Roman Reigns’ absence could strike massive blow to WWE's future TV ratings

Roman Reigns has been a prominent face in WWE for years and his absence seems to have harmed WWE TV ratings. Roman Reigns was expected to defeat Goldberg at WrestleMania 36, but he pulled out of match just a couple of days before PPV. Many say that he would have featured in many major storylines as a champion and could have defended Universal Championship against Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Sheamus, Jeff Hardy and ors.

Also Re l Roman Reigns WWE: Roman Reigns gives update on WWE return and health: WWE News

After Roman Reigns left, he took a lot of WWE SmackDown viewers with him. Things became worse when one-by-one many A-list WWE superstars started leaving or went on a break. face of WWE RAW, Brock Lesnar went on break when his storyline with Drew McIntyre ended. absence of Brock Lesnar affected WWE so bly that many WWE RAW episodes drew record-low viewership ratings. t just Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar, many superstars like Becky Lynch, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens also went on a break.

Also Re l Roman Reigns WWE: Roman Reigns being censored from WWE foot: WWE News

How WWE is dealing with absence of superstars?

To deal with absence of prominent superstars and draw more viewers to ir shows, FOX ( network of WWE SmackDown) and USA Network ( network of WWE RAW) officials have asked for two brands to start working toger. However, many have said that crossover episodes will be limited as many A-list superstars are scheduled to return. This week, Edge and Randy Orton returned because of which WWE RAW drew more viewers than usual. WWE SmackDown, on or hand, is still losing viewers week-by-week. Many say that viewers will return only when Roman Reigns comes back to show.

Some fans believe that Roman Reigns could make a surprise entry in coming weeks and start a new storyline with current Universal Champion Braun Strowman. Few even claimed that ' Big Dog' could return at WWE Backlash PPV or WWE SummerSlam PPV and attack future WWE Universal Champion. Whenever Roman Reigns returns, he will surely bring a lot of viewers for WWE SmackDown, but until n, WWE would have to come up with something major to attract viewers.

Also Re l Roman Reigns WWE, Why is Roman Reigns t wrestling: Is Roman Reigns still in WWE? 

Is Vince McMahon unhappy with Roman Reigns?

Earlier, it was reported that WWE CEO Vince McMahon didn’t like Roman Reigns pulling out of WrestleMania 36 match. According to many, he was so angry that he h asked WWE officials to t use Roman Reigns’ name or im during any WWE live brocasts. An unnamed WWE staff member recently told TMZ (via ringsidenews), “Roman Reigns’ name t mentioned at all. And one is going to ask Vince.”

Also Re l Roman Reigns WWE, Why is Roman Reigns t wrestling: Reigns confesses battle with leukemia felt like 'death sentence'