At WrestleMaia 34, Roman Reigns main evented the Show of Shows for the third year in a row when he faced off against The Undertaker. There was a lot of hype leading up to the match, and in the end it was Roman Reigns who pulled out the victory.
Roman recently opened up about the pressure that comes along with facing The Undertaker at WrestleMania on the In This Corner podcast, and he said that he doesn’t feel there’s any way that the match could have lived up to the hype.
“I don’t think it ever could, really. It’s a hard spot for The Undertaker to have such a storied career, to have such a huge list of ridiculously good matches, and to have that respect, and to have that mystique, and to have that reputation as the godfather of the professional wrestling and sports entertainment business. So, everyone’s thought about what it would be like to be in a match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania to where you hype it up so much that it’s almost unfair to him.”
The former WWE Champion went on to say that the match was emotional and “heavy” due to the fact that Taker is at the end of his career. He also noted that he learned a lot from being in the ring with The Deadman.
“I just feel like maybe I wasn’t good enough or maybe it could have been better on my behalf, but I always hold The Undertaker in so high in that regard that I just feel like maybe I could have done better. But I enjoyed it. I really learned a huge amount in the ring with him; you know, to being in the ring with him for one singles match and to have it be at that level, to be able to pick something up in just 30-40 minutes from another performer — it just goes to show how good he is.”
This year Roman Reigns will be facing Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania, and The Undertaker is expected to face John Cena.
