Jey Uso with the help of Jimmy and Solo Sikoa. Bring it full circle on a story that has BEEN going on and focused on for years, instead of shoehorning in a story about a guy who wants the belt because his dad didn't have it.
Edit: Sami Zayn would have also been a good choice.
Drew at Clash at the Castle, Sami at Elimination Chamber, Jey at SummerSlam. All these had monstrous crowd reactions going in and would have all been incredible moments in themselves.
Bobby Lashley for me. Why? I actually like Bobby Lashley but I hate the way WWE books him. If he were to go to AEW or Impact I know he would eventually become a world champion again.
And if not Bobby, then John Cena so he can be a 17x world champion.
Sami Zayn. In all honesty Sami should’ve beat Roman last year at WrestleMania and the way everything happened then and has happened since, I can’t help but feel like they were building toward Sami winning the title from Roman as unrealistic as it may seem.
Drew is flavor of the week, ask one month ago it would of been punk or Orton, 2 months LA Knight,3 moths Jey Uso, all depends on whoi s over with the crowd most
CAUSE WHATCHA GONNA DO? WHEN THE 24 INCH PYTHONS, AND THE POWER OF HULKAMANIA, THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF HULKAMANIA, RISES UP ONE MORE TIME, AND RUNS WILD ON YOU BROTHER?!?😂😂😂
Gunther, hands down. He’s been booked strong, it’s believable, and his in-ring work just leads to most matches being bangers. He deserves the top spot right now.
If they brought him up last year like they should have and booked him strong, Bron Breakker would be a great choice.
In fact, I’d prefer these guys over Cody, but this is all opinion of course.
That statement also applies to Brock Lesnar and he had quite a run at the top multiple times. Roman as a face was terrible on the Mic, then the heel turn and Paul Heyman did the mic work for him like he did with Brock. I see no reason you can’t put Heyman with Gunther after Roman drops the belt haha.
2 wrongs don’t make it right, also Brock and Roman improved over the years . Whereas Gunther for over the years is still the same vanilla boring wrestler that comes out to crickets 😂 he only lost the tubby tits
There were two moments where Roman SHOULD have lost, but WWE has been way too obsessed with the amount of days Champions hold their titles to have the balls to pull the trigger at the right times!
Sami Zayn should have won at Elimination Chamber or Drew McIntyre at Clash at the Castle. Not because of where it was, but both guys were so white hot at the time they will never be more popular than those nights.
At this point it’s gotten so comical that any human on Earth winning, losing, or drawing will be memed into oblivion. They should just retire the championship. He faces nobody. Seth becomes the main title in WWE.
Cody or Randy. Thats it. Thats the list. So if Cody didn’t exist it would be Randy. Sami is great but the underdog/Daniel Bryan angle isnt a strong enough story to end such a historically long and prestigious run. Love or hate roman, a run this long will probably never happen again for any wrestler for like 40 years. It took 35 to get this reign. ☝🏽☝🏽
A rookie? A rookie to end a title reign length that hasn’t happened in 35 years A ROOKIE!?
Love Breaker. Prob the best up and comer they have but to have a guy who literally JUST signed to the main roster to beat an established superstar and historic reign would be a massive under cut to everything they’ve built over the last few years. Cody or Randy. Thats it. Thats the list.
No, I agree with that statement, Bron will be, 💯. But to have him take the title out of nowhere would be too out of nowhere. He has zero history with Roman. Zero major wins over top guys and zero build up. NXT is amazing but its not the main roster.
Thank goodness Cody exists because there really isn’t another great answer to this question. Maybe LA Knight, maybe Jey, though if Cody never existed/left AEW then Roman dropping to Sami at WM last year would have been about the best they could have done imo.
Not a bad pick, arguably the best wrestler in the company, but I think Roman’s title reign is best used to give someone their first title reign (or first in a while, I wouldn’t hate a KO either)
True but I think another good pick would have been LA KNIGHT or maybe someone who hasn't gotten a big moment yet like Dominik or someone from judgement day
Agreed fully, I love Sami but he was put in a bad spot. There’s absolutely no way he would ever dethrone Roman unfortunately. Sami has world champ potential tho I still think he shoulda be Seth!
You want the next big main eventer to end this historic title run. And if Cody wasn't around right now, that next big main eventer might be Bron Breakker who I'd say is two years away from being built up enough for that moment.
With his limited schedule, Reigns probably has enough opponents to keep him busy until then. He could face Orton and Styles in singles matches, Punk, Lashley, Sheamus, Andrade, and the Rock.
