What's good y'all, Shabu, and Ross back again with another video. So today is November the 8th, 2021. This is today I'm filming this video and Roman Reigns has been the Universal Champion for 434 days. Now that number is synonymous with another wrestler who was the WWE Champion for 434 days. Now the reason why I'm bringing this up is because I've actually heard people bring up this particular topic. I'm sure you guys have as well. Who was the better champion or who is the better champion? We compare CM Punk's legendary WWE title reign to Roman Reigns Universal title reign. Who is the better, who has the better title reign? And this is something I've had to really think about. This is not something I can just instantly give an answer because both of them are, you know, I can't say, you know, CM Punk is not WWE, but both of them are legendary. Even though Roman Reigns obviously will break that record and I'm not sure how long he'll have it, but there's a good chance he will have it for quite some time since they're letting go of all their potential talent and take the title from him. So I don't know who can take the title from them outside of Brock, but that's another conversation for another day. I will say this, it is one of those things where it's like, I think it depends on your preference. It depends on the situation. Once again, that was a different time period and wrestling. It may not seem so long ago, but it was and I don't know, it's kind of tough for me. Both title reigns definitely elevated the wrestler's character. We all know the infamous pipe bomb. Without that pipe bomb happening, I don't think CM Punk has this legendary title reign. Without him really feeling frustrated and Vince McMahon letting him just go off the cuff. I don't think we have this title reign. I don't think that it works nowadays. Vince McMahon is not going to let you go off the cuff as much, but it's just crazy to know that him wanting to leave got him that belt because he became the hottest thing in wrestling. CM Punk was the hottest thing in wrestling. That's a fact. Y'all know, he is one of the reasons. He's actually the main reason why I even started watching wrestling again. At this point, I stopped watching wrestling. He brought me back with that pipe bomb and I was instantly hooked on his character and what he was doing and what he was bringing to the show. He had some pretty good title defenses. I will say this, his title reign probably would be a little bit better for me if they hadn't had him drop it to Alberto Del Rio. Alberto Del Rio cashed in the money in the bank on him and then I believe Kevin Nash got in the mix. It was unnecessary. I think they should have had him hold the belt for money in the bank until it was time to drop the belt when he won it at money in the bank from John Cena. That's when the title range should have begun. He shouldn't have lost it to Alberto and then got it back again. That's my personal opinion. That's how it all is. I think they dropped a ball on that. That's just my personal opinion on it. I think it would have been just better if it was just a complete title reign. But I'm not going to lie to you. It was one of those title range you definitely will remember for just the fact that people were watching it. People were interested. The first half he was a face and then the second half he became a heel and people were seeing if anyone could get the drop done. I remember the little soggy he had with Ryback when they were pushing him to the moon. People were really watching to see will he finally lose and it wasn't until he lost to the rock which we kind of saw a mile away because they weren't going to have to rock loose and then that's when they changed the belt from the spin the belt to the belt we have now. But pull out variation of what we have now. But overall for me personally, I think it's definitely one of the most legendary title reigns in WWE history and that is without the fact. And then you got Roman Reigns here. Roman Reigns I think what works for his massive title reign is the simple fact that this is what the fans have been wanting so long. This is what we wanted since he started giving us these cringe promos back in the day. This is what we wanted. We wanted a character change and he has been doing the best work in his career. I'm going to be honest with you, if it wasn't for the whole COVID situation and him leaving because he didn't want to potentially get himself compromised with the COVID going around, him leaving was the best decision because he didn't come back the same guy. He came back different and it's crazy how certain decisions changed the landscape of wrestling and won in WWE. CM Punk's decisions of potentially leaving changed everything. Roman Reigns' decision for leaving due to COVID reasons didn't want to get his family. I believe he had a newborn child. He wanted to put them at risk. He was thinking about himself more than WrestleMania. Him doing that coming back. I forgot how many months later, maybe three, four months, five months, I'm not sure. It was a decent amount of time he wasn't on television. Coming back with a whole new character change and just this new attitude, new persona, perfect. Just one decision can change a wrestler's career and it ultimately has. This has been some of the best work Roman Reigns has done inside the ring, best work he's done, promo wise, best work he's done, character wise. He is somebody that people care about, especially on SmackDown. He is revitalized SmackDown by himself and you cannot deny that. Most people only watch SmackDown to see what Roman's gonna do. So if I had to choose and this is a really tough one for me, if I had to choose me personally, I feel like there's really no wrong answer here. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. So please don't come at me if I don't choose the person you think, man, if I had to choose the better title ring for me personally, I'm gonna give the slightest edge, slightest edge to see on Punk. And the reason being is kind of where I said it earlier, he was one of the main reasons I even got back into wrestling and to see this, to see those epic promos, to see how those pretty good matches. Now on matches were good, but for the most part, he had some pretty good matches to see that happen and I'm watching every week. I have to give it, I have to give it to see on Punk. Just the slight edge, just the slight edge and Roman reigns is still the champ. So Roman reigns could potentially really ramp it up and on sand and in these next few months, depending on how they book them and stuff like that. But honestly right now, I'm gonna give the edge just to see on Punk only because he was the main reason I even got back into wrestling and I enjoyed his title ring. I even enjoyed his heel work. He was, you know, he just wanted to see him get his ass kicked. It was great. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it for what it was and I do think his was just slightly better. Just slightly better, only because of what he was able to get away with, like what he was able to say, what he was able to do, the people that he brought back, you know, like it just worked. It wasn't a situation of all will. We were tired of seeing him punk and then he became over because of a character change. It's pretty much what happened in Rome. We were tired of what WWE was forcing down on the throat for Roman. You got a character change and he became over. Not to diminish his title ring. It's still fantastic, but I'm gonna have to give the slight edge, just the slight edge to see him punk. I enjoyed this title ring and it brought me back to wrestling. So comment down below. This is going to be a crazy one. I know it is. Comment down below. Who do y'all feel like has the better title ring? He said Roman Reigns is the Universal Champion. Where's his CM Punk when he was the champion for 434 days. Who do y'all feel title ring? What's the better version? I know Roman's still going so we still have time to see where his goes and where they take his story. But as of just, if it ended today, 434 days for Roman, 434 days for CM Punk, who is the better title ring in your opinion? Nobody's answer is wrong. Please don't get toxic in the comment section. We're just all here to discuss what reasons we enjoy CM Punk and Roman Reigns title ring better than the other. That's it. So comment down below. Let me know your thoughts on this. Appreciate all of the love sport. Road to 6K. Appreciate y'all kicking with me. See y'all next week. Peace.