40 Years Of Fascinating WWE WrestleMania Facts (Part 4)
2. WrestleMania 39 - Roman's Record-Setting Reign
WrestleMania 39's ending may have been one of the most divisive in company history, not least because audiences had fully gotten behind Cody Rhodes to such an extent that him losing was considered unthinkable at the time.
And though 'The American Nightmare' was made to wait to finish his story, defending Champion Roman Reigns was adding another historic chapter to his. In this case, setting a new WrestleMania record that will surely never be touched. Nobody - not Hulk Hogan, nor John Cena, nor Steve Austin nor The Rock nor The Undertaker nor anybody else you can think of - before 'The Tribal Chief' had managed to three consecutive defences of the same title.
Hogan managed two between WrestleMania 2 and III, it felt like Triple H never let go of the thing between 2002-2005, and even John Cena's long reigns never stretched across multiple 'Show Of Shows'. Reigns made it four in 2024, and it might be another four decades until anybody comes close to even half that again.