WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was reportedly interested in a feud with Jeff Hardy prior to his release from the company this week.

Fans had hoped that the recent push of Hardy back up the card would lead to a short run with Reigns, with the potential for a ladder or TLC match for the Universal Championship being an exciting prospect to end 2021 or even be part of the Royal Rumble PPV in January 2022.

According to a recent report, Reigns was "on board" for a match with the former WWE Champion at some point before he was released.

Ringside News reported that both Reigns and Paul Heyman had even spoken to WWE writers about the idea and that they were both interested.

"Jeff was not an issue. In fact, there was talk amongst the writers that Roman and Heyman were on board with working a match with Jeff at either the Rumble or Saudi."

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