Bianca Belair made history by reaching a milestone that she wanted to achieve in WWE as her reign as the WWE Raw Women’s Champion has hit 200 days.
This means she is now the longest-reigning black world champion in WWE history. Belair found out she was approaching the milestone ahead of Extreme Rules, where she retained the title over Bayley in a ladder match.
MVP is the longest reigning black champion in WWE, as he held the United States Championship for 343 days. The Rock had a run with the Intercontinental Championship at 264 days. However, those are secondary titles. AEW’s Jade Cargill currently holds the TBS Championship, and her reign stands at 283 days. In Ring of Honor, Jay Lethal held the World Television Championship for 567 days and the World Championship for 427 days.
Her reign started at WWE WrestleMania 38 in April when she defeated Becky Lynch. Belair will make her next title defense against Bayley on the October 24 episode of WWE Raw.
Bianca Belair has now officially held the #WWERAW Women’s Title for 200 days.
She becomes the longest reigning (male or female) Black World Champion in @WWE history.
We are witnessing historical greatness before our very eyes. pic.twitter.com/eYuwsd7V97
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) October 19, 2022
Ended up going down a bit of a rabbit hole on black wrestlers holding singles titles across major promotions (WWE, WCW, AEW, etc.)
The longest reigning black singles champions ever are
1) MVP – US (343 Days)
2) Jade Cargill – TBS (283 Days)
2) Shelton Benjamin – IC (244 Days)— Will Washington (@WillWashington) October 17, 2022
One I’d like to add. Jay Lethal held the ROH TV title for 567 days and the ROH World Title for 427 days.
This was during one of our best periods of business when ROH was arguably seated as the #2 major promotion in the USA.
— Black Sabre Jr. 🍔 (@CheeseburgerROH) October 18, 2022
