5 WWE Superstars who have defeated Roman Reigns more than once

The decade is about to end and the wrestling community has witnessed a host of modifications in WWE during the last 10 years. John Cena was the face of the company in 2010, but since the 16-time WWE Champion embraced the greener pastures of Hollywood, the creative team groomed Roman Reigns to succeed the Leader of Cenation.

The Big Dog 'carried' the company on his shoulders for the better half of the decade. Reigns established himself as one of the biggest Superstars of the business and his victories over The Undertaker, John Cena, Triple H and Brock Lesnar signify the aforementioned statement.

The Grand Slam champion has eaten very few pinfalls in his seven year long career. This shows how much WWE have protected him over the years. However, there are a few Superstars who have a stellar record versus Roman Reigns in singles matches and here are the 5 Superstars who have defeated him more than once.

(Note - This list only considers victories in televised one-on-one matches)

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#5 King Corbin

King Corbin defeated Roman Reigns in two different continents

The inspiration for this article has come from King Corbin's recent dominance over Roman Reigns. The Big Dog has been a bitter rival of the former United States Champion and the Creative team booked them in a rivalry after the WWE Draft 2019.

Corbin interfered in the Intercontinental Championship match between Reigns and Shinsuke Nakamura to kick off the feud. The two Superstars have met each other four times in a singles match during this rivalry. Surprisingly, the ever-dominant Roman Reigns has only won the two dark matches, while Corbin has emerged victorious in the televised encounters.

His first win came on a UK Special SmackDown episode on 8th November 2019. Next, he defeated his enemy in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on the pay-per-view with the same name (TLC).

#4 Seth Rollins

Best Friends, Better Enemies.

Roman Reigns’ former Shield brother, Seth Rollins has defeated him thrice via pinfall in singles matches. Both the Superstars have shared the ring as partners and rivals frequently. Talking about The Architect’s singles victories over The Big Dog, Rollins (with The Authority at ringside) slayed Reigns in the main event of the RAW episode televised on 2nd March 2015. The match was a part of the buildup for Seth’s Money in the Bank contract cash-in, which eventually happened at WrestleMania 31.

Rollins then took a hiatus to take care of his injured knee, but after his return he defeated Reigns to regain his WWE Championship at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view in 2016. Though Dean Ambrose's successful MITB cash-in ruined Seth’s moment, he picked up an important win over his Shield brother on the show.

The last of his wins against Roman came in a gauntlet match on RAW in February 2018. As per the fans and critics, Seth had pulled off one of the best performances in his career on that night as he wrestled for over an hour and pinned Roman Reigns and John Cena in the same match. That bout got the fans behind The Architect.

#3 Braun Strowman

He is never finished with Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns had had one of the best rivalries of his career with Braun Strowman in the year 2017. Both the Superstars became the cornerstones of Monday Night RAW courtesy of their stellar feud. WWE rebuilt Strowman as a monster after his separation from The Wyatt Family. The Creative team booked him to have a mega winning streak on the Red brand by defeating the jobbers and lower mid-card Superstars.

His first big feud was against Roman Reigns. The muscular Superstars locked horns with each other first at the Fastlane pay-per-view. The Big Dog won the match and later shifted his focus to the Universal Championship. When he could not capture the title, he reignited his rivalry with Strowman.

This time, the matches were more intense as the Creative team added stipulations like and Ambulance Match and a Last Man Standing Match. The Monster Among Men defeated Roman Reigns in the Ambulance Match at Great Balls of Fire 2017 and before that, he had got the better of him in a singles match at Payback 2017.

Their feud seemed to be never-ending as they continued to battle each other heading into SummerSlam. Braun registered two more victories over his rival with the stipulations being Last Man Standing Match (RAW, 7th August 2017) and Steel Cage Match (RAW, 16th October 2017).

#2 Brock Lesnar

The Beast Incarnate has played a major role in Roman Reigns' rise

One of the major reasons behind the success of Roman Reigns in WWE has been the Beast Incarnate, Brock Lesnar. The critics say that a face cannot gain the support of the fans until the heel does not perform his job to perfection. Lesnar has been the perfect heel in Roman's story and the fans popped loudly when The Big Dog finally slayed the Beast at SummerSlam 2018.

But before that victory, Reigns had lost two matches to Brock Lesnar. His first defeat had taken everyone aback because a majority of the WWE Universe had predicted The Big Dog to defeat his opponent and win the Universal Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 34. However, since not all fans were behind Roman, WWE allowed Brock to pick up the win and extend his domination.

Next, the two Superstars met each other in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Greatest Royal Rumble pay-per-view. The Steel Cage match had ended in a controversial manner as the footage showed that Roman's feet had hit the floor first but Brock got the better of his opponent and retained the Championship because of the referee's wrong decision.

#1 Samoa Joe

Though Joe is yet to win his first world title in WWE, he has two wins over Roman Reigns

Unlike all the other Superstars present on this list, both of Samoa Joe's victories over Roman Reigns have come on WWE TV. He had defeated Roman in the first battle of the two Samoan stars on RAW. This match had taken place on the RAW episode dated 6th February 2017. The fans expected that the Samoan Submission Machine would receive a massive push after that win, but that never happened.

WWE finally awarded him a big win at Extreme Rules 2017 where he defeated Bray Wyatt, Finn Balor, Reigns and Seth Rollins in a fatal 5-way match. Joe became the number 1 contender for the Universal Champion because of that victory, and to provide him with more momentum heading into the biggest match of his WWE career, the Creative team booked him to defeat Roman Reigns on the RAW episode dated 19th June 2017.

Since that match, both the Superstars have crossed paths on numerous occasions. However, Joe has not earned a single win over his nemesis. Their last singles match took place on the RAW Reunion episode earlier this year.