Roman Reigns was picked to unify the WWE and Universal Titles with the sole purpose of appearing on both Raw and Smackdown shows. Following his win at the title vs. title match against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 38, WWE wanted their marquee superstar to run both the red and blue brand shows but the reality turned out to be pretty different.
After Wrestlemania 38, Roman Reigns only appeared on Raw once during the post-Wrestlemania edition on April 4th. Then he moved into doing a lighter schedule with the company for both TV and house shows. One thing is for sure and that’s he’s not going to be making regular appearances, anytime soon.
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In a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer spoke about Roman Reigns and the future of his WWE Undisputed Championship that we saw after a new deal between him and WWE has been exercised over fewer dates in a year. Meltzer also revealed fans could only expect to see the top champion on Raw, once and it was on the occasion of WWE’s return to the most famous arena in the world.
“The only time Reigns is going to be on Raw is the Raw from Madison Square Garden,” Meltzer said. “That’s his only Raw booking, the only time the champion will be on Raw pretty much the whole summer.”
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That particular episode of Raw will emanate from the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York on July 25, and it will be the go-home edition for the red brand before WWE SummerSlam, which will take place on Saturday, July 30, from the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
While Roman Reigns missing Money in the Bank, he’s wrestled at the biggest premium live event of the summer followed by Clash at the Castle. As per the previous reports, he was supposed to face Randy Orton at SummerSlam with his undisputed champions on the line but WWE went ahead with Brock Lesnar, instead.
Roman Reigns last wrestled in a WWE Live Event on May 22. He also didn’t compete on the TV or in a premium live event since he and the Usos defeated Riddle, Randy Orton, and Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania Backlash in early May. His first WWE Undisputed Championship defense came against Riddle on the June 17 episode of Friday Night SmackDown against Riddle before Summerslam.