Roman Reigns has lastly weighed in on certainly one of wrestling’s most debated matters: who belongs on the Mount Rushmore {of professional} wrestling. Whereas followers normally argue over match high quality or championships, the Tribal Chief says he seems to be at it a lot in another way.
Talking on Membership Shay Shay, Reigns defined that, to him, wrestling has all the time been a enterprise first. That’s why he doesn’t separate nice wrestlers from nice attracts. So far as he’s involved, the individuals who made probably the most cash and altered the trade are those who should be remembered.
“Everyone all the time divides it up, like cash drawers and ringers. To me, the one one factor—just one metric issues. The cash. You already know what I imply? And it’s present enterprise. The primary day I went across the ring, my dad instructed me, ‘Don’t ever be confused. This ring is simply about cash. It’s a enterprise. Don’t deal with it every other manner.’”
With that in thoughts, Reigns didn’t hesitate when it got here time to make his picks. He named Hulk Hogan, “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin, The Rock and John Cena because the 4 largest figures in wrestling historical past, whereas acknowledging there are many different legends worthy of recognition.
“So I might in all probability must say Hulk, Steve, Dwayne and John. These are my—I imply, yeah, you might undoubtedly throw another guys in there for certain, however we solely received so many slots.”
Reigns stated every of these 4 utterly modified the wrestling enterprise in their very own manner. Whether or not it was drawing huge crowds, bringing in record-breaking cash or altering how folks considered skilled wrestling, he believes all of them left an influence that also shapes WWE as we speak.
“And people guys, I imply, when it got here to the cash and shifting the enterprise and utterly, you realize what I imply, simply altering the view of it, the optics of it, all of them had their very own manner of doing that. And so they have been all important. We wouldn’t be right here as we speak with out these 4, for certain. Many different males go into that class, and girls for that matter, however these are type of, to me, these are the large ones.”
One factor that stood out is that Reigns didn’t embody himself, regardless of placing collectively one of many biggest championship runs in WWE historical past. As an alternative, he centered totally on the names he believes constructed the trade into what it’s as we speak, making it clear that, for him, enterprise will all the time be the largest measuring stick.
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