A few weeks later, at Payback, the ‘Big Dog’ got his shot at the title as a contender in a Triple Threat Match where he was pitted against The Fiend and Strowman. On the next episode of SmackDown, Reigns aligned himself with Brock Lesnar’s long-time Advocate, Paul Heyman, and set his sights on the Universal Championship. Following a four-month hiatus from the ring in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Roman Reigns returned to WWE on Augat SummerSlam and laid waste to Braun Strowman and ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt, who had just defeated the ‘Monster Among Men’ to capture the WWE Universal Championship.
