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Roman Reigns made his highly anticipated WWE return last week at SummerSlam, attacking both Braun Strowman, and Bray Wyatt following the WWE Universal Championship main event match.
Paul Heyman made his return to WWE television on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, aligning himself with Roman Reigns, ahead of this Sunday’s Payback pay-per-view.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider provided details on what this all means moving forward. WWE plans to push Roman Reigns as the top heel on SmackDown.
Braun Strowman recently returned to being a heel, plans moving forward suggest continue with that role, permanently.
With both Strowman and Reigns as top heels in the company, plans for ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt are for him to be the top babyface on SmackDown.