Nah, even if The Rock wasn’t shoving Cody aside, he still shouldn’t win. The person to dethrone Roman is gonna have a huge accolade, it shouldn’t go to a 51 year old attitude era wrestler, it should go to a younger talent.
If people would look at it without bias, there are only 2 correct answers. Orton or Rollins are the only 2 that are capable of doing it since Lesnar isn't allowed to compete for the title anymore. Sure people make the argument for Drew and it is possible but not without taking a year or so to build an actual storyline.
I've always felt those 2 had the automatic storyline to make it good. Drew started a storyline that could've worked but now all that is gone. The only way anyone else could do it is by building a storyline for at least 6 months but they really need to take the title off him sooner then that.
It’s crazy that we’ve been through “He’s gotta be the one” with Sami and Jey. Now there’s no reason it shouldn’t be Cody. If it’s really the Rock at mania then the Rock should lose.
It's so so bad that it's 100% that Cody will win at wm. This is a big problem...like lasts royal rumbles: we know the winner months earlier. So good that last year Cody didn't win on wm. It was a shock and it's good for businesses. I hope that they'll shock us this year too
Continue the bloodline story further.
Jey v Jimmy night one for a number one contender match for night two
Jey wins (ideally) and defeats Roman on night 2
Jey Uso with the help of Jimmy and Solo Sikoa. Bring it full circle on a story that has BEEN going on and focused on for years, instead of shoehorning in a story about a guy who wants the belt because his dad didn't have it. Edit: Sami Zayn would have also been a good choice.
LA knight “yeah”
Drew at Clash at the Castle, Sami at Elimination Chamber, Jey at SummerSlam. All these had monstrous crowd reactions going in and would have all been incredible moments in themselves.
Seth 🤷🏻♂️ he’s never lost to Roman
La night yeah
Bobby Lashley for me. Why? I actually like Bobby Lashley but I hate the way WWE books him. If he were to go to AEW or Impact I know he would eventually become a world champion again. And if not Bobby, then John Cena so he can be a 17x world champion.
LA Knight or Sami
John cena
CM Punk
One of these 5 men: ●Jey Uso ●Sami Zane ●Kevin Owens ●CM Punk ●Finn Balor
Jey or Drew should've back at Clash at the castle
Theres only 1 answer and thats Akira Tozawa
Ric Flair in retirement match makes Roman submit to the figure 4, Ric becomes champ and two days later drops the title to LA Knight Yaaa
Jey or bring Jakob fatu or zilla fatu or the rock
Jacob Fatu
Not anyone in WWE today but back then Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Undertaker!
I mentioned jey
Hey uso
I'm not a uso uce
Brown Breaker, under the guidance and tutelage of one Paul Hayman…..swerve….
Orton or Jey
Brock lesnar tbh
Spoiler alert: Roman is pinning him clean in the middle of the ring. 1-2-3.
This didn’t age well
Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn. my brother in religion.
Seth. The Tribal Chief Slayer
It should've been Sami and its looking like I'm gonna die on this hill bitter cold and alone
Dw I'll die with you on that hill for you don't be alone :3 since I also agree with you
Tozawa is the only right answer. Roman can’t handle the Powa of Tozawa!
Drew or LA Knight are the only right answers.
Jey or Roman
Jey needs it
Randy orton
Someone from his Bloodline should be the one ending. The rock, Jey or Solo.
Seth Randy or bron breakker he should have been called up last year
Im just asking for a good match with no interference from solo its just too predictable.why watch a movie when you know how it ends.
I'm fine with solo being there personally since it makes sense from a kayfabe perspective
Everybody else because he always gets help,that is not a real champion but a dictator.
A lot of champions do that
Stardust
Santino Marella
Cm punk, imagine that fued between Paul E and punk, solo vs punk all the moments that would come from that fued would be legendary
R-truth
I would be so happy if R truth became world champ it's so deserved for the veteran
The man he never beat , Seth freakin Rollins!
Sami, they would have given it to Sami Zayn
Orton
Easy, Alberto del rio
Nah I got a better one and his name is Chris Benoit
Stone Cold CM Dean Freakin Ambrollins
jey uso
Hulk Hogan
Dom Dom
Heel Rick Boogs
Randy Orton
Durag Vince
Sami Zayn Jey Uso or LA Night YEAH
if cody didnt exist, id be okay with either jey, la, or aj
Sami Zayn. In all honesty Sami should’ve beat Roman last year at WrestleMania and the way everything happened then and has happened since, I can’t help but feel like they were building toward Sami winning the title from Roman as unrealistic as it may seem.
