Roman Reigns fires serious shots at The Rock and Cody Rhodes ahead of WWE Survivor Series
Roman Reigns doesn't care about the drama surrounding the buildup to WrestleMania 40 between The Rock and Cody Rhodes. He took a subtle shot at the arch-rivals ahead of Saturday's Survivor Series: WarGames Premium Live Event.
The Rock made it known that he wanted to be The Head of the Table when he returned to WWE television in January 2024. Meanwhile, Rhodes earned an opportunity to finish his story by winning the Men's Royal Rumble match. However, he initially had to give up his chance for The People's Champion vs. Reigns to happen.
Fans were not having any of it, and the plans pivoted to Rocky turning into The Final Boss. The American Nightmare was able to finish his story in Philadelphia by beating Reigns in the main event and becoming the new Undisputed WWE Champion.
Speaking to Sports Illustrated's Jimmy Traina earlier this week, the OTC was asked about his reaction to The Rock and Rhodes vying to face him at The Grandest Stage of Them All. He didn't care about both stars because he knew he was the main event no matter what.
"It didn't matter to me. I was the main event [at WrestleMania XL] no matter what. I'm the guy that everybody wanted to dance with. I'm the hot chick, you know what I mean? Everybody wanted to take me out." [H/T: Cageside Seats]
Roman Reigns ended up main eventing both nights of WrestleMania 40. He teamed up with The Rock to beat Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins on Night One. Meanwhile, The Head of the Table lost his Undisputed WWE Championship to Rhodes on Night Two.
Roman Reigns shares his favorite Survivor Series moment
The OG Bloodline, led by Roman Reigns, is set to team up with an unlikely ally in CM Punk to take on Solo Sikoa's Bloodline at Survivor Series: WarGames on Saturday.
Survivor Series holds a special place in Reigns' career since he made his debut at the event in 2012 and won his first WWE Championship there in 2015. In the same interview with Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated, the OTC shared his favorite Survivor Series moment.
"I'm going to with my debut, that's the greatest. The Shield's debut is the most special thing that ever happened to Survivor Series. (...) I would say based off of how it all shaped out, The Shield debuting was one of the greatest transitional situations of really young talent coming in, taking the company by the neck, and this is what you have today," Reigns said. [49:15 to 50:12 in the video above]
Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose all became WWE Champions after The Shield's breakup. Reigns and Rollins have been the face of the company for years now, while Ambrose, as Jon Moxley, has been the face of AEW since leaving WWE.
