query: how many times did roman reigns win the wwe championship

pos: Roman Reigns Canadian Football League's (CFL) Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football. He then pursued a career in professional wrestling and was signed by WWE in 2010, reporting to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). As Roman Reigns, he made his main roster debut in November 2012 alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield. The trio teamed together until June 2014, after which Reigns entered singles competition. Reigns is a four-time world champion in WWE, having held the WWE World Heavyweight Championship three times and the Universal Championship once. He is also a one-time

pos: Fastlane (2017) Big Show performed three chokeslams and a "KO Punch" on Rusev to win the match. Next, Neville defended the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Gentleman Jack Gallagher. Neville performed the "Red Arrow" on Gallagher to retain the title. After that, Roman Reigns faced Braun Strowman. Strowman performed a running powerslam through an announce table on Reigns. Reigns performed a spear on Strowman for a near-fall. Reigns then performed two "Superman Punches" on Strowman but Strowman overpowered Reigns. As Strowman attempted a "Diving Splash", Reigns avoided and performed a spear on Strowman for the win, marking the first time Strowman was pinned,

pos: WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007) in 2007, thirteen months later, to Chavo Guerrero. Psicosis had the shortest title reign, holding it for approximately one hour. Rey Mysterio Jr. has had the most title reigns with eight (five reigns in WCW, three in WWE). Three women have held the championship; Madusa and Daffney both had reigns in WCW, while Jacqueline is the only woman to win the Cruiserweight Championship in its WWE incarnation. WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007) The WWE Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship originally used in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). It was challenged by cruiserweights at a

pos: SummerSlam (2018) SummerSlam (2018) SummerSlam (2018) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It took place on August 19, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It was the thirty-first event under the SummerSlam chronology. The card consisted of thirteen matches, including three on the pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to win the Universal Championship. In the penultimate match, Ronda Rousey defeated Alexa Bliss to win the Raw Women's Championship, becoming the first woman to win a women's championship in both the UFC

pos: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns premier annual pay-per-view event) facing Brock Lesnar in a singles turned triple threat match due to Seth Rollins’ Money in the Bank cash-in for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31, Triple H in a singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32, The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 33 and Brock Lesnar for the second time one-on-one in a singles match for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 34 while being booed in all four main events. He has also won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship three times, having a "mixed,

pos: Royal Rumble (2017) the titular Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns, making him the seventh multiple Rumble winner. In another prominent match, John Cena defeated AJ Styles to capture his record thirteenth WWE Championship and his sixteenth overall world championship, tying Ric Flair's official record. Also on the card, Kevin Owens retained the WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns in a no disqualification match, Charlotte Flair retained the Raw Women's Championship against Bayley, and Neville defeated Rich Swann for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. The card featured eight matches, including three on the pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

pos: History of WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The Authority officially disbanded on May 1, 2016. Following WrestleMania 32, major changes occurred in the WWE, as a new beginning for the company was dubbed "The New Era." In its first pay-per-view on May 1, the Payback main event saw Roman Reigns retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against AJ Styles. Later in May 2016, WWE announced that a roster split would take place beginning in July, similar to the one in 2002. The three former members of The Shield: Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins have been heavily featured since the start of the

pos: SummerSlam (2013) after an argument Stephanie McMahon ordered Big Show to knockout the American Dream. At Battleground, Cody Rhodes and Goldust got their jobs back after defeating The Shield's Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns and on the October 14 episode of "Raw", they defeated Rollins and Reigns to win the WWE Tag Team Championship in a No Disqualification match due to interference by Big Show, who knocked out all three members of The Shield. SummerSlam (2013) SummerSlam (2013) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE that took place on August 18, 2013 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

pos: SummerSlam (2018) by 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> SummerSlam (2018) SummerSlam (2018) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It took place on August 19, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It was the thirty-first event under the SummerSlam chronology. The card consisted of thirteen matches, including three on the pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to win the Universal Championship. In the penultimate match, Ronda Rousey defeated Alexa Bliss to win the Raw Women's Championship, becoming the first woman

pos: Royal Rumble (2016) Statement on Charlotte. Flair pulled Charlotte out of the ring. The main event was the 30-man Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and Rusev began the match at number one and number two, respectively. After Reigns eliminated Rusev, AJ Styles entered at number three, marking Styles's WWE pay-per-view debut, and eliminated the next entrants, Tyler Breeze and Curtis Axel. On orders of WWE chairman Vince McMahon, the League of Nations pulled Reigns out of the ring and attacked him, where Rusev performed a Running Splash on Reigns through a broadcast table,

pos: WrestleMania 34 the Raw Tag Team Championship against Braun Strowman and a partner of his choosing. After all three men were in the ring, Strowman said he waited until then to reveal his partner, which would be a random fan from the live audience. Strowman went out into the crowd and chose 10-year-old Nicholas. Strowman and Nicholas won the title after Strowman performed a running powerslam on Cesaro. With this win, Nicholas became the youngest WWE champion in history. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defended the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns. Lesnar performed three German suplexes on Reigns, who hit Lesnar

pos: WrestleMania 32 WrestleMania 32 WrestleMania 32 was the thirty-second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on April 3, 2016, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Twelve matches were contested at the event (including three matches on the pre-show). Four matches were particularly considered to be the marquee attractions. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Triple H to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, while Shane McMahon (in his first match since 2009) lost to The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match, Brock Lesnar defeated Dean Ambrose in

pos: WrestleMania 32 WWE continued to try to hide the hostile reaction to Reigns, editing a fan sign for a photo on WWE.com for Payback's main event to remove a quote that Reigns "bores". WrestleMania 32 WrestleMania 32 was the thirty-second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on April 3, 2016, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Twelve matches were contested at the event (including three matches on the pre-show). Four matches were particularly considered to be the marquee attractions. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Triple H to win

neg: Dean Ambrose Randy Orton and Roman Reigns) on May 17 and Ambrose's first opportunity for a WWE world title. However, he failed to win the title. At Elimination Chamber on May 31, Ambrose defeated Rollins by disqualification for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but did not win the title. Despite the loss, Ambrose stole the title belt from him and challenged Rollins to a ladder match for the championship at Money in the Bank on June 14, which he narrowly lost. After Money in the Bank, Ambrose continued teaming with Reigns and eventually helped him in his feud with Bray Wyatt after

