As noted, Roman Reigns opened tonight’s WWE RAW in Providence by announcing that he’s taking time off to once again battle leukemia, which he’s lived with for the past 11 years as it’s been in remission since late 2008.
Reigns relinquished the WWE Universe Title but made it clear that this was not a retirement speech, that he will be back home at WWE “very, very soon.”
WWE has announced that the vacant WWE Universal Title will be decided at Crown Jewel on November 2 when Brock Lesnar takes on Braun Strowman in singles action. This match was previously a Triple Threat with Reigns defending.
It will now be ONE-ON-ONE for the vacant #UniversalChampionship at #WWECrownJewel as The #MonsterAmongMen @BraunStrowman goes one-on-one with #TheBeast @BrockLesnar! #RAW pic.twitter.com/JZmsvJVUpQ— WWE (@WWE) October 23, 2018
Here is the updated card:
Vacant WWE Universal Title Match
Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman
WWE Title Match
Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
DX (Triple H and WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels) vs. The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)
WWE World Cup: One-Night Eight-Man Tournament
RAW: John Cena, Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler
SmackDown: Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, The Miz
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