It is highly likely that Roman Reigns will be able to sustain his current pace for several more years. He is all set to headline his third consecutive WrestleMania as the WWE Universal Champion and his first as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, having triumphed over Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 38 to unify the titles.
To cope with the demands of being the face of the company, Reigns has reduced his workload considerably. He now seldom competes in live events or television matches and on some occasions, he may not appear on television at all for an entire week.
During a recent interview with
Ariel Helwani of BT Sport, Reigns was asked how long he thought he could maintain his present rhythm.
At this pace, I take good care of myself. As long as it makes sense, I feel good. I'll be 38 in a couple of months. I still feel like I can probably push to definitely 45 if I wanted to, I don't need to, but really it's about what is available, the art. Whether it's the accolades chasing; 1000 days, great. Let's do 1500, okay, cool. 2000, or it's 'No, no, no,' there is something that is pulling me, 'I have to do this, I have to create this, I have to put this on camera. I have to build this dynamic or rivalry.' If something like that comes along, then that will motivate me as well,"
Roman, when asked if he is planning an absence in the near future, responded, "No, I love my set up. They can all say what they want. Every single one of them would take my deal if they could get it. They just can't get it. They'll get a big fat 'no' and there this nothing they can do about it. They can say what they want. Seth (Rollins), any of them, Seth would take my deal. He'd take my dates. He'd love to get my money. It's not for him. It's the Tribal Chief set up. That's just the way it is."
Asked if there was any jealousy from his peers, Roman said, "I don't make myself available to it. It's one of those things where, if it was happening, I would hear about it, and if it was happening, I would invite it to my face, and it would never come."
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