 Once again with another video, so I'm gonna check out 10 greatest WWE Universal Championship matches ever. Now, I definitely wanted to check this out since we've just recently seen with Roman Reigns defending his universal, under speed universal championship against LA Knight. And I've seen the general consensus is it wasn't a bad match, but it's not something that a lot of people will honestly remember. It was good for what it was, but he has had some pretty good universal championship matches and I'm pretty sure he's gonna be all on this list because he's the longest reign universal champion of all time. So it's gonna be very interesting to see which matches they have on this list for Roman Reigns because I know he's gonna be on here a lot. So should be an interesting one. I definitely wanted to check it out with you guys. Appreciate all love and support. We're gonna get right into this one, man. Since it was introduced, the universal championship has gone from universally despised jam belt to universally tolerated mustard belt. In that time, eight different men have held it unless LA Knight managed to win it yesterday in which case I've just made a killing on a bet. So screw you guys. I'm off to man for those who bet on LA Knight to win. I bet their payout was going to be ridiculous. If he actually would have won sunny Mexico. But if not over the next two lists, you're gonna see a lot of the same names and within these various combinations. There have been some absolute gems. These are they. I'm Dan Hailing from parts for known and these are the 10 greatest universal championship matches ever. Number 10 Brock Lesnar versus Seth Rollins, WrestleMania 35 with a role mentioned to a great clash of Summer Slam months after I have really fond memories of this brief match that kicked off what was probably the last single night WrestleMania. It starts and it's crazy because no one expected this match to be so short. I don't even think people expected it to be on first. I was surprised that it was on first and it was short, sweet, straight to the point and a lot of us enjoyed it. I know I did with a great bit of theater. Host Alexa Bliss had manifested Hulk Hogan and they were mugging to the audience when through the middle of them charged a mightily grumpy Paul Heyman in true wingy heel fashion. Heyman grabbed a mic and complained that since his client wasn't going to be on last, they'd instead go on first and get out of this town as quickly as they could. This brought out the challenger fired up Seth Rollins who was enjoying a great run chasing the title after winning the rumble immediately. Lezda manhandled Rollins and it looks like he's going to rough him up to make quick work of him. But one swift arm to the gonads cuts the beast off in his tracks as Rollins hit a trifecta of stomps for the win which the approval of the faithful in attendance. WWE was smart to capitalize on the fans energy behind Rollins in this moment and use this as a quick way to set the life crowd up for the night ahead. They only needed to sustain it for a further five hours. Good luck. Jesus, I'm glad they got rid of those single night 12 matches to a match. WrestleMania 9 Kevin Owens versus Roman Reigns Royal Rumble 2017. This was a good one to rematch the Royal Rumble for the Universal title. We could have happily picked any but I went for this one because of six simple words. Chris Jericho in a shark cage. Yeah, this is really at least you appreciate that this match doesn't hang about in its quest to take advantage of the no DQ stipulation as the pair brawl into the crowd in the early going while Jericho hangs above the ring in a cage at one point Owens builds a Jenga Tower of Chairs and they do a will they won't they spot where each man teases throwing the other one through it much to the crowd appreciation Jericho still hanging in a cage. A few tables get shattered as do a few vertebrae as Kevin falls off the road through the chair tower and then his power bombed through the announce table before Braun Strowman interferes to take Roman out and leave the door open for Owens to sneak a victory during all of which I can confirm that Jericho remains hanging in a cage. Roman Reigns versus Drew McIntyre clash at the Castle 22 definitely this had to be on the list. Some people still think Jewish are the one at this at this precise moment. This has to be on the list. Easily definitely one of Drew McIntyre's best matches in WWE too. Now that I like this one very much because facts are facts America British crowds do it better and whacking a little bit start in front of a rowdy Welsh crowd in the first live premium show on this fair Isle in 30 years is enough to send even the most mild manner of Brits careening wildly into a fountain of lager Diakon Valor also it does rather help that this was our first live watch along show and when the match itself then delivers heart and your throat levels of suspense that Holly Davis clutching my arm so much that I've still got a mark it makes you remember why you fell in love with this whole game in the first place all signs pointed to this being the moment that the head of the table was turfed out of his high chair the build of Drew finally getting his crowning moment in front of actual human beings the in the fact that he hit the spear on Roman with I thought it was over use of his classic broken dreams theme over a montage of actual footage of baby drew holding a toy belt right through his career to this point and then the match starts as a slow burn that builds to record desperately unwanted cash and attempt that