Roman Reigns appearance set for WWE SmackDown New Year’s Revolution
Roman Reigns will be appearing on this Friday’s New Year’s Revolution episode of SmackDown.
WWE has confirmed that the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion will appear on SmackDown this Friday night. Reigns was first advertised for the show in November. The episode is titled New Year’s Revolution and is taking place as part of WWE’s New Year’s Knockout programming week.
The lineup for the episode includes a triple threat match to determine Reigns’ next challenger. Either Randy Orton, LA Knight, or AJ Styles will challenge Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble.
WWE wrote:
As Randy Orton, AJ Styles and LA Knight prepare to battle in a Triple Threat Match to determine Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns’ challenger at Royal Rumble, The Head of the Table returns to the blue brand.
With Royal Rumble on the horizon, who will become the No. 1 Contender to The Head of The Bloodline on The Road to WrestleMania?
Don’t miss Reigns’ SmackDown return at New Year’s Revolution, this Friday at 8/7 C on FOX!
We’ll see if Reigns has a response for The Rock on SmackDown. Last night, The Rock made a surprise return to WWE on the Day 1 edition of Raw. Rock teased that he wants to face Reigns and take Reigns’ spot as the Head of the Table.
Reigns posted the following after The Rock’s return:
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— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) January 2, 2024
Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is hosting SmackDown this Friday night. Here’s the updated card for the episode:
- Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns appears
- Number one contender’s match: Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
- United States Champion Logan Paul appears
- US title number one contender’s tournament finals: Kevin Owens vs. Santos Escobar
- WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY defends against Michin
- Butch & a mystery partner vs. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson)
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