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Roman Reigns was the final Megastar of WWE, and he was also created by Vince McMahon. It has always been a constant complaint about Triple H that he is failing to build a proper Megastar. Despite trying hard to establish Cody Rhodes as one, he is a top star without any doubt, but he is not a Megastar. WWE still relies on Roman Reigns for selling out arenas.
Reigns was the proper replacement of John Cena as the face of WWE, but it was really difficult for him to be in the position where he is today. When McMahon started projecting him as the next face of WWE, the fans instantly rejected the idea, and he used to receive a terrible reaction from the fans. No matter what he did, it never felt enough to impress the fans.
What Roman Reigns learned from Vince McMahon
But ultimately, his hard work paid off, and the fans love to cheer for him nowadays. The whole arena burst into cheers whenever the music of Reigns is heard. We must give the credit to McMahon, who did not give up on him. Recently, Roman Reigns spoke with the “What’s Your Story?” podcast, where he explained what he learned from the great Vince McMahon and also his influence on his career. Here is what he said;
“Sharing a room with someone of that stature or that fabric, I feel the same way. That’s who I cut my teeth negotiating with, doing business with, was your dad. That’s how I feel. I’m not intimidated by anybody. There were times when I had to get used to him, and we had to learn each other’s ways, but I’m the youngest of all his top guys. I didn’t have that relationship like a lot of the other guys were afforded, and at the time.
Roman Reigns was introduced among the main roster fans in late 2012
"Compared to anybody else; (Hulk) Hogan, Steve (Austin), or Dwayne [The Rock], I don’t think I got as much of his time, but I was picking up as much knowledge as I could. He may not even realize it, but there are a lot of things that he said to me that I continue to use.
"I tore it completely out of his playbook. He was one of the first, and now it’s reversed on me. He would always tell me, this is when I was so locked in on work that I wasn’t holding up my end of the other side.
"He would tell me, ‘You gotta be present. When you go home, you have to be present. It doesn’t matter what you do out here. You have to be present.’ I took that to heart so much and I’ve transformed that into being such a bigger part of my life. The main thing, the priority, to where sometimes it’s the other way now. Now, it’s hard not to be present when I’m not home, when I’m not with my children.
Roman Reigns started portraying the character of the Tribal Chief in 2020
"That’s where I really want to be, with my wife and children. Those were just one of those funny lessons, seeing what he’s talking about and seeing it evolve in my own life as young man. He’d always say, ‘You want to be ahead of the curve, but not too far ahead. Slight ahead of the curve.’ That saying was one of the biggest business lessons. Whether it’s creative or anything in the business structure.”
Roman Reigns started to gain attention from the fans during the covid 19 pandemic era when he adopted the new character, the Tribal Chief, and dropped the previous Big Dog character. This new character had been loved by the fans, and he is still playing the same character after 5 years of adopting it. It will definitely not be exaggerated if said that he is the most famous wrestler in WWE right now.
