Report on why Roman Reigns missed the December 10th 2021 edition of WWE Smackdown

WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns did not appear on the December 10th 2021 edition of WWE Smackdown in Los Angeles, CA. In storyline, Paul Heyman said that Reigns was on the Island of Samoa training for the upcoming match against Brock Lesnar at the WWE Day 1 PPV event.

Steve Carrier of RingsideNews.com noted the following about why Reigns wasn’t on the show…

“Roman Reigns wasn’t on SmackDown this week, but not to worry. There is nothing wrong with the Tribal Chief.

We were told that Reigns’ break from SmackDown was known about for around 2 months and it was a planned vacation.

You may continue to acknowledge him when he returns.”

Reigns is scheduled to be back on the December 17th 2021 edition of WWE Smackdown in Chicago, IL.