Gunther Puts Roman Reigns to Shame as the 36-Year-Old Surpasses a Unique WWE Record

‘The Ring General’ Gunther is by far one of the greatest Intercontinental champions of the modern era. He is the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in the history of the WWE. His successful title reign has lasted for 479+ days. While talking about title reigns, another name that comes to mind is Roman Reigns. Reigns has been the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion for 1,130+ days. But a shocking statistic shows that Gunther is more competitive than The Tribal Chief.

Over the 479+ days, Gunther has shown why the title he holds is called the workhorse championship.

Gunther has defended his title more than Roman Reigns has in his 3-year title reign

Gunther made his WWE main roster debut in April 2022. And just within two months, he defeated Ricochet to win the Intercontinental Championship. This began his undefeated title run which has gone on for 479+ days. Last month, he beat The Honky Tonk Man’s record who was earlier the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion with 454 days.

Thus every day that Gunther adds to that title is a new world record. But another stat that needs to be taken into consideration is that Gunther has defended his title a record number of times during this period. In his reign as the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther has defended his title a 73 times in total. This includes title defenses at live events, TV episodes, and PPV’s.

This is still a lot when compared to another champion who has held his title for a far longer period of time. Roman Reigns who has held his title for almost three years now has defended it just 28 times in that period. Thus Gunther has 45 more title defenses than Reigns’ who has been a champion for way longer.

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This just goes to show that Gunther isn’t afraid of any competition and is always ready to show his dominance. Also, this is not the first time Gunther has held onto a title for so long.

Gunther has the record for being the longest-reigning NXT UK Champion

Before Gunther started dominating on the main roster, he was doing so in NXT UK. His menacing chops were sending shivers down the spines of most NXT superstars.

Just like how he did in the WWE, Gunther became the NXT UK Champion within just a month of making a debut in the promotion. In doing so he ended Pete Dunne’s title run of 685 days and thus started his own.

Gunther then went on to hold on to the title for a record 870 days. He finally lost the title to Dragunov at NXT TakeOver 36. Gunther’s record was the longest reign in WWE history since 1988 until Reigns broke the record in January 2023.

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