4. 1st Universal Championship Reign (2019)
Seth Rollins won the 2019 men’s Royal Rumble match, and he challenged Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35. They had a decent match, and Rollins kick-started his first Universal Championship reign. However, the underwhelming factor of Rollins’ first time around as the Universal Champion was his poor feud with Baron Corbin.
No one believed that Corbin was going to dethrone Rollins for the title. Their matches spanned across three PPVs, including a mixed tag team match for Rollins’ Universal Championship and his wife Becky Lynch’s WWE (RAW) Women’s Championship against Corbin and Lacey Evans. However, the highlight of Rollins’ Universal Championship reign was his title match with AJ Styles at Money in the Bank 2019.
Nevertheless, karma hit Rollins as, for the second time, he fell victim to a Money in the Bank cash-in to Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules 2019. His first Universal Championship reign lasted 98 days.
