Rating The Champ: Roman Reigns

Apr 23, 2020
5 min read

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. BrockLesnar vs. Braun Strowman vs. SamoaJoe – 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