Welcome to the September 25 edition of WWE Extreme Rules 2022 news roundup. The next premium live event of the company is less than three weeks away. Ahead of the big show, WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns defended his title against AJ Styles at a live event in Vancouver. Roman retained the championship, but Styles has been announced for a match against a member of the Bloodline on WWE RAW.
Elsewhere, Triple H discussed how the safety rules will work when WWE goes extreme in the final phase of 2022 with Extreme Rules and War Games. There is also an update on the viewership of WWE SmackDown for the September 23 episode. Here’s a roundup of the top WWE news from the last 24 hours.
Triple H features on today’s WWE Extreme Rules 2022 news roundup
Triple H has taken over the role of Vince McMahon as the main decisionmaker of WWE after the exit of the former Chairman. In a recent interview with The Ringer, Triple H discussed the safety measures for the Extreme Rules and War Games matches for 2022. Here’s what The Game had to say:
“I don’t think it’s necessary. If we have talent that gets [cut open], usually you’ll see them roll out, and they’ll get looked at to make sure that there’s nothing dangerous.”
Roman Reigns dominates today’s WWE Extreme Rules 2022 news roundup
ROMAN REIGNS. THE TRIBAL CHIEF, THE HEAD OF THE TABLE. ACKNOWLEDGED.☝🏽 #WWEVancouver pic.twitter.com/mwhJ12oWu3
— Tyler, The Creator (@itstylerg2) September 25, 2022
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Roman Reigns returned to WWE on last week’s SmackDown episode. The Tribal Chief made a direct impact on the viewership of the Blue brand as the viewers increased from 2.086million to 2.385million. According to Spoiler TV, the 18-49 demo also went up from 0.5 to 0.55.
AJ Styles vs Sami Zayn announced for this week’s WWE RAW episode
Following a heated exchange over social media, @AJStylesOrg and @SamiZayn will throw down tomorrow night on #WWERaw! https://t.co/kXuipQv8tE pic.twitter.com/tm7HnDSPI4
Advertisement— WWE (@WWE) September 25, 2022
Former WWE Champion AJ Styles had a heated exchange with Sami Zayn on Twitter following his defeat against Roman Reigns in Vancouver. Noting the war of words between the two Superstars, WWE has announced a match between Zayn and Styles for this week’s RAW.
