WWE may have teased major change for Roman Reigns, says analyst, with recent action

WWE Analyst Sam Roberts commented on the company recently uploading some old Roman Reigns matches on the official YouTube channel. He claimed that action was potentially a hint of the rumored babyface turn for The Tribal Chief.

The leader of The Bloodline has been absent from TV since losing his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania XL. In Reigns' absence, Solo Sikoa took over the faction, adding two new members, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa.

Meanwhile, The Enforcer seemingly eliminated Jimmy Uso from the group. Although Sikoa claimed he was in charge by orders of The Tribal Chief, many believe Reigns would return as a babyface to feud with his cousin and his new group.

On his Notsam Wrestling podcast, Roberts pointed out that the Stamford-based company might have already teased The Tribal Chief's anticipated babyface turn. He claimed WWE uploading certain old matches of Reigns probably means something is going on with the absent superstar.

"I think that something is going on with Roman because multiple Roman matches were uploaded to the WWE's YouTube channel. They put up his TLC match with AJ Styles, or I think it was a TLC match, but then they put up his TLC 2019 match with Baron Corbin. And I'm sure part of it is because was TLC the July pay-per-view or the May pay-per-view at one point? I think it was the pay-per-view that used to follow Backlash. So, I'm sure they're just go: 'These are just good TLC matches!'" he said.

The WWE Analyst added:

"But the fact that they [WWE] put up the Corbin match, I definitely feel as though that was the last match before Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania that Roman actually lost. Corbin won that match. And so, the idea that you're putting that match up, I definitely think lends to building up Baron Corbin a little bit, which is a good thing, and also may kind of stoke the flames of Roman Reigns being a babyface.'' [47:21 - 48:29]

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WWE must keep Roman Reigns' return a secret, suggests veteran

While fans and experts have been speculating about the return date of Roman Reigns. However, wrestling veteran Jim Cornette has urged the Stamford-based company to keep it a secret.

The 62-year-old claimed on his The Experience podcast that WWE should build a moment where The Bloodline is at a crossroads before letting The Tribal Chief make a surprise comeback. He stated that the crowd's reaction would be unparalleled.

"We can't know that Roman Reigns is gonna come back. They shouldn't advertise it. It should be a surprise, and they've got to build a moment where some important f***ing crossroads come up in The Bloodline f***ing path, and right as they're about to decide which side to take, here comes f***ing Roman. The place will f***ing come unglued," he said.

Many expect The Big Dog to return ahead of Survivor Series to lead the original Bloodline in a WarGames match against Solo Sikoa's version of the group. It would be interesting to see if that scenario would happen.

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