Roman Reigns On His Friendship With Jon Moxley, His Reaction To Moxley Leaving For AEW

Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Jon Moxley have all gone on to achieve major success as singles wrestlers, but they made a name for themselves working together as The Shield in WWE.

The Tribal Chief is currently feuding with former Shield member Seth Rollins, so naturally their history with the group has been referenced on WWE programming in recent weeks. Jon Moxley now works for AEW, and Rollins got a lot of attention last week when he mentioned Mox’s name on SmackDown.

Roman Reigns recently discussed his relationship with Jon Moxley during an appearance on the SI Media Podcast, and he noted that he and Mox were super tight during their time together in WWE.

“Mox was actually, I mean, he’ll probably actually tell you too, me and him were like, super tight. Within the Shield and maybe even a little bit closer. They may have been like, super bonded through wrestling and what they have done in FCW, and prior to WWE. But when it comes to just like, whether we were wrestlers or not, me and Mox, we’re friends you know what I mean? Like we’re the kind that can just hang out and have a beer. Well, I guess not anymore.”

The current Universal Champion went on to talk about The Shield, and how he doesn’t think that the group will ever be brought back or recreated.

“Well I guess Ambrose or Moxley really screwed that up, didn’t he? He messed around and just left us. I don’t think The Shield will ever be recreated or brought back. That’s not just a situation because Mox went to AEW. It’s just, we were so good. Honestly, I think we did the reunion thing a little too much the last… three years ago or whatever it was.”

Roman Reigns will defend the Universal Championship against Seth Rollins at the Royal Rumble on Saturday, January 29th. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.

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