Top Star Hits Another Major Milestone Enroute of Surpassing Roman Reigns’ Legacy as Champion in 424 Days

The first aspiration a wrestler who joins WWE has is to become a champion. The second is holding on to that championship with their dear life for the longest time. And a few wrestling heavyweights have succeeded in achieving that goal for a fairly suitable length of time. Like Becky Lynch holds the record for the longest reign as WWE Women’s Champion with 560 days. Similarly, Roman Reigns is the longest reigning WWE Champion since 1988 with 1078 days.

But recently one Champion climbed to 2nd position on the all-time list of longest reigning Intercontinental Champions.

Gunther has become the 2nd longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history

‘The Ring General’ Gunther is just 35 years old and joined the WWE in 2019. He won the Intercontinental Championship by defeating Ricochet in June of 2022. And ever since then, he has been a dominant force to reckon with.

Recently Gunther eclipsed another milestone by becoming the 2nd longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion with 427 days. This in itself is a great feat, as only 3 other men in the history of the WWE have been able to hold on to the title for more than 400 days. One of them is Hall Of Famer ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage.

And now he is just 26 days away from becoming the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion ever in the history of the WWE. The only man standing in his way is wrestling great Honky Tonk Man who held the title for 453 days. Only time will tell if Gunther can achieve this feat, or maybe Chad Gable could cause the biggest upset in recent times.

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He won the Fatal 4-Way match on RAW to determine the next challenger to Intercontinental Champion. But going back to Roman Reigns, when will he become the longest-reigning WWE Champion in history?

Roman Reigns has to complete 2803 days to become the longest-reigning WWE Champion ever

Roman Reigns is currently the longest reigning Undisputed WWE Universal Champion of this era. He has been the Champion for 1078 days straight and counting.

The next superstar whose record he will eclipse is the ‘Hulkster’ Hulk Hogan, who was the Champion for 1,474 Days. Then 2nd in line is another Legend Bob Backlund who was the Champion for an astounding 2,135 Days.

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And finally, the alpha at the very top of the leaderboard, wrestling icon Bruno Sammartino. He has been the longest reigning WWE Champion in the history of the business with 2,803 Days. Will ‘The Tribal Chief’ stand the test of time and conquer this milestone? Only time will tell. But do you think Gunther will become the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time?