10 Greatest World Title Changes That Didn't Take Place On PPV

7. Rebuilding The Roman Empire - Raw (14 December 2015)

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In between the initial fan backlash at Royal Rumble 2015 and the secondary rejection he has seen since Royal Rumble 2016, there was a small window where the babyface push of Roman Reigns worked to perfection.

In a prime case of brilliant booking, Sheamus won the WWE Title at Survivor Series, using his Money in the Bank opportunity to defeat 'The Big Dog' after he had just won the vacant title. The crowd were not pleased to see the 'Celtic Warrior' as champ, making Reigns' pursuit of the gold a welcome occurrence.

With his career on the line, the Samoan badass risked it all to once again regain the WWE Championship and even busted himself open hard way when he clocked the champion with a headbutt. With the odds stacked against him, Reigns fought off the onslaught of Sheamus, the League of Nations and even the meddling Vince McMahon himself to topple the Irish champ and win back the WWE Title.

A full circle moment, Reign's title victory on Raw happened in the very same Philadelphia arena where he was booed out of the building when he won the Rumble earlier that year. When he stood in the ring as new WWE Champion, the reaction this night was drastically different and the chorus of boos were replaced with resounding cheers.

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