Roman Reigns has been off TV a couple of weeks now and it looks like that may continue.
Reigns’ skipped Hell In A Cell and it looks like he is now set to skip Money In The Bank also. While there may not be a world title match at the event, there will be two MITB ladder matches at the Vegas event.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez was asked why WWE was not doing the Riddle vs Reigns match in Las Vegas. The listener noted that Money in the Bank will be in Riddle’s hometown. Alvarez explained that WWE has no financial incentive to do so.
“Well, the bigger issue is they want to make money and they’ve already made their money off Peacock. So, putting Roman Reigns on Money in the Bank means absolutely zero to WWE. They don’t make one dime if more people watch it because Roman Reigns is on there. But, if they do big SmackDown ratings as a result of Roman Reigns defending the title on the show, well, then it comes time to renew your television deal and you make even more money.”
“So, we knew this was going to happen when they sold to Peacock, and that is that you ain’t going to get those pay-per-views you used to get. You’re going to get something, and they’re going to give you matches, but like the big stuff, I mean it’s going to be at WrestleMania or it’s going to be in Saudi Arabia, or you know, wherever they’re going to give the most money for this stuff.”
Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Radio
Reigns is currently set to defend those titles for the first time this Friday on SmackDown and should Riddle lose, he can not challenge for a world championship until Reigns’ loses the titles.
Transcription by Ringside News
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