Roode, Aries & Gail - Who'll be the first to fall?

[Postman Dave]

Gail Kim. Knockout's champion for 203 days.
Austin Aries. X-division champion for 267 days.
Bobby Roode. TNA World champion for 223 days.

Since Turning Point, all three have dominated their divisions simultaneously to become the longest holders in the history of each championship. The only record left to break is by Roode for the longest World title reign in company history (Jarrett held the NWA World title for 347 days).

But eventually one must fall. One must finally be defeated for their title. But who? And who will have the longest reign when all is said and done. And who's had the best reign of the three?

 

[Fuji Vice]

Though I fear TNA doing something idiotic like putting the belt on Sting at Slammiversary, I'm going to go with my gut and say that doesn't happen. That being the case, I can see Roode holding it until BFG, where he'll hopefully drop it to Storm. Kim's a solid champ and really, while I wouldn't mind seeing a new one to freshen up the division, it makes more sense to keep the belt on her.

So, that leaves us with Aries, who I can totally see dropping the belt sooner rather than later. He clearly needs to move up the card and dropping that belt would be the first step. So I'm going with him as the champ who loses their title first.

As far as reigns go, its Roode, then Kim and then Aries. Roode's been a boss champ and has really helped make the title feel important, while Kim has done so to just a little lesser extent. Personally I feel Aries title reign has been underwhelming, but that's more due to the fault of TNA not booking the X-Division properly than to him.

 

[Postman Dave]

I think the closer Aries gets to a year, the more likely they'll keep the belt on him. A lot of folks reckon it'll be Aries/AJ at Destination X though, so that could be a good time to end the reign, on the one year anniversary of Aries gaining a TNA contract.