By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is advertised for three upcoming Smackdown events. WWE is advertising Reigns for December 15 Smackdown in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the January 5 Smackdown in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the January 19 Smackdown in Atlanta, Georgia.
Powell’s POV: Reigns’ last match took place at WWE Crown Jewel. He has wrestled only twice since SummerSlam back in August.
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📍 12/15/23 – Green Bay, WI
🎟️ https://t.co/siAx5mYoRX📍 1/5/24- Vancouver, BC
🎟 https://t.co/K8Th8ZMHcZ📍 1/19/24- Atlanta, GA
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How can we acknowledge him when he’s hardly there.
Lol
It really is stupid how he is not even appearing. Two champions that don’t appear on SmackDown….
LA Knight for the Royal Rumble! Let’s give it to someone that don’t need an excessively limited schedule.
Why? Ratings are up. The times when Roman does appear his segment is always 300-400k more than the rest of the show. Business is booming. They just had a great PPV with Roman, LA Knight, Solo, Heyman, Jimmy Uso, and several others not even there.
There’s no value in having the champ just be another guy who is always there. Nobody with a functioning adult brain would change that without having the next guy definitely in place. It’s stupid to change a winning formula, especially when there’s absolutely no competition.