Roman Reigns versus Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has lengthy reportedly been the proposed endgame of the previous’s present run as “The Head of the Desk”. Reigns has held the WWE Common Championship for properly over 1,000 days now, even unifying the title with the WWE Championship in that point. In consequence, he’s positioned as the highest champion of all the firm. 

Johnson revealed lately that the plan had certainly been for Rock vs. Reigns to occur at WrestleMania 39, however the match fell by means of and Reigns wound up defending his crown in opposition to Cody Rhodes. Writing of the state of affairs on this week’s “Wrestling Observer Publication“, Dave Meltzer theorized that Reigns’ whole “Tribal Chief” storyline appeared to have been began for the sake of his eventual showdown with Johnson, with the concept being that Rock would argue that he, and never Reigns, was really the rightful “Head of the Desk.” He stated it was created when “the long-term angle for the yr was to result in Reigns vs. Rock”. 

Meltzer additionally wrote that the match will all the time be the precedence for WrestleMania, and can all the time hinge on Johnson’s availability, scheduling, and choice (or not) to take part. As for this coming WrestleMania, Meltzer famous the irony that Rhodes may as soon as once more be the backup plan to Johnson, particularly when his personal storyline is constructed upon successful the title held by Reigns.