Roman Reigns will face Kevin Owens for his WWE Universal Championship at WWE Royal Rumble. Reigns is currently the longest-reigning WWE Universal champion.
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Roman Reigns superman punched Seth Rollins today a year ago to start their rivalry which ended in Royal Rumble 2022. WWE Royal Rumble 2023 is a week away and Roman Reigns is set to defend his WWE Universal title against Kevin Owens. Seth Rollins has got his own ways to get in the head of his opponents. Also, with Royal Rumble in the corner, there is a huge chance that Seth Rollins may win the Rumble and get a chance to beat up “The Tribal Chief” at WrestleMania 39.
But these are all speculations. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns had been like brothers and who would know more about Reigns than Rollins as they had been very close ever since they both had their main roster debuts. So, let’s look back at the day Roman Reigns superman punched Rollins to save his twin brothers, The Usos.
Rollins and Kevin Owens had their match scheduled against The Usos. Owens and Rollins heavily dominated the match. But Reigns being the “Tribal Chief”, how could he watch his brothers getting beaten up, so, he smacked with a Superman Punch to Rollins.
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At the WWE Royal Rumble 2022, Roman Reigns retained the Universal Championship despite losing by disqualification to Seth Rollins. After Rollins’ hand landed on the bottom rope, the Tribal Chief resisted being freed from his guillotine choke. Before ringing the bell, the referee counted to five.
In the main event of WrestleMania 31 between Reigns and Brock Lesnar, Rollins became the first member of the Shield to win a global championship by cashing in his Money in the Bank contract, winning via pinfall over The Big Dog. The Visionary also made a nod to their time with the Shield by dressing like them and adopting their entrance motif when they entered The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis.
The encounter at Royal Rumble 2022 felt new since it was the first time Reigns and Rollins had wrestled each other since The Tribal Chief turned heel, despite the fact that they had a tonne of history working together as allies and foes. Additionally, it was their first one-on-one PPV match since Money in the Bank in 2016.
Unlike most, Rollins has had a lot of success against Reigns over the years, but the champion was still able to hang onto the belt at the Royal Rumble in 2022. Given the nature of the conclusion at Royal Rumble and Reigns’ subsequent attack on Rollins using a steel chair, there may be one more confrontation between these two to put an end to the animosity. This may happen during WrestleMania 39.
Roman Reigns exists in a different world than his contemporaries. He claims he is in God mode while everyone else has been operating at a high level. That is a fact that is equally undeniable as his WWE Universal Championship.
In fact, Reigns, who is currently the WWE’s top champion, is adding his name to the list of all-time greats. Many have attempted to strip him of his WWE and Universal Championships, but he has defeated them all. We meant “smashed,” sorry Tribal Chief. Although The Head of the Table has a long list of accomplishments, we believe that his tenure as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion takes the cake.
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