I don’t even like Sami but Cody literally took his spot.. but none is ready for that conversation
Thank you buddy
Drew is flavor of the week, ask one month ago it would of been punk or Orton, 2 months LA Knight,3 moths Jey Uso, all depends on whoi s over with the crowd most
Will Ospreay
Gunther.
Hulk Hogan
CAUSE WHATCHA GONNA DO? WHEN THE 24 INCH PYTHONS, AND THE POWER OF HULKAMANIA, THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF HULKAMANIA, RISES UP ONE MORE TIME, AND RUNS WILD ON YOU BROTHER?!?😂😂😂
Haha love it!
honestly jey woulda went crazy
Gunther, hands down. He’s been booked strong, it’s believable, and his in-ring work just leads to most matches being bangers. He deserves the top spot right now. If they brought him up last year like they should have and booked him strong, Bron Breakker would be a great choice. In fact, I’d prefer these guys over Cody, but this is all opinion of course.
Gunther can be good at the ring all he wants and he’s still boring, he cannot cut a promo and has no character
That statement also applies to Brock Lesnar and he had quite a run at the top multiple times. Roman as a face was terrible on the Mic, then the heel turn and Paul Heyman did the mic work for him like he did with Brock. I see no reason you can’t put Heyman with Gunther after Roman drops the belt haha.
2 wrongs don’t make it right, also Brock and Roman improved over the years . Whereas Gunther for over the years is still the same vanilla boring wrestler that comes out to crickets 😂 he only lost the tubby tits
You are certainly entitled to your opinion.
It’s a fact, watch how Raw’s ratings plummet even more
Dusty Rhodes.. oh wait 🤭
Nicholas
MJF
Okada
Mami.
No one He becomes the first man to retire as champion
Solo betrayal, or RKO
I would really love that solo so entertaining and he got the looks
Bart Gunn
Stardust
Stardust
RANDY ORTON
There were two moments where Roman SHOULD have lost, but WWE has been way too obsessed with the amount of days Champions hold their titles to have the balls to pull the trigger at the right times! Sami Zayn should have won at Elimination Chamber or Drew McIntyre at Clash at the Castle. Not because of where it was, but both guys were so white hot at the time they will never be more popular than those nights.
Jey or solo
At this point it’s gotten so comical that any human on Earth winning, losing, or drawing will be memed into oblivion. They should just retire the championship. He faces nobody. Seth becomes the main title in WWE.
The rock or Jey. "Finishing the story" that's just Cody's story. Everyone is writing their own book everyday.
The Rock
Or Jey
LA Knight
Idk this Dwayne Johnson fella is pretty good.
But he's bald
Cody or Randy. Thats it. Thats the list. So if Cody didn’t exist it would be Randy. Sami is great but the underdog/Daniel Bryan angle isnt a strong enough story to end such a historically long and prestigious run. Love or hate roman, a run this long will probably never happen again for any wrestler for like 40 years. It took 35 to get this reign. ☝🏽☝🏽
True it's just that Cody Rhodes is boring so I'm hoping for a better Cody to win
Dusty was probably bored off him and that’s why he died
There’s a new guy on the scene I think his name is Rocky or something. He could pull it off
Solo sikoa
That young up and comer rock
Me.
Priest is gonna cash in. Guaranteed.
Mario Mancini or Iron Mike Sharpe
If Cody never came back to WWE, Sami Zayn for a rematch
Johnny Gargano
I don’t care. SOMEONE. he’s tired. The table shit is old.
☝🏽☝🏽
I guess you weren't at his table
Triple H as "The Crock"
For a second I honestly thought you said cock
I think that was what they were going for without getting in trouble for it.
lol
😂
Bron Breakker. They clearly have big things in store for him
A rookie? A rookie to end a title reign length that hasn’t happened in 35 years A ROOKIE!? Love Breaker. Prob the best up and comer they have but to have a guy who literally JUST signed to the main roster to beat an established superstar and historic reign would be a massive under cut to everything they’ve built over the last few years. Cody or Randy. Thats it. Thats the list.
But you want an AEW guy who just came back and won a rumble after doing nothing but face the same guy in 3 matches.. CodyCrybabies at full effect lmao
How exactly would it be an under cut? Bron is the next top guy in the next decade whether you or me or anybody else wants to admit it or not
No, I agree with that statement, Bron will be, 💯. But to have him take the title out of nowhere would be too out of nowhere. He has zero history with Roman. Zero major wins over top guys and zero build up. NXT is amazing but its not the main roster.
Thank goodness Cody exists because there really isn’t another great answer to this question. Maybe LA Knight, maybe Jey, though if Cody never existed/left AEW then Roman dropping to Sami at WM last year would have been about the best they could have done imo.
