From Roman Reigns to Logan Paul, How Many Part-Time Champions Has WWE Seen Over the Years?

Logan Paul is now a part-time champion after clinching the coveted US Championship title from Rey Mysterio after a remarkable fight at Crown Jewel. The WWE handing Paul a championship might look like an unforeseen call at this point in time. However, the company has a long-grown trend of putting feathers into the part-time performers’ caps.

Here are some current and past part-time champions who brought value to the promotion in terms of a championship reign.

Wrestlers who secured title reigns despite their status as a part-timer

WWE is a sport that invites a grueling schedule for the superstars throughout the year with incessant travel and numerous matches involved. That said, there are some wrestlers who marked themselves safe from these rigorous activities. Moreover, they achieve this privilege without even comprising their spots in the roster. Brock Lesnar was one beneficiary of this luxury.

WWE, at one point, became vehemently reliant on giving extra push to the part-timers rather than the full-fledged ones. Whether it’s fully true or not is a subject of debate. However, we can’t ignore the past and present examples.

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The Beast has been a part-timer since 2012 and still held the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for about 224 days. He has even main-evented most of the pay-per-view events in the last few years.

The current part-time champion who has made the rounds most over social media is none other than the Tribal Chief. Roman Reigns hardly appears in the ring a few times in a year. And he had to undergo a lot of brickbats for that. But snubbing all those, WWE still made the decision to keep his 1200+ day title reign ongoing, making him retain the title at Crown Jewel. He will possibly miss the upcoming Survivor Series and Elimination Chamber.

Bill Goldberg also made it to the list as he had a very brief Universal title run back in 2017 as a part-time performer before giving it up to Lesnar. The Rock also acquired his eighth Championship tag defeating CM Punk back in Royal Rumble 2013 amidst his part-time schedule.

There are a few more part-timers like John Cena and Edge who didn’t win any major championship during the part-time tenure but have been featured in a series of crucial matches and storylines.

Now, we need to see how WWE treats the current two part-time champions, Roman Reigns and Logan Paul, down the line. What do you think of the popular practice of crowning a part-timer as a champion? Sound off in the comments.

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