8 Times Vince McMahon used Roman Reigns to get another WWE Superstar cheered

#3. Shinsuke Nakamura - Royal Rumble 2018

A memorable Royal Rumble match

While 2017 was supposed to have one of the most star-studded Royal Rumble matches ever, 2018 turned out to be a much better edition. It was also the first one to have the Women's Royal Rumble, which meant that the men wouldn't be main eventing.

Regardless, it had one of the best "Final Four" contestants ever, with the end featuring a battle between John Cena, Roman Reigns, Finn Balor (the Iron Man of the match), and Shinsuke Nakamura`.

The final confrontation was between Reigns and Nakamura, with the crowd naturally cheering for the Japanese Superstar. They had a brief but solid battle before Nakamura hit him with a Kinshasa mid-spear. He threw him out and won the Royal Rumble, becoming the first Japanese Superstar to do so (Yokozuna doesn't count since he was actually Samoan).

While Nakamura would have been cheered regardless of who he eliminated, it can't be denied that the impact of his win was much bigger since he eliminated a polarizing star in Roman Reigns.