Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns have clashed on many occasions and they last faced off at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view back in October. Reigns retained the Universal Championship when he picked up the win over Brock Lesnar, and it was recently announced that The Tribal Chief will put the title on the line once again when he faces The Beast at the Day 1 PPV next month.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Lesnar vs. Reigns is designed to have a “big finish” that will leave people wanting a rematch. At this point the rematch between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns is planned to be the WrestleMania main event.
It was also noted that at press time 6,769 tickets had been sold for the Day 1 PPV, and the announcement of Reigns vs. Lesnar being added to the card moved 531 tickets.
The card for WWE Day 1 can be seen below.
WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar
WWE Championship
Big E vs. Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The Usos vs. The New Day
Edge vs. The Miz