{"id":65732,"date":"2020-03-26T23:05:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=65732"},"modified":"2020-03-26T23:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:05:10","slug":"report-roman-reigns-out-wrestlemania-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/03\/26\/report-roman-reigns-out-wrestlemania-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Roman Reigns Out Of WrestleMania 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events just a week out from <em><strong>WrestleMania 36<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> has been ruled out of his Universal Championship match against <strong>Goldberg<\/strong>. First reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prowrestlingsheet.com\/roman-reigns-out-of-wrestlemania-36-match\/#.Xn1eQpNKiqA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro Wrestling Sheet<\/a>, Reigns pulled out of the match and any match in the near future due to concerns with the COVID-19 virus. Reigns is just over a year removed from entering remission after his second fight with leukemia. Due to the virus risk against people with underlying health issues, this makes all the sense in the world for Reigns to drop out of <em>WrestleMania<\/em>. As cited by the Pro Wrestling Sheet, the WWE understood his wishes and pulled him out of the match. This will be the first <em>WrestleMania<\/em> Reigns misses since joining the main roster in November of 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Big Dog&#8221; was set to seemingly compete in the main event one of the two nights, April 4 and 5, in a &#8220;Battle of the Spears&#8221; match against current Universal Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/02\/27\/andnew-goldberg-miz-and-morrison-win-gold-at-super-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goldberg<\/a>. The match came about when Roman Reigns called next <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2017\/02\/07\/monday-night-raw-review-goldberg-responds\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the day after<\/a> Goldberg won the title at <em><strong>WWE Super Showdown<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERomanReigns\/status\/1238643683257397248?s=20<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed that Goldberg will still defend the Universal Championship at <em>WrestleMania 36<\/em>, but his opponent remains a mystery and could be revealed as early as this Friday night on <em><strong>SmackDown<\/strong><\/em>. Questions are sure to arise when it comes to &#8220;who&#8217;s next&#8221; for the Universal Champion, with no clear answer at this time. What matters most here is that Roman Reigns is officially out of <em>WrestleMania<\/em> and for good reason. It would not be too shocking if they deliver this match a little ways down the road if Goldberg is willing to return once again, or of course, he successfully defends his Universal Championship at <em>WrestleMania<\/em> against his mystery opponent.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Possible Opponents<\/strong><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30846\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30846\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/11\/003_PC_RookieClass_10172018sm_0164-ff31d8fb02555ce98ab54233ac502dcc-e1542240880871.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the names that come to mind on the SmackDown roster is <strong>Braun Strowman<\/strong>, <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong>, <strong>Sheamus<\/strong>, and the recently returning <strong>Jeff Hardy<\/strong>. <strong>Matt Riddle<\/strong>&#8216;s name will be brought into the equation plenty within the next 24 hours as well. It is only a matter of time before the world learns what is next for <em>WrestleMania<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. WWE fan? Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a> to view all the matches above!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events just a week out from WrestleMania 36, Roman Reigns has been ruled out of his Universal Championship match against Goldberg. First reported by Pro Wrestling Sheet, Reigns pulled out of the match and any match in the near future due to concerns with the COVID-19 virus. 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