News

Update On Why Roman Reigns Lost At Great Balls Of Fire

Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman had an intensely physical match last night at Great Balls of Fire, that saw Strowman emerge victorious when it was Reigns who ended up in the back of the ambulance.

This was a shock to many of the WWE Universe who believed that this match was basically an unconfirmed number one contenders match for the Universal Championship and it would be Reigns who would go on to fight Lesnar at SummerSlam in six weeks time.

Instead, it seems that the current plan is for The Monster Among Men to step up and challenge Lesnar next month after he was supposed to face Lesnar at Great Balls of Fire last night, but was injured in the buildup.

The plan is still in place for Reigns and Lesnar to main event WrestleMania 34 next April, which means that the former champion will have to stay out of the title picture until after the Royal Rumble to allow the showdown to be able to build.

It is unknown how Braun will come back from the beating he was subjected to at the hands of Roman Reigns last night and be able to claim that he wants Lesnar next, but these are reported to be the plans moving forward for WWE.

Somehow WWE allowed Reigns to lose clean and still look strong, which is exactly what they needed to do if they want Roman to look like a big enough threat to Brock Lesnar that he can be the only one to dethrone him of his Universal Championship.

Brock Lesnar himself went to war last night with Samoa Joe as the former NXT Champion looked as though he could actually defeat The Beast a number of times, the crowd in Dallas last night chanted Joe’s name after Great Balls Of Fire went off the air and it seems that many of the WWE Universe would have preferred news of a rematch between the two heavyweights instead.

Phillipa Hopwood

I'm a freelance wrestling writer, sports journalism graduate and trainee wrestler. I write for many other sites including Sky Sports and even run my own wrestling promotion. It's nice to stay busy. My Twitter is @SCFC_WWE :D

Share
Published by
Phillipa Hopwood

Recent Posts

Fifth Member Revealed For The New Bloodline’s Team For WarGames?

Survivor Series is quickly approaching and both the original and new Bloodline have been searching…

22 seconds ago

Bracket Revealed For WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament

Last week Nick Aldis officially unveiled the WWE Women's United States Championship belt. This week…

46 mins ago

Possible Spoiler On Interesting Name Backstage At SmackDown

We're currently on the road to Survivor Series and in recent weeks WWE has been…

2 hours ago

Major WWE Return Reportedly A “Done Deal”

You never know when one of WWE's top stars might decide to step away from…

4 hours ago

LA Knight On Why He Gets Himself In Trouble With WWE Management

Over the last few years LA Knight has become one of the most talked about…

4 hours ago

Opening Segment, Title Tournament And More Announced For WWE SmackDown

This week's episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown is set to air live from the…

5 hours ago