3 possible reasons why Roman Reigns is not headlining this WrestleMania 35

Ever since John Cena gradually stepped away from his status as a full-time WWE performer owing to his blossoming Hollywood career, Roman Reigns took over Cena's role as the face of the WWE. Since the 2014-15 time period, Reigns has been regarded by the vast majority of professional wrestling fans and experts alike as 'The Guy' in the WWE.

Reigns headlined 4 consecutive WrestleManias: WrestleMania 31 against Brock Lesnar (Seth Rollins later inserted himself into this match by cashing in his Money in the Bank contract), WrestleMania 32 against Triple H, WrestleMania 33 against The Undertaker, and WrestleMania 34 where he once again faced Brock Lesnar.

Considering that, when Reigns stepped away from in-ring competition due to the return of his leukemia in October of last year, the probability of him headlining WrestleMania 35 which takes place this April, seemed bleak.

Nevertheless, by the grace of God, Reigns returned to active in-ring competition on the February 25th, 2019 episode of Monday Night RAW, announcing that his leukemia was back in remission.

Now, with that being said, it's rather surprising to see that the WWE is still going forward with Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins or Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch as the possible main-event of WrestleMania 35.

Today, we closely examine a few possible reasons why Roman Reigns is not headlining WrestleMania 35...

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#3 Because the WWE is still gauging the fans' reaction to Roman Reigns after his shocking cancer revelation

Firstly, I ought to point out how brave and honorable a man Roman Reigns truly is. On the October 22nd, 2018 episode of RAW, he made the shocking revelation regarding him having previously battled leukemia.

It was later revealed that Reigns kept his leukemia battle a secret from the WWE Universe, because he didn't want to get cheers only due to the fans having sympathy for him.

Now that it's been a few months since the revelation, and most of his 'haters' have now started to support him due to learning about Reigns' bravery in his real-life battle with cancer, the WWE has to be cautious while moving forward with his on-screen character and storylines.

The majority of the WWE Universe is now cheering Reigns, and any hasty storyline involving him could potentially spoil that...

#2 Because Roman Reigns is lost in the whirlwind of the WWE Universal Championship picture

Let's face it, aren't we all lost in the whirlwind of the WWE Universal Title picture? I wouldn't be surprised in the least if you happened to have cracked a smile while reading the aforesaid statement!

Just like Kurt Angle loves to say -- Oh it's true! It's damn true!

The WWE Universal Championship picture is quite chaotic right now, and should the WWE add Roman Reigns to the title picture for WrestleMania 35, it'd be even tougher for the storyline to flow rhythmically.

We somehow find ourselves in the midst of a WrestleMania 35 storyline where Reigns' Shield brother Seth Rollins is set to face the reigning, defending, undisputed Universal Heavyweight Champion of the world Brock Lesnar (*read in Paul Heyman's voice) at WrestleMania 35.

And as evidenced by Reigns' statements on the most recent episode of RAW, he has given Rollins his blessing to face Lesnar for the Universal Title at WrestleMania. Speaking of which...

#1 Roman Reigns and most of the WWE Universe want the women to headline WrestleMania this year

If one is to believe the rumblings in the professional wrestling community, there is indeed a high probability that this year's edition of WrestleMania would be headlined by a women's matchup.

In fact, ever since we were done with WrestleMania 34 in April of last year, rumors were rife that the WWE could potentially be planning a matchup between Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 35 in April of 2019. It'd be a truly historic moment when WWE's biggest annual show, WrestleMania, is closed out by the female Superstars.

As fun as WrestleMania 31-34 were, with Roman Reigns closing out the show by headlining the card, both Reigns as well as many in the WWE Universe have been clamoring for the female Superstars to headline WrestleMania this year.

To be honest, of all the reasons we've discussed, in my opinion, the topmost one is that the WWE has to adopt a slow and steady strategy while dealing with Reigns' push in the days to come.

Considering how hated he was by the hardcore professional wrestling fans as well as experts before his revelation in October of last year, the WWE surely wouldn't want to mess his current momentum up by rushing him back into the Universal Title picture and WrestleMania main-event spot right away.

Would you like to see Roman Reigns headline WrestleMania 35? Sound off in the comments!