5 current WWE Superstars who have pinned both John Cena and Roman Reigns

The past and the present Poster Boy of WWE!
The past and the present Poster Boy of WWE!

John Cena and Roman Reigns are termed as the two "supermen" of WWE. These are the two superstars who are known to win big matches, and we rarely see them take a pin.

While John Cena has been the most polarizing figure in WWE history, Roman Reigns is closely following his predecessor's footsteps as it's not so rare to see fans booing these two athletes.

While John Cena recently has started taking quite a few pin-falls, thanks to his part-time schedule and WWE finally realizing the boost new stars could get by getting a pin over Cena, it's still a huge moment to see someone put John's shoulders down on the mat for the 1...2...3...

There are only few who have secured a win against either of these top superstars, but then there are those who have had the privilege to pin them both. No doubt, you need to be a huge superstar yourself to have been pinned two of WWE's biggest superstars in John Cena and Roman Reigns.

In this article, let's take a look at 5 current WWE superstars who have pinned both John Cena and Roman Reigns. How many can you name before reading this article?

Note: These are not the only superstars who have pinned them both.


#5 Sheamus

Sheamus famously cashed in his Money in the Bank on Roman Reigns at Survivor Series 2015!
Sheamus famously cashed in his Money in the Bank on Roman Reigns at Survivor Series 2015!

Survivor Series 2015 saw the two former Shield members Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns battle it out for the vacated WWE Championship, due to an unfortunate injury of the former WWE Champion, Seth Rollins (another Shield member).

Roman Reigns went on to win the match and won his first WWE Title. The celebration was cut short by the Money in the Bank winner Sheamus, who went on to cash-in on him and won the WWE Championship by pinning Reigns just 5 minutes 15 seconds after Reigns' title victory.

As for John Cena, Sheamus won his first WWE Championship by defeating him at TLC 2009, but that win came in a Tables match. The only pinfall victory that Sheamus has scored over the "Face That Runs the Place" came in a Fatal-4-Way match in 2010, after quite some help from the Nexus.

#4 Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens had quite a debut on the main roster!
Kevin Owens had quite a debut on the main roster!

Kevin Owens, arguably had one of the biggest debuts of an NXT superstar, as he answered John Cena's United States open-challenge in 2015 while still being the NXT Champion at that time.

While he did not fight Cena then, the two went on to have a match at the Elimination Chamber PPV, where Owens shocked the world by pinning John Cena clean in his very first PPV match in WWE. That was quite a way to make an impact on the main roster and made him look like a huge deal already.

As for the second Superman, Kevin Owens defeated Roman Reigns on one episode of RAW in September 2016, thanks to interference from Rusev. Kevin Owens again pinned Reigns when he was the Universal Champion at the Royal Rumble PPV 2017 in the famous shark-cage match with Chris Jericho suspended high above the ring in a shark cage.

This win also came with the help of interference, this time from the Monster Among Men, Braun Strowman.

#3 The Miz

The Miz has faced both Reigns many times
The Miz has faced both Reigns many times

We often forget this, but The Miz has not only headlined a WrestleMania, but has also defeated one of the biggest Superstars in the main-event of the Show of Shows, John Cena.

In 2011, The Miz went on to headline WrestleMania XXVII as the WWE Champion and faced John Cena in the main event. Thanks to interference from The Rock, Miz pinned Cena to successfully defend his title. This interference led to a Cena vs Rock feud that stretched for the next two years.

In January 2018, The Miz faced Roman Reigns for the Intercontinental Championship on the 25th anniversary of RAW and pinned him to begin his 8th Intercontinental title reign. He later went on to defeat Reigns again a week later in a rematch for the Intercontinental Championship, with some help from Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel, the Miztourage.

#2 Bray Wyatt

Bray Wyatt has had huge rivalries with both Cena and Reigns!
Bray Wyatt has had huge rivalries with both Cena and Reigns!

Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns have been huge rivals on the main roster. After colliding against each other as part of The Wyatt Family and The Shield respectively, these two have also defeated each other multiple times in a singles match.

Bray Wyatt has pinned Roman Reigns in matches at Battleground 2015 and Survivor Series 2016.

Bray also has a huge history with the leader of Cenation, whom he had a long rivalry in 2014, including a match at WrestleMania 30. Bray's biggest win over Cena came at the Elimination Chamber PPV, where he pinned Cena clean with a Sister Abigail and then went on to win his first WWE Championship by pinning AJ Styles as well. This loss also marked the end of Cena's record 16th World Title reign.

Bray Wyatt then went on to pin Cena again in a rematch on the SmackDown after the Elimination Chamber.

#1 Seth Rollins

The only man to pin Reigns and Cena on the same night!
The only man to pin Reigns and Cena on the same night!

Before KofiMania, it was Seth Rollins who made Gauntlet matches awesome last year when he went on to deliver a splendid hour-long performance on the RAW before Elimination Chamber 2018.

During the course of the match, Seth Rollins went on to defeat both Roman Reigns and John Cena in back-to-back matches, shocking everyone. During this heroic showing, Rollins also created the record of the longest amount of time a superstar has spent in a match in the history of RAW, 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Before this match as well, Rollins has pinned both Cena and Reigns on different occasions. During his famous cash-in at WrestleMania 31 in what many call the "heist of the century", Rollins pinned Reigns to win his first WWE Championship.

During his run, Rollins faced John Cena at SummerSlam 2015 and went on to pin him after some interference from Jon Stewart.

Rollins also defeated Reigns at Money in the Bank 2016 to win his 2nd World Championship, before Dean Ambrose cashed-in on him merely minutes after his title victory.

Which superstars in the current roster can repeat this feat according to you? Do let us know in the comments section.

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