Last week’s Friday Night SmackDown ended with Roman Reigns sabotaging a No. 1 contender’s gauntlet match, causing WWE official Adam Pearce to pin Shinsuke Nakamura and become the next challenger for his WWE Universal Championship. Pearce is an accomplished independent wrestler in his own right, holding the NWA World Heavyweight Championship five times for more than 1,000 days in his prime. But “Scrap Daddy” took to Twitter on Thursday with a message directed at Reigns, asking him to “end this charade” and call off their match at the Royal Rumble.
Last ditch… @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/u5MML9hKie
I enjoyed my two decade ride; I honestly loved it. And at the end, I was ready and happy to ride off into the sunset. The “Head of the Table” put the keys back in my hand and forced me to take the wheel. And so, we ride again… https://t.co/0SdPH3VIN4
Of course I’m not in my wrestling “prime”, I haven’t had a match in 6+ years!
But I didn’t ASK for this.
With no choice but to fight, I’ve got to do whatever I can to make Roman feel EXACTLY like I did at the end of this match many years ago: https://t.co/Ae9h94VLev (1/2)
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” pic.twitter.com/UtFGgGQulr
