Today Asuka has surpassed Rockin’ Robin’s 502 day reign as WWF Women’s Champion. Asuka is now the longest reigning modern WWE champion. She only falls behind the following:
* Bruno Sammartino: two WWWF World Title reigns lasting 2,803 and 1,237 days
* Hulk Hogan: first WWF World Title reign lasted 1,474 days
* Bob Backlund: one WWWF World Title reign lasting 2,135 days (or two reigns lasting 648 and 1,470 days, if you count the Inoki switch)
* Pedro Morales: one WWWF World Title reign lasting 1,027 days
Goldberg posted the following on Twitter, praising NXT Women’s champion Asuka:
