10 Weird (But TRUE) Facts For WWE In 2025

One of the hallmarks of Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s booking since taking over in mid-2022 has been long title reigns.

He continued Roman Reigns’ epic world title reign for another 20-plus months after assuming control. Gunther racked off record-shattering 666 days as Intercontinental Champion. Rhea Ripley held the Women’s World Championship for more than a year, vacating it due to injury in early 2024.

But 2025 was an abrupt shift for Leveque, as he booked 38 title changes throughout the year (as of early December). That in part is due to the introduction of two new women’s mid-card titles, which changed hands a combined six times, and injury and pregnancy, with wrestlers such as Seth Rollins and Naomi vacating their titles.

But even the men’s world titles were not immune from the revolving door syndrome. Since the pandemic ended, men’s world titles have changed hands pretty infrequently. When the World Heavyweight Championship changed twice at WrestleMania XL and Cody Rhodes defeated Roman for the Undisputed WWE Championship, that one PLE accounted for 75% of the world title changes in 2024.

This year, men’s world titles have changed hands seven times, with the World Heavyweight Championship alone switching around five times (Gunther to Jey Uso to Gunther to CM Punk to Seth Rollins [to vacant] to CM Punk), while Cody and John Cena traded the Undisputed WWE title.

A cynical person would also note that more than half – 20 – of those title changes took place on television, which could be a way to artificially juice ratings. Promise a title change nearly every fortnight and it encourages fans to tune in. Of course, another explanation could be that WWE’s five-match PLE cards don’t lend themselves to booking a lot of title matches when there are 11 active main roster titles.

How will 2026 shape up for titles, house shows, ratings and other randomness? We’ll have to wait another 365 days to get our answer.