Roman Reigns retains World Heavyweight Title against Penta in Mexico City

"WWE Raw" star Penta reflected on facing World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns in Mexico City, and called it "one of the biggest nights" of his life.

LA Knight had a message for World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and Penta earned a spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match on WWE "Raw."

You gotta love pro wrestling. The 946 crew are still running amok in WWE, and this week they decided to set their sights on Solo Sikoa. Just before he was going to make his entrance for the Money in the Bank triple threat qualifying match, he was assaulted and then kidnapped. That meant he wouldn’t be available to take on Dominik Mysterio and Dragon Lee. WWE didn’t call the match off, of course. They simply replaced him with another super over wrestler who just came off a tremendous performance in Mexico City one week ago, and opened this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw by saying he wasn’t done with World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and wants another crack at it. Penta. Even without the title, you wouldn’t need me to tell you who won the ensuing match. I’ll do it with a phrase. CERO MIEDO. Penta used an exposed turnbuckle to set up Mysterio for the springboard Mexican Destroyer and scored the pinfall before Lee could get in to break it up. His path back to Reigns, and possibly his first major WWE title win, may have just been laid out before us. No update on Solo Sikoa, though. The updated Money in the Bank card: World Heavyweight Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. LA Knight Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Sol Ruca vs. Lola Vice vs. Jacy Jayne vs. Roxanne Perez vs. TBD vs. TBD Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Bron Breakker vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams vs. Penta vs. TBD vs. TBD

“Even after his defeat to Roman Reigns, Penta is now officially a main event star in WWE,” said Wade Barrett. “The reaction tells you everything,” noted Joe Tessitore, responding to fans in San Antonio blowing the roof off for Penta as he made his entrance at the top of this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. They didn’t make you work for the messaging on this one. They beat you over the head with it. Penta is well and truly a force to be reckoned with in WWE now. When the man himself grabbed a microphone and got the chance to speak, he gave props to Reigns, calling the world heavyweight champ “the better man” in Mexico City. However, he also made clear he’s not done with the Tribal Chief and he wants another opportunity to become champ. “This is only the beginning.” You can probably guess who interrupted at this point. The Judgment Day. They argued over who should be next in line for a title shot, with Dominik Mysterio scheduled for a Money in the Bank qualifying match to try to book his own ticket to the main event. Naturally, the back-and-forth resulted in fisticuffs after the Dirty one called himself the King of the Luchadores and Penta made it known only Dom’s father, Rey, could make such a claim. The ensuing brawl saw the babyface get the upper hand. Get complete Raw results and coverage of this week’s entire episode by clicking here.

Ahead of WWE Monday Night Raw in San Antonio, Penta reflected on representing Mexican culture during his emotional entrance and reiterated his desire for a championship rematch with Roman Reigns.

We’ve heard nothing but good things about Penta in the wake of his loss to Roman Reigns in their world heavyweight championship match in the main event of Monday Night Raw in Mexico City last week. Reigns was fantastic in the match — with William Regal even suggesting folks study his tape from it to learn how to be better at that level — and Penta came away from it looking like a legitimate top level star in WWE. I’m not sure that was the case before it. I don’t know how WWE is going to follow up on it, but I’m at least somewhat encouraged that Raw General Manager Adam Pearce made him a focal point of his annual Sunday mini-preview of this week’s upcoming episode of Raw in San Antonio: Your OFFICIAL #WWERaw Mini-Preview for tomorrow night in San Antonio! 📺: 8e/5p LIVE on @Netflix! pic.twitter.com/RYKOVEAVSv — Adam Pearce (@ScrapDaddyAP) September 20, 2026 Granted, all he says is that we’ll hear from Penta but it’s noteworthy that he’s getting the space no different than the next man to challenge Reigns for his title, at the upcoming Money in the Bank premium live event, LA Knight. Elsewhere, Pearce revealed Bayley will wrestle Lyra Valkyria in a rematch from their Sunday Night’s Main Event bout that had us all thinking it could be the end of Bayley’s run in WWE. The show will also feature two more Money in the Bank ladder match qualifiers.

A few days ago on the Sept. 14, 2026 edition of WWE’s Monday Night RAW in Mexico City, Roman Reigns defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Penta. Following a heavily praised match lasting over 20-minutes, Reigns was able to defend his title. Despite losing the championship in his country of Mexico, Penta received a warm and loud […] The post WWE news: Major update on Roman Reigns vs. Penta title rematch appeared first on ClutchPoints.

On Monday’s episode of WWE Raw in Mexico City, Roman Reigns successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Penta.Reigns and Penta put on a show inside Arena CDMX in one of the best WWE matches of the year.The Tribal Chief picked up another clean win to retain the World Heavyweight Title.After the match as the […] The post Bad Roman Reigns News Emerges Ahead of Money in the Bank appeared first on HEAVY.

World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns defended his title against Penta in Mexico City on WWE "Raw."

After a stellar World Heavyweight Championship match, some fans believe WWE missed the boat by not booking Penta to win against Roman Reigns. Reigns retained the title against Penta in a brilliant match in Mexico, where a raucous crowd cheered on the luchador to defeat the OTC.

Roman Reigns is still World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Penta in the main event of "WWE Raw" in Mexico City.

When it was announced WWE would not only head for Mexico City but hold multiple episodes of television there, AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio and Raw General Manager Adam Pearce agreed upon an idea — hold a tournament to find the best luchador to challenge Roman Reigns for his world heavyweight championship in the main event of a packed weekend on Monday Night Raw. Penta won that tournament, and was given all the pomp and pageantry you would expect when he arrived to try to finish the job in front of a partisan crowd who treated him like a God. Reigns, then, was public enemy number one, walking into the belly of the beast with an entire arena roaring its disapproval. This had a big fight feel, a rarity for a regular episode of Raw in the fall with just a month of build up. And they delivered with a big fight match, a back-and-forth war. At one point, after Penta survived the Spear, The Tribal Chief grabbed a microphone and demanded Mexico acknowledge him. Graves called it a signal for the beginning of the end. He tried to get a running start for the Spear, ran into a Superkick, and then Penta hit the springboard Mexican Destroyer. And still only got a two count. Holy shit. They set up for next big spot with the back-and-forth punches, a battle won by Penta. He hit three Superkicks before trying for the Mexican Destroyer once more. This time he ran into a Superman punch. Another Spear. He couldn’t answer the count. Reigns ripped the heart out of the Mexico City faithful. A SHOW-STOPPING MATCH!!! 🔥@WWERomanReigns defeats Penta and retains the World Heavyweight Title! pic.twitter.com/AFQcVTuInq — WWE (@WWE) September 15, 2026 What an incredible thrill ride this match was. “I don’t hear shit now,” Reigns could be heard telling the camera just before they faded to black. Amazing.