Roman Reigns made a guest appearance on The Pat McAfee Show.
Ahead of the March 22nd SmackDown that will air live from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Reigns appeared live to chat with Raw announcer Pat McAfee about WrestleMania, his own matches and what the rest of The Bloodline will be doing at the event. The highlights are below.
On Jimmy Uso vs. Jey Uso:
“I’m rooting for Jim, he’s my only family. Jey made his choice. How do you walk away from the dream? How do you walk away from the promise land? It’s disrespectful. He’ll tell you his life hasn’t been the same since. If you can’t play your role, if you can’t fill the shoes that you’ve been provided, then we gotta excommunicate. He’s doing okay but just remember, we send the word and it’s done. “I would never kill my cousin but I would put his career on hold if I want to, we got the juice.”
On his issues with Cody Rhodes and not facing The Rock:
“We have one who’s currently dominating Hollywood, the other who is currently dominating WWE. Why wouldn’t you want to put that match together? That’s the big gripe with Cody, he’s a crybaby. Reigns then referenced the “Cody Crybaby” fans: “Let’s be honest, if guys my age, that small minority of our WWE wrestling fanbase weren’t a bunch of b*tches crying the whole time, he would have never got that buzz and y’all would have been smitten with The Rock vs. The Tribal Chief. That’s what it was.
That’s the beauty of this business. Things can happen at the drop of a dime and you have to be able to either call an audible or ride that wave that’s coming at you. For me, that was the end game. Let me just make the final statement, put the stamp of approval, seal the deal. I beat The Rock, ain’t nobody ever questioning what I’ve done here and Cody took that from me. We’re such a close family and we handle things the right way…he took that from me. He took that storybook ending…you ain’t even been here half the time. You just got here. You literally just got here two years ago.”
On CM Punk and how his title reign is different:
“I’m living my dream. This is what I wanted my whole life. I’m not one of them people that is, once I got there, it wasn’t what I expected. I’m not like CM Punk where I got to the top of the mountain, “Oh, it’s not what I expect, I’m going to bitch about it.” No, once you reach goals, enjoy the dream. This is what you have been working for. That’s exactly what I’m doing. For me, I don’t want this to ever end, I don’t want this dream to end, I don’t want to wake up, so I do everything I have to do to maintain this position. It’s a lot of work. I’m very private about my me time and family time. You don’t get that backstage look at everything I’m doing. I’m constantly working. I’m obsessed with continuing to progress. I know there is another level and there is more that I can do. I don’t like to get satisfied or comfortable with the current level that I’m on,”
On the Cody Rhodes story:
“At the end of the day, he’s just a chapter in the big book. This thing started in August 2020 when I came back and told the whole world that I was the Head of the Table and the head of the greatest wrestling dynasty to ever exist, Anoa’i Fatu. We have done so many great things. [Cody] was off doing who cares, a whole lot of nothing, he saw what we were doing in WWE and he wanted to be part of that. Hollywood, Dwayne, saw what we were doing. I’m the only guy that didn’t have to go to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me,”
Roman Reigns Prepares For Double Main Event
Reigns and Cody Rhodes will become the first Superstars to main event both nights of WrestleMania. Night one will see The Rock and Roman Reigns team with Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes to determine the rules of night 2, which will see Rhodes challenge Reigns for the Undisputed Championship. Depending on the results of night 1, the main event of night 2 will either be The Bloodline banned from ringside of Bloodline rules where anything goes.
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