Ranking His Greatest Championship Victories
Jessica Wilkins Roman Reigns has become one of the most decorated wrestlers on the WWE roster. Reigns quickly rose to prominence apart of the popular faction, The Shield, looking like he was the next big thing. He then turned into one of the top singles wrestlers on the roster.
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In total, Reigns has won 7 championships throughout his career, with the only titles that he has failed to secure being the NXT Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship. Reigns' 7 titles consist of 3 WWE Titles, 1 Universal Title, 1 United States Title, 1 Intercontinental Title, and 1 WWE Tag Team Title. Every one of Reigns' title victories has made a statement, some of them being better than others.
7 WWE World Heavyweight Championship - WrestleMania 32
This championship victory was a mess long before this match even took place. Roman Reigns was forced to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 2016. Triple H ended up winning the match which set up the main event of WrestleMania 32 that absolutely no fan wanted.
The fans in attendance rejected the match immediately and booed Reigns throughout. Reigns and Triple H ended up putting on a very good match but it wasn't enough to make a Reigns victory any less predictable. This was supposed to be Reigns' crowning moment but it instead was a lasting image of him being booed out of the building as the show went off the air.
6 Intercontinental Championship - Raw (November 20, 2017)
If you forgot that Reigns has ever held the Intercontinental Title, you aren't alone. After appearing on Miz TV earlier in the night, the match was made for Reigns to challenge The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship in the main event of the November 20th, 2017 episode of Raw.
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A match of this caliber should have gotten a lot bigger build but Reigns and The Miz still put on a great match. Reigns ended up coming out on top, making him a Grand Slam Champion. This was easily the most forgettable of all his title victories and he went on to hold the title for only 62 days.
5 United States Championship - Clash Of Champions (2016)
After coming back from suspension in 2016, Reigns was taken out of the main event scene for a much-needed break and was inserted into the United States Title picture against Rusev. After their SummerSlam match never got started due to them brawling beforehand, Reigns was granted a rematch at Clash Of Champions 2016.
It took him having to get past interference from Lana and executing multiple Spears on Rusev, but Reigns still got the win and secured his first and only United States Championship.
4 Universal Championship - SummerSlam (2018)
At SummerSlam 2018, Roman Reigns challenged longtime rival Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship. Lesnar was as dominant as ever coming into this match, holding the title for 503 days and defeating Reigns in their previous two matchups for the title.
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To add another layer to this match, Money In The Bank winner Braun Strowman came out before it started and announced his intention to cash in on the winner after the match. The contest between Reigns and Lesnar was short but effective, with Reigns putting Brock away after Lesnar attacked Strowman. Sadly, Reigns was forced to relinquish the title due to Leukemia a short while later, but the moment of Reigns winning the title was great.
3 WWE World Heavyweight Championship - Survivor Series (2015)
After WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins was taken out of action after suffering multiple knee injuries, a tournament took place to crown a new champion. After defeating Alberto Del Rio in their semi-finals match earlier in the night, Reigns took on Dean Ambrose in the finals of the tournament in the main event of Survivor Series 2015.
Reigns and Ambrose put on a very good match that revived the crowd who were dead for most of the night prior. Reigns secured the victory after hitting Ambrose with a Spear, claiming his first World Championship. His celebration was cut short after Sheamus cashed in his Money In The Bank briefcase and won the title from him, but the victory still felt special.
2 WWE Tag Team Championship - Extreme Rules (2013)
After The Shield made their WWE debut at Survivor Series 2012, they instantly became one of the top acts in the company. One of the most significant nights of their rise to prominence was at Extreme Rules 2013.
After Ambrose had already won the United States Championship earlier in the night, Rollins and Reigns challenged Team Hell No for the WWE Tag Team Championships in a Tornado Tag Team match. The match was terrific and the crowd was hot. Reigns ended up being the one to score the pinfall and win the titles. This was Reigns' first title in WWE and showed all fans that he and The Shield were the future of the company.
1 WWE World Heavyweight Championship - Raw (December 14, 2015)
After nearly a year of trying to crown Roman Reigns as top babyface of the company, WWE finally accomplished that goal on the December 14th, 2015 episode of Monday Night Raw. Earlier in the night, Reigns was given the ultimatum by Vince McMahon, defeat Sheamus for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, or be fired.
The match was fantastic and told a terrific story. Despite interference from McMahon and The League Of Nations, Reigns defeated Sheamus and captured the title. After the referee's hand hit the mat for the third time the crowd let out a thunderous roar and a new era within WWE was officially introduced.
