PWI 500: Top Ten Wrestlers of 2018

Modified Dec 26, 2018 01:49 GMT

#7 Roman Reigns

If you were to compile a list of top 10 wrestlers in the world, Roman Reigns’ name would be included. After all, he is Vince McMahon’s blue-chip prospect. Roman Reigns spent the better part of 2018 fighting for the Universal title.

Reigns started the new year by losing his Intercontinental Championship to The Miz on the 25th Anniversary of RAW.

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‘The Big Dog’ went on to participate in the Royal Rumble match and was the last man eliminated. Finally, Reigns got his long-awaited rematch against Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 34.

The two men had an absolute bloody contest that saw Lesnar emerge the victor after pinning Roman Reigns by hitting him with his sixth F-5. They had a rematch for the championship at the Greatest Royal Rumble in a steel cage match.

Reigns lost the match after he speared Brock Lesnar through the cage allowing him (Lesnar) to escape the cage first.

The two men fought for the final time at SummerSlam. This time Reigns was victorious over Lesnar. After a successful title challenge against Lesnar, Reigns reignited his feud with Braun Strowman and the two men clashed in a Hell in a Cell match at the namesake PPV.

However, the match ended in a draw after interference from Brock Lesnar. This prompted a triple threat match between Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at the Crown Jewel event.

However, on October 22 episode of RAW, Reigns announced that he will be stepping away from the ring for a while due to Leukemia. This was the last we saw of ‘The Big Dog’ on WWE television.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

Always focused on making his work accurate and reliable, Sunil thoroughly checks his facts before writing his articles. When not writing for pro wrestling, he spends his time watching cricket.

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