While it’s still unclear when Roman Reigns found out he was losing in the main event at WrestleMania, one thing being reported is that former champion Brock Lesnar knew he was dropping the WWE World Heavyweight title when he signed his new contract with the company.

While it’s obviously a scripted environment, it would have looked bad – and likely caused some bad blood between the two – if Vince McMahon worked out a new contract while he was champion, and then immediately changed plans to take the title off him. But according to reports, the former champion walked out of negotiations knowing Seth Rollins would leave WrestleMania with the belt.

Lesnar appeared on ESPN Sports Center to announce the deal on March 24, and noted that he and Vince came to terms the previous day at the WWE RAW taping. Apparently Brock, Paul Heyman and Seth Rollins were working together heading into WrestleMania, which means officials had to have the finish finalized (more or less) on or before March 23.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there is some backstage resentment from a few WWE Superstars over the way fans turned on Roman Reigns when it became clear he was next in line for the world title. Reigns is generally well-liked and respected backstage and has certainly come a long way in the ring in a short amount of time, and there’s definitely some bitterness going around that his ascension to the top was squashed through very little fault of his own.

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According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there is some backstage resentment from a few WWE Superstars over the way fans turned on Roman Reigns when it became clear he was next in line for the world title. Reigns is generally well-liked and respected backstage and has certainly come a long way in the ring in a short amount of time, and there’s definitely some bitterness going around that his ascension to the top was squashed through very little fault of his own.

He was on a roll until he got injured, I agree. Even I cheered for Roman Reigns when RAW came to Montreal and he kicked off the show. But things changed and situations happened with injuries and it wasn't Roman's year anymore he got injured. His ascension to the top wasn't squashed, it was just delayed. He still got to main event WrestleMania and steal Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose's spot because it was their year. I'm sure they still have the machine behind Roman Reigns and he's gonna walk into WrestleMania 32 with the Title.

You dont like how the fans turned on him? That's YOUR fault for trying to make him the next John Cena. Let the shit happen naturally.

Wrestling companies always groom wrestlers who the they will be the next stars. Only issue is, they were trying to push the process forwards by several years lol.

Reigns will be fine in the long term.

There's nothing wrong with grooming them, there is something wrong with trying to force the fans to cheer for someone they DONT want to cheer for.