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#1. The seeds for Roman Reigns vs Goldberg was planted earlier than we thought

The main event segment of the night saw Roman Reigns and Goldberg make their match official with a contract signing. It was one of those rare contract signings that didn't end with a physical altercation.

It's likely a match so big that WWE doesn't want Goldberg and Reigns to have any physical contact until the match begins. That's fair enough and the intensity of the moment didn't require a brawl.

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Michael Cole brought up an interesting tweet in January where Roman Reigns took a clear shot at Goldberg's ritual of headbutting his head against the door before coming out for a match.

Nothing to explain Nick. It’s a little piece of pad. So I don’t break my hand on steel grate. I gota perform like 48 weeks a year man. So that would be stupid. It would be like,🤔 head butting a door before my match level of stupid. Anyway, have a good day Nick. 🤙🏽 https://t.co/OgHEoUuDIt
— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) January 18, 2020

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While none of us realized it, WWE was planting the seeds for that match back then, even if they didn't have a full-fledged plan in place. Had Goldberg not been around, WWE would undoubtedly have gone with Roman Reigns vs 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt, but this is one of the main events of WrestleMania this year. Perhaps the first day.

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