17 Greatest Roman Reigns WWE PPV Matches
12. Cena vs. Reigns vs. Kane vs. Orton (Battleground 2014)
This was the show after Money In The Bank 2014, the event where John Cena would win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a ladder match due to the title being recently vacated by Daniel Bryan. The Raw prior to Battleground saw Reigns giving a spear to fellow babyface Cena to illustrate the 'every man for himself' aspect of this match.
Roman would be utilized well in this and the crowd was pretty hot for him. At one point he did his running front drop kick to opponents on the outside edge of the ring successively to all three of his foes, then followed it up by spearing Orton through the timekeeper's barricade. That earned him a "This Is Awesome" chant.
Sadly for Reigns it would not be his night to win. Cena retained after AA-ing Orton onto Kane, then pinning Kane. Everyone knew that Lesnar would be returning the next month to face Cena at Summerslam so the outcome wasn't a big surprise.
The crowd liked the tension between Reigns and Cena and would ultimately help establish him in his early post-Shield run.