Roman Reigns became the WWE Universal Champion at WWE Payback 2020 when he defeated Braun Strowman and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a triple threat match.
Reigns aligned himself with Paul Heyman when he returned at WWE SummerSlam 2020, and almost immediately entered into a feud with Jey Uso after winning the WWE Universal Championship.
Reigns wanted to be acknowledged as the Head of the Table and Tribal Chief of WWE, but Jey didn't accept Roman's new persona. The two had a series of matches, including a Hell in a Cell bout, that eventually led to Jey acknowledging Roman.
Speaking to the APNews, Roman admitted he initially didn’t like the idea of facing Jey “and beating him into The Bloodline,” but the more he thought about it, the more it made sense.
“When these ideas in real-time started happening, it became a chain reaction, a domino effect,” Reigns said. “It’s been like an onion, peeling open, left and right, these awesome opportunities and different rabbit holes to dive down with these different characters we’ve involved.”
Jimmy Uso helped Jey realize he needed to acknowledge the Tribal Chief, leading to the formation of The Bloodline along with Paul Heyman.
Reigns will defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Title against Cody Rhodes in the main event of WrestleMania 39. The Usos will defend their Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles against Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn at the event.
