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Original WrestleMania 36 Plan For Goldberg After Roman Reigns Pulled Out

Triple H Says Roman Reigns Will Be Removed From WrestleMania 36 Match Against Goldberg In A Unique Way

• ON THIS DAY IN WCW HISTORY (April 7, 1990) – NWA PRO

On this day in 1990, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW PRO’.

This episode featured pre-taped matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘NWA Capital Combat 1990’ PPV.

The card can be found below:

– The Samoans vs. Eddie Gilbert, Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman

– Ole Anderson Interview

– Rock N Roll Express vs. Mike Sampson & GQ Stratus

– The Midnight Express vs. Robbie Idol & Paul Drake

– Doom Interview

– Clip of Flair/Luger from Wrestlewar 90

– Ric Flair Interview

– Minnesota Wrecking Crew #1 vs. Rick Steiner

– Norman The Lunatic & Abdullah The Butcher interview

• Original WrestleMania 36 Plan For Goldberg After Roman Reigns Pulled Out

Vince McMahon booked Goldberg to defeat The Fiend to win the Universal Championship and then booked Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg at WrestleMania 36 to make sure Reigns got a positive reaction when he won the Universal Championship (which wouldn’t have been the case if Reigns defeated The Fiend).

After Reigns pulled out of WrestleMania 36, WWE officials were planning to have Goldberg retain the Universal Championship against Reigns’ replacement, as they thought of saving the moment of Reigns defeating Goldberg to win the Title for a later date.

However, with WWE continuing their shows after WrestleMania, and Reigns probably not returning until the coronavirus situation is well under control (and this may take a long time), WWE went ahead with the decision of Goldberg dropping the Universal Title to someone else, which ended up being “The Monster Among Men” Braun Strowman.

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