neg: Royal Rumble (2017) Sister Abigail on Reigns, Reigns countered into a Superman Punch and eliminated Wyatt. As Reigns attempted a Spear on Orton, Orton countered into an "RKO" and eliminated Reigns to win the match, earning himself a match for his brand's WWE Championship at WrestleMania 33. As a result of his win, Orton became a two-time Rumble winner (the first being in 2009), and the seventh wrestler to win multiple Rumbles. The following night on "Raw", Braun Strowman revealed that he had helped Kevin Owens retain the WWE Universal Championship because of his dislike for Roman Reigns and because Owens had promised

neg: Extreme Rules (2016) of the show resulted in "the torch of Heavyweight was cannily passed from super-sub A.J. to present- and future-stud Seth Rollins". Having returned from injury, Seth Rollins set his sights on regaining the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. After a small confrontation with Roman Reigns on "Raw", Shane McMahon scheduled a title match between Reigns and Rollins for Money in the Bank. A night after failing to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, AJ Styles on "Raw" split from Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, which they did not take with appreciation, and later failed to qualify in the Money in the

neg: Paul Heyman Cena at SummerSlam. Lesnar defeated Cena at the pay-per-view to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. At Royal Rumble, Heyman was at ringside when Lesnar retained his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Cena and Seth Rollins. At WrestleMania 31 Heyman was at ringside when Lesnar defended his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against the 2015 Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns, Lesnar was unsuccessful as Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and made the match a Triple Threat match, Rollins pinned Reigns for the win. The next night on "Raw", Lesnar was suspended after he demanded a rematch for

neg: Battleground (2014) battle royal for the vacated WWE Intercontinental Championship. In the end, Dolph Ziggler performed a Superkick on Sheamus to eliminate him but The Miz, who had been hiding outside the ring, eliminated Ziggler to win the title. In the main event, John Cena defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Randy Orton, Roman Reigns and Kane in a Fatal four-way match. During the match, Cena applied the STF on Orton but Reigns broke the hold. Reigns performed a Spear on Cena but Kane broke the pinfall. Reigns performed a Spear on Orton through the barricade. Reigns performed a Spear on

neg: Roman Reigns in John Cena's match against Seth Rollins, Reigns attacked both Big Show and Rollins, helping Cena win. This started a feud between Reigns and Big Show, in which Reigns defeated him multiple times by countout and disqualification. On January 25, 2015, Reigns, entering at number 19, won the 2015 Royal Rumble match by eliminating the other entrants in the final four: Big Show, Kane and lastly Rusev. The following night on "Raw", Reigns acknowledged being part of the Anoaʻi family for the first time on WWE television. Former WWE writer Kevin Eck said that WWE executives Vince McMahon and Triple

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt. Stone Cold Steve Austin believed that Reigns was the "set-up guy" and "did a favor" to help Randy Orton by letting Orton eliminate him to win the Royal Rumble. The following night on "Raw", the villainous Braun Strowman received a "Thank you Strowman!" chant for costing Reigns his WWE Universal Championship match at the Royal Rumble. This chant was repeated after Strowman cost Reigns a match on the February 6 episode "Raw", with Tom Colohue of "Pro Wrestling Torch" writing that Strowman's vendetta against Reigns may have "accidentally turned" the villain into a fan favorite. In February

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns career and future in WWE. Many believed that a better, more logical booking move would have been for The Undertaker, who was heavily rumored to face Reigns at WrestleMania 33 after Reigns eliminated him during the Royal Rumble match, to interfere in the match, causing Reigns to either win by disqualification, thus letting Strowman unpinned, or lose because of The Undertaker, thus still looking strong. The rumor did end up being true and Reigns and The Undertaker had a face-off on the March 6 episode of "Raw", hinting a confrontation at WrestleMania 33. The crowd chanted "Roman sucks!" loudly during

neg: History of WWE and Sami Zayn in a tag team match. Bobby Lashley made his return to the WWE on the following episode of Raw. At the Greatest Royal Rumble, Braun Strowman won the 50-men Royal Rumble match, the largest royal rumble match in history, where he would receive the inaugural Greatest Royal Rumble Championship belt as well as a trophy. At the 2018 SummerSlam event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Universal Championship. However two months later Reigns vacated the title due to Leukemia. In October 2018, WWE held their first all women's pay per view WWE Evolution, which

neg: WrestleMania 34 34 challenger was determined through the Elimination Chamber match, which was won by Roman Reigns; Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman had previously teased this match since they were the only two to have defeated The Undertaker at WrestleMania. The two had also previously fought at WrestleMania 31 over Lesnar's WWE World Heavyweight Championship (now WWE Championship), but without a decisive winner as Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and pinned Reigns. Despite being advertised, Lesnar did not appear for various episodes of "Raw". Reigns repeatedly criticized Lesnar's absence as disrespectful and also questioned WWE Chairman Vince McMahon,

neg: Roman Reigns failed to win. On the June 19 episode of "Raw", Reigns challenged whoever would be the WWE Universal Champion at SummerSlam, but later that night Strowman returned in an ambulance and cost Reigns his match with Joe, before attacking and challenged him to an ambulance match at Great Balls of Fire on July 9. Reigns lost the match at the event, but subsequently attacked and locked Strowman inside the ambulance before driving it backwards into a production truck. At SummerSlam on August 20, Reigns was pinned by Brock Lesnar in a WWE Universal Championship match also involving Strowman and Joe.

