Potential Reason Why Roman Reigns Will Not Win The Universal Title At The Greatest Royal Rumble

Roman Reigns time as WWE Universal Champion is obviously inevitable. It was originally expected to happen at WrestleMania 34, which plans apparently changed leading up to the show, and now it has been expected that Reigns “reign” (no pun intended) might begin at the Greatest Royal Rumble from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on April 27th.

Although, some have started to wonder if Reigns will actually win the title at the event. This topic was brought up during a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Live, and Bryan Alvarez made a very good argument as to why Reigns may not go over Lesnar at The Greatest Royal Rumble.

Regarding Roman’s potential victory over Lesnar at The Greatest Royal Rumble, Alvarez said:

“I’m getting more and more skeptical with every passing day that Roman’s actually going to beat this guy at the Greatest Royal Rumble. I think Brock’s going to retain the title. That’s my thought right now. I mean think about this also, the show’s airing on a Friday. It’s on a Friday at noon. Like nobody’s going to be watching it live. I mean people work, right? To the best of my knowledge they do.”

“I mean it’s a Friday afternoon. Nobody’s taking Friday afternoon off to watch the Greatest Royal Rumble — it’s five-hours long, you ain’t watching it at work […] So the point of this is if you’re going to do the coronation of Roman Reigns, you’ve been waiting four years. You’re going to do it on the WWE Network on a Friday at afternoon or noon eastern or whatever? I’m very skeptical. I’m starting to think he’s not going to win.”

Alvarez then went on to discuss a potential scenario that would see Samoa Joe do a run-in at the Greatest Royal Rumble during the Steel Cage match and somehow screw Reigns out of the title. This would not only set up Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe at Backlash next month, but it would also hold off on Roman’s “big win” until Vince McMahon is actually ready to have him lead

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(H/T our friends at Ringside.com for the transcriptions.)