Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 2017 Royal Rumble
a ranar 29 ga Janairu, Reigns ya shiga a matsayin mai shiga na karshe duk da cewa ya rasa WWE Universal Championship wasa da Kevin Owens a farkon daren. Magoya baya sun yi tsammanin wasu masu shiga ba zato ba tsammani ciki har da Finn Bálor, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Shinsuke Nakamura da Kenny Omega - kafofin watsa labarai na duniya sun lura cewa wannan ya jawo "Wannan wawanci ne!" ya yi ihu daga taron jama'a da kuma karin ihu lokacin da ya kawar da Undertaker. Har ila yau, an kori Reigns bayan da ya kawar da 'yan wasan wrestlers Chris Jericho da Bray Wyatt. Stone Cold Steve Austin ya yi imanin cewa Reigns shi ne "mutumin da aka kafa" kuma "ya yi alheri" don taimakawa Randy Orton ta hanyar barin Orton ya kawar da shi don lashe Royal Rumble. A daren da ya biyo baya a kan "Raw", Braun Strowman mai banƙyama ya sami "Na gode Strowman!" ya yi kira don kashe Reigns WWE Universal Championship a Royal Rumble. An sake maimaita wannan waƙar bayan Strowman ya kashe Reigns wasa a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu a cikin "Raw", tare da Tom Colohue na "Pro Wrestling Torch" wanda ya rubuta cewa ramuwar gayya ta Strowman a kan Reigns na iya "ba zato ba tsammani ya juya" mugun cikin mashahurin masoya. A watan Fabrairun 2017, Meltzer ya ce "a bayyane yake" cewa turawar WWE ta Reigns "ba za ta taɓa ƙarewa ba". Daga baya a wannan watan, mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen dambe Peter Rosenberg ya koka da cewa "ba kamar Hulk Hogan mai iko ba" Reigns "ba ya nuna rauni, har abada".