5 times Vince McMahon was forced to take the World title off a WWE Superstar

Modified Mar 31, 2020 14:58 GMT

Vince McMahon has made some tough decisions that were somewhat out of his control

#2. Roman Reigns - 2016

This one took a lot of fans by surprise, especially given the amount of effort Vince McMahon personally invested in trying to make Roman Reigns the face of WWE. As you probably know by now, the experiment to make Roman Reigns WWE's top babyface backfired in a big way, turning The Big Dog into the most hated superstar in WWE.

Despite this, Vince McMahon was determined to make WrestleMania 32 the coronation of Roman Reigns and he pulled through. After two incredible matches against AJ Styles after WrestleMania, he switched his focus to the returning Seth Rollins - who was out for over 6 months.

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While it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that Roman Reigns would retain the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2016, everyone was taken by surprise when Seth Rollins became the first person to pin Reigns clean. The assumption was that Reigns would be in for a long title reign (and he most likely was), but the announcement of his suspension for 30 days after violating WWE's Wellness Policy was the clear reason why he dropped the title only two months after WrestleMania 36.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via Wrestlingnews.co), WWE knew about Reigns violating the Wellness policy before Money in the Bank, which is why they waited until the PPV to take the title off him.

Edited by Akhilesh Tirumala