5 most shocking WWE Title changes

#4 Roman Reigns loses the WWE Championship in 5:15

Sheamus quickly ended Roman Reigns’ first title run by cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase.

It would be easy to list most of the Money in the Bank cash-ins for this feature, but Sheamus’ cash-in at Survivor Series in 2015 was particularly surprising. And as shocking as the win itself was, the prior booking made it even more so.

Roman Reigns had been booked to become the company’s top guy for months, and after champion Seth Rollins went down to an injury, Reigns advanced all the way to a tournament title match to replace him, against Dean Ambrose.

While this seemed like an obvious set-up for the coronation of Reigns, which would even include pyrotechnics and confetti, the reality was that Sheamus would cash in to end Reigns’ first title run after just 5 minutes and 15 seconds.