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#2 Reason why plan for the feud between The Rock and SmackDown's Roman Reigns were nixed

As reported earlier, WWE had been planning to have SmackDown Superstar Roman Reigns face The Rock at WrestleMania 37. However, those plans seem to have been nixed as The Brahma Bull will not be returning for a match against SmackDown's Head of the Table next year.

Paul Davis of WrestlingNews.co revealed that the reason for the plans been canceled is the possibility of no fans or less fans in attendance for the show.

“Vince doesn’t know how many fans will be allowed to attend the show. He definitely wants fans there and we will probably have to implement social distancing but he would rather wait until WrestleMania 38 if Rock wants to do it but we can’t do the show in L.A. (at Staples Center) because of Covid.

It was further stated that Vince McMahon wants 'as many eyes as possible' for this match whenever it takes place. The current plans are for Roman Reigns to either face Daniel Bryan or Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 37 next year.