Editor’s note: Full recaps of Night 1 of WrestleMania 38 can be found here.
Roman Reigns will now be acknowledged as the undisputed champion of WWE. Reigns unified his Universal title and Brock Lesnar’s WWE championship with a pinfall victory in the main event of the two-night WrestleMania 38 on Sunday night in Dallas. Reigns hasn’t lost a match since Dec. 2019.
The finishing sequence began when Reigns delivered a spear on Lesnar, who reversed it into a Kimura Lock in a terrific exchange. With Reigns in trouble, Paul Heyman nudged the bottom rope to his client so he could grab it and force the referee to break the hold. The announcers claimed Reigns dislocated his shoulder due to the Lesnar’s submission attempt.
Heyman stood outside the ring, attempting to motivate his client by screaming “Rise up my tribal chief, this is your moment!” Lesnar put Reigns up for his F-5 finisher, but Reigns reversed the move, pushing Lesnar into the ropes and delivered a final spear to earn the pin.
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By the end of the match, Lesnar was still selling the effects of some chicanery from Reigns. He speared Lesnar while the referee was standing between Brock and the turnbuckle. Reigns delivered a low blow and then hit Lesnar with the Universal title belt.
Lesnar and Reigns previously met at WrestleMania in 2015 and 2018, SummerSlam in 2017 and 2018, Greatest Royal Rumble in 2018 and Crown Jewel in 2021. They were scheduled to wrestle at the WWE’s Day 1 2022 until Reigns tested positive for COVID.
The WrestleMania main event was the culmination of a build that saw Lesnar take on a grinning ranch hand persona. During one recent broadcast, he attacked a car containing Reigns and the Usos with a forklift.
What’s next: Will the ending of this match lead to another chapter in this feud? Lesnar can point to the shenanigans with the ref down or to…
Source : espn
