Kurt Angle believes that Roman Reigns has been champion for too long after he retained his titles at WrestleMania 39.
Roman Reigns is closing in on 1000 days as Universal Champion, something that Paul Heyman was not afraid to mention on this week’s SmackDown.
While speaking on the Kurt Angle Show Podcast, Kurt Angle talked about WWE’s decision to have The Tribal Chief defeat Cody Rhodes. He would go on to say that Roman has held the championships for too long.
“I’m not going to beat up on Roman Reigns because he is the man he deserves to be. We’re in a time now where if you’re a champion for three years, that’s a little long. It’s just too long. Because we’re not in territories anymore. When you were in territories, you weren’t on TV every week. So fans had to come to see you at the arenas, and you’d only be in that city one day a week. So they only saw wrestling one day a week back then when they were champion for six, eight years.
Now Roman Reigns has gone on; it looks like he’s gonna have to hold the title for another few years. The thing is, he’s on TV every week, sometimes twice a week, and then you know, a pay-per-view every month. It’s just a lot. I don’t believe the ratings are gonna go down, but I do believe some people are going to lose interest because they’re not making other wrestlers. You know, Roman has an opportunity to make a wrestler, he could have made Cody into a megastar, which Cody is already a star, but he would have been a mega-star if he won at WrestleMania. That’s just my opinion.”
Kurt Angle
While Cody is expected on RAW, it is unknown when fans will see Roman Reigns again as he is currently not scheduled to compete at Backlash in Puerto Rico.
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