5 Reasons why Sami Zayn is Roman Reigns' next WWE Universal Title challenger

#4 Sami Zayn possibly sets up the Jeff Hardy-Roman Reigns feud

While Sami Zayn is the next Universal title challenger, one of the feuds that has seemingly become inevitable on SmackDown is that between Roman Reigns and WWE legend Jeff Hardy.

It was only a few days ago when Jeff Hardy told Sportskeeda Wrestling that Roman Reigns is his biggest dream opponent right now. He feels like he belongs in that story, and Hardy has been carefully pushed and protected in the last few weeks. You can see the full interview below:

Jeff Hardy thought he won the Battle Royal at first, but it turned out to be wrong, and Sami Zayn toppled him over instead. It was a nice bit of storytelling, as Hardy was the one who defeated Zayn to remove him from the SmackDown Survivor Series team.

From Sami Zayn's point of view, it was a measure of revenge as well. But at the moment, no one is giving The Great Liberator a chance to topple Reigns.

We can't help but feel as though Jeff Hardy will inevitably be Roman Reigns' next opponent in early 2022 - perhaps for Day 1 or even at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.