The Roman Reigns reign will last longer than the 5:15 his last championship rule went.
On "Monday Night Raw," Reigns defeated the odds and Sheamus for the WWE championship.
It is rare that he title changes hands on television, but it did exactly that Monday night in Philadelphia.
Vince McMahon returned to "Raw" for the first time in more than a year. After a confrontation with Reigns early in the show, McMahon declared that Reigns would face Sheamus in a title match. If Reigns were to lose, he would be fired and banished from WWE.
In a back-and-forth, rough-and-tumble tussle, Reigns overcame a series of dirty tricks by Mr. McMahon.
Everything from outside interference by Sheamus' cohorts in the League of Nations to McMahon pulling the ref from the ring as he was about to count three.
However, in the end, Reigns overcame evil and the Roman Empire was in charge of WWE.
The event came about a night after Reigns had lost to Sheamus on the "Tables, Ladders and Chairs" pay-per-view.
After that defeat, Reigns erupted, taking out Sheamus and the League of Nations before annihiliating Triple H. Mr. McMahon's son-in-law, with a series of chair shots.
The storyline saw Triple H removed from the ring on a stretcher.
And for one night, Monday, at least, Roman reigns, finally.
The winning SPEAR by WWERomanReigns, that brought him the World Heavyweight Title! WWE #RAW WWESheamus pic.twitter.com/GaWpIcDr6Y
— WWEResults (@WWEResult) December 15, 2015
Both @WWERomanReigns & @WWESheamus deserve a LOT of credit for what they've accomplished in the last 24 hours...and 15 minutes. #Raw #TLC
— Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) December 15, 2015
Roman is the NEW WWE CHAMPION! #RAW pic.twitter.com/T3iAedWuhQ
— Riz. (@johncenaAm) December 15, 2015
Congrats 2 my favorite wrestler @WWERomanReigns on winning the #WWE Heavyweight championship #WWETitle #Vince #Raw pic.twitter.com/FqwmkivrBU
— Mikey Ace (@MikeyAceStudios) December 15, 2015
REIGNSSSSSSSSSS IS THE NEW CHAMPION!!!! #RAW #WWE pic.twitter.com/bUoxy4zGQt
— Sloom (@Sloomzo) December 15, 2015
.@WWERomanReigns reclaims the @WWE World Heavyweight Championship. 1st time title has changed hands on #RAW since July 25, 2011.
— Eric Dutkiewicz (@EricDoot) December 15, 2015
NO. NO. NO. NOT OVER. How can a FORMER @WWE employee hold the #WWETitle? #FiredinPhilly
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) December 15, 2015
Tonight felt good on all levels! #RAW #RomanReigns #OUDK @WWE @TripleH @StephMcMahon @VinceMcMahon and if you ain't down, get down!
— Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) December 15, 2015
@WWERomanReigns thanking philly :D ❤️ congrats pic.twitter.com/6BVklwk4ZZ
— angie (@LUNATlCFRINGE) December 15, 2015
"@WWERomanReigns is ON TOP of the Mountain!!" - @MichaelCole #RAW pic.twitter.com/xvQHpCm8Vs
— WWE (@WWE) December 15, 2015
Down goes McMahon! Down goes McMahon! Down goes McMahon! https://t.co/M5q1uPyanm
— Joey Styles (@JoeyStyles) December 15, 2015
Congratulations to the new @WWE World Heavyweight Champion, @WWERomanReigns! #RAW
— Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) December 15, 2015
He won #RoyalRumble and Philly booed him. Tonight he won the @WWE #WWETitle and Philly cheered him. #PoeticJustice Congrats @WWERomanReigns
— David Otunga (@DavidOtunga) December 15, 2015
A new Reigning champion ! #RAW
— Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) December 15, 2015
Congrats uce! You deserved this one homie!! @WWERomanReigns ?
— The Usos (@WWEUsos) December 15, 2015
HE DID IT! @WWERomanReigns has won the @WWE World Heavyweight Championship! #RomanEmpire #RAW pic.twitter.com/To9YAR821k
— WWE (@WWE) December 15, 2015
You wanna watch @WWERomanReigns historic win becoming WHC again?> https://t.co/kJl81iLLYv Enjoy ;)
— RomanEmpire (@koshtana1) December 15, 2015
From WWE's IG!!! And the #NNNEEEEWWWW #WWE World Heavyweight Champion, #RomanReigns! #WWE #Raw pic.twitter.com/SFCyhKAtEO
— Roman Reigns (@WWETeamReigns) December 15, 2015
