#5 The only babyface to have ever won PWI’s “Most Hated Wrestler of the Year” award in 44 years
Alright, this is a funny one and is certainly not an achievement that Reigns would want to write home about.
But in 2016, Roman Reigns beat out Kevin Owens, The Miz and Eva Marie (all heels) to win Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Most Hated Wrestler of the Year award. Reigns, in PWI’s 44-year history of the award, is the first and only “babyface” to have received the distinction.
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Is Roman Reigns really that hated? You bet he is!
Reigns is booed by most hardcore wrestling fans in the WWE Universe, as I mentioned earlier in this article. Not only that, it appears that Reigns has been deliberately booked in a way that incites negative reactions to him, for whatever reason.
Reigns, still, was very much a babyface throughout the year when this award was given to him and thus holds this unfortunate distinction of being the only Wrestler to have ever won it while still being projected as a babyface.
So that is it for the list of 5 incredible things that ONLY Roman Reigns has done!
But that’s not all, Reigns also holds some smaller distinctions such as being the only WWE Superstar to have appeared on all editions of the Fastlane PPV (2015, 2016 and 2017) as well as on ALL 12 pay per views in 2015.
Reigns is also unique for being, funnily enough, the only WWE Superstar in history who has been smart enough to wear a protective vest for all his matches. Why didn’t anyone else EVER think of this?
That's Roman Reigns for you! The man puts in a shift and gets polarising reactions, but at the end of the day, he is one of the best that the WWE currently have and will only achieve more success as time goes on.
We wish him the best for his future and hope that he and Undertaker have a thrilling contest at WrestleMania 33!
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