Good Lord it is well past halfway through March. But as been evident in recent months, real life sometimes takes a bigger priority over Examiner unfortunately. That being said, ROH just wrapped up its 11th Anniversary Show and TNA Wrestling just had their flagship LockDown show. And WWE is less than three weeks away from WrestleMania XXIX. Here’s how the main players stack up heading into a big spring time.
WWE
71 day reign
defeated then-Champion The Big Show in a Last Man Standing match on the January 8 SmackDown television taping. The match aired on television on January 11.
next Title defense: versus Jack Swagger at the WrestleMania XXIX on April 7.
The Rock
52 day reign
defeated then-Champion CM Punk at the Royal Rumble pay per view on January 27.
next Title defense: versus John Cena at the WrestleMania XXIX on April 7.
defeated then-Champion Christian on February 16, 2010 on the final episode of ECW and is considered the final ECW Champion in history.
81 day reign
defeated then-Champion Kofi Kingston at the Monday Night RAW taping on December 29, 2012. The match aired on television on Monday, December 31.
Antonio Cesaro
213 day reign
defeated then-Champion Santino Marella at the SummerSlam pay per view on August 19, 2012.
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane)
185 day reign
defeated then-Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth at The Night of Champions pay per view on September 16, 2012.
next Title defense: versus Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston at the WrestleMania XXIX on April 7.
Kaitlyn
65 day reign
defeated then-Champion Eve Torres on Monday Night RAW on January 14.
Layla El
When the Women’s Championship was unified with the Divas Championship at The Night of Champions 2010 pay per view, the lineage of the Women’s Title was retired. Layla is considered the last Women’s Champion.
WWE NXT Champion
Big E Langston
104 day reign
defeated then-Champion Seth Rollins at the December 6, 2012 NXT television taping. The match aired on January 9.
WWE NXT Tag Team Champions
Adrian Neville & Oliver Gray
48 day reign
won an eight-team single elimination tag team tournament to crown the inaugural champions. They defeated The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) in the finals to win the Championships on January 31. The match aired on February 13.
TNA Wrestling
TNA World Heavyweight Champion
Bully Ray
10 day reign
defeated then-Champion Jeff Hardy at the LockDown pay per viewon March 10.
TNA X-Division Champion
Kenny King
20 day reign
defeated then-Champion Rob Van Dam on Impact Wrestling on February 28.
next Title defense: versus Zema Ion and Sonjay Dutt in a triple threat match on the March 21 episode of Impact Wrestling.
TNA World Tag Team Champions
54 day reign
defeated then-Champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez on the January 25 Impact Wrestling television tapings. The match aired on television on February 7.
next Title defense: versus Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez on the March 21 episode of Impact Wrestling.
TNA Women’s Champion
Velvet Sky
53 day reign
defeated then-Champion Tara, Miss Brooke Tessmacher and Gail Kim in a fatal four way elimination match on the January 26 Impact Wrestling television tapings. The match aired on television on February 21.
TNA Television Champion
Devon
104 day reign
defeated then-Champion Samoa Joe on the December 6, 2012 edition of Impact Wrestling.
TNA Women’s Tag Team Champions
ODB & Eric Young
386 day reign
defeated then-Champions Gail Kim & Madison Rayne at the February 28, 2012 Impact Wrestling television tapings. The match aired on television on March 8.
ROH World Heavyweight Champion
Kevin Steen
312 day reign
defeated then-Champion Davey Richards at the Border Wars Internet pay per view on May 12, 2012.
next Title defense: versus Mark Briscoe on March 30 in Asheville, North Carolina.
ROH World Tag Team Champions
reDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish)
18 day reign
defeated then-Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe at the 11th Anniversary Internet pay per view on March 2.
next Title defense: versus Alabama Attitude (Corey Hollis & Mike Posey) on March 30 in Asheville, North Carolina.
ROH World Television Champion
Matt Taven
18 day reign
defeated then-Champion Adam Cole at the 11th Anniversary Internet pay per view on March 2.
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