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 Rumble) 1/2*
- 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
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.