As noted before, Friday’s SmackDown show featured a show opening promo segment by Logan Paul. During the segment, Paul teased that he would be making a major announcement at an upcoming press conference and invited Roman Reigns to attend as his guest.
This press conference was held earlier today by WWE and Paul in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the event, it was officially announced that Paul will be facing off against Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WWE’s Crown Jewel 2022 event on November 5th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
BREAKING NEWS: As announced by @TripleH, @LoganPaul will challenge @WWERomanReigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at #WWECrownJewel on Saturday, November 5.@peacock@WWENetwork pic.twitter.com/jwKmeDeGau
— WWE (@WWE) September 17, 2022
Full press conference:
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