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns cheers for his victory over Roman, as well as chants of "Thank you Lashley!" In August 2018 at SummerSlam, the audience started out giving Reigns a fairly mixed reaction during his entrance. Following Braun Strowman's announcement of his plan to cash-in post match, the crowd cheered. A brief chant of "Let's go Roman/Roman Sucks" filled the arena at one point, followed by chants of "You both suck" directed at both Lesnar and Reigns. in the ring. When Reigns pinned Lesnar to win the WWE Universal Championship, the crowd cheered. The following night on "Raw", Reigns was again booed early in

neg: Roman Reigns Bryan. On May 19 at Extreme Rules, Reigns and Rollins defeated Team Hell No in a tornado tag team match to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. They made their first televised title defense on the May 27 episode of "Raw", defeating Team Hell No in a rematch. On the June 14 episode of "SmackDown", The Shield's unpinned/unsubmitted streak in televised six-man tag team matches came to an end at the hands of Team Hell No and Randy Orton, when Bryan submitted Rollins. Reigns and Rollins defeated Bryan and Orton at Payback to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship. Further

neg: Clash of Champions (2016) Team Championship, and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship – was defended. At SummerSlam, Finn Bálor became the first WWE Universal Champion by defeating Seth Rollins. However, he was forced to vacate the championship the next night on "Raw" due to suffering a legit shoulder injury during the match. Rollins, Kevin Owens, Big Cass, and Roman Reigns all won matches to qualify for a four-way elimination match the next week on "Raw" for the vacant Universal Championship. After Owens eliminated Cass, a returning Triple H helped Rollins eliminate Reigns, before turning on Rollins and helping Owens win the championship. The next week,

neg: WWE Universal Championship draft pick and was not pinned in the WWE Championship match at Battleground. His opponent was determined by two fatal four-way matches on "Raw", with the winners wrestling each other in a singles match. Finn Bálor won the first fatal four-way by defeating Cesaro, Kevin Owens, and Rusev while Roman Reigns won the second by defeating Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, and Sheamus. Bálor then defeated Reigns and was added to the title match. At SummerSlam on August 21, Bálor defeated Rollins to become the inaugural champion. Bálor was the first WWE wrestler to win a world title in his pay-per-view

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns his wrestling by people that were involved with wrestling, discounting negative opinion by critics that "weren't wrestlers" and who wouldn't understand how to "lock up". Going into WrestleMania in 2015, Anoaʻi declared WWE as "my ship now, I'm the captain here", while Dave Meltzer said that Reigns was the least over WrestleMania main eventer ever. At WrestleMania 31 on March 29, "Pro Wrestling Torch" described Reigns as needing security for his entrance while receiving "universal boos" and middle fingers. Reigns was unable to defeat Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in

neg: WrestleMania 33 it marked the first time that the Universal Championship, SmackDown Women's Championship, and new Cruiserweight Championship were defended at WrestleMania. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match, giving Undertaker his second loss at WrestleMania. In addition, Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg to become the Universal Champion, thus becoming the first wrestler to win both the WWE Championship and Universal Championship, and Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship. The event also marked the surprise return of The Hardy Boyz, who won the Raw Tag Team Championship. It was also

neg: Royal Rumble match 2016 Roman Reigns was scheduled to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship as a participant of that year's Royal Rumble match and was entrant number one. This marked the first time that a reigning champion had to defend his title in the match, which was ultimately won by Triple H, who eliminated Reigns before lastly eliminating Dean Ambrose to win. Reigns would go on to earn a match against Triple H at WrestleMania 32 and won back the title. From 2001 to 2007, the Royal Rumble match winner had gone on to win a world championship title at WrestleMania. After

neg: Triple H After the match, Reigns "snapped" and viciously attacked Sheamus as well as Triple H, who had come to calm Reigns. Due to the injuries (kayfabe) suffered from Reigns, Triple H took a hiatus from television. Triple H returned at the 2016 Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, as the unannounced 30th entrant. After eliminating the defending champion, Roman Reigns, he then eliminated Dean Ambrose to secure his second Royal Rumble win and 14th world championship overall. After breaking Reigns' nose in storyline in which he received a massive ovation, Triple H was then challenged by Ambrose, whom

neg: Rusev (wrestler) forces with Sheamus, King Barrett and Alberto Del Rio forming The League of Nations. The faction aligned themselves with Mr. McMahon and would continue to target WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns. Rusev would enter the Royal Rumble match at the No. 2 spot, but he would be eliminated by Roman Reigns in one and a half minutes. On the March 14 episode of "Raw", Rusev and Del Rio failed to win the WWE Tag Team Championship from The New Day. At WrestleMania 32, The League of Nations defeated The New Day, but after the match, The League of Nations

neg: TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2015) confronted by Stephanie McMahon and Mr. McMahon. After Reigns refused to apologize, Sheamus came to request a match with Reigns that night, putting his WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the line. Mr. McMahon made the match official under the condition that if Reigns failed to win the title, he would be fired. Despite interference from McMahon and The League of Nations, Reigns pinned Sheamus to win his second WWE World Heavyweight Championship. On the December 28 episode of "Raw" John Cena, who had lost the WWE United States Championship to Alberto Del Rio at Hell in a Cell, returned from

neg: SummerSlam (2016) a Forearm Smash on Carmella, who had been distracted by Natalya and Bliss, and executed a Fireman's Carry Cutter to win the match for her team. Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley then unveiled the new WWE Universal Championship belt in the ring. The inaugural champion was then determined in a match between Finn Bálor and Seth Rollins. The match ended with Bálor executing the "Coup de Grace" on Rollins to become the inaugural WWE Universal Champion. Next, Rusev was scheduled to defend the United States Championship against Roman Reigns. However, before the match officially started, Rusev attacked Reigns, resulting in

neg: Survivor Series (2015) million viewers since then. On that episode, Roman Reigns confronted The Authority and demanded a rematch against Sheamus for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship that night. Triple H scheduled a rematch for in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match before leaving Reigns to face Rusev that night, which Reigns won by disqualification after King Barrett interfered. On the November 30 episode of "Raw", Reigns attacked Sheamus during his WWE World Heavyweight Championship celebrations before taking the belt with him. This prompted Sheamus to give Reigns a title match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship that night, but with the stipulation

neg: Vince McMahon Series, The Authority would be removed from power. Team Cena won the match, but McMahon gave John Cena the option to reinstate The Authority. McMahon returned on the December 14, 2015 episode of "Raw", aligning himself with The Authority, by confronting Roman Reigns over his attack on Triple H at the pay-per-view. McMahon granted Reigns a rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sheamus, with the stipulation that if he failed to win the championship he would be fired. During the match, McMahon interfered on Sheamus' behalf but was attacked by Reigns, who then pinned Sheamus to win the

neg: History of WWE for the renamed Raw Women's Championship (after the creation of the SmackDown Women's Championship), which Flair won. Around this time, Goldberg briefly returned to WWE and would defeat Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series on November 20 and go on to win the WWE Universal Championship at Fastlane on March 6 against Kevin Owens, before losing it to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33. Popular tag team The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy), made their return to WWE in 2017. Top wrestler John Cena became a part timer around this time and lost to Roman Reigns in what is considered as

