Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira met up with former WWE Champion Roman Reigns at WWE Friday Night SmackDown.

At WWE Crown Jewel 2024, Roman Reigns joined forces with Jimmy and Jey Uso to take on the new Bloodline. The original Bloodline members set aside their differences and united for the showdown. For months,

Pereira sat ringside for SmackDown with friends and family and spent time backstage, posing with WWE titles and meeting Paul "Triple H" Levesque.

The TKO Group merger of the UFC and WWE provides many crossover opportunities between both brands. That was evident at Friday's WWE SmackDown in Buffalo when UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereria showed up to show.

Pereira has built an enormous fan base through his dominant performances. Recently, the light heavyweight champion crossed paths with Roman Reigns at WWE Friday Night Smackdown, driving fans wild at the sight of both combat sports superstars together.

A potential reunion of the original Bloodline has been delayed - at least for now - after Roman Reigns rejected Sami Zayn on "WWE SmackDown."

On January 6, 2025, the WWE's Monday Night RAW is moving to Netflix, and the streaming service wants Roman Reigns and others to be present. According to a new report from Fightful Select, Netflix wants SmackDown's Reigns and Cody Rhodes to be on the first RAW on the platform. Additionally, they want RAW superstar CM Punk to be there as well.