Apr, 21 2025
When you talk about Roman Reigns and WrestleMania, you’re really talking about the face of modern WWE. The guy has packed more headline matches into WWE’s showcase event than anyone from his generation. As of March 2025, he’s stepped into the WrestleMania ring twelve times, chalking up nine wins and three losses. It’s not just the numbers, though—it’s who he’s faced, how he’s won, and the spotlight he’s kept on himself year after year.
Reigns’ WrestleMania story started back in 2013 with The Shield. Picture three guys in black tactical gear storming the ring—he was the powerhouse of that group. Their early tag matches were electrifying, but everyone sensed Reigns would break out on his own. Sure enough, he did. By the mid-2010s, he was no longer just a member of an upstart trio. Suddenly, he was the main guy, expected to carry the company’s world titles—and main event WrestleMania itself.
Most wrestlers dream of even one WrestleMania main event. Reigns has done it ten times. Think about the pressure: that’s the slot reserved for the company’s absolute top star, the wrestler WWE trusts to close the biggest show of the year, sometimes in front of seventy thousand screaming fans, sometimes during the awkward, empty-arena days of the pandemic. He’s delivered wins over legends and carried matches against everyone thrown at him.
Among his biggest wins, you have to mention WrestleMania 32. Triple H, the leader of The Authority, tried every trick in the book to keep the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Reigns bulldozed through him, holding the belt up high and drawing a deafening reaction—even if part of that was boos. No matter how the crowd responded, Reigns made his mark. Then there was WrestleMania 33: Reigns handed The Undertaker only his second loss at WrestleMania in a brutal No Holds Barred match. That’s rarified air, sharing a spot with Brock Lesnar as the only other man to pin 'Taker at the showcase.
Losses? Reigns has had them, and they haven’t been softballs. Brock Lesnar took him down at WrestleMania 34 in a wild Universal Title bout. The match left both men battered, with Reigns coming up short despite a gritty fight. He’s squared off against powerhouses, high-flyers, and legends, but always with the spotlight on him.
He’s also had matches where the stakes went beyond titles. At WrestleMania 36, Reigns walked into a triple threat for the Universal Championship—again, right in the event’s heart. Even in the rare years where COVID-19 changed everything about wrestling, he still found himself in headline matches.
Through it all, Reigns kept collecting championships: three-time WWE Champion, a Universal Championship run that put him in the record books, and stints with the United States and Intercontinental titles. Each reign added to his legacy, but his switch to leading The Bloodline—embracing the villain role, calling himself the Tribal Chief—gave his career a jolt. Suddenly, the guy fans booed felt even more unstoppable, racking up wins and holding both the WWE and Universal Titles at once as the Undisputed Champion.
If you watch any recent WrestleMania, odds are Roman Reigns is right there in the bright lights, the undisputed focus. Records aside, his presence is proof that, in WWE, true main eventers don’t just chase the spotlight—they own it. He’s not just part of WrestleMania history. He keeps rewriting it.
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