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ASUKA RECORD-LENGTH CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN UPDATE

By Stuart Carapola on 2017-06-24 07:00:00

As of today, Asuka's reign as NXT Women's Champion has surpassed Gillberg's record as the longest-reigning WWF Light Heavyweight Champion at 448 days.  Here are the remaining milestones on her road to becoming the longest-reigning WWE champion of any kind in history, other than the years-long title reigns belonging to Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund, Pedro Morales, and Hulk Hogan in the pre-national expansion days:

-On 6/30/2017, she will surpass the Honky Tonk Man, the longest reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion in history at 454 days.

-On 7/24/2017, she will surpass Demolition as the longest reigning team to hold the original WWF World Tag Team Title at 478 days.

-On 7/29/2017, she will surpass the New Day as the longest reigning team to hold the World/Raw Tag Team Title (the one created on Smackdown in 2002) at 483 days.

-Finally, on 8/17/2017, she will surpass Rockin' Robin as the longest reigning WWF Women's Champion of the post-Moolah era at 502 days.

For more background on Asuka's potentially record-setting title reign, where it stands now, and what it will mean if she makes it to NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III with the title around her waist, click here for Elite subscribers or here for readers of the regular site.

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