Although he believes that WWE management wants to suppress him from having another big title run, Sami Zayn beat the odds this week on
Friday Night SmackDown when he and King Corbin won their tag team match to qualify for the Universal Championship Contender Match at
Elimination Chamber.
When he spoke with Kayla Braxton and Paul Heyman on
Talking Smack, Zayn oozed sheer confidence that a title match with Reigns is destined to happen at the
Elimination Chamber, but he believes their main event match could go either way.
“Paul and I tend to agree on a lot of things,” Sami Zayn began. “I’m sure we have differing opinions on what would happen if Sami Zayn and Roman Reigns faced off for the Universal Championship. That’s fine. I have a lot of respect for what Roman Reigns has become, really. All this stuff I talk about, about toeing the company line and being the sort of corporate poster boy and all of that stuff. Man, I hate to say it, but that was Roman Reigns once u
Backstage Note On Original Plans For SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match
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Roman Reigns to face the winner of SmackDown’s Elimination Chamber Match on the same night After Edge humiliated Universal Champion Roman Reigns last Friday by not declaring him the main event of WrestleMania, The Rated-R Superstar traveled to Raw and explained that he will wait until after WWE Elimination Chamber to pick which World Champion he will challenge at WrestleMania. Although WWE Official Adam Pearce initially planned for The Head of the Table to defend the Universal Title inside the Elimination Chamber the same way that WWE Champion Drew McIntyre would, Special Council Paul Heyman used a technicality to explain that Reigns would not complete in the Chamber. Instead, Reigns will face the winner of the SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match on the spot at the Feb. 21 pay-per-view.
Roman Reigns to Make Universal Title Announcement on SmackDown
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Roman Reigns is set to make an announcement regarding the Universal Title on Friday Night SmackDown! Following his defeat of Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble 2021 pay-per-view, Reigns has still yet to get a concrete opponent for either the upcoming Elimination Chamber pay-per-view later this month or a set match at Wrestlemania 2021 this April. According to a recent announcement from the WWE, however, Reigns seems intent on changing that as they teased he ll be making a huge announcement regarding the Universal Championship. But as to what this announcement will be is still very much a mystery, unfortunately.
After Roman Reigns revealed that he would defend his Universal Title against the winner of the Elimination Chamber Match rather than inside the structure, six Chamber combatants were established and ended up in a brawl as SmackDown went off the air.
Plus, Apollo Crews ruined an Intercontinental Championship Open Challenge Match between Big E and Shinsuke Nakamura, and Seth Rollins returned to the blue brand in chaotic fashion.
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Roman Reigns to face the winner of SmackDown’s Elimination Chamber Match on the same night
After Edge humiliated Universal Champion Roman Reigns last Friday by not declaring him the main event of WrestleMania, The Rated-R Superstar traveled to Raw and explained that he will wait until after WWE Elimination Chamber to pick which World Champion he will challenge at WrestleMania.
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