5 records held exclusively by Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins is the reigning Universal Champion
Seth Rollins is the reigning Universal Champion

Seth Rollins is an amazing athlete. He has been a part of some of the best moments in modern WWE history. Ever since debuting as a part of the Shield in 2013, he has shown us his class inside the ring week in and week out. His heel run with the Authority from 2014 to 2015 was nothing short of brilliant.

Rollins' hard work has been justly rewarded by the WWE system. After all, he just defeated Brock Lesnar clean at SummerSlam 2019 - a feat achieved by only an elite list of wrestlers. However, there are various things only Seth Rollins has done in WWE. So in this list, we will take a look at 5 records held exclusively by the Architect. So without further ado, let's begin.


#5 Only active RAW member to hold all the major men's titles on RAW

Rollins won all the major titles on RAW
Rollins won all the major titles on RAW

Seth Rollins is one of the most decorated WWE Superstars. Rollins has been a multiple-time world champion, won both of the mid-card singles titles, and is also a Grand Slam Champion. However, Seth Rollins is also the only active member of the RAW roster to have held all the titles on the red brand.

Seth Rollins held the United States title after defeating John Cena at SummerSlam 2015, Rollins (along with Dean Ambrose) defeated The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro) at SummerSlam 2017 to become the RAW Tag Team Champions and Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 35 to become the sixth ever Universal Champion.

Barring Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar, no other active members of the RAW roster held the Universal Championship. However, Brock Lesnar has never held a United States title or RAW tag team title to join Seth Rollins in this list.

#4 Seth Rollins is the only Superstar to hold both the United States title and the WWE Championship together

Seth Rollins defeated John Cena at SummerSlam 2015 to hold both the US title and the WWE title together
Seth Rollins defeated John Cena at SummerSlam 2015 to hold both the US title and the WWE title together

As mentioned earlier, Seth Rollins defeated John Cena at SummerSlam 2015 to become the United States Champion. However, Rollins was also the WWE Champion at that time. The match was booked as a Winner-Takes-All bout. Had Cena won the match, he would have become the WWE Champion.

However, with an unlikely assist from the guest host Jon Stewart, Rollins took both the titles home, thus becoming the first-ever WWE Superstar to hold both the United States title and the WWE Championship together.

He would lose the United States title to John Cena on the next PPV. Still, that was an awesome moment. Rollins would still retain the WWE title until his unfortunate injury during a house show match against Kane.

#3 Since scrapping the World Heavyweight Championship in the mid-2010s, Seth Rollins is the only Superstar to hold both the WWE title and the Universal title twice

WWE scrapped the World Heavyweight title in 2014
WWE scrapped the World Heavyweight title in 2014

In 2013, WWE unified both the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight championship. At TLC 2013, the WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated the World Heavyweight Champion John Cena to become the inaugural WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Subsequently, WWE scrapped the World Heavyweight Championship and used a single title following the lineage of the WWE title.

Since then, Brock Lesnar held the WWE title once and the Universal title thrice, Roman Reigns held the WWE title three times and the Universal title once. Other than these two, only Seth Rollins held both the WWE title and the Universal title - twice each - making him the only Superstar to have 2 reigns with both the World titles after WWE scrapped the World Heavyweight title.

#2 Seth Rollins is the only Superstar to defeat both Roman Reigns and John Cena clean in the same night

Rollins had an outstanding show during the RAW gauntlet match
Rollins had an outstanding show during the RAW gauntlet match

John Cena and Roman Reigns are two of the most protected Superstars in modern WWE. For most WWE Superstars, pinning either of them even with the help of a distraction or outside interference is a dream. However, for some Superstars like Brock Lesnar, defeating either of them is not a huge deal.

Lesnar thrashed John Cena at SummerSlam 2014 during their 16-minute squash match at the show's main event. Lesnar also defeated Reigns at WrestleMania 34 in 2019 after putting Reigns through half a dozen F5s. Quite impressive. However, Lesnar had to wait around four and a half years between defeating the two "golden" boys.

However, Seth Rollins defeated both Cena and Reigns "clean" on the same night. Ahead of the Elimination Chamber 2017 clash, all participants of the match clashed in a gauntlet match. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins kicked off the gauntlet match. Rollins successfully pinned Reigns after a roll-up. Cena came in next and put on a stellar match with Seth Rollins. Rollins was on fire that night and defeated Cena too - making him the only Superstar to defeat both Reigns and Cena on the same night.

#1 The only Superstar to cash in at WrestleMania

"Heist of the Century"

After winning the Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania 23, Mr Kennedy incessantly declared that he would cash in his opportunity at WrestleMania 24. However, he could not do it since he lost the briefcase to Edge. It took seven more years before someone cashed in at the Grandest Stage of them All.

Seth Rollins, who won the Money in the Bank briefcase in 2014, with significant help from Kane, went on to hold the briefcase patiently for 273 days to cash in at WrestleMania 31. Rollins lost his scheduled match against Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 31. Most of the fans thought they would not see Rollins for the rest of the night. However, they could not be further from the truth.

During the main event between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, Rollins made a brilliant move when both men were down. Rollins cashed in the briefcase, immediately making the match a triple threat. He pinned Reigns after a curb stomp to win the WWE title, making him the only Superstar to cash in at WrestleMania.

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