Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes reignite rivalry ahead of WWE event

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The next premium live event on WWE’s schedule is in Saudi Arabia, but it’s Night of Champions not Crown Jewel. We bring that up because they way WWE presented its Undisputed champ Cody Rhodes and its World Heavyweight champion Roman Reigns after Clash in Italy today (Sun., May 31, 2026) in Turin, you’d think they’re starting the build for the international PLE that originated in the KSA where champions battle for a belt we don’t talk much about the rest of the year. First, we had Reigns closing the ESPN/Netflix exclusive PLE stream with these words: “Now they know who the Head of the Table is. Who the captain of the ship is. QB1, fuck that noise. It’s the Tribal Chief.” "QB1… FUCK all that noise. This is the Tribal Chief's game" TALK YOUR SHIT ROMAN REIGNS. pic.twitter.com/l65WtQyCNO — iBeast (@ibeastIess) May 31, 2026 Later on the Post Show, Reigns cast a wider net for his “f that noise” message about anyone but him being the guy in WWE: “I don’t think it really matters what it means for me. What’s it mean for everybody else? ”I can hear the chatterin’. LA Knight. Royce Keys. And this goes for any of you chumps back there — you want to run your mouth about the Tribal Chief? You want to run your mouth about my family? You terrified about this Bloodline, ain’t you? You already see what’s happening behind me. “I’ve been a general. I been had an army. I’m trying to do it the right way. I’m trying to shine a light on my legacy in a positive manner, but y’all are forcing my hand. ”Keep on trying me. I’ll run it all, forever.” “You want to run your mouth about the Tribal Chief? …. You’re terrified about this bloodline.” Roman Reigns had a message after his win 🗣️ #WWEClash pic.twitter.com/oRLSfcH81l — ESPN (@espn) May 31, 2026 For his part, QB1 Rhodes later sat down with the Post Show crew and did his best to sound unfazed about Roman, and the other doubts surrounding his time atop one of WWE’s main roster brands: “Hey, it’s a unique position for me to be in for me to say something negative or for him to say something negative about me, and it’s for the simple fact that he doesn’t have two wins over me, I don’t have two wins over him. He beat me once, and I beat his ass once. “So I don’t know. Add him to the list. Cause we said Gunther can get a rematch whenever he wants it, come and get it — easy to find, hard to beat. “That goes for Roman Reigns as well.” Undisputed WWE Champion @CodyRhodes lets Roman Reigns know EXACTLY where he stands! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/P1aORjaGDO — WWE (@WWE) May 31, 2026 Neither man had anything to say when they “happened” to run into each other backstage to end the day: Well well well, look what we have here… @CodyRhodes | @WWERomanReigns | #WWEClash pic.twitter.com/CyWgN089Er — WWE (@WWE) May 31, 2026 Looks like Rhodes was rethinking that as he walked away. The TikTok version has a different angle; we’ll let you judge what Reigns’ reaction to their “chance” encounter was: Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes meet backstage at ‘CLASH IN ITALY.’ pic.twitter.com/Z7MNly826g — Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) May 31, 2026 Seems like that trilogy is definitely in the plans again. But for when? This seemed like a lot of teases for six months down the road, or next April in Saudi for WrestleMania 43. Let us know what you think in the comments, though.