Roman Reigns unified the WWE and Universal Championships into the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 38 back in April by defeating Brock Lesnar. Roughly a month later, Reigns started cutting promos at WWE Live Events indicating he was entering a new phase of his career that would involve fewer house show appearances. However, that has also carried over to WWE programming as Reigns has not defended his world title on TV once since winning it. That will change this Friday when he takes on Riddle, but then he’ll reportedly miss Money in the Bank early next month in Las Vegas — marking the first time since late 2014 that three consecutive WWE pay-per-views have gone without a world championship match.
According to a source, the creative decision to unity the titles was with the understanding it would allow Roman Reigns to appear on BOTH shows more regularly. …maybe that wasn’t the best decision.
