Every WWE Superstar of the Year (2008-2015): Where are they now?

#2 Roman Reigns (2014)

Looking back, Roman Reigns’ WWE career in 2014 can be viewed as the calm before the almighty storm of boos that followed him everywhere he went in 2015 and beyond.

At the start of the year, he broke Kane’s long-standing record of 11 eliminations in a single Royal Rumble match (12 eliminations), while he joined forces with his fellow Shield members to battle it out with top factions including The Wyatt Family and Evolution.

After Seth Rollins dismantled The Shield in June, Reigns soon began to establish himself as a prominent singles Superstar – notably at SummerSlam, where he defeated Randy Orton – before a hernia injury ruled him out for three months between September and December.

Despite his absence, Reigns was surprisingly voted ahead of Rollins, Brock Lesnar, Dean Ambrose, John Cena, Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt as the 2014 Superstar of the Year.

Roman Reigns in 2019

While Roman Reigns’ career was on the rise in 2014, few people would have predicted at the time that he would go on to headline the next four WrestleMania events.

Nowadays, Reigns remains a vital part of WWE programming and he is a genuine contender to be named the top WWE Superstar of the Decade.