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#1 Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, and the case of Kevin Owens' title shot on SmackDown

A whole different Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns has been the highlight of SmackDown and WWE in general since returning at SummerSlam 2020. His heel persona has taken a life of its own and The Big Dog is now in a role that he should have been years ago.

Roman Reigns' storyline on SmackDown was about him confronting and berating Jey Uso while also dealing with Kevin Owens - the next man in line for a Universal Championship opportunity.

Roman Reigns has not only become the Tribal Chief, but he's a full-fledged tyrant as well. Kevin Owens called him out for how he was treating his family and even Kayla Braxton asked him at the start of SmackDown about why he was manipulating Jey Uso to do his bidding

While Roman Reigns denied it, Kevin Owens eventually came out and took shots at the Universal Champion. Roman Reigns and Jey Uso took on Kevin Owens and Otis in the main event of tonight's show.

While Otis had his doubts about Kevin Owens betraying him, it was Jey Uso who needed to be more concerned, when Roman Reigns didn't even show up at first for the main event of SmackDown.

The FURY of @WWERomanReigns has been UNLEASHED on @otiswwe!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/xb4AQ7fuQm

— WWE (@WWE) December 5, 2020

Ultimately, the match ended in a DQ but Otis, Kevin Owens, and eventually Jey Uso felt the wrath of Roman Reigns, who stood tall to end the show.

😮#SmackDown @WWERomanReigns @WWEUsos @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/4ZHBPGBIHn

— WWE (@WWE) December 5, 2020

The little intricacies of Roman Reigns' character has made him must-watch television and we can't wait to see how the TLC feud plays out.