Roman Reigns is the current World Heavyweight Champion and he’s been one of the top stars in WWE for well over a decade now. Roman’s status as a top guy comes with some perks as he’s been working a reduced schedule over the last few years.
The Tribal Chief’s reduced schedule has led to a number of fans criticizing him for being a part timer. Recently on the Club Shay Shay podcast, Roman Reigns addressed the comments by reminding everyone how hard he was working during his early years with WWE.
“Now with my schedule, people will pick on it, but they don’t remember from 2012 to 2018 when I was doing 150, 200 shows a year, every single year, just working my a** off.
But we’re just at a business model where TV rights are TV rights. And there’s just so much money on the line that we got to that point where it’s just like, it doesn’t make sense for me to do live events anymore. What if I got hurt? — There’s so much money that’s riding on Mondays and Fridays and our PLEs now that I can’t just go out there and wrestle for 4,000, 5,000 only, just for those eyes only. Now, I got to conserve it.”
WWE recently confirmed that Roman Reigns will be appearing on Raw next week, and he’s also set to face off against Sami Zayn in a champion vs. champion match at Crown Jewel next month.
Stay tuned for updates.