Roman withdrew from the day 1 PPV after testing positive for COVID-19; Brock Lesner challenges the WWE Championship

Universal champion Roman Reigns himself announced before the start of the show that after testing positive for COVID-19, he will withdraw from the pay-per-view planned game on the first day of WWE on Saturday. Reigns’s original opponent, Brock Lesnar, has now been transferred to the WWE Championship, which is now a deadly five-a-side competition consisting of champion Big E and challengers Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley. Promotion announcement.

“I am eager to perform on #WWEDay1 tonight to defend my global championship,” Rains tweeted“However, unfortunately, I tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today. Due to the proper agreement, I was unable to participate in the competition as planned. I look forward to resuming the competition as soon as possible.”

Raines is a cancer survivor and has struggled with two different leukemias. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, he left WWE. He skipped WrestleMania 36 in 2020 out of interest in the safety of himself and his family. In August of that year, he returned to SummerSlam.

Most of the WWE pandemic took place in buildings without crowds, first at their performance center in Orlando, and then at ThunderDome’s “virtual fan experience”, which moved between a few arenas. The fans first returned on WrestleMania 37, and WWE will return to the live tour in July 2021.