Have you ever asked yourself: what are some of the best Roman Reigns matches of all-time? You have come to the right place. This page will feature the highest rated matches of his WWE career. We have used ratings from Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter as our guide. It is important to remember that if a match is rated higher for you, that is okay!
The Best Roman Reigns Matches Of All Time
Honorable Mentions (Matches That Have Received 4.00 Stars)
- Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes and Goldust – RAW (October 14th, 2013)
- Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes and Goldust vs The Usos – Hell In A Cell (2013)
- The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) vs Evolution (Triple H, Batista, and Randy Orton) – Payback (2014)
- John Cena vs Kane vs Randy Orton vs Sheamus vs Roman Reigns vs Alberto Del Rio vs Cesaro vs Bray Wyatt – Money In The Bank (2014)
- Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton – SummerSlam (2014)
- Roman Reigns vs the Big Show – Extreme Rules (2015)
- Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose, and Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman and Luke Harper – Night Of Champions (2015)
- Roman Reigns vs Sheamus – TLC (2015)
- Dean Ambrose vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins – Battleground (2016)
- Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman – Fastlane (2017)
- Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns – RAW (May 29th, 2017)
- Roman Reigns and The Undertaker vs Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre – Extreme Rules (2019)
- Roman Reigns vs Buddy Murphy – Smackdown (August 13th, 2019).
- Erick Rowan and Luke Harper vs Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan – Hell in a Cell (2019)
- Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens – WWE Smackdown (December 25th, 2020)
- Kevin Owens vs Roman Reigns – WWE Royal Rumble (2021).
- Roman Reigns vs The Demon – WWE Extreme Rules (2021)
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins) vs The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan)
Event – WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 | Rating: 4.25 stars
The Shield faced off against the Wyatt Family at the Elimination Chamber PPV in 2014. These two teams would go on to have many solid matches against one other, with this one being no different.
The Wyatt Family would win the match after Bray hit Sister Abigail on Reigns.
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins) vs The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan)
Event – WWE Main Event (April 8th, 2014) | Rating: 4.25 stars
You are reading that correctly, this match happened on an episode of WWE Main Event. It is not often that a match from Main Event gets this high of a rating but the Shield vs the Wyatt Family did just that. This turned out to be an entertaining 6-man tag team match.
Dean Ambrose pinned Erick Rowan to give the Shield the victory.
Roman Reigns vs Cesaro
Event – WWE RAW (November 16, 2015) | Rating: 4.25 stars
Roman Reigns faced off against Cesaro on the November 16th, 2015 episode of RAW. This was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Quarterfinal Match.
This was a really solid match, especially for a weekly episode of RAW. Reigns defeated Cesaro and would go on to win the tournament.
John Cena vs Roman Reigns
Event – WWE No Mercy 2017 | Rating: 4.25 stars
After a lot of hype, John Cena and Roman Reigns finally faced off at the 2017 edition of No Mercy. This came after weeks of them going back-and-forth on the microphone, taking shots at one another.
Reigns hit a Superman Punch and also a Spear to defeat Cena. After the match, Cena raised Reigns’ hand in a sign of respect.
Roman Reigns, Ali, and Shorty G vs King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Cesaro
Event: WWE Smackdown (October 25, 2019) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
The October 25th, 2019 edition of Smackdown featured a fun 6-man tag team match. Roman Reigns, Ali, and Shorty G faced off against King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Cesaro.
Roman, Ali, and Shorty G ended up winning.
Team RAW (Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, and Ricochet) vs Team Smackdown (Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, King Corbin, Mustafa Ali, and Shorty G) vs Team NXT (Tommaso Ciampa, Damian Priest, Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, and Walter) in a men’s elimination match.
Event: WWE Survivor Series (2019) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
The 2019 edition of Survivor Series featured a men’s elimination match between RAW, Smackdown, and NXT. Roman Reigns took part as the captain of Team Smackdown.
The match was a star-making performance for Keith Lee, who made it all the way to the end before being eliminated by Roman Reigns.
Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso
Event: WWE Clash of Champions (2020) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
Roman Reigns and Jey Uso faced off at Clash of Champions. This was for the WWE Universal Championship.
This is a match that featured some great storytelling. Roman ended up winning after Jimmy Uso returned and threw in the towel for his brother.
Roman Reigns vs Drew McIntyre
Event: WWE Survivor Series (2020) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre faced off at the 2020 Survivor Series PPV. This was a Champion vs Champion match.
This turned out to be a really fun match, with Reigns picking up the victory. This came after Reigns received some help from Jey Uso.
Roman Reigns vs Cesaro
Event: WWE Wrestlemania Backlash (2021) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
Wrestlemania Backlash featured a match between Roman Reigns and Cesaro.
This was for the Universal Championship.
Roman Reigns vs Edge
Event: WWE Money In The Bank (2021) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
The 2021 Money in the Bank PPV featured a match between Roman Reigns and Edge. This was for the WWE Universal Championship.
Roman Reigns vs John Cena
Event: WWE Summerslam (2021) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
Roman Reigns faced off against John Cena at Summerslam in 2021. This was for the Universal Championship.
Roman Reigns vs Big E vs Bobby Lashley
Event: WWE RAW (September 20th, 2021) | Rating: 4.25 Stars
The September 20th, 2021 episode of Monday Night RAW featured a match between Roman Reigns, Bobby Lashley and Big E.
