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WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns has competed in several major matches since making his WWE main roster debut in 2012.
This year, The Tribal Chief is set to defend the Universal Championship against John Cena in the main event of SummerSlam. The match is considered by many to be the biggest main event in recent WWE history, with critics tipping Roman Reigns to retain his WWE Universal Championship.
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Furthermore, Roman Reigns has stated that if he doesn't beat John Cena, he will leave WWE.
However, despite being the main roster WWE Superstar for close to ten years, Roman Reigns has only competed in four matches at the biggest party of the summer.
From Universal Championship main events to tag team showdowns, let's take a closer look at all of the Roman Reigns' SummerSlam matches from The Head of The Table's illustrious WWE career.
#4 Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose vs The Wyatt Family (WWE SummerSlam 2015)
The summer of 2015 saw Roman Reigns engaged in a feud with Bray Wyatt on WWE television.
Bray Wyatt attacked Roman Reigns at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view event in June, preventing Reigns from winning the Money in the Bank ladder match. This led to a singles match at the Battleground pay-per-view the following month between the two WWE Superstars.
Bray Wyatt was able to leave Battleground victorious after Luke Harper attacked Reigns and reunited The Wyatt Family with Bray Wyatt in the process.
Looking to even the score, Roman Reigns enlisted the help of his former Shield partner Dean Ambrose. This led to Reigns and Ambrose squaring off against Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper in a tag team match at SummerSlam.
Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose left SummerSlam victorious after Reigns hit Wyatt with the spear to gain the pinfall victory.
#3 Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar (WWE SummerSlam 2018)
WWE has presented many Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar encounters over the years.
After Brock Lesnar shockingly defeated Roman Reigns to retain the WWE Universal Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 34, many assumed Reigns would not challenge Lesnar again for the title.
However, Roman Reigns defeated Lashley on Monday Night RAW to become the number one contender for Lesnar's championship once again.
Before the match could begin, Braun Strowman made his way to ringside and announced his intention to cash in his Money in the Bank contract on the winner of the match and remained at ringside.
In the latter moments of the match, Roman Reigns attempted a spear. However, the spear was avoided by Lesnar, causing Reigns to accidentally hit a suicide dive onto Strowman at ringside.
Brock Lesnar followed this by attacking Braun Strowman with the Money in the Bank briefcase and a steel chair, incapacitating him and preventing a Money in the Bank cash-in.
Roman Reigns then capitalized on this by hitting Brock Lesnar with a spear to capture the Universal Championship. This marked the end of Lesnar's record-breaking 504-day WWE Universal Championship reign.
#2 Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton (WWE SummerSlam 2014)
WWE history was made in 2014 when The Shield split up after Seth Rollins turned his back on, and attacked, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose.
This led to the beginning of singles careers for Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose respectively in WWE.
Roman Reigns' arguably first big singles match came at SummerSlam 2014. Feuding against The Authority, Roman Reigns began a feud with former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton.
This led to Roman Reigns and Randy Orton brawling with each other on several occasions before and after matches on Monday Night RAW. This led to an announcement that Reigns and Orton would square off against each other at SummerSlam.
An excellent match between the two WWE Superstars saw Roman Reigns attempt a leaping clothesline which Randy Orton turned into a shocking RKO for a near fall.
The closing moments saw Randy Orton attempt a vicious punt kick but Reigns countered into a spear for what was then considered to be the biggest singles victory of his career.
#1 Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe vs Braun Strowman (WWE SummerSlam 2017)
Roman Reigns' greatest WWE SummerSlam match came in the main event of SummerSlam 2017.
Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe were battling it out to determine the number one contender for the WWE Universal Championship on Monday Night RAW before Braun Strowman attacked both men, resulting in a no contest.
It was then decided by RAW General Manager Kurt Angle that Brock Lesnar would defend the Universal Championship against Reigns, Joe and Strowman in a Fatal 4-Way match at the biggest event of the summer.
Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman later proclaimed that if Brock Lesnar were to lose the Universal Championship at SummerSlam, then he and Lesnar would leave WWE.
The Fatal 4-Way main event at SummerSlam was excellent, with all four Superstars coming close to winning the match on several occasions.
The closing moments saw Brock Lesnar counter a spear attempt by Roman Reigns into an F5 to retain the Universal Championship.
