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Current Universal Champion Roman Reigns is confirmed for the WWE Live shows in Paris and London scheduled in April. The Tribal Chief will travel to Europe for the first time in three years. The London show will be hosted in the O2 Arena on Friday, 29 April. Whereas the Paris show will take place in the Accor Arena on the 30 April.
The two shows are scheduled weeks after Reigns locks horns with Brock Lesnar in a ‘Winner Take All Title Unification’ match at WrestleMania. This bout is touted as the biggest match in WrestleMania history. Other superstars for the European tour are ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey, making her first appearance since 2018, Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn, Sheamus, and Shinsuke Nakamura.
Check out the statement announced by WWE
STAMFORD, Conn., March 14, 2022 – WWE today announced that Universal Champion Roman Reigns has been added to the already stacked roster of WWE Superstars appearing at WWE Live when it returns to London (UK) on Friday, April 29 2022, and Paris (France) on Saturday, April 30 2022.
London – The O2 (Friday, April 29, 2022)
Paris – Accor Arena (Saturday, April 30, 2022)
Fans attending WWE Live in London and Paris will see their favourite WWE Superstars in action including “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Big E, Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn, Sheamus, Shinsuke Nakamura and many more.
All tickets for the previously scheduled WWE Live event in Paris remain valid. Ticket-holders who cannot attend the new date should contact their point of purchase.
Universal Champion Roman Reigns will first face WWE Champion, and 2022 Royal Rumble winner, Brock Lesnar in The Biggest WrestleMania Match of All-Time. It’s WINNER TAKE ALL in a highly anticipated Championship Unification Match on WrestleMania Sunday, airing live on WWE Network, Sunday, April 3rd.
Reigns’ last fight in the UK was back in 2019, where he battled King Corbin in a series of matches. Depending on what happens in Wrestlemania, he could enter Europe as the Universal Champion and WWE Champion.