WrestleMania 32: 12 Booking Steps For John Cena vs. Roman Reigns
4. Reigns Loses The WWEWHC To The 2016 Money In The Bank Winner
After failing to defeat Reigns on multiple occasions, Cena makes one final effort to defeat Roman Reigns: a Hell in a Cell match at the eponymous PPV in October 2016. During this match, both wrestlers make very liberal use of the cell structure as a weapon, with slingshots into the cell, throwing each other into the cell wall in different ways, and even a short battle on the roof of the cell that leads to both of them falling from one side and into the announcer’s tables.
After after an exhausting, violent and bloody battle, Reigns hits his finisher on Cena once again, defeating him once more. However, as the Cell is being raised, and Reigns is barely standing on his own two feet, another Superstar enters the ring, clutching the Money in the Bank Briefcase, ready to cash-in on the broken-down Champion.
That man is Kevin Owens.
With the Cell still being raised, Owens hits Cena with his briefcase a few times to render him unconscious, before cashing in his MITB briefcase. He then delivers two Pop-up Powerbombs (for good measure) to Reigns and pins him to become the new World Heavyweight Champion. The last thing we see at the end of HIAC 2016 is Reigns out cold in the ring, Cena still outside the ring, and Owens holding the WWEWHC high above his head.