Roman Reigns on his WWE promos: “We’re all thick-skinned alphas – I say what I want”
In a video published to WWE’s YouTube channel, Roman Reigns commented on the trash talking that takes place during his WWE promos…
“This is what we do, man. We talk sh*t, and then we find a way to find that solution. And usually it happens out there [in the ring]. So nobody who’s been here for a long time has thin skin. You just learn. That’s just what it is.
We’re all thick-skinned alphas here. So you’re gonna hear a lot of stuff. You’re gonna hear a lot of jabs here and there. And when it comes to it, I’m the slyest with it. I’ll sit there and I’ll pepper you without you even knowing. You’re like, ‘Oh damn, what’d he say? He just Lil Wayne’d my ass.’
But nah, it is what it is. And when you’ve been here and you’ve done what I’ve done, you build that equity to share your opinion. The sh*t I think and the sh*t I say matters, you know what I mean? And I earned that. Nobody gave it to me. I had to take it.”
It wasn’t easy. That’s what everybody thinks—‘Oh, he’s gone.’ It was not easy when I got here. John Cena, Randy Orton, Big Show, Kane—sweetheart, but still—I had to pry this sh*t from the grips of the veterans. Nobody else did it but me.
So I say what I want.”