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Goldberg teases Roman Reigns WWE match, Reigns responds

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Update —

Roman Reigns posted a tweet where he indirectly responded to Goldberg’s comments: “I never wait in line. I am the attraction and I choose who’s next. And that’s Kevin Owens. #WWETLC #IslandOfRelevancy”

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During an appearance on WWE’s The Bump this morning, Goldberg teased that a match against Universal Champion Roman Reigns will be what’s next for him in WWE.

On The Bump, it was brought up that Goldberg made a brief appearance in the WWE ThunderDome’s video wall for Reigns’ title defense against Braun Strowman at SmackDown’s season premiere episode this October. Goldberg was asked if he has unfinished business with Reigns.

“Oh, I would say that is one of the most mild understatements that I have ever heard,” Goldberg responded. “He backed out on me at WrestleMania. He stole my move — god knows how long ago — and he continues to perform it at subpar level. Let’s be perfectly honest, I’m the dude who delivers the spear. And I don’t think that he understands what it’s like until I deliver one to him. So Roman, it’s coming and I’m coming for you. I may be old, I may be gray, but I’m still Goldberg.”

“Who’s next? Roman’s next,” Goldberg said to conclude his appearance.

WWE.com posted an article about Goldberg’s comments and WWE shared video of them on social media.

Goldberg and Reigns played college football for rival schools, with Goldberg going to the University of Georgia and Reigns going to Georgia Tech. Goldberg was supposed to defend the Universal Championship against Reigns at WrestleMania 36 this April, but Strowman replaced Reigns in the match after Reigns pulled out of the show as a precaution.

Strowman won the Universal Championship from Goldberg at WrestleMania and then dropped the title to “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt at SummerSlam this August. Reigns returned to WWE television at SummerSlam, attacking both The Fiend and Strowman following their match. Reigns then won the Universal Championship by defeating Strowman and The Fiend in a triple threat match at Payback.

Reigns is defending the Universal Championship against Kevin Owens in a tables, ladders, and chairs match at TLC on Sunday, December 20.

Goldberg is signed to a multi-year deal with WWE for two matches per year.

Goldberg’s appearance on The Bump was to promote the WWE Untold episode on his WCW streak that’s premiering on the WWE Network this Sunday.

CM Punk on next WWE Backstage, JTG & Flair to appear on The Bump

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– CM Punk will be back on the panel for WWE Backstage next Tuesday.

It was announced during last night’s Backstage that Punk will be back on the show next week. After starting at midnight Eastern time each of the past two weeks, Backstage will return to its normal 11 p.m. Eastern time slot on FS1 next Tuesday.

Punk’s most recent appearance on Backstage was on the May 13 episode of the show. Next week will be Punk’s seventh appearance as an analyst on Backstage.

Leading into next week’s Backstage, a replay of WrestleMania 31 will air on FS1 starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time. WWE’s Evolution pay-per-view from 2018 is airing on FS1 at 7 p.m. Eastern the following Tuesday (June 9).

– WWE’s The Bump will celebrate the life of Shad Gaspard when JTG appears on the show next week.

JTG will pay tribute to his late friend and tag team partner on The Bump next Wednesday. The show airs on the WWE Network and WWE’s digital platforms starting at 10 a.m. Eastern time.

Ric Flair has also been announced for WWE’s The Bump next week. The appearance comes in advance of his WWE 24 episode debuting on the WWE Network on Sunday, June 7. The WWE 24 documentary will premiere on demand at 10 a,m. Eastern and will also air after NXT TakeOver: In Your House later that night.

There will be a special episode of WWE’s The Bump at 10:30 a.m. Eastern on the day of NXT TakeOver: In Your House. Shawn Michaels will be appearing as a guest on that edition of The Bump.

Regal set for WWE’s The Bump, will address NXT tag title picture

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The status of the NXT Tag Team titles will be addressed this week.

WWE announced last night that William Regal is appearing on Wednesday morning’s episode of WWE’s The Bump and will address the NXT Tag Team title picture: “What news will @RealKingRegal  have for us this week? The #WWENXT GM stops by #WWETheBump to address the @WWENXT Tag Team Championship picture, this Wednesday at 10am ET!”

Regal also appeared on The Bump last week and announced NXT’s interim Cruiserweight Championship tournament.

Like Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin, Pete Dunne is currently unable to travel and defend the NXT Tag Team titles. Matt Riddle, who holds the NXT Tag Team titles with Dunne, has been in action on NXT. He defeated Roderick Strong on March 25 before being attacked by the debuting Indus Sher (Rinku Singh & Saurav Gurjar).

Indus Sher are managed by Malcolm Bivens (the former Stokely Hathaway). They defeated Ever-Rise (Chase Parker & Matt Martel) on NXT last week.

Riddle & Dunne were the winners of this year’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They then defeated Undisputed Era’s Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish for the NXT Tag Team titles at TakeOver: Portland in February.

WWE’s The Bump airs on the WWE Network and WWE’s digital platforms at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays.