5 Signs that Seth Rollins has ousted Roman Reigns as WWE's Golden Boy
Roman Reigns has been considered the 'Golden Boy' of WWE ever since the Shield broke up in 2014 and Reigns started getting pushed heavily as a singles Superstar. The position that belonged to the 16-time World Champion John Cena was soon considered to be best-suited to the Big Dog.
From main-eventing four WrestleManias in a row to defeating multiple legends and almost every single opponent, there are many reasons Reigns is called the 'Golden Boy' of the company.
But while Roman was enjoying his moment of glory, his fellow Shield-mate Seth Rollins was slowly and steadily climbing the ranks to WWE's top. This year, in many ways, has been the best year of his career - both professionally and personally. The current Universal Champion is one of the biggest stars of the company, and you hardly see him taking a loss. There's a lot that the Architect has achieved in his relatively short career in the company.
In this article, let's take a look at the five signs that Seth Rollins has ousted Roman Reigns as WWE's Golden Boy. Feel free to share your thoughts and views in the comments section below.
#5 Dominating the Beast
There are not many men in the history of this business that can claim to have dominated the Beast Brock Lesnar. Not even Roman Reigns. But Seth Rollins does have the right to claim that.
Aptly given the nickname of "BeastSlayer", Rollins has faced and defeated Brock Lesnar multiple times throughout his career, with the most recent one coming at SummerSlam 2019 to win the Universal Championship.
This all started back at WrestleMania 31, where Seth cashed-in his Money in the Bank contract during the main event between Lesnar and Roman to end the Beast's WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign. The two again squared off later that year, but the match ended in a DQ, thanks to the Dead Man.
Jumping to the year 2019, Seth Rollins won the Royal Rumble and did the unthinkable, not by only beating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania and winning the Universal Title, but doing that in just two and a half minutes, although with the help of some low blows.
The fact that Vince let him beat his biggest monster since 2014, twice in a year, is a big enough proof of Rollin's status at the moment.