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Rose and Otis/Reigns
Rose and Otis/Reigns

#4 Roman Reigns behind heat on Charlotte Flair? (SmackDown)

SmackDown Superstar Roman Reigns has been absent from competition for months now. The Big Dog had decided not to take part in active competition until the COVID-19 pandemic dies down. The reason for his decision was because he has had a past with leukaemia so he did not want to take any risks regarding his health.

With Roman Reigns not around, one Superstar who has been receiving a lot of criticism for being 'overused' is Charlotte Flair. While talking to Wade Keller on his podcast, Rich Fann talked about how Roman Reigns' absence on SmackDown could affect The Queen.

With Roman Reigns not here, one of the things I have always stood by is - Roman and Charlotte essentially get treated the same, but Roman was the one who got the biggest set of heat. Now that Roman is gone, everyone is giving her 'why are you on tv all the time'.

Charlotte Flair recently lost her NXT Women's Championship and is already involved in the RAW Women's Championship scene having faced the Champion Asuka this week on RAW.

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