Before this past Friday's SmackDown, Roman Reigns appeared on the Pat McAfee show to hype up his two WrestleMania matches. The Head of the Table will headline Night 1 in a tag team bout pitting himself and The Rock against Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins.
Then, on Night 2, we'll see Reigns defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Rhodes in a match which may or may not have "Bloodline Rules" depending on what happens the evening before.
During his conversation with McAfee, Reigns took aim at both the American Nightmare and his fans. That's because he blames them for taking away the planned main event which was set to feature the Tribal Chief going one-on-one with The Great One in a dream match.
"If that small minority of our WWE wrestling fanbase weren't a bunch of bitches crying the whole time, he would've never got that buzz and ya'll would've been just smitten with The Rock vs. The Tribal Chief. Let's be honest. That's what it was. But that's the beauty of this business is things can happen on the drop of a dime and you have to be able to either call an audible or ride that wave that's coming at you."
"For me, that was the endgame. Let me go ahead and just make the final statement, put the stamp of approval, seal the deal. I beat The Rock, ain't nobody ever questioning what I've done here, and Cody took that from me."
"He took that from me. He took that storybook ending. Imagine someone just pops up out of nowhere and they're talking about, 'This is my story.' You ain't even been here half the time. You just got here. You literally just got here two years ago. ... This is the thing, our society's a bunch of sheep, right? You tell them and you can Jedi them and they're like, 'Oh, Cody's the good guy. Look, he signs autographs.' That guy's a politician."
These comments are in character, and the smart fans are all too aware of what really went down. The Rock, now a member of the TKO Holdings board, inserted himself into the WrestleMania main event, stealing Rhodes' match under the guise of "saving" the Show of Shows.
Fans vocally rejected the idea, leaving the Hollywood actor with no other choice than to turn heel and join forces with his cousin.
Elsewhere in the interview, Reigns took a shot at CM Punk:
"I'm living my dream, man. This is what I wanted my whole life, so I'm not one of them people that once I got there it just wasn't what I expected. I'm not like CM Punk where I got to the top of the mountain and it's like, 'Oh, it's not like I expect, so I'm a bitch about it.' No, once you reach goals, enjoy the dream."
Check out the full interview below.