stifled by a fellow Brit and the Claymore makes Cardiff come on before the most devastatingly well executed near fall breaks all of our dreams seven Goldberg versus Brock Lesnar WrestleMania 33 for some it might be quite high but I love this match it's actually when the bad one this actually wouldn't buy it's it's not my I probably wouldn't have put it as one of my favorite Universal Championship matches but it was good so I can understand why he may have it on this list this was solid to perfectly measured conclusion to an excellent story it's a textbook three-act structure of a program that began at Survivor Series 2016 with that truly astonishing squash from Goldberg it continued through an unceremonious elimination of Lesnar by Billy Bob's at the Royal Rumble and culminated with an excellent bit of action figure wrestling at the ultimate thrill ride it's also a triumphant make good for their all-fated match of WrestleMania 20 where they each got booed out of the building not all happens but that's all to the better and you wouldn't know it from the Roars of the Crowd the move list in order is German suplex spear jackhammer more Germans F5 pin that's it it's no more than it needs to be and it doesn't come close to out staying its welcome you never know it from listening to me monologue on the Roar of you but sometimes brevity is key to the maximum impact and I'm genuinely impressed with the restraint WWE showed in the booking here number six Roman Reigns versus Brock Lesnar SummerSlam 2022 I've spoken before about how last man standing in one of my least favorite wrestling articulation fantastic there's anything of spectacle about two men staggering to their feet for a nine count every couple of minutes so how do you fix that and win me over by introducing a tractor to the equation apparently how old am I five before the match starts Lesnar calls himself a big old country boy and then throws his mic at Roman who catches it in one hand which is just straight up baller yeah and how do you argue with the giant tractor lifting the ring up and causing Roman to tumble out of the ring like a live action game so crazy and then I cut to Brock Lesnar looked like a child who can't believe he's getting away with it it just gets five starts for this alert one of the craziest SummerSlam moments of all time and I will always remember that is a SummerSlam moment that is one of the craziest last man standing matches I have ever seen in my life this was great holy shit this was fantastic the fact is WWE had been trying to make these two for so long by this point that the fatigue is very real so the extra spice of country boy Brock having the time of his life and the sheer bombastic nonsense of it all makes this an absolute riot number thanks Seth Rollins versus AJ Styles money in the bank 2019 there was a reason WWE went with these two men to wrestle the match that crowned a new world heavyweight champ earlier this year and the reason was this match it's a showcase of two wrestlers deeply comfortable in their own styles and their craft trusting each other to work a fast-paced tightly contested match that needs pinpoint precision and timing to keep everything looking spectacular while staying safe to illustrate that point as the match nears its climax Rollins goes for a stomp that somehow with a fluidity so beautiful a might as well have been animated AJ reverses into a Styles class like did you not as I was watching this back I screamed out loud if you draw this match on a graph and it's one of my favorite things to do it's a beautiful curve starting slow as they feel each other out before getting faster more dramatic and more high-risk as it goes solid match to wrestling and these two have it in spades it was the very first one-on-one encounter between these two greats of the game and it's a match so good I'm genuinely grateful that they've at least somewhat resisted the temptation to run it back over and over number four Roman Reigns versus Daniel Bryan Smackdown 2021 only this definitely has to be on there this is fantastic this match in itself all this is so good this was so damn good TV not only that it's the ruddy Thunderdome which is good DQ around these parts so its presence here is even more impressive TV presents its own set of challenges towards putting together a quality match it's hard to get momentum and sustain it when you have to construct it around regular commercial breaks but that didn't stop these two they always meshed well together I mean it's Brian Danielson for crying out loud he wrestled Tom McGee to a five-star match on a rainy day in stoke that's a two jokes for the price of one you welcome it's an evenly-paced contest with each man at various points getting the upper hand but never long enough to capitalize it becomes a story of endurance they have to dig deep to find their reserves and somehow overpower their opponent in the end they trade submissions and back when Roman Reigns was wrestling on SmackDown don't even seem real y'all Brian passes out it's interesting in hindsight knowing this was Brian's final WWE match he doesn't tap but by passing out he gives Reigns a crucial clean win that puts the audience in no doubt that this new Roman a clean win when's the last time we've seen Roman have a clean win he passed he made him pass out this is this is peak Roman in my opinion he's really getting into that momentum he made him pass out he didn't cheat to win he beat him clean and I was in this is this is the version of Roman was definitely enjoying for sure is an absolute monster number three Roman Reigns versus Sami