neg: The Authority (professional wrestling) was knocked out unwillingly by Big Show while pleading for his sons to get their jobs back. At Battleground, Rhodes won his job back after teaming up with Goldust by defeating Shield members Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in a non-title match. On the October 14 episode of "Raw", The Rhodes Brothers defeated Rollins and Reigns again in a no disqualification match for the WWE Tag Team Championship after an attack by Big Show. Orton continued to feud with Bryan over the WWE Championship. At Night of Champions, Bryan defeated Orton to win the title. However, the following night on

neg: History of WWE Raw a disqualification win for Ambrose, while Del Rio, Barrett, Sheamus, Rusev and Triple H attacked him. Triple H would wrestle Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Roadblock, where Triple H won by pinfall and retained the title. On the March 14, 2016 episode of "Raw" from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Roman Reigns came back and had a brawl with Triple H after a win against Dolph Ziggler, in which Reigns hit Triple H with a LED monitor on his head, which required Triple H to need stitches. The referees (including Rod Zapata and Darrick Moore, except the injured Dan Engler),

neg: Extreme Rules (2015) to an injury, Barrett was instead given a match against Neville on the event's pre-show. At WrestleMania 31, Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins. Later that night, Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during the scheduled WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns and pinned Reigns to win his first WWE World Heavyweight title. On the April 6 episode of "Raw", Orton defeated Ryback and Reigns in a triple threat match to face Rollins for the title at the event. On the April 13 episode of "Raw", Orton defeated Tyson Kidd and Cesaro in

neg: WWE Raw 25 Years Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Alicia Fox, and Nia Jax. Banks forced Fox to submit to the "Banks Statement" for the win. After the match, Asuka threw her partners over the top rope, symbolizing eliminating them in the upcoming Royal Rumble match. Later a segment occurred in which Raw General Manager Kurt Angle interacted with various WWE legends, including Jonathan Coachman, Harvey Wippleman, The Brooklyn Brawler, Teddy Long, Brother Love, and The Boogeyman. In the second match, Roman Reigns defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship against The Miz. After Reigns collided with an exposed turnbuckle, The Miz executed the "Skull Crushing Finale"

neg: Clash of Champions (2016) another "Queen's Boot" on Bayley to retain the title. Later, Rusev defended the United States Championship against Roman Reigns. During the match, Reigns performed a spear on Rusev, only for Lana to pull the referee out of the ring, for which she was ejected from ringside. As Rusev applied The Accolade on Reigns, Reigns escaped and executed a spear on Rusev to win the title. In the main event, Kevin Owens defended the WWE Universal Championship against Seth Rollins. During the match, Owens attempted a Running Senton on Rollins through a broadcast table, but Rollins rolled off and Owens crashed

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns at best" crowd reaction on his first world title win, being cheered for his second and being completely booed for his third, but cheered for his first WWE Universal Championship win at SummerSlam in August 2018. Wrestling journalists have offered both praise and criticism for Reigns, noting both his talent and WWE's apparent attempts to conceal fan hostility towards him. David Shoemaker of "Grantland" wrote in 2016 that Reigns was the company's "most despised wrestler" in over 25 years. Fans have taken issue with Reigns over various reasons: his perceived special treatment, real-life demeanor, wrestling moveset, speaking skills and character

neg: Money in the Bank (2016) the seventh match, Rusev defended his United States Championship against Titus O'Neil. Rusev forced O'Neil to submit to the Accolade to retain the title. In the main event, Roman Reigns defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Seth Rollins. Reigns executed two Superman Punches, but both times Rollins kicked out. Reigns collided with the barricade when he attempted to spear Rollins outside the ring, leading to medical personnel checking on Reigns. Rollins attempted a Pedigree on Reigns, who responded with a Spear on Rollins. As the referee had been knocked down too, Rollins was able to kick out at two.

neg: Kane (wrestler) Stephanie McMahon announced Kane as the number one contender to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules, prompting Kane to attack champion Daniel Bryan and his wife Brie Bella. Kane lost his title match to Bryan at Extreme Rules. At Money in the Bank, Kane helped Seth Rollins win his Money in the Bank contract, and then he competed in a WWE World Heavyweight Championship ladder match, which was won by John Cena. At Battleground, Kane competed in a WWE World Heavyweight Championship fatal four-way match against John Cena, Randy Orton, and Roman Reigns, but Cena retained the title.

neg: Payback (2016) in Newark, New Jersey. However, it switched dates and venues with Extreme Rules. At WrestleMania 32, Roman Reigns defeated Triple H to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for the third time. The following night on "Raw", Reigns issued an open challenge for the championship, which was answered by Chris Jericho, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn. This set up a Fatal four-way #1 contender match later in the show, but Owens attacked Zayn, rendering him unable to compete in the match; he was replaced by a returning Cesaro. Styles won the match, earning a title match against Reigns

neg: Royal Rumble (2016) WWE World Heavyweight Championship for the ninth time, and a 14-time World Champion overall. On the following night's episode of "Raw", The Authority decided that Triple H would defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32 against the winner of a Triple Threat Match between Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Brock Lesnar, to be held at Fastlane. Roman Reigns won the match (and the title opportunity at WrestleMania) by pinning Dean Ambrose. However, Ambrose also received a title match in the run-up to WrestleMania, at WWE Roadblock, where Triple H defeated him to retain the championship. Prior to his

neg: Roman Reigns Reigns made his televised return, facing Rollins and Dean Ambrose (whom Rollins dropped the title to at Money in the Bank after Ambrose cashed-in his Money in the Bank contract) for the now-renamed WWE Championship, but Ambrose successfully retained the championship when he pinned Reigns in a clean finish. The following night on "Raw", Reigns also failed to contend for the newly announced WWE Universal Championship against Rollins at SummerSlam, as he lost to the debuting Finn Bálor after earlier winning a fatal four-way match that involved Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn and Sheamus. On the August 1 episode "Raw", Reigns

neg: Samoa Joe Rollins for Raw's Intercontinental Championship at the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in a Ladder Match also involving The Miz and Finn Balor but did not win the title. At Backlash, Joe was defeated by Roman Reigns. On the July 24 edition of "SmackDown Live", Joe was revealed to be WWE Champion AJ Styles's opponent at SummerSlam after blindsiding Styles during the contract signing. At SummerSlam, Joe defeated Styles by disqualification; however, Styles retained the championship. Styles and Joe's rivalry continued following SummerSlam, leading to a rematch at Hell in a Cell, where Styles defeated Joe in

