5 Recent News & Rumors: Roman Reigns' two-word message after costing Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble, massive first-time-ever match planned to main-event WM 39

#2. Roman Reigns vs. The Rock at WrestleMania 39?

As per Ringside News, there's talk of having a first-time-ever match between Roman Reigns and The Rock at WrestleMania 39. The match has been in planning for a long time and was initially set to happen at this year's WrestleMania. But due to The Rock's other commitments, it couldn't happen.

WWE hasn't dropped the idea for the big match between the two to take place. Though these plans aren't finalized as a great deal depends on The Rock's busy schedule, we do hope that it finally takes place next year.

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#1. Reason why Seth Rollins was brutally assaulted at Royal Rumble

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter revealed that WWE wanted Reigns to get a lot of heat after his match with Seth Rollins. The reason why the Universal Champion brutally beat Rollins with a chair was so the focus of the match could move from the faux ending to Reigns' despicable actions:

"To get out of the people booing it, Roman hit him with a million chair shots when it was over, including a chair shot to the back. This was basically to mimic the Seth Rollins chair shot to the back when The Shield broke up. So, you know, that was to turn boos for the match into boos for Roman at the end of the segment and it pretty much worked that way. So, that was the plan. That's the whole gist of it.''

It'd be safe to say that WWE pulled off their plan perfectly as Reigns walked out of the Royal Rumble as the biggest heel.