Roman Reigns has been one of the top stars in WWE for some time now and he’s found a way to make the PG era work for him. While WWE is still a PG show it could be argued that it has become edgier over the last few years. In a few months Monday Night Raw will move to Netflix and everyone is wondering if WWE could be looking to push the envelope when the show arrives on the streaming service.
During a recent appearance at Bloomberg’s Power Players event, Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman addressed the Netflix deal which Roman called the “biggest deal of all time.” The Tribal Chief also shared his thoughts on why he thinks WWE should continue on the course they’ve been on with their PG rating.
Reigns: “If we allow Paul to do Hall of Fame speeches non-stop, we’ll definitely push that envelope but for me, I don’t know. I’ve always enjoyed the challenges of being P.G., and no offense to our predecessors and the people who came before us and the ratings that they revolved around. But to me, it’s more challenging to be able to tell these stories and then it also allows you a broader audience to connect to, which I just really feel like is always the goal. We wanna reach as many people as possible and I think there’s a fine limit to when you can kind of cross that threshold to where you push people off from the product. So, I think there’s gonna be a nice little range there that we can play with and push the envelope in certain senses but I think we need to stick to our values and kind of the morals we’ve set in place and the culture that we have now.”
Heyman: “It’s all storyline-dependent also. You know, what does the story call for? There are stories on our show that call for a kiss at the end. There are stories on our show that calls for a punch at the end. There are stories on our show that calls for a level of aggression that transcends into violence. So, it really is storyline-dependent. What is the intensity? What is the purpose? What is the theme of this story that we’re trying to tell?”
"To me it's more challenging to be able to tell these stories, and then it also allows you a broader audience to connect," @WWE Tribal Chief @WWERomanReigns discusses with @WWE Hall of Famer The Legendary "Wiseman" @HeymanHustle #PowerPlayers pic.twitter.com/Shb6oNK0kG
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