Roman Reigns has been on a roll this year as he defeated CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 42, and since then he’s successfully defended the title against multiple challengers.
One thing fans have noticed throughout the year is that Roman Reigns seems to be wrapping up long running storylines with some of his biggest rivals such as Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn. This has led to speculation among some fans that Roman Reigns could be secretly working his way through a retirement tour.
Sam Roberts weighed in on the speculation on Notsam Wrestling, and he explained why he thinks the recent developments with Roman Reigns are actually leading up to Reigns becoming even more of a part-timer.
“But I don’t know. If this is a low-key retirement tour, what a retirement tour. But I think more likely that Roman had the big heel run, this is the big Roman babyface run. This is proof of who Roman is and that he is in the conversation for the best ever. This is Roman putting all the pieces in the best position that they can possibly be in. And then I think more likely it’s how Roman transitions back into being somebody that’s far more part-time.
Like, you know, in the year between WrestleMania 40 and 41, we didn’t see a ton of Roman, and when we did, it was fairly sporadic. I think that this is how we elevate Roman to icon status so that he can pop in and out and make as big an impact as humanly possible. That’s what I’m hoping for.”
One way or another Roman Reigns won’t be stepping away anytime soon as it was confirmed following Jacob Fatu’s return on Raw that The Bloodline will face off against 946 in a WarGames match at Survivor Series. Jacob Fatu was also recently confirmed for a rare appearance outside of WWE, and you can get more details on that here.