WWE News Roundup: Spoiler on title change next week, Veteran thanks Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch and Lita make history (February 12th, 2022)

#2 Paul Heyman's heartfelt message after being forgiven by Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns publicly forgave Paul Heyman and added him back as his special counsel. This came after Heyman betrayed Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble, allowing The Tribal Chief to cost him the WWE Championship.

The Wise Man took to Twitter to acknowledge that Reigns had forgiven him, stating that the Universal Champion offered him the hand of family. So, Paul Heyman is back in The Bloodline after being fired by Roman Reigns at the end of last year.

If you wish to avoid spoilers, don't go any further. The final news story is of a big title change from last night's SmackDown tapings.

WARNING: SPOILER BELOW

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#1 SPOILER: Title change at the WWE SmackDown tapings for next week

With WWE's crew set to travel to Saudi Arabia for Elimination Chamber next week, the SmackDown before the show was taped directly after this week's episode of the blue brand.

During it, Sami Zayn defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the Intercontinental Championship. A few fans captured footage of the post-match scenes. WWE even acknowledged the title change on its website.

As a result, Zayn is now a three-time Intercontinental Champion. He has been one of the highlights of SmackDown for a while. It remains to be seen how his IC Title win will play into his ongoing feud with actor Johnny Knoxville.