Roman Reigns will put his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the line for the first time since Wrestlemania, next Friday night. During last night’s episode of Smackdown, it was announced that the reigning champion will defend both his championships against Riddle on the June 17 edition of the blue brand show on FOX.
One-half of The RK-Bro faction defeated Sami Zayn in last night’s main event match to earn the title match against Roman Reigns. If Riddle had lost to Zayn, he would’ve not only had an opportunity at the Undisputed Title but also been banned from appearing on SmackDown.
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After hitting an exploder suplex into the corner, Zayn ran down with a Helluva Kick attempt but he ran right into an RKO by Riddle via which the pin-fall count of the match was decided in the latter’s favor.
Following Riddle’s victory over Zayn, Roman Reigns’ cousins, WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions, The Usos – Jimmy and Jey Uso rushed the ring and attacked Riddle. But The King of Bros was able to fend off The Usos by bringing a kendo stick into the ring. He also stood tall in the ring to end the show.
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Riddle has an illustrious history with Roman Reigns and The Usos
Jey and Jimmy Uso defeated Riddle and Randy Orton in the main event of the May 21 episode of Friday Night SmackDown in a Winners Take All Title Unification Match. In the finishing sequence, Roman Reigns grabbed Riddle’s leg and pushed him off the top turnbuckle as Jey capitalized with a frogsplash for the pinfall victory.
After the match, Roman Reigns and The Usos continued the attack on RK-Bro by using steel steps. Jey put Riddle through the announcers’ table with a Uso splash off the top rope. Orton was also brutally taken out with the steel steps. Reigns also locked in the guillotine on both Orton and Riddle as we saw a feed of kids crying in the audience.
Riddle would then go on to team with Shinsuke Nakamura but the pair failed to capture the tag team gold on the May 30 edition of Monday Night Raw. Riddle would then call out Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Title on this past episode of Raw that led to the match between him and Zayn, last night. Now, this will culminate in Riddle finally getting his first major singles championship match in WWE, next week on Smackdown.
