WWE News: Reason behind Roman Reigns losing the Intercontinental Title

Feb 2, 2018 at 6:19 PM

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WWE News: Reason behind Roman Reigns losing the Intercontinental Title

The Miz came back on WWE Raw to get his shot to the Intercontinental Championship that he dropped to Roman Reigns in November 2017. He was Hollywood-bound in order to film the sixth installment of the Marine franchise also starring Becky Lynch and Shawn Michaels. Targeting the then reigning champion, he made a triumphant return.

The heel one did have a rematch pending for the IC title that he received on the monumental WWE Raw 25th anniversary. Getting the Miztourage by his side, he took a little time to get the upper hand and dethrone Roman Reigns from his title reign. This handed him the eighth IC championship of his career which makes him one of the all-time greats.

Now, there were rumours prior to this match that Roman Reigns might lose the title with Wrestlemania season coming up. But, there is another strong reason owing to which the officials felt it right to take the title away from the one who was a fighting champion. Dave Meltzer noted this on a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.

According to him, the recent controversies that involved Reigns’ name with some sort of banned drugs forced the creative team to let him drop the title. This would keep him from the heat and also ensure the zero-tolerance policy of the company.

In case you don’t know, some of the sources reported that Roman Reigns was involved with drug-dealing in the past. This is certainly not a good thing for the one who is considered to be the franchise player of the company. Check out the quotes from the source,

“Roman dropping the title was not an indication of his status with WWE. The feeling backstage is that the recent steroid allegation story is a “non-story” and Roman is still set to be featured prominently on the Road to WrestleMania.”

In addition, this also cleared the path for the main event attraction of the company who was stuck in the mid-card position for quite sometimes with the Intercontinental Championship in his hand. Now, he can be part of a big-time match at the showcase of immortals.

The source also clarified that despite the controversies around the Big Dog, he will not lose his status in the company. There will be a main-event reserved for him at Wrestlemania. It will mark the fourth straight main event for him at the biggest event of them all.

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