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Rating The Champ: Roman Reigns

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE & Universal Champion, Roman Reigns.

2012

  • TLC: W/ The Shield vs. Ryback & Team Hell No (TLC****1/2

2013

  • W/ The Shield vs. John Cena, Ryback & Sheamus (Elimination Chamber***3/4
  • W/ The Shield vs. Randy Orton, Sheamus & Big Show (WrestleMania 29) ***
  • Tornado: W/ Seth Rollins vs. Team Hell No – WWE Tag Team Champonship (Extreme Rules**3/4
  • W/ Seth Rollins vs. Daniel Bryan & Randy Orton – WWE Tag Team Championship (Payback***1/4
  • W/ Seth Rollins vs. The Usos – WWE Tag Team Championship (Money in the Bank****
  • W/ Seth Rollins vs. The Prime Time Players – WWE Tag Team Championship (Night of Champions) **1/2
  • W/ Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes & Goldust (Battleground****1/2
  • W/ Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. The Usos – WWE Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell****
  • W/ The Shield & Real Americans vs. Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Rey Mysterio & The Usos (Survivor Series***1/2
  • Handicap: W/ The Shield vs. CM Punk (TLC***

2014

  • W/ The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (Elimination Chamber****1/2
  • W/ The Shield vs. Kane & The New Age Outlaws (WrestleMania XXX**
  • W/ The Shield vs. Evolution (Extreme Rules****1/2
  • No Holds Barred Elimination: W/ The Shield vs. Evolution (Payback****
  • Ladder Match – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
  • Vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Kane – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Battleground) ***1/4
  • Vs. Randy Orton (SummerSlam) ***1/2
  • Vs. Seth Rollins (Night of Champions) N/R (not rated)

2015

  • Vs. Daniel Bryan (Fastlane) ****
  • Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania 31) ****1/2
  • Last Man Standing: Vs. Big Show (Extreme Rules) ***3/4
  • Vs. Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Payback) ***3/4
  • Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***1/2
  • Vs. Bray Wyatt (Battleground) ***1/2
  • W/ Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper (SummerSlam) ***1/4
  • W/ Ambrose & Jericho vs. The Wyatt Family (Night of Champions) ***3/4
  • HIAC: Vs. Bray Wyatt (Hell in a Cell) ***1/2
  • Vs. Alberto Del Rio (Survivor Series) ***1/4
  • Vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4
  • TLC: Vs. Sheamus – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) ***1/2

2016

  • Vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose (Fastlane) ****1/4
  • Vs. Triple H – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania 32) **
  • Vs. AJ Styles – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Payback) ****
  • Extreme Rules: Vs. AJ Styles – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
  • Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
  • Vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Championship (Battleground) ***3/4
  • Vs. Rusev – WWE United States Championship (SummerSlam) N/R (not rated)
  • Vs. Rusev – WWE United States Championship (Clash of Champions) ***1/2
  • HIAC: Vs. Rusev – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***
  • W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) ****1/2
  • Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE Universal Championship (Roadblock: End of the Line) ***

2017

  • No DQ: Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE Universal Championship (Royal Rumble) ****1/4
  • Vs. Braun Strowman (Fastlane***3/4
  • Vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 33) **
  • Vs. Braun Strowman (Payback***3/4
  • Five Pack Challenge (Extreme Rules****
  • Ambulance: Vs. Braun Strowman (Great Balls Of Fire***1/2
  • Vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman vs. Samoa Joe – WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam****3/4
  • Vs. John Cena (No Mercy) ***1/2
  • W/ The Shield vs. The New Day (Survivor Series) ***3/4

2018

  • Elimination Chamber Match (Elimination Chamber***1/2
  • Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Universal Championship (WrestleMania 34*
  • Steel Cage: Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Universal Championship (Greatest Royal Rumble1/2*
  • Vs. Samoa Joe (Backlash) *1/2
  • Vs. Jinder Mahal (Money in the Bank) **
  • Vs. Bobby Lashley (Extreme Rules) ***1/2
  • Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam**1/2
  • HIAC: Vs. Braun Strowman – WWE Universal Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***
  • W/ The Shield vs. The Dogs of War (Super ShowDown) ***3/4

2019

  • W/ The Shield vs. Corbin, McIntyre & Lashley (Fastlane) ****1/4
  • Vs. Drew McIntyre (WrestleMania 35) **
  • Vs. Elias (Money in the Bank) N/R (not rated)
  • Vs. Shane McMahon (Super ShowDown) *
  • Vs. Drew McIntyre (Stomping Grounds) ***3/4
  • W/ The Undertaker vs. Drew McIntyre & Shane McMahon (Extreme Rules) ***3/4
  • No DQ: Vs. Erick Rowan (Clash of Champions) ***
  • W/ Daniel Bryan vs. Erick Rowan & Luke Harper (Hell in a Cell) ****
  • W/ Team Hogan vs. Team Flair (Crown Jewel) ***1/2
  • W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW vs. Team NXT (Survivor Series****1/4
  • TLC: Vs. King Corbin (TLC) *1/4

2020

  • Falls Count Anywhere: Vs. King Corbin (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
  • Steel Cage: Vs. King Corbin (Super ShowDown) *1/2

TOP FIVE

5. Cody Rhodes & Goldust (Battleground 2013)

4. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 31)

3. Evolution (Extreme Rules 2014)

2. AJ Styles (Extreme Rules 2016)

1. Fatal 4 Way Match (SummerSlam 2017)

Overall average rating

3.33/5

Rating: 3 out of 5.

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of former WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal.