Rumor Roundup: Veteran quits WWE to join AEW, 8-time world champion requested release because of financial woes, Issue with Roman Reigns (1st July 2021)

#3 Issue with Roman Reigns as Universal Champion in WWE

WWE Hall of Famer Booker T spoke about Roman Reigns and the major problem with him being the Universal Champion. Though he was all praise for The Big Dog, he raised a valid question: who apart from Edge can challenge Reigns?

By being protected by WWE and pushed heavily, Reigns seems to be on an island of his own and none of the current WWE Superstars seems like a legitimate threat to The Tribal Chief.

"There aren't a whole lot of contenders out there. I look at this like a boxing match, a boxing division. Who's in the division? Who do I got to, you know, look at and say, 'Man, that's my next guy right there.' Back in the day, Hogan had Orndorff, The Barbarian, Bundy, Andre the Giant, Big John Studd - he had a bunch of contenders, a bunch of stars. That's what I say right there. Where are the contenders? And if there are some, who are they?" said Booker T.

Roman Reigns is set to face Edge at the upcoming MITB pay-per-view in July. He is also rumored to face John Cena at SummerSlam.