Roman Reigns Names Favorite Matches Of Universal Championship Reign

Roman Reigns has listed his favorite title defences from his current historic WWE Universal Championship reign.

Winning the Universal Title at Payback 2020, Reigns recently celebrated his 400th day as champion. Speaking with Bleacher Report, The Tribal Chief explained that he enjoyed his 2020 feud with Jey Uso over the gold.

Reigns also gave a nod to his Money in the Bank bout against Edge, admitting he’s yet to re-watch their heavyweight classic back.

Also discussing the historical significance of his WrestleMania 37 victory over Edge and Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson), Reigns noted:

“I think to me, personally, I think the most special was the stuff I did with my cousin Jey,” he said. “I felt more connected to those two matches and that storyline than I’ve ever felt to anything else, and a lot of those promos and stuff like that and the emotion you could see in it were real. I think we were able to tap into baggage that we’ve had that we may have never spoke about or thought was an issue like common ground, but it was something we were able to dive into.”

“One that’s super special to me as well, outside of the stuff I did with my family because it was so strong with Jey, was the match I had with Edge at Money in the Bank. I believe that was in Fort Worth, the first pay-per-view back. I haven’t watched that match back, so I can’t really detail the energy and if it was as loud as it was in the arena, but in the arena, that crowd was live. The timing and the pacing, I’ve seen some critique it and call it a little slow, but that’s what the heavyweights in main events do.”

(On his WrestleMania 37 three-way match) “When you hear Paul Heyman go in on it and laying down the history of it being the most dominant finish in WrestleMania main event history, nobody’s ever stacked two guys in the main event of WrestleMania, and I did that. For me to be able to say I did that is crazy, but I think that’s just recognition and an accolade alone.”

Reigns is preparing to defend his gold against Brock Lesnar at WWE Crown Jewel on Thursday (October 21). Here are the current betting odds for matches announced for the Saudi Arabia show.

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