WATCH: Roman Reigns makes his return to WWE live events at Sacramento, defeats former WWE Champion

Roman Reigns defeated a former WWE Champion at a live event. Photo: WWE.com

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Roman Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre in the main event of a live event
Reigns had been away from live events before the Sacramento event
He is scheduled to defend his titles against Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2022

Roman Reigns made a shocking return at live events and defeated a former WWE Champion in the main event in Sacramento. Reigns had been away from the live events for over a month now. In fact, he isn’t a regular on television either of late. His latest appearance on the Friday Night Smackdown was his first since June 17.

In the main event of the live event in Sacramento, Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre to retain his WWE Undisputed Universal Championship. The match ended with Reigns hitting the former WWE Champion with a spear before completing the pin.

Reigns and McIntyre have squared off in live events in the past few months and it was yet another occasion of the Head of the Table defeating his opponent. McIntyre is likely to challenge Reigns for the two titles at Clash at the Castle, which takes place in the UK in September.

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McIntyre could have punched his ticket to the main event on this week’s Smackdown but his match against Sheamus didn’t take place. Despite this, he looks favourite to get the title opportunity.

Before Clash at the Castle, Reigns is scheduled to defend his titles against Brock Lesnar. And McIntyre might face Lesnar if the titles change hands at the biggest party of the summer. Reigns will be defending his titles in a Last Man Standing Match.

As far as the qualification match goes, the one-on-one match between McIntyre and Sheamus might be delayed till SummerSlam. Both the superstars are former champions and a qualification match at a premium live event would be a treat for the WWE Universe.

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SummerSlam 2022 is scheduled to take place on July 30 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Both the superstars are likely to be part of Clash at the Castle as McIntyre hails from Scotland while Sheamus is Irish.