Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre: Five new challengers for Roman Reigns after Unified WWE title win

Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar on Sunday night to become the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion in the finale to WrestleMania weekend. 

Lesnar become the latest name on Reign’s hitlist in a Universal Championship reign that has seen him hold on the title for a record-breaking 583 days. That reign has seen him go through some of WWE’s biggest names, to the point where he holds BOTH of WWE’s world titles. 

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GiveMeSport takes a look at who could be next to challenge the Tribal Chief and acknowledge his incredible run at the head of the table. 

Cody Rhodes

The WWE story of WrestleMania weekend was the return of Cody Rhodes, and he’s quickly made his intentions known upon his arrival. Cody opened Monday Night Raw and set his sights on being WWE Champion, something his father never did, and standing in his way right now is Roman Reigns. Expect this one to be saved, because there is a bigger story to build in Rhodes championship quest and it’s one that could go all the way to next year’s WrestleMania, where a definite big match option could be Rhodes vs Reigns. Much depends on what happens with the world titles across Raw and SmackDown, but it’s fresh main event match with two massive superstars that has to happen at some point down the road for Rhodes and Reigns. 

Drew McIntyre

It’s hard to believe Drew has been on SmackDown since October’s WWE Draft and is yet to have a sniff at a world title feud with Roman Reigns. WWE have done really well in keeping McIntyre strong and telling the story of him rising through the ranks on the blue brand. However, having finally dispatched of Happy Corbin at WrestleMania, there should only be