10 times Vince McMahon went out of his way to break a WWE record

Modified Apr 23, 2020 16:36 GMT

Vince McMahon has gone out of his way to break certain records

#5. Seth Rollins - Longest time spent in a match on RAW

On the road to WrestleMania 34, only a few WWE superstars were in the hunt for Brock Lesnar and the Universal Championship. Among the names were Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, John Cena, Finn Balor, The Miz, and Elias.

Starting a tradition that would follow for the next couple of years, WWE held a gauntlet match on RAW featuring all seven male competitors from the Elimination Chamber match and Seth Rollins was the man who started the match along with Roman Reigns before eliminating him and moving on to John Cena.

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He managed to eliminate Cena as well in what was his best performance in years. A fired-up Seth Rollins had the crowd behind him and lasted a whopping 1 hour and 5 minutes before being eliminated by Elias.

In doing so, he set the record for the longest time spent in a single match in RAW's 25+ year history. It was a stroke of genius from Vince McMahon, who had Rollins set a new record - allowing him to regain momentum and saw him win the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 34 and the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35.

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