Roman Reigns

That's what thousands of fans in arenas across the country have been doing the last three years, after Reigns won the WWE Universal title on Aug. 30, 2020. When ...

“That’s easy,” Reigns said, tactfully aware of the current storyline and respectful of the past one. The Bloodline has the twins and their teamwork. And what he brings on screen is just icing on the cake.” Cena (main event of five WrestleManias) kind of changed the whole game and created a whole different mindset of the top guy being the top guy for so long. If we all go somewhere, he’s going to be the one that makes best friends while me and Jey keep to ourselves.” After he spent three years as a member of the popular the Shield, WWE tried to make Reigns its top babyface, the wrestling term for a good guy, in 2014 and every year after that, but fans rejected him. “Solo, we could talk about physical stuff, but I don’t think that’s the most interesting part of him,” Reigns said. And they wanted the Shield reunited. And then it just happened out of nowhere as I’m beating up Jey [Uso], I was just yelling, ‘Acknowledge me,’ at him, and it just stuck.” It has become one of the best promo openers of all time. That’s what thousands of fans in arenas across the country have been doing the last three years, after Reigns won the WWE Universal title on Aug. When Reigns enters the SoFi Stadium ring on the second night of WrestleMania on Sunday, he will have been champion for 945 days, the fifth-longest reign (no pun intended) in WWE history.

Cody Rhodes wins the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Bianca Belair vs. Asuka for the Raw Women's Championship: The build to this match never got out of ...

But the addition of the Hell in a Cell structure and our first look at the heel Demon persona have breathed life into the program. Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler vs. But the Triple Threat also presents an opportunity for him to drop the title without actually losing if they want to get the belt off of him to position him as a challenger for the world championship. Sheamus for the Intercontinental Championship: This should be the most physical match of the show and an absolute war. They created a mega match feel and after a night filled with crowd pleasing finishes on night one, I expect the weekend to close with the feel good Hollywood ending. Asuka for the Raw Women’s Championship: The build to this match never got out of second gear.

In a heated match, where The Usos were fended off by Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, Solo Sikoa—who was kicked out earlier—managed to sneak his way back in to cost ...

The next phase in The Bloodline storyline seemed to be Cody Rhodes finally prevailing over Reigns, and Reigns’ Bloodline crumbling. And with Rhodes in lock-step with WWE’s fanbase since returning from a company he created to oppose them, live crowds unanimously sided with Cody. WWE’s long-term storytelling has been a lynchpin of the new regime, though Vince McMahon remains a wildcard as he seems to be inching closer to a return to creative. Rhodes was also banned from ever challenging for the AEW World Championship due to losing a stipulation match to Chris Jericho. Fans were almost unanimously behind Rhodes at SoFi Stadium, booing Reigns vociferously as Rhodes looked to finish his story in honor of his father the late great Dusty Rhodes. Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes in a shocking finish at WrestleMania 39.

Roman Reigns shocked the world that expected Cody Rhodes to end his legendary run to cap off a sensational WrestleMania weekend for WWE.

Asuka failed to land her mist, Belair missed with her hair and then Asuka locked in a nasty looking armbar as Belair looked for her KOD finisher. As the pair battled, Gunther suddenly made an impact to powerbomb both men and grab the 1,2,3. As the action broke down, Sheamus nearly had the win with a Brogue Kick, but McIntyre broke he pin. Then, as McIntyre lined up a claymore on the champion, Sheamus hit another Brogue Kick, but on the Scot this time. This was exactly what it needed to be. The champion powered out of the submission and deadlifted the challenger to land the KOD for the victory. Solo Sikoa was at ringside and kept getting involved before the ref threw him out. Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler def. Likely because of her strapped up arm. A powerbomb on the outside of the ring had Asuka finished, but in the time it took Belair to roll her back into the ring, the Japanese star survived the pinfall. Sikoa would sneak back in as Rhodes had the match won and deliver the Samoan spike giving Reigns the chance to land a Spear for the win. Roman Reigns shocked the world that expected Cody Rhodes to end his legendary run to cap off a sensational WrestleMania weekend for

WWE stunned onlookers to finish WrestleMania 39, going away from what felt like the inevitable anointing of Cody Rhodes by having Roman Reigns retain his…

Money in the Bank is on the way soon, too, after all. 30 in the men's Royal Rumble match and winning it, just to get shooed in as the guy to dethrone Reigns, never vibed right. The Bloodline story started with Reigns abusing Jey Uso, so maybe that ends up being the finale. The parallel could be there eventually, but more notable is that's just modern pro wrestling. None of this means Rhodes is out of the picture, either. Along the way, The Tribal Chief retaining means there is still a real chance The Rock finally gets weaved into what started as a family-based storyline.

