John Cena Reaffirms Roman Reigns as the Greatest of All Time

Roman Reigns has established himself as one of the greatest pro wrestlers ever. The Tribal Chief has dominated the competition since his return back in 2020. Reigns is truly infallible at this rate and will continue to break records. Cena thinks the world of Roman Reigns and has now reiterated the fact that he considers Reigns the greatest of all time.

Roman Reigns has been the WWE Universal Champion for 1094 days and counting. At this point in time, Reigns has broken so many records that fans wonder if there is any milestone he has left to cross.

The Head of The Table has battled John Cena on two separate occasions, back in 2017 and 2021 respectively. While Cena lost to Reigns both times, he has nothing but the utmost respect for Reigns.

While speaking to WWE After The Bell, John Cena had a lot of great things to say about Roman Reigns and reiterated the fact that he considers Reigns the greatest of all time in professional wrestling.

“He’s a sponge, and he’s athletic, super intelligent, and a fan of this, and I mean all of this. Most importantly, a fan of psychology. I say the WWE Universe is the biggest superstar we have. Roman navigated those waters without them. Here’s the thing with Roman, I don’t think Roman is Roman if he doesn’t have a time to work in front of no crowd. The crowd is so against the fact that the company believed in Roman Reigns…I set the precedent of ‘Company guy, see ya.’ Everyone has a tough hill to climb once they become pushed. There is a giant ray behind the curtain, we all know that too. ‘We have to be careful how this happens because we don’t want this to happen.’

That absolutely happened with Roman. It was when the crowd wasn’t there that you’re able to take more chances, that Roman could be himself. There wasn’t anyone to be like, ‘That sucked, that didn’t work,’ because you don’t have the instant feedback. Night after night, it becomes this extremely nuanced soft-spoken character that is not the ‘welcome to SmackDown!’ that they’re used to. As soon as they bring people back in, he had done such a riveting program, that it was, ‘Man, I want to see this guy.’ He has done it better than anybody I have ever seen. He’s the Greatest of All Time, in my opinion.

Me watching it, it was very difficult for some performers to work to that crowd, I definitely would have been that person. Roman leaned into everything they gave him and really made it cinematic and so nuanced and so incredible. He got the viewer to (pay attention), without the energy of the audience. I don’t have that tool. I don’t know how I would be able to do that because I’ve never done it. The Firefly Fun House was it. It’s a very interesting environment when you don’t have an audience.”

John Cena will square off against Sikoa at Crown Jewel on November 4th. We will have to wait and see whether he will end up having another confrontation with Roman Reigns in the future.

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