Roman Reigns has returned on the road with the WWE after a short break since his title defense at Clash at the Castle. He was in attendance on this week’s Smackdown to declare that Sami Zayn will officially be treated as The Honorary Uce. Besides, he will also compete in a rare match, tonight.
Roman Reigns will defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against AJ Styles, next. However, it won’t be happening on TV but rather during a non-televised show. WWE will hold their Saturday Night’s Main Event Live Event at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada tonight dated September 24.
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You can check out the advertised card for this untelevised House Show with the rare headliner match where a top Raw Superstar will challenge the top heel from the Smackdown roster:
– Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
– RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka vs. Damage Control (Bayley and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Dakota Kai and IYO SKY)
Apart from these two matches, these superstars are also being advertised for the show – Rey Mysterio, Kevin Owens, Austin Theory, Matt Riddle, The Miz, Finn Balor, Damian Priest, The Street Profits, and more. As you can see, this is a Raw-branded event but Roman Reigns will make a special appearance on the show for the headliner match.
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Roman Reigns had a feud with AJ Styles, six years ago
This is going to be the first time that The Tribal Chief and The Phenomenal One will go up against each other in a singles match since 2016. Roman Reigns won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from Triple H at Wrestlemania 32 and then successfully defended against AJ Styles on two back-to-back pay-per-views, Payback and Extreme Rules in critically acclaimed bouts.
Over on TV, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will be defending his title, next against Logan Paul. During this past weekend’s Las Vegas press conference, WWE Chief Content officer Triple H made the match official for the Crown Jewel pay-per-view, set from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 5.
Roman Reigns became the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion after he defeated the former and last WWE Champion Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 38 Night 2 on April 3 in a Winner Takes All Match. In his latest title defense, the dual champion retained against Drew McIntyre at Clash at the Castle on September 3.
