Roman Reigns WWE Universal Championship Title Defenses 2nd Reign

Roman Reigns’ second reign as WWE Universal Champion has been a record-breaking reign and a milestone in many ways.

The title reign started at Payback 2020 event where he defeated “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman in a triple threat match. He pinned Braun Strowman in that match to win the title. He has held the title for more than 2 years since while also unifying it with WWE Championship at WrestleMania 38.

Not only did he become the longest-reigning Universal Champion, but he also holds the record for the longest single title reign since Hulk Hogan’s run from 1984 to 1987. Overall, his title 2nd title reign as Universal Champion is now the fifth longest reign in WWE History, and the longest single reign in WWE in the 21st century.

Roman has defended the title more than 20 times during this time. He has defeated several former World Champions like Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Edge, Kevin Owens, Rey Mysterio, Finn Balor, Goldberg and Drew McIntyre.

Below is the list of all the title defenses for Roman Reigns’ second WWE Universal Championship reign from 2020 to 2023 with opponent, date, event and match type.

No.	Against	Event	Match Type	Date
1	Jey Uso	Clash of Champions 2020	Singles Match	September 27, 2020
2	Braun Strowman	SmackDown	Singles Match	October 16, 2020
3	Jey Uso	Hell in a Cell 2020	Hell in a Cell I Quit Match	October 25, 2020
4	Kevin Owens	TLC 2020	Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match	December 20, 2022
5	Kevin Owens	SmackDown	Steel Cage Match	December 25, 2020
6	Kevin Owens	Royal Rumble 2021	Last Man Standing Match	January 31, 2021
7	Daniel Bryan	Elimination Chamber 2021	Singles Match	February 21, 2021
8	Daniel Bryan	Fastlane 2021	Singles Match (Special Enforcer: Edge)	March 21, 2021
9	Daniel Bryan & Edge	WrestleMania 37 Night 2	Triple Threat Match	April 11, 2021
10	Daniel Bryan	SmackDown	Singles Match (Bryan’s SmackDown Career on the line)	April 30, 2021
11	Cesaro	WrestleMania Backlash 2021	Singles Match	May 16, 2021
12	Rey Mysterio	SmackDown	Hell in a Cell match	June 18, 2021
13	Edge	Money in the Bank 2021	Singles Match	July 18, 2021
14	John Cena	SummerSlam 2021	Singles Match	August 21, 2021
15	Finn Balor	SmackDown	Singles Match	September 3, 2021
16	Finn Balor(Demon)	Extreme Rules 2021	Extreme Rules match	September 26, 2021
17	Brock Lesnar	Crown Jewel	Singles Match	October 21, 2021
18	Sami Zayn	SmackDown	Singles Match	December 3, 2021
19	Seth Rollins(lost via DQ)	Royal Rumble 2022	Singles Match	January 29, 2022
20	Goldberg	Elimination Chamber 2022	Singles Match	February 19, 2022
21	Brock Lesnar	WrestleMania 38 Night 2	Singles Match (WWE & Universal Championship Unification)	April 03, 2022
22	Matt Riddle	SmackDown	Singles Match (Riddle’s Last Chance at Universal Title until Roman remains champion)	June 17, 2022
23	Brock Lesnar	SummerSlam 2022	Last Man Standing match	July 30, 2022
24	Drew McIntyre	Clash at the Castle 2022	Singles Match	September 03, 2022
25	Logan Paul	Crown Jewel 2022	Singles Match	November 05, 2022
26	Kevin Owens	Royal Rumble 2023	Singles Match	January 28, 2023
27	Sami Zayn	Elimination Chamber 2023	Singles Match	February 18, 2023
28	Cody Rhodes	WrestleMania 39	Singles Match	April 2023