roman reigns won the wwe championship 13 times.
how many times did roman reigns win the wwe championship?
13
at money in the bank, dean ambrose won the money in the bank ladder match and subsequently the wwe world heavyweight championship by cashing in his contract on seth rollins, who had just won the title from roman reigns. after a #1 contender's match between reigns and rollins ended in a double countout the next night on "raw", ambrose requested to defended the title against both reigns and rollins. accordingly, shane mcmahon scheduled a triple threat match between all three men for the wwe world heavyweight championship at battleground. on june 21, two days after money in the bank, reigns was suspended for 30 days for violating wwe's wellness program, which uses drug testing to detect substance abuse. "pro wrestling torch" reported that wwe knew of the violation before money in the bank, leading to reigns losing his world title at the event. with reigns's suspension ending before battleground, wwe continued to advertise reigns as part of the battleground main event. on the june 27 episode of "raw", both rollins and ambrose acknowledged reigns's suspension on television. however, stephanie mcmahon opted not to remove reigns from the battleground match, and instead gave aj styles and john cena the opportunity to qualify for the match by matches against ambrose and rollins. styles and cena lost, when they each interfered in each other's matches. on june 27, the wwe world heavyweight championship was renamed as the wwe championship. the wwe brand extension was then reinstated with stephanie mcmahon named commissioner of raw and shane mcmahon named commissioner of smackdown. on july 18, a match for the wwe championship between ambrose and rollins ended in both men pinning each other simultaneously. while raw commissioner stephanie mcmahon declared rollins the new champion, the referee ruled the match a draw, with ambrose retaining the title. the next day on "smackdown", ambrose defeated rollins in a rematch to retain the title. the same night, the 2016 wwe draft took place and ambrose was drafted to smackdown, while reigns and rollins were drafted to raw.
battleground (2016)
the day after money in the bank, roman reigns and seth rollins wrestled on "raw" for a future shot at dean ambrose's world title, which was shortened back to being called the wwe championship. that match ended in a double count-out, so ambrose agreed to face both men, and shane mcmahon arranged a triple threat world title match at battleground. on june 21, two days after money in the bank, roman reigns was suspended for 30 days for violating wwe's wellness program, which uses drug testing to detect substance abuse. "pro wrestling torch" and "thewrap" reported that wwe knew of reigns's violation before money in the bank, leading to reigns being scripted to lose his world title at the event. wwe continued to advertise reigns as part of the battleground main event. in july, ambrose successfully defended the title in two singles match against rollins on both "raw" and "smackdown" before battleground. on july 19 at the 2016 wwe draft, ambrose was drafted to smackdown, bringing the wwe championship with him, while rollins and reigns were drafted to raw. on july 24 at battleground, ambrose defeated rollins and reigns by pinning the latter to retain the championship.
money in the bank (2016)