WrestleMania 33 Betting: Reigns To Leave As Universal Champion?

Earlier this evening, I published a post noting that the PPG Paints Arena had announced that this December's edition of WWE Roadblock will feature Kevin Owens defending the WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns in what will likely be the main event of the show.

Within the post, I indicated that I was surprised by this announcement as I had been anticipating Kevin Owens versus Chris Jericho to be in the midst of a feud by the close of the year. The announcement evidently points to the friendship of Owens and Jericho lasting into 2017. This led me to suggest the possibility of either Jericho .vs. Owens as a match at the Royal Rumble or for the latter to win the battle royal and win himself a title shot against Owens at WrestleMania.

What I forgot to mention, until Jordan Kaye sort of suggested in the comments section of the aforementioned post, is that Jericho could accidentally cost his friend the match at Roadblock. Therefore, another WWE betting opportunity showed itself.

If Roman Reigns is Universal Champion at the end of December, there's a slight chance he'll take the strap all the way to WrestleMania 33 and beyond. This could make the 10/3 on him leaving WresteMania 33 as Universal Champion somewhat attractive to punters looking for a WrestleMania wager.

This market is available from Betfair.com. You can view the prices in the image below.

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As you can see, Reigns is currently fifth on this list behind Owens,  Any other superstar that isn't on the list, Seth Rollins and the person who I still think is in with a shot - Finn Balor.

If he wins the title at Roadblock, there's no doubt in my mind that Roman Reigns will become an instant favourite in this market. 

For what it's worth, despite having a small punt myself - I don't think this bet will be a winner. I just thought I'd point it out to those of you who have a feeling Reigns will get a run with the Universal strap by year's end and for him to take it right through to the close of Mania 33.

Betfair's WrestleMania 33 prop markets are found under 'Special Bets' on the sportsbook menu over at Betfair.com.