During a recent chat with SPORT1 in Germany, Roman Reigns was asked about All Elite Wrestling. The company has been finding a great deal of success in recent months and it's impossible to miss the many headlines which have declared that the product the company is delivering is considerably better than WWE.
Recently, Seth Rollins talked about the company being competition and said that Jon Moxley is trying to take the food off his table. Reigns, however, had a different take on things.
"I think [Seth Rollins] is being generous in calling them a competition. I don’t want to get too deep into this […], I said it before: It’s an option and that’s great for professional wrestlers, pretty cool for fans. Before my family was WWE only, we’ve been a territorial family. You had to move, work with different promotions and territorys. I’m always gonna be ‘pro pro-wrestler’, but at the end of the day: WWE is my home, it’s what I represent and we’re so far ahead. You can see it in other shows: It’s not easy to have a clean production, you have to have a lot of experience. Our talent is top-notch, we’ve got main eventers for day, but it also is our crew. They’re busting their asses all night to get the show running."
It's hard to find fault with what Reigns is saying here and even those within AEW have admitted that they're not competition because WWE is a billion dollar company with a massive fanbase. Instead, they just want to be an alternative and that's something The Big Dog is acknowledging here.
"There’s so many people that make this place work," Reigns added. "When you see other people out there tryin’ to do it, you see the flaws and it makes you respect what we do even more. It’s easy to complain and to say this and this on paper, but when it’s time to go out there and actually do it: Nobody will do it like WWE. Period."
What are your thoughts on Reigns' comments?