Following the shocking return of Brock Lesnar during tonight’s WWE SmackDown, the company announced on Twitter that Roman Reigns will defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Title in a Last Man Standing Match at SummerSlam!
As noted, Lesnar’s return happened after Roman Reigns retained the Undisputed WWE Championship against Riddle in the main event of tonight’s show.
After the match, Reigns said there is no one left and he wrecked Riddle then he’s leaving. Lesnar walked out to have a face-to-face with Reigns before extending his hand and Reigns went to shake it before Lesnar hit an F5.
The Usos immediately rush the ring but Lesnar takes them out with a pair of F5s. The Bloodline retreats as Lesnar stands tall in the middle of the ring, raising his cowboy hat in the air. SmackDown went off the air with Lesnar’s college home cheering him on.
‘The Head of The Table’ and ‘The Beast Incarnate’ have competed against one another a total of eight times including five singles matches, a pair of triple threat matches, and one fatal-4-way match. The pair’s first match against each other was at WrestleMania 31 in 2015, where Lesnar defended the WWE Title against Reigns, however, Seth Rollins cashed in his Money In The Bank contract and would famously walk out of the event with the WWE Championship. The second time Reigns and Lesnar squared off was at the 2016 edition of Fastlane, where they competed alongside Dean Ambrose (now AEW’s Jon Moxley), in a triple threat match, which was won by Lesnar. ‘The Beast’ would defend the WWE Title against Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Samoa Joe in a fatal-4-way match at SummerSlam in 2017, a match which Lesnar successfully retained his title. At WrestleMania 34 in 2018, Lesnar defeated Reigns to retain the WWE Title. The next time they would face off was at the 2018 Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia inside of a steel cage. Lesnar controversially won the match after launching Reigns through the cage wall and both men spilled to the floor below with Lesnar’s back touching the floor before Reigns’. During the main event of SummerSlam in 2018, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship. Last year, at Crown Jewel, Reigns successfully defended the Universal Title against Lesnar, which marked the rivals’ latest match before the aforementioned main event of this year’s WrestleMania.
WWE SummerSlam is set to take place on Saturday, July 30 from Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Stay tuned for updates.
