6 WWE records that could be broken in 2018

WWE records are one of the things that the company likes to keep track of. Among these records, number of Championship reigns has been a pretty important one. The likes of John Cena and Ric Flair lead the pack with 16 World Championship reigns each, whilst Triple H and Randy Orton are slowly catching up with 14 and 13 reigns of their own.

Length of a reign also seems to be a huge deal in WWE, with CM Punk being the current record holder for the longest WWE Championship reign of the modern era, something that the company will definitely want to wipe out in the near future.

Records are broken all the time and it seems that 2018 will be no different. With the women wrestlers set to take part in the first ever Women's Royal Rumble match, there will definitely be more moments for these women to shine in, in the new year.

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#6 Longest reigning Raw Women's Champion

Alexa Bliss could break Charlotte's record in less than three weeks

Alexa Bliss recently broke Charlotte's record and became the longest reigning Raw Women's Champion in the short history of the belt, but it seems that she is now eyeing another Championship milestone.

Charlotte also holds the record for the longest combined championship reign at 246 days whilst Alexa has held the Championship for 226 days altogether.

That means that in less than three weeks' time, as long as Alexa can hold on to her Championship, she could be the first woman to break a record in 2018.

#5 Trish Stratus's seven Women's Championship reigns

Charlotte could overtake Trish next year

Trish Stratus retired from WWE back in 2006 and over the past decade, very few women have been able to come close to the record that she set in just six years with the company. Mickie James, who currently sits on six Women's Championship reigns, has come the closest.

Charlotte Flair is currently a five-time Women's Champion with four reigns as Raw Women's Champion and her current reign with the SmackDown belt. If her reign as Divas Champion is brought into the equation, then Charlotte is also a six-time Women's Champion. Considering the fact that the former NXT star has achieved this in just two years on the main roster, it seems highly likely that she will capture another Championship over the next year and either equal or overtake Trish's record in 2018.

#4 Youngest world champion

Orton's record could be in danger next year

At the age of 24, Randy Orton broke Brock Lesnar's record and became the youngest ever World Champion when he defeated Chris Benoit at SummerSlam back in 2004.

Given the fact that WWE currently has a roster full of younger superstars and their own performance centre, it seems very likely that Orton's record could be broken in the coming year.

Paige was able to win the Divas Championship when she was just 21 years of age and set the record as the youngest champion, so, there is a good chance that one of the next World Champions is younger than 24. After all, WWE is trying to promote the next generation of stars right now and the likes of Tyler Bate and Velveteen Dream are young enough to break it right now, whilst Noam Dar and Pete Dunne are only just 24-years-old themselves.

#3 Kane's pay-per-view match record

The Game could take Kane's record in 2018

Kane has been in WWE for more than two decades, so it's not much of a surprise that he holds the record for the most pay-per-view matches in history at 170. Right behind him are The Undertaker with 166 and Triple H at 165. With Kane likely to retire in 2018, this could be a record that is up for grabs.

Whilst it's highly unlikely that The Undertaker will have any more than his traditional WrestleMania match next year, it is possible that Triple H could have more matches over the next year that could include appearances at the big four events and even a showing at one of the lower ranked events to help with viewer ratings. This would push The Game into Kane's record and could see the WWE COO holding the new record by the end of the year.

#2 Roman Reigns's Royal Rumble record

Braun Strowman could be the one to break Roman's record next year

Roman Reigns was able to break Kane's long-standing Royal Rumble elimination record back in 2014 when he eliminated 12 men and became the runner-up in the match.

That record has stood for the past four years, but it seems that there is a new monster in town now and WWE could decide to allow Braun Strowman to break Roman's record to prove his dominance in this year's Rumble match. All Braun needs is 13 eliminations to break the record and given the fact that there are already rumours that 'The Monster Among Men' could be the dark horse in the match, this really could be Braun's year.

#1 John Cena becomes a 17-time World Champion

John Cena is just one win away from making history

John Cena equalled Ric Flair's 16-time World Champion record at The Royal Rumble back in January when he defeated A. J. Styles, only to lose the title at Elimination Chamber just over a month later.

Cena has been considered a part-time superstar over the past few years but has still been able to come back and win Championships. With WrestleMania season right around the corner and The Champ set to return this coming Monday on Raw, it is possible that Cena will find his way into a Championship match at WrestleMania.

Flair's record has stood for a long time now, and it seems appropriate to allow Cena to break the record before he makes the decision to retire from WWE.