Triple H vs. Roman Reigns: Early Preview, Prediction for WWE WrestleMania 32

After defeating Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in a Triple Threat match for the No. 1 contendership Sunday night at Fastlane, Roman Reigns will go on to face WWE world heavyweight champion Triple H in the main event of WrestleMania 32.

Reigns hit a spear on Ambrose after the Cincinnati native had hit both Reigns and Lesnar with chair shots to gain an advantage, and Reigns then pinned his best friend for the three-count. WWE captured this moment after the pinfall:

Reigns was the overwhelming favorite entering the pay-per-view based on his long-running feud with Triple H and The Authority, and WWE's decision-makers decided to stick with that angle entering the showcase of immortals.

The Big Dog and The Game have been at odds for the past several months, especially since Tables, Ladders & Chairs. After losing a world title match to Sheamus, Reigns destroyed Triple H and knocked him out of action for weeks.

According to his friend, former WWE Superstar Sean "X-Pac" Waltman, on Jim Ross' Ross Report (h/t William Windsor of WrestlingInc.com), the world champion pushed hard behind the scenes to ensure that segment happened:

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[WWE] did wonders in a two-day period between the last pay-per-view and I was here in Philly when Roman won the title in the exact building in Royal Rumble that they booed him out of the building. And I might get heat for this, but him beating the hell out of Hunter, that almost didn't happen. Hunter had to fight really hard to get that to happen and they tried to put an edge on Roman. And it did work.

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The fans got behind Reigns to the point where he won the world title on Raw the night after TLC, but his run with the strap was short-lived, as he was forced to defend it as the No. 1 entrant in the Royal Rumble.

The King of Kings returned as a surprise at No. 30, and he eliminated Reigns before also tossing Ambrose to become the world champion for the 14th time in his illustrious career.

Despite the loss, Reigns was undeterred and focused on getting back the WWE World Heavyweight Championship:

Although WWE got the fans on Reigns' side at TLC and leading up to the Rumble, the reactions started to change at the latter event, and resistance has seemingly built up against a Triple H vs. Reigns main event at WrestleMania.

Even so, WWE felt comfortable enough to move forward with the story and feature it at perhaps the biggest WrestleMania of all time at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in front of potentially 100,000 fans.

Booking Reigns in a similar fashion could go a long way toward easing any possible backlash, as could adding some big names to the mix.

The Rock is Reigns' cousin, and he has already announced that he will be at WrestleMania, so utilizing him as a corner man or perhaps even a special guest referee could go a long way toward ensuring that the fans are invested in the match.

Regardless of what additional gimmicks WWE uses, though, a Reigns coronation seems like a foregone conclusion.

WWE has gone to great lengths to build up Reigns as its next top face, and it has placed a great deal of adversity in front of him in the form of The Authority holding him back.

Based on the long history of wrestling booking, all signs point to Reigns conquering The Game and becoming the WWE world heavyweight champion for the third time at WrestleMania.

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