Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - A kwụsịtụrụ esemokwu dị n'etiti ha abụọ mgbe Strowman merụrụ ikpere aka ya ahụ n'ụzọ ziri ezi. Reigns gbara asọmpi na egwuregwu ise na-egbu egbu na Extreme Rules na June megide Bray Wyatt, Finn Bálor, Samoa Joe na Seth Rollins, onye mmeri ahụ ghọrọ onye na-azọ ọkwa nke mbụ maka Universal Championship. Joe ga-emeri n'asọmpi ahụ mgbe ọ manyere Bálor ka ọ daa n'ala n'oge a na-ejide ya. Na June 19 nke "Raw", onye Strowman laghachiri wakporo Reigns, onye gbara Reigns aka na egwuregwu ụgbọ ala na Great Balls of Fire, nke Reigns tụfuru. Na SummerSlam
N'ụbọchị iri abụọ nke ọnwa Ọgọstụ, Brock Lesnar gburu Reigns n'asọmpi Universal Championship nke gụnyere Strowman na Joe. Mgbe nke a gasịrị, Reigns ga-amalite asọmpi ya na John Cena. Ha abụọ zutere onwe ha na No Mercy, nke Reigns meriri. N'abalị na-esote na "Raw", Reigns kọwara mmeri ya n'ebe Cena nọ dị ka mmeri kasịnụ na ọrụ ya. N'ọnwa Ọktọba, n'ihi nsogbu ndị ha na The Miz, The Miztourage (Bo Dallas na Curtis Axel) na Cesaro na Sheamus, Reigns, Ambrose na Rollins kpebiri ịgbanwe The Shield iji lụso njikọ ahụ a kpọtụrụ aha na mbụ ọgụ. Reigns kwesiri iso Rollins na Ambrose mee egwuregwu na October 22, mana ewepụrụ ya n'egwuregwu ahụ n'ihi nchegbu ọrịa. Onye nọchiri ya bụ Kurt Angle.