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins) vs Daniel Bryan, Kane and Ryback
Event – WWE TLC (2012) | Rating: 4.5 stars
TLC 2012 marked the official in-ring debut of the Shield. They faced off against Daniel Bryan, Kane and Ryback. This was a really great showing from the Shield in their first match. It really showcased their strengths and potential as a team.
The Shield never looked back after this match. The trio has found some major success in WWE both as a group and as individuals.
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins) vs The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan)
Event – WWE RAW (March 3rd, 2014) | Rating: 4.5 stars
The Wyatt Family faced off against the Shield on the March 3rd, 2014 edition of RAW. Both teams have put on some great matches with one another in their careers and this may have been their best one.
It was even more impressive that it was on an episode of RAW. We don’t often see RAW matches receive this high of a rating.
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins) vs Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista)
Event – WWE Extreme Rules (2014) | Rating: 4.5 stars
The Shield faced off against Evolution at the 2014 edition of Extreme Rules. These two groups have faced off a handful of times in some big matches.
Reigns would pick up the win for the Shield after spearing Batista.
Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan
Event – WWE Fastlane 2015 | Rating: 4.5 stars
Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns faced off at the 2015 edition of Fastlane. The winner of this match would go on to face Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 31. This turned out to be a pretty fun match. Reigns hit the spear on Bryan for the victory.
Afterward, Reigns and Bryan shook hands in the middle of the ring.
Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar vs Seth Rollins
Event – WWE Wrestlemania 31 | Rating: 4.5 stars
Roman Reigns faced off against Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania 31. We all know what happened. Seth Rollins pulled the heist of the century to walk out with the WWE Title.
This was certainly one of the most memorable moments in Wrestlemania history. The original match between Reigns and Lesnar deserves some credit though. Reigns took one hell of an ass-kicking and kept coming back for more.
Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar vs Dean Ambrose
Event – WWE Fastlane 2016 | Rating: 4.5 stars
The main event of Fastlane in 2016 was a triple threat match: Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar vs Dean Ambrose. The winner earned a WWE Title match against Triple H at Wrestlemania 32.
Reigns would go on to win the match after pinning Ambrose.
Roman Reigns vs AJ Styles
Event – WWE Extreme Rules 2016 | Rating: 4.5 stars
AJ Styles and Roman Reigns had some solid matches in 2016 for the WWE Championship. Out of that first series, the match that received the highest-rating was their clash at Extreme Rules. These two put on a really fun match and showed off their in-ring chemistry with one another.
Reigns ended up winning after spearing Styles in mid-air after he attempted the ‘Phenomenal Forearm’. After the match, Seth Rollins made his surprise return and attacked Reigns with a Pedigree.
Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Braun Strowman, Seth Rollins and Chris Jericho vs AJ Styles, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton and Shane McMahon
Event – WWE Survivor Series 2016 | Rating: 4.5 stars
Roman Reigns represented team RAW at the 2016 edition of Survivor Series. This match went for over 50 minutes and featured plenty of entertaining moments. The highlight of the match from Roman was probably his massive spear on Shane McMahon, who attempted to hit him with coast-to-coast from the top rope.
Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton ended up winning the match for Team Smackdown. This came after Wyatt last-eliminated Reigns for the victory.
Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens
Event – WWE Royal Rumble 2017 | Rating: 4.5 stars
Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens faced off at the 2017 Royal Rumble for the WWE Universal Championship. Chris Jericho was suspended above the ring in a shark cage for the match.
During the match, Braun Strowman interfered and attacked Reigns. This allowed Owens to pin Reigns and retain the Universal Title.
Roman Reigns vs Finn Balor vs Seth Rollins vs Samoa Joe vs Bray Wyatt
Event – WWE Extreme Rules 2017 | Rating: 4.5 stars
The main event of Extreme Rules was a fatal 5-way match. The winner earned a Universal Title match against Brock Lesnar. This match went for about 30 minutes and was a solid performance from all 5 guys involved.
Samoa Joe would go on to win the match after choking out Finn Balor.
Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins vs Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre
Event – WWE Fastlane 2019 | Rating: 4.5 stars
The Shield reunited for a match at Fastlane in 2019. This was Roman Reigns’ first match back after his battle with leukemia. The Shield faced off against Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre.
The Shield ended up winning a wild match, where both teams fought all over the arena.
Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens
Event: WWE TLC (2020) | Rating: 4.5 Stars
Roman Reigns faced off against Kevin Owens at the 2020 TLC PPV. This was a TLC match for the WWE Universal Championship.
The Big Dog ended up winning after what was a really good match.
Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan
Event – WWE Fastlane (2021) | Rating: 4.5 stars
Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan faced off at the 2021 Fastlane PPV. This was for the Universal Championship and Edge served as the special guest enforcer.
Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan vs Edge
Event: Wrestlemania 37 (Night 2) | Rating: 4.5 stars
The main event of Wrestlemania 37 was a triple threat match for the Universal Championship. It was Roman Reigns vs Edge vs Daniel Bryan.
Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan
Event: WWE Smackdown (April 30th, 2021) | Rating: 4.5 stars
The April 30th, 2021 episode of Smackdown featured a match between Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan. If Bryan lost the match, he was officially banished from Smackdown.
Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman
Event – WWE Summerslam 2017 | Rating: 4.75 stars
This was a fatal 4-way match for the WWE Universal Championship. All four men involved put on an entertaining match that lasted just over 20 minutes.
Lesnar ended up retaining the Title after hitting Reigns with an F-5. This remains the highest-rated match of Reigns’ career so far.
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