Roman Reigns Responds After Losing At WWE WrestleMania 40
The Tribal Chief breaks his silence after Cody Rhodes ends his epic 1,316-day title reign.
Two days after losing his Undisputed WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 40 Night 2, Roman Reigns broke his silence Tuesday with a short video posted to X (formerly Twitter).
The Tribal Chief's epic 1,316-day reign came to a close Sunday night when Cody Rhodes overcame the odds and finished the story, putting Reigns away with three Cross-Rhodes and capturing the title that eluded his father, Dusty Rhodes.
Tuesday, Roman posted a 12-second video of himself on a treadmill glaring at the camera.
Yesterday I mourned.Today is Day 1. pic.twitter.com/YzWOVn3JDK
— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) April 9, 2024
Reigns captured the Universal Championship in August 2020. At WrestleMania 38, he unified it with the WWE Championship when he defeated Brock Lesnar. Last year, he triumphed over Cody at 'Mania 39, but even with Bloodline Rules Sunday night, he still fell to Rhodes.
Roman did not appear on the Raw after WrestleMania on Monday, though Cody acknowledged his accomplishment as the longest-reigning World Champion in nearly 40 years. The Tribal Chief's fellow Bloodline member The Rock confronted Cody but then declared that he had to leave for a while, pledging to return and get revenge on Rhodes.
It remains to be seen when or how Roman Reigns returns to WWE programming. During the past year, he became an increasingly scarce commodity, wrestling just seven televised matches after WrestleMania 39, and defending his title just four times in that period. The Head of the Table has been pinned just twice since December 2019 - once by Cody on Sunday night, and previously by his cousin Jey Uso at Money in the Bank 2023 in a tag match.
Reigns is one of WWE's biggest stars, so it's conceivable that the company has already mapped out a plan for a Roman Reigns without a championship.