Brock Lesnar is going to get his opportunity against Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship when WWE returns to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, October 21 for the 2021 Crown Jewel event.
Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns have been on a collision course for years but for the first time ever, Roman Reigns will be the one coming into the event as a heel with Paul Heyman in his corner as Brock Lesnar explores being a full-fledged babyface for the first time since 2003.
WWE issued the following:
Roman Reigns will go head-to-head with Brock Lesnar at WWE Crown Jewel, but whether that contest will be for the Universal Championship depends entirely on what happens in The Head of the Table’s title match against “The Demon” Finn Bálor at WWE Extreme Rules.
At SummerSlam, Reigns overcame 16-time World Champion John Cena in a hard-fought matchup, only to be surprised by the sudden reemergence of The Beast. Lesnar subsequently returned to SmackDown where he ordered his one-time Advocate Paul Heyman, turned Special Counsel to Reigns, to accept his challenge for a match against the dominant titleholder. Following Lesnar’s scuffle with The Bloodline, The Head of the Table indeed accepted the challenge from The Conqueror, only to be greeted by The Demon, which reminded the WWE Universe that there is already an explosive Universal Title Match established for WWE Extreme Rules.
Regardless of whether the Universal Title is on the line, an epic showdown between Reigns and Lesnar is set in stone with the guarantee that destruction is sure to follow. Don’t miss WWE Crown Jewel, Thursday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. ET/8 p.m. GMT on WWE Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else.
WrestleZone will have live coverage of Crown Jewel beginning on Thursday, October 21 at 1 p.m. eastern time.
