Several WWE stars have won the WWE and Universal championships separately. However, in recent times, only two can boast of having been the undisputed WWE champion.
Roman Reigns He won the universal title to The Fiend Bray Wyatt in 2020. Then, the creative team made him unify the WWE and Universal championships by beating Brock Lesnar in Wrestlemania 38 in 2022.
Whoever possesses the WWE undisputed championship in current times is considered the maximum star of the company, and the world. Both Rhodes and Reigns have enjoyed that luxury. However, their careers with the title have been quite different so far.
#4 Present to work
A big difference is that, as a champion, Cody Rhodes It has appeared weekly in Smackdown and sometimes in Raw. Roman Reigns only did it to prepare for fighting in specific premium events.
This difference occurred because Reigns apparently reached an agreement to become part -time fighter a few months after becoming the undisputed WWE champion. Meanwhile, Rhodes has gone further with the title.
The table leader took advantage of his part -time agenda to appear only in more important events during the year. The sporadic appearances of Reigns would say a little more easily because it was a rude.
#3 your place at the WWE Premium events
Another big difference between the two undisputed champions is the location of their fighting in the Premium live events. Every time Roman Reigns appeared, he had the place in the star event. He closed the last four Wrestlemanias and did the same throughout the year when he competed.
Some will argue that this caused their control of the title to be stronger and than the moment he lost was more shocking. If there were two titles, it could have imported. Rhodes has been the opposite type of champion.
Throughout its seven months of race, The American Nightmare has fought in different places of the shows. He opened Clash at The Castle in a “i quit” match against Aj Styles, but closed summerslam against Wipe score .
This action allowed other struggles to close different events instead of always having the same star in the star event.
#2 Roman Reigns had The Bloodline supporting him
During most of his career as the undisputed WWE champion, Roman Reigns led The Bloodline. He had an entire faction that supported him during his stage as a champion. The group constantly interfered in its fighting, which helped keep the championship.
This scenario style cost several stars, including Kevin Owens Drew McIntyre, Rhodes and the Knight, the opportunity to win. Any of those talents had reasons for a rematch, but most did not get them.
Rhodes has been a man who has tried to contain the new Bloodline. Has had the help of Owens and Randy Orton this year and Jey use and Sami Zayn At other times.
#1 defending the prestige of the title
When fans and analysts compare the stars, the number of titles is usually what places them above the others. But if that star has several short reigns instead of a few lengths, which is priority?
The same can be said of the number of times each champion defended the title. The commentators constantly referred to Reigns as the most dominant champion of all time simply because of his long career with the belt.
After the unification of the titles, the story is different. Reigns only risked his gold three more times in 2022 and five times in 2023.
The tribal chief only defended his title once in 2024 before losing him to Rhodes in April. On the contrary, Rhodes has already defended the title six times in seven months. He still has about two months left to add that total.
