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Roman Reigns will defend the WWE Universal Championship next week on Friday Night SmackDown! ## Matt Riddle earned the right to challenge Reigns for the title after defeating Sami Zayn in a Championship Contenders match on next week's show. Paul Heyman was on commentary during tonight's main event and teased that Zayn might join The Bloodline if he can beat Riddle. ## However, rather disappointing for Sami Zayn, Riddle won the match with RKO. Jimmy and Jay Uso attacked Riddle after the match but Riddle countered him with kendo stick shots. ## It was previously reported that Riddle vs. Rains would take place at Money in the Bank pay-per-view, but plans for that show changed when they moved from Allegiant Stadium to the smaller T-Mobile Arena. Reigns is no longer scheduled for the MITB show. ## Also set for next week: ## – Happy Corbin vs. Madcap Moss in a “Last Laugh Match” ## – Max Dupri will reveal his first client## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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The latest update has emerged regarding Roman Reigns' next championship defense! ## On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that Roman Reigns isn't scheduled to defend his title until SummerSlam 2022. As recently noted by SI's Justin Barrasso, Roman Reigns is no longer scheduled to work Money in the Bank. ## Following Backlash, the initial plan was for Reigns to wrestle at WWE’s three upcoming stadium shows against Riddle, Orton, and McIntyre. Those matches were never announced but plan changed once Money in the Bank was moved from Allegiant Stadium to the indoor MGM Grand Garden Arena. ## Now, Dave has followed up on the report and stated that July 30th is would possibly his first pay-per-view championship match. He may do a television match before then. ## "The plan is still [Randy] Orton for July 30th. I mean, obviously, they were building up the Riddle and Reigns match on Monday, so I’m presuming they’re going to do it, but I was told it would not be a pay-per-view match if they do it and it’s not 100% that they will, but you would think that they will, so that would lead me to believe it’d be a TV match.” Dave Noted. ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Roman Reigns is no longer scheduled to work Money in the Bank! ## WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns will have to wait a little longer for his return to in-ring action as he is no longer scheduled for Money in the Bank next month. ## According to SI's Justin Barrasso, Roman Reigns is no longer scheduled to work Money in the Bank. ## Following Backlash, the initial plan was for Reigns to wrestle at WWE’s three upcoming stadium shows against Riddle, Orton, and McIntyre. Those matches were never announced but plans changed once Money in the Bank was moved from Allegiant Stadium to the indoor MGM Grand Garden Arena. ## Riddle called out Reigns this week on Raw, and Orton is a bona fide star always ready to step into a main event opportunity. McIntyre has steadily been building momentum, which is important as we approach the summer. ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Since the announcement was made about WWE's first major stadium event in the United Kingdom (UK) since the 1992 SummerSlam, there were a lot of speculations that Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns would take the event as the headliner and now Drew McIntyre has challenged Roman Reigns for the WWE Undisputed Universal title at Clash at the Castle this September in Wales. ## On tonight’s SmackDown, McIntyre was introduced by Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. He promised that he will defeat Roman Reigns and win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Clash at the Castle. ## It will take place on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, marking WWE's first major stadium event to take place in the United Kingdom (UK) since the 1992 SummerSlam and the company's first major event in general to take place in the UK since the 2003 Insurrextion. ## The event's title is a reference to Cardiff Castle, which is situated near the Principality Stadium. WWE hasn't made any official announcement regarding this challenge yet. ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Roman Reigns has defended his titles since he pinned Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Championship and it seems like WWE is still considering to make the final decision on when Reigns’ will actually defend the championship. ## It’s been two months since Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to unify the WWE and Universal Championships, but “The Tribal Chief” has still yet to defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Title. ## In the days it was reported that WWE has locked in Roman Reigns' next three opponents for the upcoming event starting with Money In The Bank. Originally, WWE had tentatively planned that Reigns would defend the title against Matt Riddle on July 2nd at Money in the Bank, Randy Orton on July 30th at SummerSlam, and Drew McIntyre at the Clash at the Castle UK stadium show on September 3rd. ## However, the plan is seeming taking sway, His status for Money In The Bank was said to be ‘up in the air’ after WWE moved the pay-per-view from Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium to the smaller MGM Grand Garden Arena and Reigns was pulled from the advertisements for it. ## Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE has still yet to make a final decision on when Reigns’ will actually defend the championship. The company is considering whether to wrestle Reigns at Money in the Bank as originally planned or wait until SummerSlam in late July. ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Here are the full results for this Friday's SmackDown which is scheduled to air live on June 3, 2022, live from Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. ## Friday Night SmackDown currently airs live every Friday on Fox from 8:00 ET–10:00 PM ET in the United States. WWE SmackDown starts live at 1 am in the UK on BT Sport 1 on Saturday mornings. ## WWE SmackDown Time In Australia: It airs live on at 10 am (AEST) on Fox8 ## WWE SmackDown Time In Canada: It airs live every Friday at 8 Am on Sportsnet 360 ## WWE SmackDown Time In South Africa: The show also airs live on Supersport in South Africa on Saturday at 02:00 am CAT ## SmackDown Time In Italy: In Italy, SmackDown airs on DMAX at 2:00 pm with the international version of one-hour shows airing on Cielo in Italian ## SmackDown airs live on Sony Ten 1 HD and Sony Ten 1 in India at 5:30 am. While, SmackDown airs live on Fox Sports in Mexico and across Central and South America since 2014. ## SmackDown Commentators: It is presented by Michael Cole (play-by-play commentator) Pat McAfee. ## Check Out The Ongoing WWE SmackDown Results Here ## WWE SmackDown 6/3/2022 Promotion: WWE ## WWE SmackDown 6/3/2022 City: Columbus, Ohio ## WWE SmackDown 6/3/2022 Venue: Schottenstein Center## WWE SmackDown 6/3/2022 Full Results ResultsMatch TypeTime The Brawling Brutes defeated Drew McIntyre & New Day Tag Team Match 10:54 Jinder Mahal (w/Shanky) defeated Humberto (w/Angel) Singles Match 2:15 Natalya defeated Aliyah, Shotzi Blackheart, Raquel Rodriguez, Xia Li, Shayna, Baszler Number One Contender Match For The SmackDown Title 4:03 Baron Corbin defeated Madcap Moss via DQ. Singles Match 1:19 Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso defeated Shinsuke Nakamura and Riddle WWE Men's Tag Team Championship 13:19 ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Plans for Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar going into the Money In The Bank are said to be ‘up in the air’. ## As noted, WWE recently made the announcement, stating that WWE Money In The Bank 2022 now has a new venue. The event was originally scheduled to take place on July 2, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, but WWE sent out an email to the ticket holders that Money in the Bank will now take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. ## In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reports that he got confirmation about Roman Reigns’ summer plans being Matt Riddle for Money In The Bank in Las Vegas, Randy Orton at SummerSlam in Nashville and Drew McIntyre in Cardiff, Wales on 9/3. ## However, the plans may have changed with Roman Reigns no longer featured in the updated ads for Money In The Banks and neither is Brock Lesnar, among others. ## Meltzer said that everything about Reigns and Lesnar for Money in the Bank is up in the air right now. Riddle vs Reigns may still happen but there's no word on what's next for Lesnar, who was originally booked for the show as it was supposed to be a stadium show. On Thursday it was announced that MITB was now going to take place at the smaller MGM Grand Arena. ## Now that WWE is running in a smaller arena, WWE may stop using Reigns and Lesnar in the show, meaning Riddle vs. Reigns will take place at a later date. ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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WWE Money In The Bank 2022 gets another massive change! ## As noted earlier, The event was originally scheduled to take place on July 2, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, but WWE sent out an email to the ticket holders that Money in the Bank will now take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. ## When WWE sent word out about Money In The Bank heading to Allegiant Stadium, the home of the Las Vegas Raiders, several major names were advertised. SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar, Charlotte Flair, Bobby Lashley, and WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns were all advertised to appear but that is no longer the case. ## The original poster had Reigns, Lesnar, Ronda Rousey, Bobby Lashley, Charlotte Flair, Drew McIntyre, Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Sasha Banks, and Kofi Kingston on the front. ## The revised graphic shows Riddle, Bianca, Cody Rhodes, The Miz, Rhea Ripley, The Street Profits. WWE changed out Kofi Kingston for Seth Rollins and McIntyre for AJ Styles. ## Money In The Bank - “card subject to change”Roman Reigns not listed on new Money In The Bank ad. pic.twitter.com/8DQftPYxyH— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) May 27, 2022 ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Roman Reigns headlined another live event this Sunday In Cedar Rapid where he defeated Drew McIntyre. ## After the match was over, Roman broke character as he has been doing the same for weeks now, Roman got on the mic and said he loved everyone in the crowd, except the guy in the front row who was cheering for Drew McIntyre. After