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns concentrated on showing him all beaten up". On April 30, the go-home edition of "Raw" before Backlash, Reigns was met with great hostility from the crowd in Montreal. Reigns was heavily booed, in contrast to his rival Samoa Joe, who received overwhelming cheers despite being portrayed as a heel. At Backlash, a large number of the crowd in New Jersey reportedly walked out of the arena during Reigns' match with Joe, a match Reigns was booked to win. Brian Campbell and Adam Silverstein of CBS Sports wrote that it was "just impossible to ignore how poorly WWE continues to treat

neg: WrestleMania Lesnar defeated Goldberg to become the new Universal Champion, Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship, and Mojo Rawley won the fourth annual Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, by last eliminating Jinder Mahal. The event also marked the unannounced return of The Hardy Boyz, who won the Raw Tag Team Championship. WrestleMania 34 was held on April 8, 2018, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the main event, Brock Lesnar retained the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns. In another main event promoted match, AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.

neg: Roman Reigns Rollins legitimately injured his knee on November 4 and vacated the title the following day, which led to a tournament to crown a new champion. Following this, Triple H attempted to persuade Reigns into joining The Authority by offering him a bye into the tournament finals which he declined. Reigns then defeated Big Show in the first round, Cesaro in the quarterfinals, Alberto Del Rio in the semifinals and Dean Ambrose in the finals at Survivor Series on November 22 to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Triple H attempted to offer congratulations, but Reigns attacked

neg: Roman Reigns win the United States Championship, and after weeks of brawling he successfully retained the title against Rusev in a Hell in a Cell match at the titular event on October 30 to end their feud. Reigns was later announced as a member for Team Raw in the traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match on November 20 alongside Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, former Shield brother Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman which Team Raw lost after Reigns was the last man to be eliminated by Bray Wyatt. On the November 28 episode of "Raw", Reigns challenged WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens

neg: Triple H with The Authority. The Authority made a rematch between Reigns and Sheamus for the title on the November 30 episode of "Raw", with the stipulation that Dean Ambrose and The Usos would lose their Intercontinental Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship title shots if Reigns failed to win the match in under 5 minutes and 15 seconds (which was the length Reigns' title reign at Survivor Series); Reigns won by disqualification, allowing Ambrose and The Usos to keep their title shots. At , Sheamus retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Reigns due to interference from The League of Nations.

neg: Money in the Bank ladder match match was in progress. He also became the first person to successfully cash in to win the then unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He became the first person to cash in his briefcase at WrestleMania. He also became the first to win the championship after cashing in without pinning the champion. On June 14, 2015, the sixth annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place in Columbus, Ohio. Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Neville, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton and Kane participated in the traditional Money in the Bank ladder match. Sheamus won the match and received a WWE World Heavyweight

neg: WrestleMania 33 "F-5" on Goldberg to win his first Universal Championship and gave Goldberg his first clean singles loss of his career. This win also made Lesnar the first wrestler to win both the WWE Championship and Universal Championship. In the penultimate match, Alexa Bliss defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Becky Lynch, Naomi, Mickie James, Natalya, and Carmella in a six-pack challenge. The end came when Naomi forced Bliss to submit to the "Slay-o-Mission" to win her second SmackDown Women's Championship, tying the record. In the main event, the match between The Undertaker and Roman Reigns was revealed to be a

neg: Survivor Series (2016) a title shot for Owens's WWE Universal Championship, as he was guaranteed a match for being part of Team Raw. Mick Foley then scheduled Owens to defend the title in the main event against Rollins in a no disqualification match, with Reigns and Jericho banned from ringside. The match ended when Jericho, disguised as a masked fan, interfered, allowing Owens to capitalize and retain the championship. The following week, the friendship between Owens and Jericho was strained further, when Owens stated he did not need Jericho's help against the challenge of Roman Reigns. Reigns then defeated Owens to earn a

neg: John Cena the again renamed WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. On January 29, 2017, Cena defeated Styles at the Royal Rumble to tie Ric Flair for the most world title reigns at 16, although Flair has actually won the world title several more times with the number 16 having been called "WWE mythology". Cena then entered the Elimination Chamber match as WWE Champion. He was eliminated fourth after a "Sister Abigail" from Bray Wyatt, who went on to win the championship. Two nights later on "SmackDown Live", Cena lost a triple threat match against Wyatt for the championship in a match

neg: Brock Lesnar the August 13 episode of "Raw" to attack Reigns. At SummerSlam, Lesnar lost the championship to Reigns, ending his title reign at 504 days, surpassing CM Punk's WWE Championship reign of 434 days as "the longest of the modern era". Lesnar returned at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view in September, kicking in the door of the namesake cell before attacking both Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman during their WWE Universal Championship match, thus rendering the match a no-contest. The next night on "Raw", Acting General Manager Baron Corbin announced that Lesnar would challenge Reigns and Strowman in a triple

neg: The Authority (professional wrestling) did so Reigns attacks him as well that left him injured and out of action in the storyline. Following Reigns's attack on Triple H, Mr. McMahon took temporary leadership of The Authority in Triple H's absence and gave Reigns a title match on Sheamus's request on the December 14 episode of "Raw", but gave the stipulation that should Reigns fail to win the title, he would be fired (kayfabe). Despite McMahon and The League of Nations interfering on Sheamus's behalf, Reigns knocked out McMahon and pinned Sheamus to win back the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The Authority began their 2016

neg: Battleground (2016) renamed to WWE World Championship. As Raw's number one draft pick, Seth Rollins was named a contender to the title and would face Finn Bálor, who became the second contender by defeating Roman Reigns, for the title at SummerSlam. After Sasha Banks and Bayley defeated Charlotte and Dana Brooke at the event, Banks faced Charlotte for the WWE Women's Championship on the following night's episode of Raw and defeated Charlotte to win her first Women's Championship. On the July 26 episode of "SmackDown", Dolph Ziggler defeated AJ Styles, John Cena, Bray Wyatt, Apollo Crews, and Baron Corbin in a Six-Pack

