WWE News & Rumor Roundup: World Champion forced to drop the title for 'losing steam', top name to finally return, More on Roman Reigns' absence

WWE News & Rumor Roundup: World Champion forced to drop the title for 'losing steam'; top name to finally return; more on Roman Reigns' absence - 28th December 2021

By Shiven Sachdeva

Modified Dec 28, 2021 16:02 GMT

Vince McMahon and Roman Reigns have been missing in action

#2 Vince McMahon was not present backstage during WWE RAW

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PWInsider has reported that top executives like Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard were not present at WWE RAW this week. Apart from being a key backstage figure, McMahon has started making television appearances on RAW. He currently has an ongoing storyline with Austin Theory.

''According to PWInsider, Senior Vice President & Executive Director Bruce Prichard; Executive Producer & Chief of Global Television Distribution Kevin Dunn; Producer, on-air talent & Director of Live Events Adam Pearce; Senior Producer, Hall of Famer & Vice President of Creative Writing & Booking Michael "PS" Hayes were absent backstage.''

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The report also stated that WWE head writer Ed Koskey and Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis were in charge of the show. The reason behind these top names being absent is not known at this point.

It could be speculated that the COVID outbreak within the company could have a role in so many names missing from action. Even former tag team champion Omos was pulled from RAW this week, as per PWI.

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Shiven Sachdeva is a WWE writer who has been with Sportskeeda for over eight years. He is an alumnus of IIT-R and holds a Master's Degree in Commerce. His love for writing and pro wrestling led him to become a writer. Shiven has interviewed multiple top WWE stars, including former champions Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins, to name a few.

Shiven thoroughly researches the news and stories and enjoys reporting roundups and news to help give his audience an accurate view of all the important happenings in the world of pro wrestling. He has one of the highest average reads on the website and holds the distinction of garnering a 100M reads in under 2000 articles.

Two of his favorite WWE Superstars are Shawn Michaels and Drew McIntyre. If he could go back to the Attitude Era, Shiven asserts that he would reinstate Michaels as the leader of DX instead of Triple H.

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Edited by Arjun Kumar