WWE Superstar Roman Reigns of The Shield recently spoke to the Busted Open radio show.
On being the only member of The Shield to beat CM Punk; if there are any cracks in The Shield: "The match as far as me beating CM Punk thatās-- thatās something everybodyās going to have to get used to. Me taking down a lot of the top superstars, on my own. As far as cracks in The Shield--you know I donāt see it as a āweak linkā type thing. I think the match up, you know like; itās a very similar match up between Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and CM Punk. Theyāre all very technical-sound wrestlers. I bring something a bit different to the table. Iām a heavy hitting brawler. CM Punk tried to go toe-to-toe with me in that regard and it failed for him."
On if he looks at himself as a standout member of The Shield since being voted Most Improved Wrester by the Busted Open Nation: "I donāt look at it too much--read into that type of stuff too much but I do agree with it; you know what Iām saying? When you wrestle as much we do; we like to consider ourselves the backbone of the company. Without us, all these dates that weāre able to do; theyāre just not going to be possible. Weāre the guys that do the dirty work. Weāre there every single day. We donāt miss a show. Thereās no weekends off for us. So I think thatās a huge contribution to my improvement. Anytime you can work on your craft; week in and week out; and focus on it, youāre gonna get better at anything. So for me, it was just apart of the process. Traveling with Seth and Dean, wrestling everyday with those guys; your grandma could get better at wrestling if she was able to do that."
On what would be his focus if he were to find himself next to his partners in the Royal Rumble: "Oh thatās simple. Weāre all in there together. Nothing changes for us. Itās business as usual. Weāre gonna eliminate everybody and weāre going to do it with the most efficient teamwork possible. And then once we get to where itās us three weāre gonna have to figure that out then. The gloves may come off or maybe weāll make a stand. Maybe weāll do something no oneās ever done before. We walk out of that sucker; who knows? Thatās gonna have to be up to everybody to tune in and pay attention. Cause weāre gonna put on a good show."
On what is his goal for 2014: "I think just to stay on the track that Iām on. Continue to dominate in these singles opportunities I get. And then when the right opportunity presents itself, Iād like to capture a singles title. Thereās plenty of room in The Shield for another singles title; if not two more. I know Seth is thinking the exact same thing. And thatās what makes us money is weāre all on the same page as far as where weāre trying to go. If youāre not trying to climb to the top; if youāre not on that ladder; youāre in trouble, man. You might as well just stay over there by the water cooler and watch us dominate. So if we can get a couple of singles titles along with that US title; thatāll be key for us in 2014."
His thoughts on the WWE Network: "I mean just groundbreaking stuff. This is something for a damn near century weāve been working towards. Since pro wrestling started and then evolved into Sports Entertainment. This is kind of what weāve been pushing towards for years and years now. For the WWE, that was really the next step; to broadcast and advertise under our own name. So itās a big, big moment for our company. And Iām sure nothing but the best is lined up in our future."
His thoughts on possibly being the āfaceā of the company in 2014: "I donāt know about the āfaceā of the company. Thatās kind of being used right now. Iād like to come up with something a little more fresh. You know Randy Orton is doing that whole āfaceā of the company thing. I think Iām better than him so if we can get a one upper situation, thatās---maybe the ābackboneā of the company. Maybe the āballsā of the company. Something cool like that, you know? I donāt know about the āfaceā of the company. Maybe the āmanā of the company. That sounds about right."
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