What if Roman Reigns never wins the Universal Championship again?

3. Reigns sticks with SmackDown

Another possibility for Roman Reigns not recapturing the Universal Championship is that he instead focuses his attention on the WWE Championship. That could mean that The Big Dog’s move to SmackDown in the Superstar Shakeup wasn’t a momentary move to generate buzz, but rather the first step in a longer, larger scale transition. In short, Reigns may stick around the blue brand for the long haul.

The possibility of Reigns taking up residence on the blue brand isn’t as far fetched as it once might have seemed. First of all, Reigns’s health issues make it less certain that WWE will put all of their eggs in his basket moving forward. Perhaps all the more importantly, SmackDown moving to the larger audience allotted by FOX in the fall, means that it could legitimately become “the A show” in a way it hasn’t been historically. Reigns taking up residence there could signal WWE reprioritizing the WWE Championship along with the change of networks.