Mezue ahịrịokwu a:
2017 Royal Rumble egwuregwu na Jenụwarị 29, Reigns banyere dị ka ihe ijuanya ikpeazụ entrant n'agbanyeghị ida a WWE Universal Championship egwuregwu megide Kevin Owens tupu n'abalị ahụ. Ndị Fans tụrụ anya ndị ọzọ na-abata na mberede gụnyere Finn Bálor, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Shinsuke Nakamura na Kenny Omega <unk>ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi mba ụwa kwuru na nke a dọtara "Nke a bụ okwu nzuzu!" na-eti mkpu site na igwe mmadụ dị ndụ na ọbụna ndị ọzọ na-eti mkpu mgbe ọ kpochapụrụ The Undertaker. A ka na-ama Reigns aka mgbe o kpochapụrụ ndị na-agba mgba Chris Jericho na Bray Wyatt. Stone Cold Steve Austin kwenyere na Reigns bụ "nwoke setịpụrụ" ma "mee amara" iji nyere Randy Orton aka site n'ikwe ka Orton kpochapụ ya iji merie Royal Rumble. N'abalị na-esote na "Raw", onye ọjọọ Braun Strowman natara "Daalụ Strowman!" na-eti mkpu maka ịkwụ ụgwọ Reigns WWE Universal Championship na Royal Rumble. A kwughachiri okwu a mgbe Strowman kwụrụ Reigns egwuregwu na February 6 ihe omume "Raw", na Tom Colohue nke "Pro Wrestling Torch" na-ede na Strowman's vendetta megide Reigns nwere ike "na mberede tụgharịa" onye ọjọọ ahụ n'ime onye ọkacha mmasị. Na Febụwarị 2017, Meltzer kwuru na ọ bụ "ihe doro anya" na WWE na-akwalite Reigns "agaghị akwụsị". N'ọnwa ahụ, onye na-ekwu okwu mgba mgba bụ Peter Rosenberg kwara arịrị na-adịghị ka Hulk Hogan dị ike, Reigns "anaghị egosi na ọ dị mfe, mgbe ọ bụla".