Jim Ross believes former Universal Champion will return to WWE with a new character

Jim Ross believes a former WWE Universal Champion will return with a new character. If this happens, fans can expect the roof to blow off the place wherever the show is.

The star in question is none other than Roman Reigns. The Tribal Chief has not been seen in the company since losing his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40. Since then, a lot has changed regarding The Bloodline, with Solo Sikoa taking over as the new chief.

Jim Ross has said that the time is right for Roman Reigns to return to WWE as a babyface. He also spoke about how he was worried about Paul Heyman after The Bloodline put him through the announce table a few weeks back.

Speaking on his Grilling JR podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer said:

“My God, the table is set [for Reigns to turn babyface]. The table is set very nicely. Paul’s performance was extraordinary. You know, he’s just a special talent. I’m concerned about his size, I’m concerned about his weight. I want him to stay healthy and productive and all that good stuff. But yeah, him getting the bump through the table was pretty damn special. And he’s no spring chicken, but he did it; he got it done.” [H/T EWrestling News]

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Jim Ross praised WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman

In the same podcast, JR praised Paul Heyman for the outstanding job he has done since joining The Bloodline.

He reminisced about Heyman’s time in WCW and how his ideas were better than everybody else. He also called him a phenomenon.

“You know, he was one of my guys. He was the guy that the booking committee that WCW did not want to work with, because he was very demanding. And I think quite frankly, he had better ideas than most of them on the booking committee... So that, because of the paranoia in wrestling, got some heat on him. And that’s how he became an announcer... I wanted to work with him. And so I made him my partner and the rest, as they say, is history. But he’s a phenomenon,” Ross said. [H/T EWrestling News]

It is great to see Paul Heyman get some flowers from someone as respected as his fellow Hall of Famer.