some laughs, Roman did say that he appreciated the fan for bringing the energy. ## Roman said, "I appreciate all of y'all. I know I had the internet talking last week or the week before that, but I honestly don't know if I'm going to be doing too many more live events, like this, on a Sunday, going forward. This could be my last run and I want y'all to know that it was very special for me and I had an incredible time." ## Roman is not currently advertised for live events taking place in June, July or August. He has also not been advertised for WWE Hell in a Cell. ## Reigns is the reigning Undisputed WWE Univeral Champion. He reportedly signed a new deal that would allow him to do fewer live events. ## Here’s the #TribalChief @WWERomanReigns sending the crowd home happy after a killer main event last night in #WWECedarRapids ! Well, everyone except that one guy. 😂 pic.twitter.com/wRaETWwAtr— MitchP1983 (@MitchP1983) May 23, 2022 ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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The Winner Take All Tag Team Title Unification Match between RK-Bro and The Usos took place this Friday on SmackDown. ## Originally slated for WrestleMania Backlash, the budding rivalry between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre converted the clash into a Six-Man Tag Team showdown. The Bloodline got the best of the newly-formed trio, but Riddle, Randy Orgon & McIntyre showed they could push the blue brand champions to the absolute limit. ## As expected, both teams delivered a spectacular main event on SmackDown. Finally, Jey won the match for his team with the big splash, thanks to interference from Roman Reigns when the referee was distracted. ## After the match, The Bloodline attacked RK-Bro at ringside. The Usos beat down Orton with the steps as Reigns locked on the guillotine on Riddle. Jey then hit a splash off the top rope onto Riddle on the announce table. ## An absolutely shocking assault from #TheBloodline! #SmackDown @WWERomanReigns @WWEUsos @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/HEETmlSaik— WWE (@WWE) May 21, 2022 ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Per reports, Riddle, Randy Orton, and Drew McIntyre are being considered as the next strong opponents for Roman Reigns heading into Money in the Bank (July 2), SummerSlam (July 30), and Clash at the Castle (September 3). ## According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, while none of these plans are locked in, there is talk of Reigns wrestling the aforementioned opponents at the three WWE Premium Live Events. ## The first summer TV Reigns was announced for was 7/25 in Madison Square Garden, which is the go-home Raw for SummerSlam. Reigns will be appearing on TV’s to build those three matches and has also been announced for the 7/22 Smackdown in Boston and 8/19 Smackdown in Montreal.” ## Reigns reportedly signed a new WWE deal that would allow for him to work fewer dates on his schedule, but WWE could always add Reigns to more TV dates in the lead-up to the three big stadium shows. For the time being, The Undisputed WWE Universal Champion is slated for several bouts and appearances throughout the summer. ## At Payback, Reigns defeated defending champion The Fiend and Strowman to win the Universal Championship for the second time. Since then, no one is able to dethrone The Tribal Chief. At WrestleMania 38, he pinned Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Championship for the fourth time and also became the first superstar to hold both the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship simultaneously. ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Here are the full results for this Friday's SmackDown which is scheduled to air live on May 20, 2022, live from Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ## Friday Night SmackDown currently airs live every Friday on Fox from 8:00 ET–10:00 PM ET in the United States. WWE SmackDown starts live at 1 am in the UK on BT Sport 1 on Saturday mornings. ## WWE SmackDown Time In Australia: It airs live on at 10 am (AEST) on Fox8 ## WWE SmackDown Time In Canada: It airs live every Friday at 8 Am on Sportsnet 360 ## WWE SmackDown Time In South Africa: The show also airs live on Supersport in South Africa on Saturday at 02:00 am CAT ## SmackDown Time In Italy: In Italy, SmackDown airs on DMAX at 2:00 pm with the international version of one-hour shows airing on Cielo in Italian ## SmackDown airs live on Sony Ten 1 HD and Sony Ten 1 in India at 5:30 am. While, SmackDown airs live on Fox Sports in Mexico and across Central and South America since 2014. ## SmackDown Commentators: It is presented by Michael Cole (play-by-play commentator) Pat McAfee. ## Check Out The Ongoing WWE SmackDown Results Here ## WWE SmackDown 5/20/2022 Promotion: WWE ## WWE SmackDown 5/20/2022 City: Grand Rapids, Michigan ## WWE SmackDown 5/20/2022 Venue: Van Andel Arena ## WWE SmackDown 5/20/2022 Full Results ResultsMatch TypeTime Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Sami Zayn Singles Match 10:36 Gunther (with Ludwig Kaiser) defeated Drew Gulak via submission Singles Match 1:06 Raquel Rodriguez defeated Shotzi Singles Match 2:57 Xavier Woods defeated Butch Singles Match 3:44 SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro Winner-Take-All Tag Team Title Unification match 11:52 ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.