On this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW, Triple H brought back the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and announced that the inaugural champion would be crowned at the Night of the Champions pay-per-view event on May 27th in Saudi Arabia.
There has been some speculation as to whether it was a Vince McMahon call.
Sports Illustrated is reporting that the decision was Triple H’s idea and that McMahon was not involved. The reason Triple H is behind the idea is simply because he wants each brand to have its own champion, as Roman Reigns, the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, mostly works SmackDown events and is on a limited schedule.
Whatever brand Reigns is not drafted to in the WWE Draft will have the World Heavyweight Title.