Zayn had to be on a list of course there may be some recency bias here but I'll I'll acknowledge it while you may have your thoughts about the bloodline saga as we near the end of 2023 it's hard to argue that Sami Zayn breaking free of Roman's emotional manipulation and challenging for the big belt of Montreal represented its apotheosis yes I use that word they don't call me the professor for nothing at this point the main event of WrestleMania seemed pretty nailed on but WWE did a fabulous job of weaving Zayn into that story that they've managed to keep the flicker of hope alive in the minds of legions of fans around the world somehow collectively will him to the title I challenge you to watch his entrance with a dry eye having his family so good by a touch that took already sky high soap opera drama into the stratosphere and Michael Cole much more lined but not always fairly does a Hall of Fame job on commentary reminding us that there's always a chance begging us to believe in miracles and as Sami hits an exploder a Superman punch and his signature hall of a kick in quick succession you know what I was starting to there's nothing like pro wrestling a number two Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns versus Braun Strowman versus Samoa Joe SummerSlam 2017 before big meeting this was a good SummerSlam match too man and slapping me became me try saying now any drunk came this prime steak slap fest it's like a proper kaiju fight appeals to the most base of our neanderthal instincts big man do big burge it's not so much a wrestling fight as a 20 minute display of people running full pelt into each other and it is sick it's a carnage within the space of about 40 seconds Joe gets speared through the market Roman Barges Reigns into the fourth row and then uses Brock Lesnar's body like a rag doll this is so good team failed to correctly follow the IKEA instructions it's breathless chaotic destructive action that is wwe at its most sport entertaining it's the kind of match where you wish you were standing with your mate holding a beer just so you could pour over yourself and a rage of unbridled bloodlust and the Brooklyn crowd are the fifth man in spring playing their part to perfection the only thing wrong with his matches it doesn't end with Strowman taking the title the crowd are so vocally behind him yeah looks like such a beast that it feels like even if this wasn't the plan maybe this is where you call an audible so pure blimey just hang on I'm gonna go watch it and Brock doesn't have to get pinned Brock doesn't have to get pinned here you can have Braun Strowman or Samoa Joe but Braun Strowman was super over at this point to get to have one of them win you know it man just so so good either way and number one Roman Reigns versus Daniel Bryan versus Edge Wow pick this for the top slot for a few reasons firstly because it's bloody good and secondly because it was the closing match of the first show in front of a live crowd for over a year brackets night this was really good to me on the cold morning I watched it but most importantly because this was the first time I was convinced someone was going to defeat Reigns and that it was also the first time I wondered how in the hell are they going to take it off him and we're now coming up on three years later Cripes was amazing I mean look at it the rated R super star and after his triumphant return year was blighted by an unfortunate injury and an even more unfortunate global pandemic seeing him have a world title match in front of this live crowd this is so good but then you throw Daniel Bryan into the mix that works with literally every dish he is the garlic of the wrestling world if you will and just you try and stop me it's tightly plotted the heavy interference from Jay is still somewhat fresh at this point and they use the triple threat stipulation to absolute perfection with each niffle becoming more breathtaking than the last that was a cool visual having them both have him in the submission hold on I was such a cool visual I was sure either challenger had it at various points and this was Reigns' first WrestleMania defense as tribal chief and that final visual of the vicious brutal Reigns piling as opponents up to make sure he covered them both at the same time like a monster playing with its prey was enough to cement this as the beginning of something truly special greatness on a different level not half and that's our list have we missed any that you this was great this was fantastic man this was fantastic I did forget that he also has the other championships so they kind of unified them so that's why you didn't have like the match with Jey Uso on there I'm sure they'll probably do a list of the greatest undisputed universal championship matches obviously with Roman Reigns as he's the only one with that that title that distinction and you know we don't know how long he's gonna have the championship for so I definitely would have thought Jey deserves to be in that but they only would just talking about just universal championship matches exclusively which I can understand either way Roman was featured heavily on this list so a lot of great matches aren't here comment down below let me know some other great universal championship matches if they weren't on here if they weren't on this list let me know and if they were mentioned on this list what was your favorite one from this particular list I appreciate all the support you guys channel channel wrote 250k and I'm seeing you to the rest of the world appreciate talking you with me see you on the next one peace