3 positives and 4 negatives

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May 18, 2019, 4:57 pm IST

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The World Championship was introduced into WWE programs in the summer of 2016 after the WWE Draft rules stated that Raw and SmackDown Live would each have their own world champion.

As the WWE Championship went on to SmackDown Live, the authority figures on Raw's screen at the time – Stephanie McMahon (Commissioner) and Mick Foley (General Manager) – revealed on July 25, 2016 at Raw that he wanted to name the world title of the brand after the WWE universe, hence the name of "Universal Championship".

Four weeks later, Finn Balor became the inaugural Wi He won the title after defeating Seth Rollins on August 21 at SummerSlam, but his reign ended abruptly after a day of injury.

Since then, we have witnessed the reign of the following title: Kevin Owens (188 days). , Goldberg (28 days), Brock Lesnar (504 days), Roman Reigns (64 days), Brock Lesnar (156 days), Seth Rollins (41 days and more).

At the time of writing this article (May 18, 2019), it's been exactly 1000 days since the World Championship came into play for the Balor vs. Rollins match at SummerSlam 2016, so it seems as timely as to look at the most important positives and negatives. that title has brought up here fans of the WWE.

# 7 Negative: Finn Balor's Injury

WWE Congratulations On SummerSlam 2016 Preparation When Popular Finn Balor Joined Raw from NXT and immediately made an impression by beating Roman Reigns, as well as three other Superstars in a fatal four-way match, on his first night with the brand.

In recent years, we have found that it was very rare for one person from NXT to gain instant success over the main training. The majority of the WWE universe was thrilled to see Irish beat Seth Rollins on his first pay-per-view to win the World Championship.

Unfortunately for Balor, he sustained a shoulder injury during the match, excluding him for the match. The next seven months, he is forced to give up his title a day later on Raw.

Although he's been involved in the World Championship matches against Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar since then, Balor still has not recovered the best man from the red mark. title.