The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns put his Universal Championship on line against The Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar at WWE Crown Jewel 2021 PPV. In a hard-hitting match up, Reigns defeated Lesnar in a controversial manner. Now, it seems that WWE had huge plans for Roman Reigns.
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— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2021
According to the WrestlingNews.co reports, Roman Reigns won’t drop his Universal Championship this year. It was also noted that WWE wants to build Reigns into greatest champion of all time and to achieve that Vince McMahon wants Roman Reigns to beat Brock Lesnar’s longest Universal Title reign in WWE history.
As of today, the Tribal Chief has held the Universal title for 417 days. However, he is still behind the Brock Lesnar’s record of 504 days. Roman Reigns won the Universal Championship at WWE Payback 2020 from Bray Wyatt and since then, defended his title against several top stars, including the likes of Daniel Bryan, Edge, John Cena and Brock Lesnar.