July 10, 2023 Observer Newsletter Roman Reigns pinned at WWE Money in the Bank, Droz passes away

Roman Reigns was pinned for the first time since December 15, 2019, when cousin Jey Uso pinned him in a tag team match at Money in the Bank, to set up the SummerSlam main event.

WWE set up the Reigns & Solo Sikoa vs. Usos main event at Money in the Bank on 7/1 in London, by pushing two different stories. One was Reigns saying he was going to stack up and pin both of them at the same time like he did in the 2021 WrestleMania match against Edge and Daniel Bryan. That set up a key spot in the match where he seemingly was going to do so, except he kicked out.

The other was the hard push of Reigns not having lost a fall in a pro wrestling ring since that date. While not acknowledged this week, that was a TLC match with Baron Corbin as part of the PPV that night from Minneapolis. That was to set up the pop when he did like the pin meant that much more.

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