Roman Reigns vs. Finn Balor for Universal Title added to WWE Extreme Rules

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Originally published at Reigns vs. Balor for Universal Title added to WWE Extreme Rules

Balor is getting another shot at the Universal Title.

Headlining the most recent episode of Friday Night SmackDown was a Universal Championship match between the champion Roman Reigns and challenger Finn Balor. Reigns emerged victorious to retain the title and they will meet once again at Extreme Rules on 9/26.

.@WWERomanReigns will put the #UniversalTitle on the line against @FinnBalor at #ExtremeRules! @HeymanHustle

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— WWE (@WWE) September 9, 2021

The final sequence of their match on SmackDown saw Balor hit the Coup de Grâce onto Reigns and when Reigns kicked out, he gave Balor a low blow in the process which led to him scoring the win.

As Reigns and Paul Heyman were exiting camera’s view, the beginning of Balor’s ‘Demon King’ theme played and the lights went red before quickly going back to Reigns’ music.

Both Reigns and Heyman are appearing on the 9/10 SmackDown at Madison Square Garden. Brock Lesnar is going to be on the show as well and this is his first WWE appearance since confronting Reigns at SummerSlam.

Here’s the updated Extreme Rules card:

  • SmackDown Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Bianca Belair
  • WWE Championship: Bobby Lashley (c) (w/ MVP) vs. Randy Orton (w/ Riddle)
  • WWE United States Championship: Damian Priest (c) vs. Sheamus
  • WWE Universal Championship: Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Finn Balor
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I bet it’s the demon!!

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I’d actually be really into that IF they consider flipping the title. I could maybe see them doing something where Brock comes out and somehow that leads to Baylor getting the pin because the Usos couldn’t stop him (ie. creating tension in the bloodline). Then you pair Roman with Brock and you open up the cracks in the bloodline which will build to the eventual Rock/Uso vs Roman/Uso match and Balor can get the title run never got before.

What I dont want, is Roman pinning the Demon.

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I would agree I don’t think anyone should ever pin the demon.

I suspect if it is the demon then we will either see an interference finish whereby he beats Roman reigns or a non-finish.

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So what we have here is a guy that Vince doesn’t want to get pinned vs a character that the fans don’t want to get pinned. Interesting… :thinking:

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I’m guessing we just don’t see the demon, and Finn looses in a normal match.

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What’s weird is that they probably need to do a Brock program and then a wrestlemania program which is supposed to be Usos and rock related.

You don’t need the title in that program. You can completely do Roman and J vs Jimmy and The Rock. Brock versus Roman doesn’t need a title either.

However because he just be fin Baller you have to think that if they’re going to do a rematch probably involve the demon in someway

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100% agree…the only thing I could see, is Vince wanting Roman to beat CM Punks reign of a few ago to be able to say that Romans the longest reigning champ world champ in modern day history. Stupid, but I could see him caring about that, especially with Punk in AEW.

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