neg: Tyler Breeze Tyler Breeze Mattias Clement (born January 19, 1988) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE on the Raw and NXT brands, where he competes under the ring name Tyler Breeze. During his time in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), he won the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship once, becoming the lightest champion in history to win the title, and the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship once with Leakee, currently known as Roman Reigns. Clement was born on January 19, 1988 in Penticton, British Columbia. He trained under former ECW, WCW and WWE pro wrestler Lance Storm

neg: Samoa Joe Reigns for the Intercontinental Championship, where Joe would win the match by disqualification, however, Reigns would retain the title. On the January 1, 2018, episode of "Raw", Joe would get a rematch for the title against Reigns in a losing effort. Next week, Joe suffered a foot injury during a match with Titus O'Neil rendering him out of action for 3–4 months. Joe returned to the "Raw" after WrestleMania 34, challenging Roman Reigns to a match at Backlash. On April 17, Joe was traded to the SmackDown brand in the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up. Despite the trade, Joe faced Seth

neg: SummerSlam (2015) defeated The Undertaker to end his undefeated WrestleMania streak. Four months later, Lesnar defeated John Cena at SummerSlam to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but lost it the following year at WrestleMania 31 in his match against Roman Reigns when Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and won the championship. Lesnar received his rematch against Rollins at Battleground, and was closing in on the win when The Undertaker returned and attacked Lesnar, causing Lesnar to win by disqualification, but not win the championship. The following night, a rematch between Lesnar and Undertaker was scheduled for

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns line about how WWE listens to its fans" and another WWE claim that "any reaction is a good reaction". Meltzer said that the character of Reigns was being modeled after Daniel Bryan's, with the similar storyline that WWE "management is screwing him over and that's why he's not the champion", and that despite fans not buying this storyline, no one in WWE had a better idea for Reigns. Even though Reigns lost his matches to Lesnar at WrestleMania 34 and at the Greatest Royal Rumble, it was still indicated by the company that the two would face each other again

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns heaven and earth" to make Reigns "the face of the company... for the next decade"; while "many fans are aware" that former Shield member Dean Ambrose "is the true dark horse, both on camera and behind the scenes". ESPN described that "WWE started building Roman Reigns as the next great hero of the company about 18 months ago", but Reigns instead became "the most despised wrestler WWE has had since it turned Sgt. Slaughter into an Iraq-sympathizing traitor in 1990". Leading up to WrestleMania 32, WWE Hall of Famers Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rikishi and Hulk Hogan have encouraged WWE

neg: Seth Rollins with Shane McMahon announcing a match between Reigns and Rollins for the title at Money in the Bank. Meanwhile, critics wondered if WWE was "leaving money on the table" by not slotting Rollins as a fan favorite and Reigns as a villain, as this was the opposite of what fans wanted (fans were cheering Rollins and booing Reigns). At Money in the Bank on June 19, Rollins defeated Reigns to win his second WWE World Heavyweight Championship, thus also giving Reigns his first clean loss in singles competition on the main roster, only to lose the championship minutes later to

neg: SummerSlam (2015) to win the match. The next match was a Triple Threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship between Ryback and Big Show and The Miz. The end came when Big Show executed a "KO Punch" on Miz but Ryback knocked Big Show out of the ring with a Clothesline. Ryback pinned Miz to retain the title. In the sixth match, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose faced The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper). As Wyatt attempted "Sister Abigail" on Ambrose, Ambrose countered and executed "Dirty Deeds" on Wyatt. Reigns executed a Spear on Wyatt to win the match. The

neg: Extreme Rules (2016) Charlotte would have lost the title. The end of the match saw Natalya applying the Sharpshooter, when Ric Flair's music played and a figure resembling Flair appeared in the aisle. The figure turned out to be Dana Brooke masquerading as Ric Flair. A distracted Natalya broke the hold and was attacked by Charlotte, who applied the Figure Eight Leglock for the win. In the main event, Roman Reigns faced AJ Styles in an Extreme Rules Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. In the first half of the match, Styles and Reigns brawled around the arena: Reigns suffered a Phenomenal

neg: No Mercy (2017) Cena into a fight, but Cena refused and Reigns left, claiming that Cena did not back up his own words. The following week, Reigns defeated Jordan. Cena confronted Reigns, stating that Reigns also had a hard time defeating Jordan. On the final "Raw" before No Mercy, Reigns insulted Cena for being absent and compared him to The Rock, whom Cena had criticized for leaving WWE for Hollywood several years ago. At SummerSlam, Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss to win the Raw Women's Championship for a record tying fourth time. The following night on "Raw", Alexa interrupted Sasha's victory celebration to

neg: Survivor Series (2015) Survivor Series (2015) Survivor Series (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on November 22, 2015 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, the first time the state has hosted the event. The 29th event under the Survivor Series chronology, it celebrated The Undertaker's 25th anniversary in WWE, his debut occurring on the 1990s Survivor Series. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one match on the pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Dean Ambrose to win the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship; however, Sheamus cashed in

neg: Money in the Bank (2015) suffering multiple knee injuries at a live event in Dublin, Ireland. Sheamus would eventually cash-in his contract on Roman Reigns after the latter won the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series and pinned him to win the title. Money in the Bank (2015) Money in the Bank (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on June 14, 2015, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It was the sixth event in the Money in the Bank chronology. It was also the first WWE pay-per-view event that was

neg: Battleground (2014) Battleground (2014) Battleground (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on July 20, 2014 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, in Tampa, Florida. It was the second event under the Battleground chronology. It was also the last WWE pay-per-view event to use the WWE scratch logo. Nine matches took place at the event, with two being shown on the pre-show. The main event saw John Cena defeat Randy Orton, Kane, and Roman Reigns in a Fatal four-way match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The event received 99,000

neg: Kevin Owens August 21, Owens teamed with Chris Jericho to defeat Enzo Amore and Big Cass. On the August 22 episode of "Raw", Owens defeated Neville to qualify for the vacant Universal Championship four-way elimination match the following week. On the August 29 episode of "Raw", Owens defeated Big Cass, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins with interference from Triple H to win the Universal Championship, his first world title in WWE, as well as being the third man, after Seth Rollins and Finn Bálor, to win the NXT Championship and a world championship on the main roster. Between September and October, Owens

