SmackDown Live moves to FOX in October and I would have assumed that this would have meant that the WWE Championship would be featured in a bigger way at the show. Instead, it was relegated to a spot where the non-title Roman Reigns match followed it, quite stunningly.
Such has been the case for a long time, but it was understandable on the USA Network I guess, to a certain extent. The WWE Championship was being used to build Superstars like Jinder Mahal into main event players, in a sense.
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But how does it make sense to not have it run as the co-main event of the night? Roman Reigns segments invariably end every episode of SmackDown Live, and these segments usually follow the WWE Championship segments and vignettes.
Maybe WWE needs to make Reigns Champion for the title to be relevant again.
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Riju Dasgupta
Riju Dasgupta is the most-read active writer in Sportskeeda at the moment, across all sports. Having come on board in 2016, Dasgupta is best known for the 'Best and Worst' column, something that has become a staple for the site!
In addition to his writing responsibilities, Dasgupta is also the Assistant Manager of the Combat Sports division. In 4 years, Dasgupta has conducted over 150 interviews with stars from WWE, Impact Wrestling, PCW Ultra, WOS, UFC, ONE FC and the world of boxing as well.
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