Roman Reigns last competed at WrestleMania 39 Night Two where he defeated Cody Rhodes to keep his historic title run intact. Via interferences from The Bloodline, he retained the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and stopped Rhodes from fulfilling his story.
Since that, WWE’s Head of the Table has only appeared once on WWE programming, and that was on the Raw after WrestleMania where he was originally supposed to participate in a tag team match which never happened. Then Roman Reigns moved into a hiatus but despite his absence, the 37-year-old was drafted to SmackDown as the first overall draft pick of 2023.
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As confirmed on this week’s Raw, Paul Heyman informed that Roman Reigns will return on Smackdown for the first time since Wrestlemania 39 during the May 5 episode. There’s nothing confirmed on what he will be doing on the show but it’s likely that he will start builds for his next title defense while addressing the ongoing cracks within The Bloodline.
Former champions revealed for Roman Reigns’ next opponents
It was previously informed by Xero News that Roman Reigns’ next title defense will be at the Night of Champions premium live event in Saudi Arabia on May 27th, the same day when he will complete 1,000 days as the champion. The same source also hinted at AJ Styles possibly being the next opponent reserved for the undisputed championship.
Now in a follow-up, Xero News stated that the following 3 names are being discussed as upcoming opponents for The Tribal Chief:
– AJ Styles
– Karrion Kross
– Bobby Lashley
Roman Reigns to perform in three upcoming PLEs?
At this point, Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles is currently rumored for the Night Of Champions 2023 in Saudi Arabia. This match last took place at a WWE Live Event in December 2022, where Reigns defeated Styles. Prior to this, these two men wrestled on TV in 2016, at the Payback and Extreme Rules PPVs, where Reigns defeated Styles to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley had also happened on WWE TV in the past. Lashley defeated Reigns at Extreme Rules 2018 but a night later Reigns pinned Lashley to move on to gain the Universal Championship at Summerslam of that year. Currently, the undisputed champion has officially been booked to appear at both Night of Champions and the next PLE after that, Money in the Bank 2023.
