Roman Reigns stood tall against his cousin Jey Uso at SummerSlam in Detroit last weekend. He snatched victory from a revitalized Jey Uso, narrowly holding on to his WWE Undisputed Universal Championship. But Reigns didn’t do it alone. In a shocking twist of events, Jimmy Uso came to Reigns’ help, sending his brother out of the ring right before the pin. That said, it seems like it didn’t go without bringing some harm to the champion.

Roman Reigns reportedly suffered a grave injury during his high-voltage SummerSlam bout

Reigns’ feud with Jey Uso started building months ago. Right after the twin brothers failed to get the upper hand against Reigns’ arch foes, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 39, they fell from the good grace of the ‘Head of the Table’. It eventually culminated in Jimmy Uso infamously letting down his Tribal Chief at Night of Champions. His Jey Uso also joined forces to move out from the shadow of Roman Reigns shortly after.

Therefore, the boiling storyline led to a highly hyped-up Tribal Combat bout between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso at SummerSlam 2023. Despite picking up a controversial win it looks like Reigns was on the receiving end of an injury during the main event match.

While we are still in the dark about the nature and seriousness of the injury, it brought an amount of uncertainty about his scheduled SmackDown appearance this Friday.

Will WWE feature the Tribal Chief at SmackDown this week despite the injury?

WWE is supposed to feature a ‘Hail to the Chief’ segment involving Roman Reigns and Jimmy Uso on the blue brand This Friday. There’s still no word on whether the angle involves the other bloodline heavyweights, including Paul Heyman, and Solo Sikoa, or not.

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But the segment smells special, regardless.

The most celebrated storyline of WWE can take several turns from this point and it might as well continue to evolve till WrestleMania 40 rolls around.

But the only barrier in the hope of getting an amazing SmackDown segment featuring the Tribal Chief this week is the severity of his potential injury. We need to wait for more updates to reach a conclusion about his upcoming SmackDown appearance.

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