam PPV event aligning with Paul Heyman. The inside story suggests that Reigns wanted to return as a heel and work with Paul Heyman. Vince gave this idea a thumbs up and Reigns claimed the Universal Title for the second time at WWE Payback which followed Summerslam.
It was a triple-threat match between The Fiend, Braun Strowman, and Roman Reigns for the title, but Roman came into the match in the closing moments when both the competitors were exhausted after beating the hell out of each other. Reigns came with a steel chair in his hand and stood on the ramp with Paul Heyman, who had the contract for the ongoing triple threat match.
The greatest of this generation, the best to ever hold the #UniversalTitle.
The numbers, the main events, the dominant performances… they don’t lie.
504 days and counting… #GOAT https://t.co/CEgtWvzYdl
— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) January 16, 2022
WWE Smackdown: Roman Reigns is now the longest-reigning Universal Champion of all time
Reigns signed the contract and marched to the ring. He brutally assaulted the already exhausted Fiend and Braun Strowman with multiple chair shots before nailing a spear on Braun Strowman to pick up a win.
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WWE Smackdown: Will Roman Reigns celebrate this feat on Smackdown this week?
Roman Reigns acknowledge the fact last week on Smackdown that he is in a god mode. The ‘God’ has now breached Brock Lesnar’s record for the longest-reigning Universal Champion and will look to celebrate this achievement on what he calls his show, Friday Night Smackdown. Will we see the celebrations? And if he celebrates, will we see Seth Rollins spoiling the party for the Tribal Chief?
