April 09, 2023 / By mobanmarket
Roman Reigns retaining the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 39 wasn't a late decision.
In the new edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer noted that Reigns defeating Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39 "was always the plan."
"Reigns winning was always the plan, although it was kept secret and almost nobody knew," Meltzer wrote.
Reigns defeated Rhodes in the main event of WrestleMania 39 night two this past Sunday. The finish of the match involved interference by Solo Sikoa. As Rhodes was on the verge of ending Reigns' run as champion, Sikoa gave Rhodes a Samoan Spike while Paul Heyman had the referee distracted. Reigns then got the victory after giving Rhodes a spear.
Heyman said in an interview with Ariel Helwani that be believes, following Rhodes' loss at WrestleMania, Rhodes is a bigger star than he was before:
That's what you want, a challenger to come out a bigger star than he would have been if he had won the championship because then where do you go from there? What's the story to tell? Now you know the story, it's Cody's redemption. He's coming back from what was just taken from him, from the defeat he suffered that he didn't deserve to have inflicted upon him.
Reigns denied Rhodes a rematch on the Raw after WrestleMania 39. There was supposed to be a tag match with Rhodes & Brock Lesnar facing Reigns & Sikoa instead, but Lesnar attacked Rhodes and beat him down before the match ever got started.
Meltzer also reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Reigns isn't expected to wrestle at WWE's Backlash pay-per-view in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday, May 6.
"Reigns will not be on the San Juan card, or at least that wasn’t the plan on Monday, but he will be doing other major events over the next few months," Meltzer wrote.
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