Roman Reigns defends WWE titles at Royal Rumble; Sami Zayn lights up the champ and gets a big crowd reaction
Roman Reigns’ WWE dominance continued on Saturday night as he defended the WWE Championship and Universal Championship against Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble, but he may have lost members of The Bloodline after his antics At the end of the match.
With Sami Zayn and Paul Heyman at his side, Reigns took on Owens. He landed several punches from Superman and speared Owens several times, including through a barricade during the match. Reigns would pin Owens and get the three count to retain his titles, but the beating continued.
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April 11, 2021; Tampa, Florida, USA; Sami Zayn (green outfit) with LoganPaul (black jacket) against Kevin Owens (black shirt/pants) during WrestleMania 37 at Raymond James Stadium.
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Jimmy and Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa came out to celebrate Reigns’ championship defense. The faction continued to punish Owens. The Usos put a chair around his neck and Sikoa threw his body with all his might into him. To make matters worse, Heyman pulled out the handcuffs and they tied Owens to the ring ropes.
The Usos hit Owens with multiple superkicks, then Reigns would hit Owens with a chair. Zayn begged Reigns not to.
“It’s below you,” Zayn said trying to protect his longtime friend. “You don’t need to do this. You’re better than this.”
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Reigns gave Zayn the opportunity to earn his place in The Bloodline. However, the “honorary Uce” went after his “tribe leader” and hit him in the back with the chair. The crowd at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas nearly blew off the venue’s roof in one of the loudest pops of the night.
The rest of The Bloodline members would attack Zayn. But Jey Uso would be conflicted and run backwards and out of the ring, adding another conflict to the faction that has been at the top of WWE for over two years.
“F—you’re Roman!” chanted the crowd.
Roman Reigns celebrates after defeating Bill Goldberg during WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 at the Jeddah Super Dome in the coastal city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on February 19, 2022.
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But the beating continued until the rest of The Bloodline was tired. The faction exited the ring and walked down the aisle, but had another problem to solve.
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