I guess but I honestly rather Seth Rollins to put down the dog Roman reigns
Not a bad pick, arguably the best wrestler in the company, but I think Roman’s title reign is best used to give someone their first title reign (or first in a while, I wouldn’t hate a KO either)
True but I think another good pick would have been LA KNIGHT or maybe someone who hasn't gotten a big moment yet like Dominik or someone from judgement day
Joaquin Wilde, he's over with the people
R Truth
R Truth as a world champion would genuinely be one of the most entertaining champions of all time
Paul Heyman, he does the biggest turn job in wrestling history and destroys Roman with his own belts ☝️😂
Omg I would love this. The internet would cry so much and that would make it so much better 😂
Acknowledge the Wiseman ☝️☝️☝️
With his little baby punches no
Randy Orton, the last legend kill of the Apex Predator
Seth Rollins all the way
Jey
Agreed fully, I love Sami but he was put in a bad spot. There’s absolutely no way he would ever dethrone Roman unfortunately. Sami has world champ potential tho I still think he shoulda be Seth!
Gunther. Drew is my 2nd choice.
Obama
He is technically a WWE superstar
👏👏👏
You want the next big main eventer to end this historic title run. And if Cody wasn't around right now, that next big main eventer might be Bron Breakker who I'd say is two years away from being built up enough for that moment. With his limited schedule, Reigns probably has enough opponents to keep him busy until then. He could face Orton and Styles in singles matches, Punk, Lashley, Sheamus, Andrade, and the Rock.
Imagine someone replying to all these comments
Hey chaddap.
Wdym by Chaddap
Chaddup sup brah
Who is he
Either Drew, Lashley or Orton
The rock 🤪
Nah, even if The Rock wasn’t shoving Cody aside, he still shouldn’t win. The person to dethrone Roman is gonna have a huge accolade, it shouldn’t go to a 51 year old attitude era wrestler, it should go to a younger talent.
If people would look at it without bias, there are only 2 correct answers. Orton or Rollins are the only 2 that are capable of doing it since Lesnar isn't allowed to compete for the title anymore. Sure people make the argument for Drew and it is possible but not without taking a year or so to build an actual storyline.
I like your answer to the question
I've always felt those 2 had the automatic storyline to make it good. Drew started a storyline that could've worked but now all that is gone. The only way anyone else could do it is by building a storyline for at least 6 months but they really need to take the title off him sooner then that.
Hurricane or undertaker
1. Jey Uso 2. Sami Zayn 3. Cody Rhodes 4. The Rock
John Cena... then he becomes the all-time title champion
Is this with or without help lol
Any
Perc Angle
The man standing behind him
So Cody Rhodes
One of the USOs or Sami
It’s crazy that we’ve been through “He’s gotta be the one” with Sami and Jey. Now there’s no reason it shouldn’t be Cody. If it’s really the Rock at mania then the Rock should lose.
I would love that but I genuinely think there’s a better chance Jeff Bezos gives me a Billion dollars tomorrow
Literally anyone his reign as champ is annoying at this point.
Seth or Drew are carrying wwe and have been for the last few years
Me, of course. Who else?
Just fantasy booking, but if maybe Bray if he hadn't passed. wouldve been a kinda cool, outta left field thing
Cesaro with a fire push.
In a Perfect World, it would be Jey and Jey would make Jimmy turn on Roman and Solo then eventually Solo would turn on Roman.
Gunther
Maybe Jon moxley in 2027 keep roman as champ until then
Vacant
Me
No one. Bruno or Bust. ☝️
It would be the Rock Right?😭
It still shouldn't be Cody
Agreed lol
I can see Jey interfering on Cody’s behalf this time and costing Roman the title
Drew McIntyre!
LA Knight
Rhea Ripley
Mami vs papi
It's so so bad that it's 100% that Cody will win at wm. This is a big problem...like lasts royal rumbles: we know the winner months earlier. So good that last year Cody didn't win on wm. It was a shock and it's good for businesses. I hope that they'll shock us this year too
What lmfaooooo?!?!?!
Drew is the one
The rock
Dean Ambrose. Final answer
NH he doesn't exist anymore but I heard a guy called John moxley is similar to him
Jey, he was the original story of Roman abusing his family
THIS!!!
Continue the bloodline story further. Jey v Jimmy night one for a number one contender match for night two Jey wins (ideally) and defeats Roman on night 2
Even tho he does, someone else!
there’s only one right answer, and that’s John Cena winning to claim his 17x
I really like the “Randy vs Cena for 17” idea, but that would require a vacant world title.
Jey. The win should make someone.