On Sunday night Roman Reigns defended his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event of WrestleMania for the second year in a row. The Tribal Chief finally dropped the belt after 1,316 as it was The American Nightmare who picked up the win to become the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
The match featured some big moments including appearances from John Cena, The Rock, Seth Rollins and even The Undertaker. After the match was over some of the biggest names in WWE such as Triple H, Randy Orton, CM Punk and many more made their way down to the ring to celebrate with Cody Rhodes on the Grandest Stage of Them All.
Cody’s celebration went on for some time, but fans in the audience at Lincoln Financial Field were able to capture the moment that Roman Reigns shared with Paul Heyman after his historic reign came to an end. After dropping the belt The Tribal Chief made his way up the ramp and hugged the Wiseman at the top of the stage before making his exit.
Oh my god, from this angle you can see clearly the moment Roman breaks down and Paul just embraces him #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/s85b6or7ob
— zaira | CHELLATEEZ (@omegasmone) April 8, 2024
Roman & Heyman hugging wow. pic.twitter.com/xab729qZwc
— pastor matt (@MonsieurMatt25) April 8, 2024
Now that Roman Reigns is no longer the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion it will be interesting to see where he goes from here. Following night two of WrestleMania 40, Triple H shared some details on what’s next for Roman Reigns and you can get more on that here.