10 Deadly Mistakes WWE Must NOT Make Before WrestleMania XL
2. ANOTHER Saudi Title Change
Roman Reigns is not losing the Undisputed WWE Universal Title until WrestleMania XL.
That should be the hypothesis WWE works with. His reign has become too grand for it to end at a SummerSlam or a Royal Rumble; however, it's principally true with WWE's forthcoming jaunt to Saudi Arabia. May's King and Queen of the Ring marks the ninth WWE Premium Live Event in the dubious country, and a prime occasion for WWE to strap up Cody Rhodes.
Rhodes' victory would be cherished by the live audience, but elsewhere? Not so much. As iterated earlier, the enthrallment surrounding Cody Rhodes is gone. A bleak WrestleMania and post-'Mania Raw have, for now, ravaged his respectability to the extent that defending WWE Champion Cody Rhodes is the last thing anyone wants to see. "LMAO Cody" was a defiant (see: hilarious) sign from Wednesday's AEW Dynamite; that this was in AEW, where Cody was for a while considered a hero, shouldn't be considered a jab at WWE's lackadaisical booking, but rather an apt depiction.
It just so happens that the date of King and Queen of the Ring - Saturday, 27 May - will mark exactly 1,000 days for Roman Reigns as Universal Champion. It'll be too easy, even by WWE's lethargic standards, to make the change.
That said, the easy option is rarely the correct choice.
'Mania XL it is.