Earlier this week, WWE announced NXT Takeover Brooklyn III. The event will once again take place in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center on August 19th, 2017. According to a report from PWInsider, that event will be after Asuka makes some major WWE title history.
Baring a major shock, here are the milestones Asuka will surpass:
- On 6/10/2017, she will surpass CM Punk, the longest reigning WWE World Champion at 434 days.
- On 6/24/2017, she will surpass Gillberg, the longest reigning WWF Light Heavyweight Champion in history at 448 days.
- On 6/30/2017, she will surpass the Honky Tonk Man, the longest reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion in history at 454 days.
- On 7/24/2017, she will surpass Demolition, the longest reigning team to hold the original WWF World Tag Team Title at 478 days.
- On 7/29/2017, she will surpass the New Day, the longest reigning team to hold the World Tag Team Title at 483 days.
- Lastly, on 8/17/2017, she will surpass Rockin’ Robin, the longest reigning WWF Women’s Champion at 502 days.
These are are the four reigns she will not surpass:
- Bruno Sammartino: WWWF World Title reigns lasting 2,803 and 1,237 days
- Hulk Hogan: first WWF World Title reign lasted 1,474 days
- Bob Backlund: WWWF World Title reign lasting 2,135 days
- Pedro Morales: WWWF World Title reign lasting 1,027 days
If Asuka were to drop the title in Brooklyn, her reign will end at 504 days. In today’s age of hot shooting titles, Asuka will cement her place already in WWE history.
