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| ~ Roman Reigns' iconic catchphrase as The Tribal Chief. |
Roman Reigns is an antagonist in WWE and NXT. Reigns is once a member of The Shield from 2012-2014. In 2020, he would become the villain protagonist of the SmackDown brand after winning the Universal Championship from Bray Wyatt. He is the longest reigning World Champion of the last 35 years.
Biography[]
The Shield[]
The Beginning[]
Roman Reigns made his WWE debut as on November 18, 2012 at the Survivor Series pay-per-view event alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, assaulting Ryback during the triple threat main event for the WWE Championship, allowing CM Punk to retain the title. The trio declared themselves The Shield and vowed to rally against "injustice", while also denying working for Punk, even though they would routinely emerge from the crowd to attack Punk's adversaries. In August, The Shield began working for chief operating officer Triple H and The Authority. Their association with The Authority led them to begin a rivalry with the Rhodes Brothers (Cody Rhodes and Goldust). Reigns and Rollins would later lose the tag team titles to Rhodes and Goldust in a no disqualification match on the October 14 episode of Raw, following interference from Big Show.
The Betrayal of The Architect[]
In March, The Shield came out to seemingly attack Jerry Lawler, only to attack Kane instead, turning all three men face. The Shield defeated Kane and The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) at WrestleMania XXX. The feud with Kane also prompted The Shield to sever ties with Triple H, who reformed Evolution to counteract them. The Shield then defeated Evolution at both Extreme Rules in May and Payback in June. On the Raw following Payback, Rollins turned on The Shield and aligned himself with Triple H and The Authority.
The Big Dog[]
Post-Shield[]
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The Tribal Chief[]
Wreck Everyone and Leave[]
Reigns returned at SummerSlam on August 23, attacking the new Universal Champion "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, and Braun Strowman after their match for the title. On the following SmackDown, Reigns aligned himself with his new manager, Paul Heyman, turning him heel. At Payback, Reigns defeated defending champion The Fiend and Strowman to win the Universal Championship for the second time.
Reigns then began a rivalry with his own cousin Jey Uso. In his first championship defense at Clash of Champions, Reigns retained the title against Jey Uso by technical knockout, after Reigns viciously beat down Jey, and Jimmy Uso threw in the towel. After this, Reigns granted Jey a rematch at the Hell in a Cell event, and the match was later confirmed as a Hell in a Cell match, with the added stipulation of being an "I Quit" match. At Hell in a Cell on October 25, Reigns made Jey quit after attacking the injured Jimmy, thus retaining his title. Due to the loss, Jey was ordered to follow Reigns' commands and address him as "The Tribal Chief", thus turning him into a villainous character.
At Survivor Series on November 22, Reigns defeated Raw's WWE Champion Drew McIntyre in a Champion vs. Champion match, before beginning a feud with Kevin Owens, after Reigns believed Owens to be disrespecting his family. Reigns successfully defended the title against Owens in a TLC match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 20 and in a Last Man Standing match at the Royal Rumble on January 31, 2021, respectively. Reigns then retained his title against Daniel Bryan at both the Elimination Chamber and Fastlane events. At this time, Reigns would also feud with Edge, who had won the Royal Rumble match. In the main event of night 2 of WrestleMania 37 on April 11, Reigns defeated Bryan and Edge in a triple threat match to retain the Universal Championship after assistance from Jey. On the April 30 episode of SmackDown, Reigns defeated Bryan in a championship vs. career match, which resulted in Bryan being forced to leave SmackDown and WWE (Bryan would later leave WWE to go to AEW).
Various feuds[]
Reigns' next challenger for the championship was Cesaro, whom Reigns defeated at WrestleMania Backlash on May 16. Afterwards, Reigns initiated a rivalry with Rey Mysterio, after Reigns brutalized Mysterio's son Dominik. The two faced off for the championship in a Hell in a Cell match on the June 18 episode of SmackDown, with Reigns emerging as the victor. On the June 25 episode of SmackDown, while addressing his victory over Mysterio, Reigns was attacked by the returning Edge, leading to a title match between the two at Money in the Bank, where Reigns retained with the assistance of Seth Rollins. After the match, Reigns was confronted by a returning John Cena. Over the following weeks, Cena challenged Reigns for a title match at SummerSlam, and after initially rejecting Cena's challenge, a match was made official for the two at the event. At the event, Reigns defeated Cena to retain the title.
