The Roman Reigns put his Universal Championship against Seth Rollins at Royal Rumble 2022 pay-per-view, which was won by Seth Rollins via disqualification. As per the rules, Roman Reigns is still the Universal Champion.
Seth Rollins started mind games with Roman Reigns right at the start of their match as he walked out to the Shield’s entrance music in Shield attire. That match ended in disqualification when Reigns refused to let go of a Guillotine lock after Rollins got to the ropes. Following the match, Roman Reigns brutally attacked Rollins with a pair of chairs on Rollins.
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— WWE (@WWE) January 30, 2022
Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio reported the possible reason why Roman Reigns actions after his Universal Championship match at the Royal Rumble. Meltzer mentioned that WWE wanted fans to boo Reigns after the match was over.
“To get out of the people booing it, Roman hit him with a million chair shots when it was over, including a chair shot to the back. This was basically to mimic the Seth Rollins chair shot to the back when The Shield broke up. So, you know that was to turn boos for the match into boos for Roman at the end of the segment and it pretty much worked that way. So, that was the plan. That’s the whole gist of it.”
