The WWE championship….60 years and done?

(and the start of Buddy Rogers' reign as the first champion) on April

25, 1963.

Incredibly, almost 60 years to the exact day later, did we just see

the end of the original world title's lineage? Roman Reigns'

“thousand day reign” refers only to the Universal Title, since he

didn't win the 1963 lineage belt until Wrestlemania 38. It seems like

the original lineage title has now been subsumed into Roman's

universal title run, whereas this new World Heavyweight Title/Raw

World Title/B+ Player Participation Trophy title has an entirely new

lineage.

It may be dumb to get worked up over the history of championships in a

fake sport, but it will be pretty lame if 60 years of history is

erased because Vince is too lazy or uncreative to come up with a way

to have Roman just lose the original WWE title.