Discussions in WWE before WrestleMania XL included The Rock defeating Roman Reigns for the WWE Title and relinquishing it to focus on Hollywood. Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman influenced the WrestleMania 39 finish to have Reigns defeat Cody Rhodes, aiming to elevate other talents.
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At one point there was an idea for The Rock to beat Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship and then give up the Championship to go back to Hollywood but then always call himself “The People’s Champion”. — WON https://t.co/d0SMpxgfSX
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman convinced both Vince McMahon and Triple H last year to change the WrestleMania 39 finish. Reigns & Heyman believed it would be more beneficial in getting people like Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa over, and would make Rhodes a bigger star to hold off the… https://t.co/hiJeFROphD
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman convinced both Vince McMahon and Paul Levesque last year to change the WrestleMania 39 finish to Roman Reigns defeating Cody Rhodes. - WON https://t.co/4a7Nac4Yio
One idea that was being discussed in WWE before WrestleMania XL, was to see The Rock defeat Roman Reigns for the WWE Title, then "give up" the title to go back to Hollywood... (WON) https://t.co/12BbRhHKQH