Tuesday 21 June 2016

Roman Reigns Suspended, Battleground Market Suspended

A short while ago, it was announced that WWE had suspended Roman Reigns for violating its Wellness Policy. As a result, the bwin Sportsbook suspended betting on the triple threat match for July 24th's WWE Battleground event.

Earlier this evening, I published a post noting that the sportsbook was offering Reigns as a 3/1 shot to regain the title in the contemporary dream match between he, Seth Rollins (3/1) and current WWE World Heavyweight Champion - Dean Ambrose (1/2).

It'll be interesting to know when WWE knew about this failure. If people were aware on Sunday, it could explain Sunday's betting shift in favour of Seth Rollins winning the main event against Reigns after the bets had come in for the latter on Friday night.

There is a part in the policy that allows WWE to keep the failed wrestler around to complete storylines (drop titles etc) before the suspension goes into effect. This might have been what happened here.

This news will now affect the upcoming draft as it'll take place within the next thirty days. As for the triple threat match? The suspension will be up just in time for the pay-per-view. It might still happen.

If the company found out about the result after last night's Raw, then I would not be surprised if there is a new main event fixed up for Battleground.

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