Roman Reigns is the present face of the WWE brand whom we can certainly consider as one of WWE’s biggest superstars. So no wonder that he was considered to be in the main event of WrestleMania 36 in a Universal Championship match against Goldberg.
That did not turn out to be the case as the Big Dog pulled himself out of WrestleMania 36 due to health concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Since then, there have been rumors ongoing over the internet over the WWE status of Roman Reigns. Many WWE fans have started wondering where the franchise player of the company could possibly be.
WWE has never mentioned a word about him which led to the speculations that Vince McMahon, as well as other top officials, might not be happy over his decision of not working in the biggest event of the year.
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As reported by Slice Wrestling, WWE having “heat” with Roman Reigns over the fact he didn’t appear at WrestleMania 36, is completely false.
In fact, WWE supported his decision which was uttered by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, from time to time during their appearance in interviews. Apparently, the creative team also has chalked out plans for his comeback on the top of the division.
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WWE is putting all of the booking plans regarding Roman Reigns in a ‘freezing pattern’ so that when he returns he will have programs already lined up. The four-time world champion won’t really have to scratch and crawl his way to the top, again.
Roman is a Leukemia survivor and the decision of not competing at WrestleMania 36 was a strictly personal decision over the fear of being potentially immunocompromised.
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Thus, Goldberg found himself in a match against Braun Strowman who ended up defeating him and taking away the Universal Championship, as well. As for the comeback of Roman Reigns, no one really knows when that will happen as the decision will be made by Roman Reigns, himself.
We can guess when the Corona Virus pandemic dies down, he’d eventually be back. But that is up to anyone’s guess, at this point.