WWE fans tore into the main event of WrestleMania that saw Roman Reigns beat crowd favourite Cody Rhodes.Reigns successfully defended the Undisputed W.

Horrible ending to an amazing build up." That one wrote: "Talk of heartbreaking images. F**k this!!" A third commented: "Cody Rhodes truly should’ve won tonight but … This fan said; "I feel soo bad! [AEW](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/all-elite-wrestling/).

Meanwhile, Triple H points to RAW as the next chapter. Three consecutive WrestleMania headliners. Three straight successful Championship defenses. After ...

"Maybe for a lot of people, it's a shocking outcome," Triple H said during the press conference. More than anyone, Rhodes was expected by many fans and critics alike to defeat Reigns and end his stranglehold as the "Tribal Chief." I'm the Greatest of All Time," Reigns said during the WrestleMania 39 post press conference inside SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

WRESTLEMANIA 39 has gone down in the history books after some amazing action at the SoFi Stadium in Hollywood.Brock Lesnar opened the Show of Shows wi.

[FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS - BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS](https://www.thesun.co.uk/betting/20812234/free-bets/) [stunning main event](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21919614/wwe-roman-reigns-cody-rhodes-wrestlemania/). [stole the show](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21919497/wwe-drew-mcintyre-wrestlemania-sheamus-gunther/) in a stunning Triple Threat Match. [biggest ever botches](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21919535/shane-mcmahon-injury-botch-wrestlemania-snoop-dogg/) on his surprise return to take on the show's host The Miz in an impromptu match. [WrestleMania](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21736140/wwe-wrestlemania-39-live-results-shane-mcmahon-cody-rhodes-roman-reigns/) Showcase Fatal 4-Way Match. [beat with a thunderous F5](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21919445/brock-lesnar-omos-wwe-wrestlemania-39-ufc/).

As night two of WrestleMania 39 approaches we take a look at the legendary wrestling families of the two superstars involved in Sunday night's epic main ...

While the Rhodes family dynasty may be smaller in size, they are no less iconic in their output of legendary Superstars. His union with High Chief Peter Maivia led to the two families joining together in the Bloodline. Between the 1950s and 1960s, the Anoa’i and Maivia families became blood brothers. The original family legacy lives on, most notably in an all-time great such as As Reigns will bid to stay at thr top of the WWE mountain, Rhodes on the other hand, endeavours to ‘finish his story’ and become the first member of his family to win WWE’s top prize. [WrestleMania](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/wrestlemania) action, the [WWE](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/wwe) Universe prepares for the hotly anticipated main event between [Roman Reigns](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/roman-reigns) and Cody Rhodes on night two of the ultimate wrestling extravaganza.

Full show match results and video highlights from WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday, including Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes and The Miz vs Shane McMahon and Snoop ...

Here are the results: -- Brock Lesnar defeated Omos. -- Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler won the women's WrestleMania Showcase. fatal four-way tag match, ...

On April 2, during Night 2 of WrestleMania 39, Cody Rhodes' aspirations were crushed while Roman Reigns' notable championship reign persisted.

A frightening moment occurred when Balor was struck by a ladder and began bleeding, yet he persevered and finished the match. However, Belair persevered and was ultimately able to secure the victory. Following shortly after was the Grudge match between Edge and Finn Balor inside the Hell In A Cell structure, with both competitors aiming to obliterate each other. In a surprising turn of events, Snoop Dogg stepped up and defeated The Miz with a knockout punch, followed by his version of the People's Elbow, ultimately securing the win. As the other six competitors fiercely vied for superiority, Rousey took the opportunity to intervene and secure the win by forcing Shotzi to submit. Night 2's third match was the Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat, featuring Gunther defending the title against Sheamus and Drew McIntyre.

It feels like the Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes WWE championship match at WrestleMania 39 had the wrong ending.

of all cities on a card with just six matches. 1 contender for the women’s tag team titles. Lashley, after his program with Bray Wyatt disappeared from WWE TV, had to settle for being acknowledged as the Andre The Giant battle royal winner and Knight was nowhere to be found in L.A. He and Balor – who needed to get staples in the ring to close up a huge gash in his head – put on a violent and fun spectacle. But instead of reestablishing The Demon in a big way, it felt more like a pageantry prop to warrant cool entrances for Balor and Edge. He retained the Intercontinental championship in the physical banger of a match we expected from him, Sheamus and Drew McIntyre. I get having Reigns beat him at Extreme Rules with a wonky finish, and I guess the babyface Edge needs to go over inside Hell in Cell to end their feud once and of all. It was almost as if the whole match and build – including have Reigns beat Sami Zayn at Elimination Chamber – was a giant troll job of the audience. It allowed Solo Sikoa – who had been tossed from ringside earlier – to come out of the crowd and give Rhodes the Samoan Spike and set up Reigns to deliver a spear to win. They finally had two babyfaces they could get behind and neither one of them was the one to beat Reigns. The match itself was everything you want from a WrestleMania main event with swing after swing of emotion, starting with seeing Rhodes’ family on screen in WWE for the first time – including his daughter Liberty giving him a hug during his entrance. He can scratch and claw his way back to Reigns again, maybe at SummerSlam or next year’s WrestleMania or WrestleMania 41 if WWE can get The Rock and Reigns in the ring either this summer or in Philadelphia in 2024.

Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: A phenomenal main event that capped off a great WrestleMania weekend. This match had ...

So while this didn’t do much for me and I felt like it was a bit of a waste of Lesnar, the only thing that truly matters is that it worked for the masses. That segment could have gone completely off the rails and yet they were able to improvise in a way that gave the segment a fun and satisfying payoff. It felt like Asuka winning through nefarious means and putting Belair on a quest to regain her championship was the way to go, but hopefully they have something else in mind to heat up the division. The live crowd bought into the spectacle and had a lot of fun with this. This match had all the drama and suspense that you want from of a WrestleMania main event and then some. I wasn’t a fan of having so many anticlimactic near falls during the first ten minutes of the match, but they found their groove once the near falls started to feel like they actually mattered.

Cody Rhodes shockingly lost to Roman Reigns at WWE WrestleMania 39 in what felt like a booking decision made by Vince McMahon.

Not only can Rhodes deliver as an on-screen performer both in the ring and on the microphone, but he’s also a great public representative for WWE who can easily be positioned as its most marketable star. A quick scan at the rest of the roster makes it clear that Rhodes, despite minimal opposition to his massive push, was and is the one. Because even if Rhodes ultimately wins the title at some point, it won’t have near the impact that it would have had in the WrestleMania main event. But at WrestleMania 39, WWE made it clear that Reigns is still viewed as the guy. The fans wanted it, and he’s the ideal choice to do it. McIntyre was already solidifed as a top star, and all of the greatness from Reigns, Zayn and The Bloodline after Clash at the Castle like never would have occurred had Reigns already been dethroned. Now, Rhodes is left to regroup and try to dethrone Reigns once again. [WWE’s biggest draw](https://wrestlingheadlines.com/wwe-hall-of-famer-says-cody-rhodes-is-the-current-biggest-draw-for-wwe/) by Hall of Famer Mark Henry, Rhodes has—at the very least—entered that conversation. It needed someone new to be the face of WWE moving forward. But Rhodes, no matter how predictable of a choice to dethrone Reigns, was clearly the best one. An historically dominant leader of The Bloodline, Reigns won the Universal Championship all the way back on August 30, 2020 when he pinned Braun Strowman in a triple threat match at Payback. There was a lot of support for

Cody Rhodes went down against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, so what comes next for the WWE superstar after this loss?

This could be a slow build to Rhodes eventually winning the championship his father never won. He had his incredible feud with Rollins, but after he tore his pec and returned at the Royal Rumble, he was immediately thrown into a feud with Roman Reigns. But at the end of the night, it was Rhodes will get his moment in due time, but it was too early for him to win the big one. To do that in this business is really difficult, and he’s done it and tonight, if anything, he proved and earned his place at the top of this business.” Will he stay in the main event picture and go after The Bloodline for interfering in his match? ‘I need to finish the story.’ In the WWE, the story never finishes. Cody Rhodes’ loss is setting up the perfect redemption story for him. Reigns has been the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion for a year and has held the Universal Championship for 940+ days. We just got to the end of the chapter. He has genuinely been untouchable since returning to the company at SummerSlam in 2020. Since returning to WWE at WrestleMania last year, the story has been built around Cody Rhodes potentially being the one to dethrone Roman Reigns.

The biggest wrestling card of the year, WWE's WrestleMania 39 wrapped up on Sunday night. The two-night affair featured all of your typical bells and ...

Last night, Roman Reigns shocked the WWE universe by defeating Cody Rhodes and retaining his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

Roman Reigns spoke to the media and, after mocking them for being so surprised, told them that he's just getting started. Now, fans are left to wonder what's next for Roman Reigns and the Bloodline. Last night, Roman Reigns shocked the WWE universe by defeating Cody Rhodes and retaining his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

The biggest wrestling card of the year, WWE's WrestleMania 39 wrapped up on Sunday night. The two-night affair featured all of your typical bells and ...