Roman Reigns is going to the United Kingdom, next month when WWE returns to the country for a Smackdown-exclusive tour. As per the recent update from the WWE on the official website, Ronda Rousey was announced to be the headliner for the tour where WWE visits over the pond. Now, another headliner name has been advertised to give company to her.
The reigning WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was initially absent from the list of names that were confirmed for the UK tour of the WWE. Now, it seems the longest-reigning champion of the modern generation will be there for two dates booked for the tour in Paris and London.
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Apart from WWE’s Tribal Chief, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Big E, Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn, Sheamus, Shinsuke Nakamura, and many more will be seen performing when WWE Live returns to London. U.K., on Friday, April 29, and Paris, France, on Saturday, April 30.
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Roman Reigns to perform in London and Paris
All tickets for the previously scheduled WWE Live event in Paris remain valid while new tickets are also available through Ticketmaster. With Roman Reigns’ inclusion in the shows, it’s likely that the events will see a boost in ticket sales in due course. There’s also a possibility that he visits the UK after becoming the unified champion in the WWE.
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will first face WWE Champion and 2022 Royal Rumble winner Brock Lesnar in The Biggest WrestleMania Match of All-Time at Wrestlemania 38. WWE is promoting this as a WINNER TAKE ALL bout in a highly anticipated Championship Unification Match on WrestleMania Sunday. The match will air, live on Peacock in the U.S. and WWE Network everywhere else, Sunday, April 3.
To hype things up for this match, Roman Reigns will collide with Brock Lesnar on this coming episode of Smackdown in the headliner segment. Reigns missed last week’s episode from Birmingham but he’s back with this past weekend’s live events hosted by the WWE. On Sunday, he also defeated Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods in a Six-Man Match alongside The Usos in the main event. After the match, he sent his hometown Pensacola fans home with a babyface promo.