When Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman became an item in 2020, everyone knew that WWE were finally striking gold with an extremely talented professional wrestler whom Vince McMahon had been stubbornly shoehorning into a milquetoast babyface role.
As usual, Vince was correct in his assertion that he had a future Hall of Famer in his hands in Roman, but it took him a circuitous route in order to finally make The Big Dog, The Tribal Chief.
Reigns and Heyman held WWE television as a willing hostage for years, embarking upon what is the greatest modern day title run in history. And as Reigns gears up to face the other professional wrestler who can argue about having the greatest modern title run, CM Punk, at WrestleMania 42, a conclusion is in the minds of wrestling fans after watching the first real war of words between Punk and Reigns.
For years, Reigns was derided as one of the worst promos in the entire company, and he was certainly several steps below par in comparison to the other major stars on the microphone in WWE.
Who can forget when John Cena roasted Reigns by telling him, “It’s called a promo kid,” when Roman could scarcely string together two words ahead of their big ticket No Mercy feud in 2017.
Well, Roman Reigns has come such a long way since then, as he is now able to stand toe to toe with the greatest talker in modern WWE history, CM Punk, and not only avoid embarrassing himself, but actually hold his own and impress Punk himself with some well timed jabs.
Last year, Paul Heyman turned on Reigns in the most highly anticipated WrestleMania matchup of the weekend in a Triple Threat also involving Seth Rollins and Punk that spurred on the Vision faction.
Heyman leaving Reigns was a bold decision, but Reigns, in standing toe to toe with CM Punk on the microphone, proved it to be 100 percent a correct decision, because Reigns no longer needs to work with Heyman. He can speak for himself
Joe helped manage the pro wrestling site Daily DDT from 2017 to 2019. He has appeared in many wrestling podcasts and has had his work featured by mainstream media sites and professional wrestlers themselves. Joe also covers soccer, writing about Tottenham for Hotspur HQ, Real Madrid for A Trip to Cibeles, and general world football for The Trivela Effect.