Roman Reigns retains Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan and bans him from SmackDown

Roman Reigns retains Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan and bans him from SmackDown. The two fought in a career vs. title match on tonight’s episode.

Daniel Bryan finally received his one on one rematch against Roman Reigns on tonight’s episode of SmackDown. A win tonight would result in Bryan winning every active WWE World Championship in the last decade. A loss however, would see him being banished from SmackDown.

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The entire show was building to this match and it did not disappoint. The bout had a big fight feel before the bell even rang with the Tribal Chief debuting his new entrance theme. Bryan had a smile while Reigns marched to the ring looking his smug self.

Roman Reigns retains Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan and bans him from SmackDown

The match began with Bryan dropkicking Reigns. The challenger gained momentum with some early offence before dropping his opponent with a running knee.

Bryan laid Reigns out again with two running dropkicks. His third attempt was met with a big right hand.

It was now Reigns turn to tighten the screws around his challenger. Bryan tried to fight back but his comeback was cut short by a back elbow for another two count.  Reigns tried to end the match with a powerbomb from the second rope but Bryan somehow managed to kick out of it as well.

It was time for Bryan to stage a revival and he did so with a super back suplex.

He went for a pin but Reigns kicked out at two. Bryan later attacked with a diving headbutt but even that only resulted in a two count. He connected with the running knee. However, Reigns escaped a certain defeat by placing his feet on the bottom rope. A frustrated Bryan tried to end the match with a Yes Lock.

However, Reigns managed to escape the maneuver and hit Bryan with a spear. 1..2… and Bryan kicked out to everyone’s surprise. The match finally ended after Reigns locked in the Guillotine and choked Bryan out.

After the match Reigns brought in two steel chairs. Cesaro came out for the save before the tribal chief could do anything untoward Bryan.

However, Jey Uso attacked him from behind and tied him to the ropes. The Swiss Cyborg was then forced to watch Reigns deliver a Con-Chair-To to Bryan.

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