neg: Edge and Christian experienced immediate success in TNA, where he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice. Edge also achieved greater success in WWE after Christian's departure. He went on to win the first-ever Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 21 and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at New Year's Revolution and won the WWE Championship, his first of eleven world championship reigns. In 2009, Christian returned to WWE, and at Backlash, won the ECW Championship, his first world championship in WWE. Following his title win, and prior to Edge's ninth world title win that same night, the

neg: Royal Rumble (2017) Sasha Banks. Jax performed a pop-up Samoan drop on Banks for the win. The actual pay-per-view opened with Charlotte Flair defending the Raw Women's Championship against Bayley. In the end, Charlotte performed a Natural Selection on Bayley onto the ring apron and pinned her to retain the title. Next, Kevin Owens defended the WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns in a No-Disqualification match, with United States Champion Chris Jericho suspended above the ring in a shark cage. Outside the ring, Owens performed a frog splash on Reigns through a table and scored a near-fall. Jericho threw a pair of brass

neg: TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2015) The card consisted of eight matches, including one of the preshow, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers. Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs, "Raw" and "SmackDown". At Survivor Series, Roman Reigns defeated Dean Ambrose in a tournament final to win the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but Sheamus then cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Reigns to win the title. The

neg: Roman Reigns which involved Rollins turning on The Shield and aligning himself with Triple H and The Authority. After the dissolution of The Shield in June 2014, Reigns (now a singles wrestler) was quickly inserted into world title contention that month and he headlined the next two pay-per-view events. The first when, two weeks after Rollins's betrayal, Reigns won a battle royal on the June 16 episode of "Raw" to gain a spot in the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship ladder match on June 17 at Money in the Bank, but failed to win the title during the main event match. The

neg: WrestleMania 31 Brock Lesnar defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Roman Reigns. Within the first minute, Lesnar performed a German suplex and an F-5, but did not try to pin Reigns. Lesnar also suffered a minor cut to his face (and later on his chin), but went on to dominate the next ten minutes with knee strikes and various suplexes (fisherman, German, overhead belly-to-belly, vertical, snap), leading to Lesnar quipping, "Suplex City, bitch!" Lesnar performed a second F-5 near the 8-minute mark, but Reigns kicked out. Lesnar then took off his MMA gloves, slapped Reigns and performed a german suplex and

neg: The Authority (professional wrestling) for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, making it a triple threat match, becoming a world champion for the first time and bringing the title back to The Authority. At Extreme Rules, Rollins defeated Orton in a steel cage match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, while Big Show lost to Roman Reigns in a Last Man Standing match. Show took a brief hiatus from WWE afterwards, quietly leaving The Authority in the process. On the April 27 episode of "Raw", it was announced, by vote on the WWE App, that Rollins would defend the title against Orton and Reigns

neg: Criticism of ESPN training for a return to MMA. However, Lesnar used the air time to announce that he in fact had re-signed with WWE and was retired from MMA, with part of the interview being done by then-"SportsCenter" anchor Jonathan Coachman, himself a then-former WWE announcer. This would be followed up by a segment on "SportsCenter" covering Lesnar's match with Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 31 for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, featuring Lesnar, Reigns, and Lesnar's manager Paul Heyman in studio for the segment. (Seth Rollins ultimately won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the event after he cashed in his Money

neg: The League of Nations (professional wrestling) Raw Tag Team Championship four times. Critics panned WWE's handling of The League of Nations, as "Wrestling Observer" writer Steve Khan wrote on the League's purpose for existence in December 2015, stating that "You can rightfully complain about the League of Nations losing to one guy on their second night as a team, but we all know they don't really matter. They exist to get Roman Reigns over". In March 2016, "Pro Wrestling Dot Net" writer Haydn Gleed criticized how WWE wasted the four men's combined potential and still never explained in storyline why The League of Nations had formed,

neg: Royal Rumble (2016) the 1992 Rumble), and the first match in which the champion defended his title in the Rumble match. Six matches were contested at the event (including with one match on the pre-show). In the main event, the returning Triple H won the Royal Rumble match by eliminating Dean Ambrose to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, winning his second Royal Rumble match, as well as making him the third person to win it from the number 30 entrant. Roman Reigns the defending champion, was also eliminated by Triple H. The event was also notable for the WWE pay-per-view debut of

neg: The Shield (professional wrestling) the night after. Reigns lost the WWE World Heavyweight Championship to the returning Triple H after being eliminated at the 2016 Royal Rumble event on January 24 while Ambrose also competed in the Royal Rumble match and was the runner-up, being eliminated last by Triple H. At Fastlane on February 21, Ambrose and Reigns wrestled in a triple threat match also involving Brock Lesnar for the right to face Triple H at WrestleMania 32 for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which Ambrose lost after Reigns pinned him. On April 3, Reigns defeated Triple H to win the title for a

neg: Roman Reigns confronted Rusev, then on the August 8 episode of "Raw", after interrupting Rusev and Lana's wedding celebration, Reigns challenged him for the United States Championship, at which Rusev initially declined, but Raw General Manager Mick Foley scheduled Rusev to defend the United States Championship against Reigns at SummerSlam. At the event on August 21, Reigns and Rusev brawled before the match began, leading to the match being declared a no contest. After Rusev cost Reigns the opportunity of becoming the number one contender for the WWE Universal Championship, Reigns would defeat Rusev at Clash of Champions on September 25 to

neg: Money in the Bank (2016) Money in the Bank (2016) Money in the Bank (2016) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on June 19, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. It was the seventh event under the Money in the Bank chronology. Eleven matches were contested at the event, with two matches contested on the pre-show. The main event saw Seth Rollins defeat Roman Reigns to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, only to lose it minutes later to Dean Ambrose, who cashed in the Money in

neg: Royal Rumble match title shot and converted the match at WrestleMania into a triple threat that was later made a four-way match when Linda McMahon inserted the recently retired Mick Foley into the match. During the Greatest Royal Rumble in April 2018, the winner received a trophy and the Greatest Royal Rumble Championship. Note that no WrestleMania title opportunity awarded in the 2016 Royal Rumble match as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship held by Roman Reigns itself was at stake. Triple H won the Royal Rumble match and lost his title defense at WrestleMania to Reigns. Top 20 individual longest times in a

