5 Top moments of Roman Reigns in WWE

#2 John Cena torch-passing (September 2017)

Roman Reigns and John Cena fought at No Mercy 2017

Roman Reigns recorded one of the biggest statement victories of his career when he defeated John Cena in a WrestleMania-worthy match at the No Mercy pay-per-view in September 2017.

This ranks as one of the Shield member’s greatest career moments because, even though it only took place on a ‘B’ PPV, the clean finish to the match represented a definitive torch-passing between WWE’s main man for over a decade and the guy who had been his heir apparent for so long.

Even if the Cena vs. Reigns match wasn’t something that the majority of fans wanted to see, nobody can deny that the promos in the build-up to their No Mercy encounter were among the most intense and believable we’ve seen in recent years.