Roman Reigns headlined WrestleMania for the sixth consecutive time on Saturday night in Las Vegas, cementing a record that may never be broken in professional wrestling and capping the achievement with one of the most celebrated victories of his career. Reigns defeated CM Punk in the main event of WrestleMania 42 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to win the World Heavyweight Championship and become a seven-time world champion, with Guinness World Records officially recognizing his unprecedented streak of consecutive WrestleMania main event appearances as a new world record. The victory surpasses the legendary Hulk Hogan, who headlined five consecutive WrestleManias from 1989 to 1993, and now stands as the longest such streak in the event’s 42-year history. Reviewers and fans called it one of the best WrestleMania main events in recent memory, a hard-hitting contest that delivered on every moment of the weeks of buildup between the two rivals.
Reigns’ path to this record is as remarkable as the record itself, beginning with his first WrestleMania main event in 2015 and continuing through a run that included holding WWE’s top championship for 1,316 consecutive days, the longest title reign since 1988, before losing it at WrestleMania 40 two years ago. He won this year’s Royal Rumble to earn another chance at championship gold, and he made the most of it in front of a stadium crowd that responded with one of the loudest and most electric receptions of the evening. Guinness noted that Reigns has now closed the show at WrestleMania 11 times across his entire career, placing him alone at the summit of professional wrestling’s biggest stage with records that stretch across more than a decade of sustained excellence. The Tribal Chief walked into Las Vegas chasing history on Saturday night, and he walked out holding the championship and a Guinness World Record he may never have to give back.