neg: TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2015) In the sixth match, Charlotte (with Ric Flair) defended the WWE Divas Championship against Paige. During the match, Paige performed a Ram-Paige on Charlotte but Ric Flair placed Charlotte's foot on the bottom rope to void the pinfall. The match ended when Charlotte removed the cover from a turnbuckle and tripped Paige into the exposed turnbuckle, pinning Paige to retain the title. In the main event, Sheamus defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Roman Reigns in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. During the match, Reigns threw Sheamus into chairs set up on tables near the entrance way. Reigns

neg: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match 4, 2016 at the PPV where AJ Styles defended and retained the WWE World Championship against Dean Ambrose in Dallas, Texas. At , the twentieth TLC Match took place. It was originally the reunited Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) taking on the team of The Miz, Braun Strowman, Kane and Cesaro and Sheamus. However, Reigns was removed from the match due to a legitimate illness. Kurt Angle replaced Reigns, thus making the match Angle's first in WWE since 2006. This was the first handicap TLC Match and the fourth not to be contested for a championship title.

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns everyone else on the roster". In November 2015, Reigns received a “mixed, at best” reaction upon winning and losing his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the 2015 Survivor Series event after Sheamus, another villainous character, cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to defeat Reigns, a move made to try and get Reigns over with the crowd, and a positive reaction on winning his second world title at the "Raw" after on December 14, although a "WrestleView" writer reflected that "it's been downhill ever since" for Reigns from then until March 2016. In 2015 and 2016, WWE has

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns odds and come out on top". Going into 2017, WWE continued to edit reactions for Reigns, one example being after he lost the United States Championship to Chris Jericho, when an audience member was shown live jumping for joy at the result, but when WWE showed replays of Reigns' loss they showed a clip of the same fan looking unhappy. Veteran wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin and "Pro Wrestling Torch" editor Wade Keller criticised Reigns' attitude in mainstream interviews, specifically Reigns stating that he "just" worked 9-to-5 before becoming a professional wrestler as well as flaunting his financial prospects within

neg: Seth Rollins got injured. On the December 21 episode of "Raw", Rollins (on crutches) made a special appearance to accept his Slammy Award for 2015 Superstar of the Year and during his acceptance speech, claimed he would redesign and rebuild himself, as well as winning back the WWE World Heavyweight Championship which he never lost. At Extreme Rules on May 22, Rollins returned from injury to attack Roman Reigns with a "Pedigree" after his WWE World Heavyweight Championship defense against AJ Styles. The following night on "Raw", Rollins addressed the fans and said that he did not need anyone on his side,

neg: Persona and reception of Roman Reigns the Bank contract and pinned Reigns to win the world title. Rollins received positive reactions for his victory despite being a villain. Despite the fan backlash in early 2015, critics praised Reigns' performances at Fastlane, WrestleMania 31 and Extreme Rules as exceeding expectations while the negative reactions continued at Money in the Bank and SummerSlam. In late 2015, critics described WWE presenting Reigns' character as a "hard-luck underdog" chasing the world title, with WWE having "spent an overwhelming amount of time" on Reigns, "bending over backwards to create new obstacles for him to overcome [...] at the expense of almost

neg: The Authority (professional wrestling) from the Authority. On November 4 at a live event in Dublin, Ireland, during a match with Kane, Rollins suffered legitimate tears in his right ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus, and underwent surgery and would be out for 6–9 months. As a result, he was forced to vacate the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on November 5. On the following episode of "Raw", Triple H announced a tournament to crown a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, then introduced Roman Reigns, who he gave the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, then told Reigns it could be his if he replaced Rollins as the

neg: Royal Rumble (2015) main event, even after he received The Rock's endorsement, and The Rock was heckled for helping Reigns. Many fans took to social media to display their displeasure at Bryan's elimination. Dave Scherer of PWInsider.com wrote that the event "is definitely worth watching for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship triple threat match and how the Rumble went bad". He added that "bringing Bryan back for this match was a huge mistake, at least tonight", as "the fans wanted Bryan and they took him away", with the result that it "totally killed Roman in the eyes of those fans", resulting in a

neg: Roadblock: End of the Line Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins were at fault for the loss. The same night, as a reward for having joined Team Raw, Rollins received another opportunity at Owens's WWE Universal Championship in a no disqualification match. Both Jericho, who had repeatedly interfered in Owens's title defenses and cost Rollins the Universal title, and Reigns were banned from ringside. Jericho, disguised as a masked fan, interfered nonetheless, allowing Owens to capitalize and retain the championship. The following week, the friendship between Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho was disrupted, when Owens stated he did not need Jericho's help against the challenge of

neg: Roman Reigns an hour (the longest out of everyone in the match). At Fastlane on February 22, Reigns pinned Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match also involving Brock Lesnar to receive a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match against Triple H at WrestleMania 32 on April 3, where he defeated Triple H in the main event to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion for a third time. Earlier in March 2016, Reigns changed his ring entrance to the entrance ramp (a default like other wrestlers) instead of coming out through the crowd. For this third world title reign, Reigns had two successful

neg: Survivor Series (2015) and Kane performed a Double Chokeslam on Rowan. During the match, Undertaker and Kane performed a double Chokeslam on Strowman through a broadcast table. In the climax, Wyatt performed a Spider Walk but the Undertaker and Kane sat up simultaneously. Undertaker and Kane performed a Double Chokeslam on Wyatt and Harper before Undertaker pinned Harper after a Tombstone Piledriver to win the match. In the main event, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose fought in the tournament final for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Ambrose leapt off the top rope but was intercepted by Reigns with a

neg: SummerSlam (2018) few days prior. Rousey dominated the entire match while Bliss mounted almost no offense at all. In the end, Ronda forced Bliss to submit to an armbar to win the title, becoming the first woman to win a championship in both the UFC and WWE. After the match, Ronda celebrated with Natalya and The Bella Twins (Nikki Bella and Brie Bella). In the main event, Brock Lesnar defended the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns. Before the match began, Braun Strowman stated his intention to cash-in his Money in the Bank contract on the winner and remained at ringside. As soon