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Winning championship gold is the ultimate goal in sports entertainment. Title wins are the culmination of years of hard work and are, unsurprisingly, few and far between in any superstars career. Despite this, some of the most elite performers do occasionally earn multiple title wins within a single calendar year and this was indeed the case for a select few WWE performers in 2018.
While there were a great number of superstars who experienced winning championship gold, these four superstars won two different championships on the main roster this year, with one in particular standing head and shoulders above the rest. Incidentally, all of these superstars are currently on the Raw brand and have been Raw tag team champion, which likely hints at both the wealth of talent on Raw and also its relative lack of talent in the tag team division.
#4 Dean Ambrose
Ambrose won both the Raw tag team Championship and the Intercontinental Championship in 2018. He and former Shield brethren Seth Rollins defeated Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler on an episode of Raw and then Ambrose would defeat Seth Rollins for the Intercontinental Championship at TLC.
Ambrose is unique to this list as he is the only superstar featured to have won titles as both a heel and a face during 2018, his turn, of course, coming immediately after his emotional tag team title win when he promptly betrayed Seth Rollins and delivered a vicious attack to his co-champion and partner.
Despite the multiple wins, this probably wasn't Ambrose's strongest year in WWE as he did spend a long time on the shelf with an injury and his title-winning match against Seth Rollins at TLC was largely considered to be a bit of a disappointment.
#3 Bobby Roode
Roode won both the United States Championship and the Raw tag team Championship in 2018. He won the vacant United States Championship when he defeated Jinder Mahal on an episode of SmackDown Live and won the Raw tag team Championship alongside Chad Gable on an episode of Raw.
Roode is somewhat a surprise feature on this list given that most will agree he has had a pretty disappointing year. With no real gimmick besides occasionally shouting "glorious", Roode has struggled in a face role and many feel he should revert to the conniving, heelish character he portrayed in NXT.
Roode's US title reign was brief and unmemorable and while his partnership with Roode had some potential, it came about in a very awkward manner, with no real explanation as to why the two superstars had been forced into a tag team.
#2 Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler won both the Intercontinental Championship and the Raw tag team Championship in 2018. He won the Intercontinental Championship after defeating Seth Rollins on an episode of Raw and, similarly, won the Raw tag team Championship, alongside Drew McIntyre, against the B-Team on an episode of Raw.
It might be a surprise to some that Ziggler only had two title wins in 2018 given the number of title matches he featured in, most of which being against Seth Rollins for the Intercontinental Championship. With that being said, Ziggler did have a relatively strong year in 2018 with his partnership with Drew McIntyre seeming to inject new life into his character.
While this partnership has now ended, it remains to be seen whether Ziggler can carry on the momentum he generated during this successful run or whether he will now proceed to become lost in the mid-card as we have seen with him previously.
#1 Seth Rollins
Rollins won the Intercontinental Championship twice as well as winning the Raw tag team Championship in 2018, winn. His Intercontinental Championship win came over The Miz and Finn Balor in a triple threat match at WrestleMania 34 and over Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam, whilst his Raw tag team Championship victory came, alongside Dean Ambrose, against Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre on an episode of Raw.
2018 was a stellar year for Seth Rollins and his three different title wins reflect that to some degree. His reigns with the Intercontinental Championships were particularly memorable as Rollins would defend the title on a near-nightly basis in typically high-quality matches. This has set up Rollins to the position he is now in where many feel he is ready to push on up the card and once again enter the main event picture.
Could a Universal Championship match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania be on the cards?
