Ranking EVERY Roman Reigns WWE WrestleMania Main Event From Worst To Best

9. WrestleMania 32 (Roman vs. Triple H)

Triple H Roman Reigns WrestleMania 32
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Following as a close second has to be the first time WWE actually followed through on an attempted WrestleMania coronation for Roman Reigns, and it failed in epic fashion.

At WrestleMania 32, Triple H walked into the show as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, having won the title at the Royal Rumble in the eponymous match by entering at #30, with Reigns – then the defending champ – being forced to enter at #1; then there’s the whole 'League Of Nations beats Roman up and he recovers in the back for half the Rumble' nonsense too.

So, you’ve got Triple H as the authority figure/World Champ going up against the supposed babyface who lost his title in a screwjob at the Rumble but was being booed mercilessly at this stage. Throw in that Triple H was nearing the end of his career (he only had 8 more televised matches after this one) and you’ve got a recipe for a disaster.

Reigns was booed consistently from his entrance, throughout the 25-minute borefest of a match, then during his celebration afterwards. Despite Triple H trying everything in his heel arsenal (Stephanie McMahon pulling the ref out to break a pinfall count, low blow, trying to use a sledgehammer etc), he still was cheered whilst Roman couldn’t move without being booed. When Reigns won the title, the jeers that rained down were apparent and only drowned out by fireworks.

Awful, terrible stuff that completely undermined everything they were trying to accomplish with this coronation.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.