Paul Heyman gave the “spoiler” on the 4/17 Talking Smack with Kayla Braxton that the “Reigning, defending, undisputed, uncontroverted, WWE Universal Heavyweight Champion, then, now, and forever” Roman Reigns will in fact be in the main event at WrestleMania 38 on April 3, 2022 in JerryWorld (Jerry Jones) in Arlington, Texas (the second edition of the event to be held at AT&T Stadium, which seats 100,000. The last time WWE held Mania in this Stadium was in 2016 – ironically Roman also was in the main event that year). The Head of The Table has just retained his Universal title in the main event of WrestleMania in a dominant victory against 2021 Royal Rumble winner Edge and Daniel Bryan.
Roman has main-evented WWE’s grandest show of the year five of the last seven years (next year would be 6 for 8). It is starting to become a foregone conclusion that Roman Reigns will be in the main event every year, which is a good thing because there are absolutely no complaints because of the level of transparency Roman brings to his character presentation. He is starting to become (at least from the WrestleMania main event viewpoint) the Hulk Hogan of this current era.
Back in the day from 1985 – 1994, The Hulkster main-evented each of the first 10 WrestleManias. The Tribal Chief will be participating in the main event next year with someone like Big E, who was not on SmackDown immediately following Mania.
In the immediate future Roman will be defending his Universal Championship at WrestleMania\Backlash most likely against Cesaro (and Seth Rollins?) Rollins and Cesaro – the two great real-life friends who had never worked together until this past Mania – put on a fantastic singles match that went a long way toward establishing Cesaro as the main event caliber superstar the Cesaro Section of the WWE universe tank knew he was capable of becoming.