Immediately after the match Reigns would be confronted by a returning Brock Lesnar. At Extreme Rules in September, Reigns defeated Finn Bálor to retain the championship. On October 21, at Crown Jewel, Reigns successfully defended his title against Brock Lesnar, again with the help of The Usos. On November 8, it was announced that Reigns would face WWE Champion Big E at Survivor Series, with Reigns emerging victorious at the event.
On the December 17 episode of SmackDown, Reigns would fire Heyman as his manager due to Heyman's past association with Lesnar. On January 29, at the Royal Rumble event, Reigns defended the championship against Seth Rollins, losing the match by disqualification; however championships cannot change hands by disqualification, meaning Reigns retained the title. Later that same night, he interfered in the WWE Championship match between Lesnar and Bobby Lashley, re-uniting with Heyman to cause the upset victory for Lashley to regain the championship. On the February 4 episode of Smackdown, Goldberg would make his return to challenge Reigns to a match at Elimination Chamber for the title a match 2 years in the making after their match at Wrestlemania 36 was called off due to Reigns taking a hiatus. At the event, Reigns defeated Goldberg via technical submission to retain the title. Reigns will fight Lesnar at WrestleMania 38 for both the WWE and Universal Championship and defeat him to wins the titles.
On the second night of WrestleMania 38 on April 3, he defeated Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Championship for a fourth time and also became the first superstar to hold both the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship simultaneously and be recognized as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. It was reported that the WrestleMania main event was cut short due to Reigns sustaining an arm injury. At WrestleMania Backlash on May 8, Reigns and The Usos defeated RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) and McIntyre in a six-man tag team match.
On the June 17 episode of SmackDown, Reigns successfully defended the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Riddle, but after the match, he was attacked by a returning Brock Lesnar to renew their rivalry and set up a Last Man Standing match at SummerSlam on July 30, in which Reigns won, ending their 7-year feud. At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Drew McIntyre following interference from the debuting Solo Sikoa. At Crown Jewel on November 5, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Logan Paul. Three weeks later at Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, Reigns, along with The Bloodline, defeated Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens and The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland and Butch) in a WarGames match. On January 18, 2023, his Universal Championship reign reached 871 days breaking Gunther's NXT UK Championship reign of 870 days, giving him the longest reign of any WWE championship since 1988.
At the Royal Rumble on January 28, 2023, Reigns successfully defended the titles against Kevin Owens for the fourth time. Following the match, Sami Zayn would turn on The Bloodline, attacking Reigns with a chair. Cody Rhodes, who won the 2023 Royal Rumble, earned a match against Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 39. At Elimination Chamber on February 18, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Sami Zayn. At Night 2 of WrestleMania 39, Reigns entered his seventh WrestleMania main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, The Usos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Zayn and Owens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Sikoa. This marked the first time any champion defended the same championship three WrestleManias in a row. Reigns would then be off TV until May, where he would reappear to address the loss of the Usos, which led to them losing the Undisputed Tag Team Championships to Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
Reigns would berate Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso, and would then set up a match against Owens and Zayn at the WWE Night of Champions 2023 Pay Per View, which the Usos expected to take part in, in a salvaging attempt to recapture the Undisputed Tag Team titles. However, Reigns would then announce that it would be him and Solo Sikoa that would face Owens and Zayn for the titles, further damaging the relationship between him and his cousins. At the Night Of Champions 2023 Pay Per View, Jimmy Uso would turn on Reigns, superkicking him in the face after a misunderstanding that led to him accidentally hitting Sikoa. Reigns would shove Uso in the face multiple times, in the moment making a claim that he kicked them out of the Bloodline as he shoved Jey, which Jimmy responded by striking Reigns to protect Jey.
