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* Wrestling/SethRollins beat him to the first world title, famously cashing in on what was meant to be his coronation at Wrestlemania 31. It's been pointed out that over their decade-long WWE careers, Reigns has never officially won a title match against Rollins. Technically speaking, Rollins was the ''only'' person he didn't beat in a title defense during his near 4 year run as champion from 2020-2024. He physically dominated the match, but Rollins' mind games got under his skin to the point where he ended up losing the match by disqualification.
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** It turns out that this was because Roman was traumatized by Seth's betrayal of the Shield, which is now cited as the #1 reason Roman leads his family via fear and not kindness. Seth all but says that his actions back in 2014 created the Tribal Chief.
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** This trope was basically in full effect whenever he wrestled from then until Wrestlemania 40, which only a couple of exceptions.
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* TraumaButton: Anything related to Wrestling/TheShield, particularly its [[Wrestling/SethRollins violent breakup]]. Also serves as a BerserkButton as this will drive Reigns absolutely ''spare''.
** When Seth Rollins showed up to their Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2022 match in full Shield mode along with entrance and original outfit, Roman's initial reaction was undiluted PTSD. That match ended with Roman refusing to let go of a Guillotine Choke on Rollins even though the latter was both passed out and had his hand on the ropes. Reigns got disqualified.
** Wrestling/SamiZayn cracking Roman [[MeaningfulEcho with a chair in similar fashion to the Shield betrayal]] at the '23 Rumble sent Roman over the edge again once he registered what had happened, and he could be heard shouting at the rest of the Bloodline to '''kill Sami'''.
** Finally, Rollins exploited this for all its worth at Wrestlemania XL, running ([[YouCanBarelyStand or rather, limping]]) in to Reigns' Championship match with Wrestling/CodyRhodes. This caused Roman to turn his attention from Rhodes to beating on Rollins for revenge - [[BatmanGambit just as Rollins had planned]]. It gave Cody time to recover and cost Reigns the match and the title he'd held for well over 1,000 days.
** When Seth Rollins showed up to their Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2022 match in full Shield mode along with entrance and original outfit, Roman's initial reaction was undiluted PTSD. That match ended with Roman refusing to let go of a Guillotine Choke on Rollins even though the latter was both passed out and had his hand on the ropes. Reigns got disqualified.
** Wrestling/SamiZayn cracking Roman [[MeaningfulEcho with a chair in similar fashion to the Shield betrayal]] at the '23 Rumble sent Roman over the edge again once he registered what had happened, and he could be heard shouting at the rest of the Bloodline to '''kill Sami'''.
** Finally, Rollins exploited this for all its worth at Wrestlemania XL, running ([[YouCanBarelyStand or rather, limping]]) in to Reigns' Championship match with Wrestling/CodyRhodes. This caused Roman to turn his attention from Rhodes to beating on Rollins for revenge - [[BatmanGambit just as Rollins had planned]]. It gave Cody time to recover and cost Reigns the match and the title he'd held for well over 1,000 days.
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Roman would then go on to have one of the longest title reigns of recent memory in WWE, holding it for ''1,316 days'', roughly 3 1/2 years. For reference, there are only three wrestlers to hold a world title longer: Wrestling/BrunoSammartino (2,803 days), Wrestling/BobBacklund (2135 Days), and Wrestling/HulkHogan (1,474 Days). He is the first wrestler to defend his title four consecutive times at ''[=WrestleMania=]'', all within the same title reign. At ''[=WrestleMania=] 38'', he once again defeated the then WWE Champion ''Wrestling/BrockLesnar'' to unify it with his Universal Title, becoming the Undisputed Champion in the process. Roman's historic title reign would reach its conclusion at ''[=WrestleMania=] XL'' after being defeated by ''Wrestling/CodyRhodes''.
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Roman would then go on to have one of the longest title reigns of recent memory in WWE, holding it for ''1,316 days'', roughly 3 1/2 years. For reference, there are only three wrestlers to hold a world title longer: Wrestling/BrunoSammartino (2,803 days), Wrestling/BobBacklund (2135 Days), (2,135 days), and Wrestling/HulkHogan (1,474 Days).days). He is the first wrestler to defend his title four consecutive times at ''[=WrestleMania=]'', all within the same title reign. At ''[=WrestleMania=] 38'', he once again defeated the then WWE Champion ''Wrestling/BrockLesnar'' to unify it with his Universal Title, becoming the Undisputed Champion in the process. Roman's historic title reign would reach its conclusion at ''[=WrestleMania=] XL'' after being defeated by ''Wrestling/CodyRhodes''.
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Roman would then go on to have one of the longest title reigns of recent memory in WWE, holding it for ''1,316 days'', roughly 3 1/2 years. For reference, there are only three wrestlers to hold a world title longer: Wrestling/BrunoSanmartino (2,803 days), Wrestling/BobBacklund (2135 Days), and Wrestling/HulkHogan (1,474 Days). He is the first wrestler to defend his title four consecutive times at ''[=WrestleMania=]'', all within the same title reign. At ''[=WrestleMania=] 38'', he once again defeated the then WWE Champion ''Wrestling/BrockLesnar'' to unify it with his Universal Title, becoming the Undisputed Champion in the process. Roman's historic title reign would reach its conclusion at ''[=WrestleMania=] XL'' after being defeated by ''Wrestling/CodyRhodes''.
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Roman would then go on to have one of the longest title reigns of recent memory in WWE, holding it for ''1,316 days'', roughly 3 1/2 years. For reference, there are only three wrestlers to hold a world title longer: Wrestling/BrunoSanmartino Wrestling/BrunoSammartino (2,803 days), Wrestling/BobBacklund (2135 Days), and Wrestling/HulkHogan (1,474 Days). He is the first wrestler to defend his title four consecutive times at ''[=WrestleMania=]'', all within the same title reign. At ''[=WrestleMania=] 38'', he once again defeated the then WWE Champion ''Wrestling/BrockLesnar'' to unify it with his Universal Title, becoming the Undisputed Champion in the process. Roman's historic title reign would reach its conclusion at ''[=WrestleMania=] XL'' after being defeated by ''Wrestling/CodyRhodes''.
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Reigns held the title for more than 1,316 days or roughly 3 years. Roman would defend it successfully at three consecutive ''[=WrestleMania=]'' events, including a title-for-title match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 38'' before finally losing the title to Wrestling/CodyRhodes, who finished his story at ''[=WrestleMania=] 40''.
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