15 New Directions For WWE After WrestleMania 42
2. Roman Reigns Showing Up More Often
New World Heavyweight Champion and resident 'OTC' Roman Reigns said during the 'Mania 42 post-show that he’s going to be around more often. Good, because Raw needs that. Roman couldn’t be a part-time champion who vanishes all the time now he's taken over from CM Punk as the face of the brand.
Netflix bosses will be chuffed to hear that Reigns plans to be on TV more regularly. It's unlikely that he's going to be on the flagship every single week from here until SummerSlam in early-August, but Roman will be working as close to a full-time schedule as you're ever going to get out of him in 2026.
That's fantastic news for WWE, Raw as a brand and for the World Heavyweight belt.
During the same post-show, Reigns responded to booming chants for Oba Femi by acknowledging that the former NXT man had done something special by beating Brock Lesnar. Roman pretty much said he'd keep an eye on what Oba does next then maybe we'd get to see them clash at some point this year. That was a tasty little teaser of things to come.
Fingers crossed on Reigns being around for Backlash. That PLE could use a title defence from him, let's be honest. It's crucial that WWE keeps the momentum coming out of Roman's hot main event vs. Punk on Sunday going for as long as they can. The best way to go about that is by tying Reigns up in another match on the next major event.
He'll be on Raw this Monday, if nothing else.