The following week on SmackDown, Triple H awarded Reigns with the new Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, as an achievement for reaching 1,000 days as world champion, a feat that hasn't been achieved by a WWE superstar in over thirty years. Reigns' parade was however interrupted by Jimmy and Jey Uso who would come out to address the events that occurred at Night of Champions. Jimmy Uso would try to talk some sense into Reigns, claiming that he did what he did to snap Reigns out of his power trip, and tried to reconcile with Reigns, trying to bring the Bloodline back together as one again. The Usos tried to talk Solo Sikoa out of his allegiance with Reigns, which seemed to have briefly worked, as Sikoa seemed to have sided with The Usos over the Head of the Table. After much conversation, Reigns would then hug Jimmy Uso, in tears, before finally bringing the mic to his mouth to let out a resounding "No". After both men let go of their embrace, Solo Sikoa would hit Jimmy Uso with a Samoan Spike, officially kicking him out of The Bloodline. This left Jey Uso in a position to make a huge decision, to choose between his brother, Jimmy Uso or Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa. Jey made the choice to align with his brother, delivering a superkick to Reigns, officially ending the Usos' membership in the Bloodline faction.
Feud with LA Knight[]
On the December 15 episode of SmackDown, Reigns named Sikoa as the "Tribal Heir" of The Bloodline while Styles returned and helped Knight and Orton fend off The Bloodline before attacking Knight. The following week, Styles explained that he attacked Knight for taking his spot in a tag team match at Fastlane. After Orton interrupted and said that he also wanted a title match against Reigns, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announced that Orton, Styles, and Knight would compete in a triple threat match at SmackDown: New Year's Revolution, where the winner would face Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble. During the match, The Bloodline interfered, forcing the match to be declared a no contest. Afterwards, Nick Aldis decided that AJ Styles, LA Knight, and Randy Orton will all fight for Reigns' championship in a Fatal 4-Way match at the Royal Rumble. At the namesake event, Reigns would retain the title.
Alliance with The Rock[]
After Cody Rhodes won the 2024 Royal Rumble, a WrestleMania XL Kickoff media event was then held on February 8 that included The Rock. Rhodes challenged Reigns for the title at WrestleMania XL. Two weeks later, The Rock officially joined The Bloodline, thus turning heel for the first time since 2003.
Defeat[]
At WrestleMania XL Night 1, Reigns and The Rock won a tag team match against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, with the stipulation that if Rhodes and Rollins won, The Bloodline would be barred from ringside for Rhodes and Reigns’ match, however, if Reigns and The Rock won, the match would take place under Bloodline Rules. On WrestleMania XL Night 2, Reigns lost the titles to Rhodes, ending his 3½-year reign as champion.
Championships and accomplishments[]
- CBS Sports
- Feud of the Year (2020) vs. Jey Uso
- ESPY Awards
- Best WWE Moment (2019) – Reigns returns to Raw and announces that his leukemia was in remission
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mike Dalton
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Comeback of the Year (2019)
- Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2018, 2019)
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2016)
- Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2015)
- Tag Team of the Year (2013) – with Seth Rollins
- Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
- Sports Illustrated
- Wrestler of the Year (2021)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Gimmick (2021) as "The Tribal Chief"
- Most Improved (2013)
- Tag Team of the Year (2013) – with Seth Rollins
- Most Overrated (2016)
- Worst Feud of the Year (2013) – as part of The Authority vs. Big Show
- WWE
- WWE (World Heavyweight) Championship (4 times)
- WWE Universal Championship (2 times)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
- WWE United States Championship (1 time)
- WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Seth Rollins
- Twenty-eighth Triple Crown Champion
- Ninth Grand Slam Champion (under current format; seventeenth overall)
- Royal Rumble (2015)
- WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2015)
- Slammy Award (7 times)
- Breakout Star of the Year (2013) with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield
- Extreme Moment of the Year (2015) – Post-TLC rampage
- Faction of the Year (2013, 2014) with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield
- Superstar of the Year (2014)
- Trending Now (Hashtag) of the Year (2013) – #BelieveInTheShield with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield
- "What a Maneuver" of the Year (2013) – Spear
- WWE Year-End Awards (2 times)
- Best Reunion (2018) with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield
- Hottest Rivalry (2018) vs. Brock Lesnar
- Bumpy Award (1 time)
- Superstar of the Half-Year (2021)
External Links[]
- Roman Reigns on the Heroes Wiki
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