Roman Reigns was the first one to pull back from WWE when the COVID-19 hit and did not even take part in his advertised match against Goldberg at WrestleMania 36. With Roman Reigns pulling out, WWE chose to replace him with Braun Strowman for the match and The Monster Among Men managed to win his first Universal Championship as a result.
While Sami Zayn was part of WrestleMania, he soon revealed that he would not be attending tapings due to the pandemic. Sami Zayn was the IC Champion at the time he made this announcement. WWE stripped Zayn of his Championship and held a tournament to crown the next IC Champion. - which was won by AJ Styles.
Another name that recently joined the list was Kevin Owens who opted not to come to tapings given the large scale testing and virus scare at the Performance Center.
WWE to take action?
When asked if the Superstars who are missing work right now would have days added to their contracts or their current contracts frozen, Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio stated that it is possible.
While WWE had themselves announced that anyone who doesn’t feel working in the current environment can choose not to. However, if Superstars will take time off for long periods then it makes complete sense for the company to freeze their contracts and add the days they have missed.
Dave Meltzer made it clear that the chances of WWE taking action on someone like Sami Zayn are higher than them penalizing Roman Reigns.
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