5 reasons why Roman Reigns should lose the Universal Title before facing John Cena

#4. It creates a power imbalance between Roman Reigns and the Usos in the Bloodline stable

So far in the prolonged storyline between Head of the Table Roman Reigns and Jimmy and Jey Uso the Universal Champion has held all of the power in the Bloodline.

However, if Reigns were to lose the Universal title before The Usos lose their SmackDown Tag Team Titles, it creates an imbalance between the group where the leader doesn't have gold, and the henchmen do.

It would be interesting to see how Reigns handles this shift in power and will add an extra element to the family drama that has been a highlight of SmackDown for quite some time.

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#3. It allows the Universal Title to be used to build up other WWE Superstars whilst Roman Reigns vs John Cena happens

Let's say WWE has Roman Reigns lose the Universal Title to Finn Balor because John Cena costs him the match in some way. This enables them to have a new Universal Champ in Balor, but also to continue the feud between Cena and Reigns.

What this then means is that they have turned one storyline into two, and can now have two matches at SummerSlam. A Universal Title match between Finn Balor and a challenger, as well as a grudge match between The Tribal Chief and the Leader of the Cenation.