5 reasons why Roman Reigns defeated Goldberg at Elimination Chamber

Since returning to WWE in 2020, Roman Reigns has been a force to be reckoned with. He shocked the world by turning heel upon his return and soon won the Universal Title, much to fans' delight.

When he won the belt, no one ever thought how historic it would be in the future. Five hundred twenty+ days later, the title is still held by Reigns. He has managed to retain it against numerous legit contenders like John Cena, Edge, Daniel Bryan, Brock Lesnar, 'Demon King' Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, and many more.

While his title reign was looking invincible, Goldberg's return on a recent episode of SmackDown spiced up the Universal title picture.

The WCW legend acknowledged Reigns as his next victim and challenged him to a match at Elimination Chamber. However, Goldberg became a victim of a flask when Reigns easily defeated him at the event in what was his last match under current WWE contract.

Whether the Hall of Famer will renew his contract or not is a different story altogether. Nonetheless, let us discuss five reasons why Roman Reigns is still the Universal Champion after his match against Goldberg.

Why do you think Reigns has stood tall in the match against Da Man? You are welcome to voice your thoughts in the comments.

#5 in our list of reasons why Roman Reigns defeated Goldberg at Elimination Chamber: To maintain Lesnar and Reigns as the headline

The Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar rivalry has perhaps been the highlight of WWE in the modern era. The feud has been at its peak since Paul Heyman allied himself with Reigns.

Their skirmish may climax at this year's WrestleMania as Lesnar won the Royal Rumble and challenged Roman Reigns for a rematch.

It will only be the third time since The Rock vs. Steve Austin and The Undertaker vs. Triple H that two superstars have competed in a WrestleMania trilogy.

However, this entire scenario would have changed a lot had Goldberg emerged triumphant at the Elimination Chamber.

#4. To end Goldberg's connection with Universal Title

Though Goldberg's streak of 173 victories was ended by Kevin Nash years ago, he was quietly making another streak with The Universal Championship. The WCW legend has only challenged the title twice and won both the matches.

Moreover, both these contests were on the Road to WrestleMania. He beat Kevin Owens and The Fiend to capture the title in 2017 and 2020 respectively. Thus, his chances of doing the same were high this time as well.

But The Head of the Table was a little too much for Goldberg as he finally defeated the WCW legend in the Universal title challenge.

#3. Reigns defeated Goldberg because he couldn't do it in 2020

Two years back, Roman Reigns and Goldberg were just a few days away from locking horns at WrestleMania 36. Reigns challenged then-Universal Champion Goldberg for the title, which was accepted.

However, COVID-19 struck the world around that time and The Big Dog opted for a break from WWE due to his existing medical conditions. With all due respect to Goldberg, that match too would have likely been won by Roman Reigns.

So, Reigns defeated Goldberg because he couldn't do it in 2020. But it can be argued that we would never have got the heel Reigns had he competed against The Icon at the time.

#2. The title remains with a full-time WWE Superstar

Lately, the biggest complaint that fans have had with WWE is its reliance on part-timers. Superstars like Brock Lesnar and Goldberg have won Universal titles in the past and rarely show up due to their part-time schedule, thus lessening the title's value.

However, this criticism has come to a haul since Roman Reigns got his hands on the title. Not only has he held the title for 500+ days, but he has hardly missed any programming since winning the belt.

Roman Reigns has retained his Championship gold against Goldberg because it seems like WWE has realized that fans don't like part-timers as Champions and would instead want them to see them fight in a non-title scenario.

#1. Reigns' Universal title reign could not have ended like that

As earlier mentioned, The Tribal Chief has held the title for quite a long time. It is a historic title reign and has embedded Roman's name as one of the greatest Champions of all time.

With such immense significance, it would have been a disgrace had he lost his title to Goldberg at the Elimination Chamber. Though the Hall of Famer is a legit superstar to dethrone Reigns, their match at Chamber had no buildup whatsoever.

Thus, it was best that Roman Reigns' monumental title reign didn't come to an end in a random match with little to no buildup.