Former WWE writer Kevin Eck is back with a new article on Sportsblog. In the article he talks about an idea he pitched involving The Shield, Rikishi and The Usos. The idea was to have The Usos reveal that Roman Reigns was their cousin after The Shield attacked Rikishi and the angle was supposed to play off of Roman’s Samoan heritage.
Eck goes on to say that when he pitched the idea, Vince and Triple H were adamant that Roman’s heritage not be acknowledged. You can check out the piece by clicking here and read an excerpt below.
“Surely Vince would love the pitch and I’d get one of his “that’s really good thinking” figurative pats on the back.
Instead, Vince and Triple H were in agreement that we absolutely should not acknowledge that Reigns is Samoan.
Their belief was that it would pigeonhole him and damage his mystique. The inference was that the audience had a preconceived notion of what a Samoan wrestler is. You know, a guy in a grass skirt who wears a puka shell necklace.
I suppose they did have a point. I mean, just imagine how much bigger of a star The Rock would have become if only WWE had hidden his Samoan heritage.”
