It is a very rare sight to see Roman Reigns take a pin on television. If he loses, it usually happens on pay-per-view at the hands of someone like Brock Lesnar or some other monster. Roman Reigns losing to someone like King Corbin is a very rare occurrence. And the other thing you must remember is that, as has been mentioned before, SmackDown was a taped show this week.
A lot of sites carried spoilers for the show including Sportskeeda Wrestling. I suppose the intention from WWE's end was for people to see that Roman Reigns had lost the match and tune in to see exactly what had happened. I don't know if it generated enough hype, however, and only the viewership numbers will prove if this ploy worked or it didn't.
But I'm certain this was one of the major intentions of WWE Creative!
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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.
In addition to everything he does in Sportskeeda, Dasgupta is also the bassist and lyricist for heavy metal bands- Albatross and Primitiv.
Before joining Sportskeeda, Dasgupta was a comedy writer for Star TV, where he scripted lines for the iconic Lola Kutty property, in addition to hit TV shows like Axe Ur Ex & UR Fired. He was also a columnist for Rolling Stone India.
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