WWE News: Roman Reigns completes one year with WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns Universal Champion: Today August 30 marks one year of the victory of Roman Reigns in the Payback event over ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman to become the new Universal Champion of WWE.
Reigns won a No Holds Barred and began an upward trajectory to become the Tribal Chief of the company.
Roman Reigns’ reign celebrates 365 days. An ostentation that has been replete with rivalries and defenses. In one year, Roman Reigns has defended the Championship 14 times against the following rivals: Jey Uso (2), Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre. Kevin Owens (3), Daniel Bryan (4), Edge (2), Cesaro, Rey Mysterio and John Cena.
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New Record for Tribal Chief
With these 365 days, Roman Reigns is positioned as the second superstar with a longest reign, behind Brock Lesnar (506 consecutive days). In the global count, he is also the second superstar with the highest accumulation of days of ostentation with 2 reigns and 428 days.
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Roman Reigns will have his next defense against Finn Bálor this week on Friday Night SmackDown. The match was announced last week, although some rumors suggest that. Despite being announced for Friday, the match will finally be played at Extreme Rules. The WWE PPV that will take place on September 26.
