Roman Reigns Contracted COVID-19, Pulled from WWE’s Day 1 Event

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Jan 1, 2022

WWE announced on Twitter that due to Roman Reigns recently testing positive for COVID-19, he has been pulled from the card of tonight’s Day 1 event in Atlanta, Georgia.

In regards to Brock Lesnar’s status for the event, the company announced that the previously announced Fatal Four-way match for the WWE Championship will now be a Fatal Five-way match between champion Big E, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley, and Lesnar.

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