What does Roman Reigns' OTC shirt stand for after return at WWE SummerSlam 2024?

Published at :August 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM

Modified at :August 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM

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Roman Reigns made his return at WWE SummerSlam 2024

At SummerSlam 2024, Cody Rhodes faced the self-claimed Tribal Chief Solo Sikoa in the Bloodline Rules match for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Both delivered a great show down, however things turned in favor of Solo, when the Bloodline got involved.

Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa popped out first to attack Cody, however Kevin Owens & Randy Orton took them out with an RKO & a Stunner. They took the Tongans to the backstage and Cody tried to regain control. However, the ‘Samoan Werewolf’ Jacob Fatu brutally attacked Cody, by breaking the announcement table and helped Solo to almost clinch the gold.

As both were laid down, Roman Reigns’ music was played and Roman walked towards the ring with ‘OTC’ on his T-shirt. Roman wasted no time, delivering a Superman Punch and a Spear to Solo Sikoa & left the stage for Cody Rhodes to pick up the win & retain the title. In the final moments of the show, Roman points to his t-shirt saying ‘OTC’. So what does ‘OTC’ mean? Here is a quick explanation.

What does ‘OTC’ mean?

The term OTC on Roman Reigns’ t-shirt refers to ‘Original Tribal Chief’. As Solo Sikoa has claimed himself as the Tribal Chief in Roman’s absence, he is making a clear statement, about who the Original Tribal Chief is with his merch.

ROMAN REIGNS HAS RETURNED AT SUMMERSLAM @rasslin pic.twitter.com/Yv8zc3rWKx
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) August 4, 2024

Backstage reports from WrestleVotes, a day before SummerSlam heard from the sources that the idea of Roman’s return is to claim himself as “The Original Tribal Chief”, in response to Solo Sikoa’s proclamation.

WrestleVotes reported,

“With the impending return of Roman Reigns, sources state one of the discussed ideas is focused around Reigns claiming to be “The Original Tribal Chief” in response to the last few months of Solo Sikoa’s proclamations.”

With the impending return of Roman Reigns, sources state one of the discussed ideas is focused around Reigns claiming to be “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟” in response to the last few months of Solo Sikoa’s proclamations.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) August 2, 2024

Following the PLE in the WWE SummerSlam Post Show, Jackie Redmond also clarified that the ‘OTC’ means ‘Original Tribal Chief’.

Roman Reigns’ merchandise

Following the return of Roman, WWE officially added the ‘OTC’ labeled t-shirts, hoodies and sleeveless shirts on WWE Shop. The company also brought the Roman Reigns’ special edition customized Undisputed Championship with Samoan inspired strap and Roman’s logo, his historical title reign numbers and ‘Head of the Table’ printings on it.

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