Roman Reigns is indeed the biggest star in the world of professional wrestling today and he is definitely the biggest attraction too. He was introduced to the world of professional wrestling more than a decade ago and from the very first day of joining the promotion he was projected to be the next big thing.
He started his WWE career as a member of the Shield which is a wrestling faction. Soon he started working solo and from the very first day of he was working as a single star, he started to be presented as a potential world champion. It did not take very long for him to win the World Championship and win other big accomplishments.
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But the WWE fans were not ready to take him as the next big deal of the promotion. Every time he entered the ring he got booed pretty hard by the fans. Still, Vince McMahon was totally determined to push him as a top star. It was very difficult for him but ultimately he managed to earn the trust of the fans, and today he is undoubtedly the biggest star in the world of professional wrestling.
At the Payback pay per view event of 2020, Roman Reigns won the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship and since then he is still the champion. Recently he became the first wrestler in 36 years to have a 1000 day world title reign in WWE. Former WWE star Samoa Joe recently said that he knew it from the very first day that Roman Reigns is going to be the guy. Speaking with Metro, the former two times WWE United States Champion said;
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On Reigns’ current run: “Just understand that a lot of what you see today, I saw back then and knew it was inevitable… That’s the biggest thing that I can take away from Roman and being in the ring with him, I realized that, ‘Yep, this is gonna be the one.’ I knew it just took time, and him doing his thing, and then finally getting the opportunity to be something that he’s more comfortable being. And there we go!’”
On his transition to WWE when he signed there: “I had a career in front of people my entire life so that part of it wasn’t a mental issue for me. Being in front of people or making a fool of yourself in a large crowd of strangers was never a fear of mine or something that entered my head because, whatever. [laugh]
“For me, it was a relatively quick realisation of who I am and what I want to portray in the ring. But it can take a while for a lot of people, just through time, effort, and going through the experience of being in the industry – it’ll turn you into a character!”
On avoiding his own embarrassing moments: “Not a whole lot! I was pretty flawless and perfect coming up, it was freaky! “He never messes up!” ‘I know, I hit every time, it’s cray.’ [laughs] Nothing really embarrassing – sometimes I try to make stuff up and people are like, ‘That didn’t happen!’ You’re right! I’m too good!”
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