One of the main reasons fans never really got behind Roman Reigns as
WWE's top babyface was his inability to connect with the crowd on the mic. Although his promo skills did show significant improvement over time, it was still generally felt that his stuff came across too scripted.
That all changed when Reigns announced that he'd need to take some time off to battle leukemia, however. On that night we met "Joe," and it sounds like the former Universal Champion is planning to incorporate more of himself into his Big Dog persona moving forward.
Here's what Roman had to say during an interview with Jimmy Traina on the
SI Media Podcast:
“But also with the storylines and character, because we have introduced Joe, especially last week, I felt like there was a lot of Joe within the promo of Segment One. Even with the interaction with Seth [Rollins], I just feel like with me integrating the characters and who I am in real life and who I am on stage, for me to kind of mix them, it allows me to laugh at Roman a little bit and have a little more fun and be a little more loose as opposed to the stoic brawler. If you know me in real life, I’m kinda like my cousins [The Usos], I’m a bit of a clown, I act up, we goof off a lot. We’re silly. We’re big kids. We’re always goofing around, trying to laugh. If I can add that in the next couple of years, those layers of being chilled out, little more comedy, a few different emotions, I think that would be pretty neat.”
Fans definitely seem to have responded to Roman speaking from the heart and even showing a bit more vulnerability, but going down the comedy route may not quite have the desired effect!
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