Roman Reigns went away to take time off after WrestleMania XL after dropping the Undisputed WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes on the second night, only to return at SummerSlam.
During his absence, Solo Sikoa went from being the enforcer for Reigns to being the new Tribal Chief with the idea to make Sikoa the main faction leader before doing a match with Reigns. After Sikoa told Paul Heyman Reigns was never coming back, he laid out Heyman because Heyman wouldn’t acknowledge him as his Tribal Chief on June 28th, 2024, from Madison Square Garden.
Heyman has not appeared on WWE television since the attack. However, he spoke about his absence while speaking at the NYC Fanatics Fest.
Heyman said, “I don’t even think we’re in the third inning yet, and now that you see the emergence of Solo and Jacob Fatu and the Tongas and the fact that they are a real threat. The first time a real threat to Roman Reigns’ dominance to Roman Reigns sitting at the ‘Head of the Table’ to Roman Reigns being the top star to Roman Reigns actually being the ‘Tribal Chief.’ How many stories can we tell from the position that we’re in now? You don’t know what Jimmy Uso stance on this is. You don’t know what Jey Uso stance on this is. You don’t know if or when ‘The Wise Man’ will return. You don’t know who else Solo may or may not have in his back pocket ready to debut. You don’t know what our moves, what Roman Reigns’s moves, what my moves, what anybody’s moves can be. All you know is that Roman Reigns is back. He’s back to reclaim the title of ‘Tribal Chief’ from Solo, and Solo has so much backup right now that Roman’s in deep, deep, deep trouble.”
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