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#1 Was top SmackDown Superstar responsible for Drew McIntyre becoming WWE Champion?

It’s easy to talk about what’s next. But for tonight I’m thinking about what it is. Proud of my match tonight on #WWERaw. I’m never going to take this responsibility or this feeling for granted pic.twitter.com/cm4gQYtRVe

— Drew McIntyre (@DMcIntyreWWE) November 17, 2020

Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton on RAW to become a two-time WWE Champion. While McIntyre's credentials to become a WWE Champion can not be questioned, many fans were left confused at the timing of it all. As per Dave Meltzer of WON, one reason for McIntyre becoming WWE Champion again could be because of SmackDown Superstar Roman Reigns.

Dave Meltzer noted that WWE did not want to have a heel vs. heel match at Survivor Series pitting Randy Orton against SmackDown's Roman Reigns. This could be one reason that DrewMcIntyre became the WWE Champion yet again.

''But in the end yeah you could have held off till the PPV but I guess they wanted a babyface-heel dynamic in this match. I mean, Roman Reigns and Randy Orton would have been such a nothing match. I mean really, not even that it's been done before. I know technically as a wrestling match it'd have been fine. They're both good wrestlers but its two heels... the eventual thing would be that everybody would cheer Roman Reigns and they're not really looking for that this week. Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre is kind of like the battle of the top dog in each brand. Drew has been the one that since before WrestleMania, since the Rumble really, has been pushed as the top guy on one side and Roman Reigns just destroyed everyone on the other side.''

SmackDown's Roman Reigns and RAW's Drew McIntyre will clash against each other at Survivor Series this Sunday.