Roman Reigns has discussed what he would change about his WWE career, saying he would have been more assertive in his early years.
Reigns came up through WWE’s developmental system and became one of them the biggest stars in the business. However, for a long time he was not fully accepted by the fans, which led to him being ridiculed. during his speechClub Shay Shay“The Original Chieftain” said that if he could change one thing, he would not say certain commercials and segments more often.
“I probably would have said no a few more times, but I had no equity in the company. You know, I wasn’t rooted enough in, you know, the main event scene. I was still listening. I was still proving myself. I was still earning that equity,” Raines explained.
He recalled the infamous promo he did with Seth Rollins in 2015 that people still quote to criticize him despite the good work he’s done since then. He feels that if he could go back in time and change a few things, there would have been two or three promos or segments where he would have firmly told WWE management that he wasn’t ready to say or do what was asked of him.
“This was like 14 years ago and they’ll still quote me for saying ‘sufferin succotash.’ This was a long time ago. That was 12 years ago, you know? I mean, I’ve done some incredible work since then, but I’m still going to be associated with it. There weren’t that many, but there’s probably two or three promos or a script or a segment or, you know, a match ending or something like that that I’d probably go back and develop the balls to be like, ‘Oh, not today, bro,'” he added.
Despite delivering some underwhelming promos and segments, Reigns will still be considered one of the best wrestlers of his time and ranks among WWE’s all-time greats.