5 Recent news and rumors about Roman Reigns: Tribal Chief angry with RAW champion for remarks, match with top star inevitable

It's been another interesting week for Roman Reigns. Now that Brock Lesnar has been suspended and fined $1,000,000, The Tribal Chief will move on to new things. Survivor Series is the next pay-per-view, and he will likely face WWE Champion Big E in a Champion vs. Champion match.

Due to the shortage of opponents for Reigns on the SmackDown roster, reports suggested that Drew McIntyre was brought in to challenge for the Universal Championship. The Scottish Warrior suggested that a clash between the two is inevitable.

In this week's news and rumor roundup, we have a story about when Reigns was unhappy with a current RAW champion and Bray Wyatt reacting to a fan asking him to challenge for the Universal Championship at Survivor Series.

Let's get started without any further ado:

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#5. Roman Reigns was unhappy with Matt Riddle's comments

In August, WWE Raw Tag Team Champion Riddle, in an interview with Bleacher Report, said he would have no problems beating Roman Reigns in a shoot fight. Riddle was an accomplished MMA fighter before pursuing a career in wrestling.

During a recent appearance on the Cheat Heat podcast, the former UFC star suggested that these comments landed him in hot water with Roman Reigns and the WWE management.

“I’m trying not to talk too much trash anymore. I don’t want to upset the higher ups. I’m not going to mention exact names, but he’s a chief of tribes. I said something about him recently. I’m not saying specific names. It could be anybody. He wasn’t happy. I talked some trash about me moving the needle and selling merch. He didn’t like what I said. I thought it was hilarious, but not everybody thinks like me." (H/T WrestlingNews.co)

#4. Drew McIntyre wants a title match with Roman Reigns

It looks increasingly likely that Drew McIntyre will get an opportunity to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship.

On the most recent episode of SmackDown, McIntyre laid out an open challenge and defeated Mustafa Ali. Following his match, McIntyre said he would work his way up the roster and inevitably get his title match with Roman Reigns.

"I think it's about 28 to 29 guys on the SmackDown roster...the next 28-29 weeks, I'll beat everybody. Starting from the bottom, working to the top, like I said last week. I will inevitably get that title match with The Big Dog, with The Head of the Table, whatever name he's going by these days. Whatever I have to do. I'm a patient man, but it's gonna happen."

#3. Bray Wyatt responds to a fan asking him to challenge Roman Reigns

Bray Wyatt recently put out a tweet suggesting that his non-compete clause was close to expiring. A fan responded and asked Wyatt to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. The former WWE Superstar replied with a clip of Brad Pitt from the film Troy asking if there was no one else.

#2. Baron Corbin proposes an interesting challenger for Roman Reigns

Now that Roman Reigns' feud with Brock Lesnar is on ice for the time being, WWE on FOX asked fans which Superstar should challenge The Tribal Chief next.

Baron Corbin responded to the tweet with a GIF of King Kong. This led to some confusion as to whether he was looking for a Universal title shot.

A fan chimed in and said that Corbin wouldn't stand a chance against Reigns. The former King of the Ring clarified that he was talking about King Kong facing The Tribal Chief.

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#1. Top Dolla comments on a match with Roman Reigns

During a recent episode of the Jobbing Out podcast, Hit Row's Top Dolla heaped praise on Roman Reigns and said that a match with the Universal Champion would elevate him considerably. He even said that he'd be more than happy to lose to Reigns.

"Let’s be 100 percent honest here, if you’re in the ring with Roman Reigns, you’re winning. Even if you’re not winning, you’re winning because you’re in the ring with Roman Reigns," stated Top Dolla. (H/T - POST Wrestling)