Roman Reigns has been back in a WWE ring for most of 2019 after taking a sabbatical to deal with his leukemia. Before his time off, the fans were still somewhat rejecting Roman as the face of the company.
Some of the disdain was due to Roman being “pushed down the fans throats”, as well as his promos sounding very scripted and not organic.
Who can forget the now infamous ‘Suffering Succotash” promo? These are words normal people do not say, especially in a confrontation.
Roman sat down with Newsweek earlier on the week and spoke about how he feels behind a microphone now.
I have a new perspective and also just the experience. Not just the wrestling experience from doing this for years, but just the experience of the last year. It relaxes me and reminds me that when I go through those curtains, man, what an opportunity. What a blessing to be able to do this. I would have been happy to sit in a cubicle and provide for my family and live my life and provide a future. But I get to do this job, I get to be a WWE superstar, a performer for people who are passionate about my art form. I just have to continually keep that perspective and when I walk through that curtain that reaction and that energy hits “Joe” a lot. It just is what it is. No matter how much you want to stay in the character you feel it no matter what. I’m just enjoying myself and I’m appreciative of every night and every morning I get to do this. It’s a blessing regardless of what you’ve been through. If you get to do this job or anything like it it’s very cool.
Newsweek
It appears that with relaxation comes confidence and confidence can be felt. Roman has cut promos recently that seem more natural and that really helps connecting to the character.
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