10 Wrestling Champions Who Barely Defended Their Title
These wrestling champions didn't put their belts on the line much
1. Roman Reigns - WWE Universal Championship
1,380 days.
That’s how long Roman Reigns held the WWE Universal Title – which he unified with the WWE Title at WrestleMania 38 to become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
The Tribal Chief beat Braun Strowman and The Fiend in a No Holds Barred triple threat at Payback 2020 to win the Universal Title for the second time.
This reign would be much different from his first (which ended when he prematurely vacated the belt), because Roman became very much a part-time performer after signing a new contract in April 2022.
The Big Dog for the big occasion, Reigns defended the title 32 times on television during the close to four years he was in possession of the belt, with 25 of those taking place on so-called Premium Live Events.
Including house shows – of which Roman worked relatively few – it was 56 defences in total.
In general, Reigns had his working boots on when he actually had to come to work, with his matches often exceeding 30 minutes.
Some will call it one of the greatest WWE title runs in history (if not the greatest), but those same people simply have to acknowledge the lengthy gaps between his increasingly rare defences.
