4 WWE Superstars who have defeated Roman Reigns clean

#2 Finn Balor on RAW, July 25, 2016

Finn Balor stares down Roman Reigns on Monday Night RAW

Following in Rollins' footsteps, Balor was the second man to ever beat Reigns clean one on one. This one occurred on one of the best episodes of RAW in recent history. It was a show that featured an incredible Women's title match between Charlotte and Sasha Banks, the legendary Braun Strowman vs James Ellsworth squash match, and it was capped off with a main event that had a shocking result.

There's no question that WWE was and still is high on Finn Balor. He was NXT Champion and one of the top picks in the WWE Draft, so he was always destined for big things on the main roster. But even knowing that no one could've anticipated just how fast his rise to stardom on RAW would be.

After winning a fatal 4-way earlier in the night, Balor defeated Reigns, 1-2-3, in the middle of the ring. He did something on his first night on RAW that had only been done once before.

That's a remarkable feat for Balor. Even though Reigns had just returned from his suspension and didn't really have any momentum back yet, it's still a big deal that WWE put an up-and-comer over their supposed golden boy.