Royal Rumble 2022: Spoiler on huge championship change at WWE PPV

WWE
generally
takes
the
championship
away
from
a
champion
after
setting
up
a
massive
record
and
that
trend
might
just
continue
with
the
top-most
superstar
of
their
roster.

Roman
Reigns
surpassed
Brock
Lesnar
to
become
the
longest-reigning
Universal
Champion
of
all-time
in
WWE.
As
it
stands,
he
is
on
his
505th
day
of
his
title
reign,
while
Lesnar’s
reign
lasted
for
503
days.
This
also
makes
Reigns
the
longest-reigning
world
champion
of
the
modern
era
of
WWE.

The
greatest
of
this
generation,
the
best
to
ever
hold
the

#UniversalTitle.

The
numbers,
the
main
events,
the
dominant
performances…
they
don’t
lie.

504
days
and
counting…

#GOAT
https://t.co/CEgtWvzYdl

—
Roman
Reigns
(@WWERomanReigns)

January
16,
2022

The
Head
of
the
Table
has
also
not
been
pinned
or
submitted
since
December
2019
but
his
undefeated
streak
is
coming
to
an
end.
Dave
Meltzer
revealed
on
Wrestling
Observer
Radio
that
the
current
plan
is
to
make
Seth
Rollins
the
next
Universal
Champion
at
Royal
Rumble
2022.

This
move
affirms
WWE’s
efforts
to
shuffle
things
up
for
Wrestlemania
38
as
Roman
Reigns
will
then
go
after
Brock
Lesnar’s
WWE
Championship
in
their
next
big
encounter
(Lesnar
will
retain
his
WWE
Title
against
Bobby
Lashley
at
The
Rumble,
per
the
report).

On
the
other
hand,
Rollins
will
head
into
the
Show
of
Shows
as
the
reigning
Universal
Champion
to
defend
the
strap
against
a
top
superstar
from
Raw
(possibly
Kevin
Owens/Bobby
Lashley/Big
E)

“The
plan
for
Day
1
was
that
Seth
was
gonna
be
the
WWE
Champion
coming
off
of
the
show
and
Lesnar
was
gonna
be
the
Universal
Champion
coming
off
of
the
show.
So
Lesnar
is
now
the
WWE
Champion.

“Seth
was
going
to
defend
the
title
on
one
of
the
WrestleMania
nights
and
then
Lesnar
and
Roman
were
gonna
be
for
the
other
title
on
the
other
WrestleMania
night,”
Meltzer
noted
in
his
report.
(quotes
courtesy
Wrestling
News)

Rollins
vs.
Reigns
announcement
for
The
Rumble
was
an
interesting
one
because
it
will
be
a
co-branded
match
where
the
two
superstars
belong
to
different
WWE
brands.
But
WWE
must
have
given
a
thought
to
finding
a
proper
way
of
dethroning
Reigns
from
his
title
run
which
led
to
this
decision.

These
two
former
Shield
brethren
wrestled
in
almost
a
dozen
televised/PPV
shows
in
the
past
with
Rollins
gaining
the
upper-hand.
The
Monday
Night
Messiah
scored
several
victories
over
The
Tribal
Chief
including
two
clean
World
Heavyweight
Title
pin-fall
wins.
(at
Wrestlemania
31
and
Money
in
the
Bank
2016)

Even
during
their
last
TV
encounter
on
the
October
11,
2019
edition
of
SmackDown,
Rollins
got
the
win
via
DQ.
As
you
can
see,
Rollins
has
been
built
to
be
the
most
suitable
candidate
to
finally
deliver
a
loss
to
Reigns
and
the
inevitable
should
happen
at
The
Rumble.