Bengaluru, April 10: Roman Reigns was originally gearing up to achieve a rare feat at WrestleMania 36 by main-eventing the show of shows for a record fifth occasion. But just like WWE's previous failed attempts to get him over with the fans, this one also drowned, due to some unavoidable circumstances. Reigns himself pulled out of the show as he was immunocompromised due to earlier battle with leukaemia.
The surprising fact is that WWE never addressed why Roman Reigns was absent from WrestleMania 36 TV tapings, at all. They just announced his replacement name Braun Strowman who ended up winning the Universal Championship by defeating Goldberg in a match with a predictable outcome. Rumours are doing round that WWE must be disappointed with his decision.
Roman Reigns was off WWE TV for four months in late 2018 which caused a massive decline in TV ratings and viewerships. Hopefully, the same situation won't be occurring, this time around. With him being absent on SmackDown, now Braun Strowman is probably going to be the top babyface guy since he has the Universal Championship.
As reported prior to WrestleMania 36, Vince McMahon firstly booked Goldberg to defeat The Fiend to win the Universal Championship at Super ShowDown.
Then he put Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg at WrestleMania 36 card to ensure Reigns gets a positive reaction when he wins the Universal Championship pinning the Hall of Famer. This wouldn’t be the case if Reigns would have defeated The Fiend to win the title.