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Friday night’s SmackDown started at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio with the heinous words “Ladies and gentleman, my name is Paul Heyman”. And immediately Heyman was quick to remind fans of the bad that Jimmy Uso did last week on RAW. But he also brought up something that was already announced a few hours ago in the LA Times.

And according to Heyman, that news has created a record like never before.

Roman Reigns defending his title against LA Knight has become the most-read article in the LA Times

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Paul Heyman was in the ring to fill the shoes for The Bloodline this week on SmackDown. The Tribal Chief took a break this time around from the blue brand. But fans got the best news of the year at the start of Friday night’s SmackDown.

Paul Heyman proudly announced that The Tribal Chief would be defending his Undisputed WWE Universal Champion against LA Knight at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. This news sent the fans in the arena in a state of frenzy as this is what they were praying for eagerly from the WWE Gods.

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Heyman also mentioned that this news was first announced by the US newspaper LA Times a few hours ago. And he was also quick to claim that this news article has become the most-read news piece in the LA Times ever. Whether Heyman’s claim is true or not is yet to be verified. But one thing that is definitely verified is that LA Knight is gung-ho to win the championship at Crown Jewel.

LA Knight gave a warning message to Roman Reigns ahead of their title battle

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Heyman went on to praise his Tribal Chief by saying that LA Knight is going to get smashed by the reigning and defending Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. But LA Knight confronted Paul Heyman immediately after he made such a dubious claim.

Knight demanded Roman Reigns to come in the ring that very moment as Paul Heyman tried to sneakily exit the ring. That’s when Knight in his typical blabbermouth style rebuked Heyman by saying, “I’m going to hit you so hard, i’ll turn that hair back to gray”.

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He also sent out a warning message by saying, “I won’t stop until i own Roman Reigns in this ring, i won’t stop until i win the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion”. But what do you guys think will be the final outcome of the title match at Crown Jewel?