Roman Reigns has been the WWE Universal Champion, and then the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, for close to 1000 days and has a chance to reach that milestone after defeating Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39.
During his time as champion, Roman has helped elevate The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) and Solo Sikoa as members of Bloodline and Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Rhodes as adversaries at WrestleMania 39.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani of BT Sport ahead of WrestleMania, Roman commented on how he wanted to elevate his family and other members of the roster during his run.
"The Wise Man reminds me. It's one of those things where, it's a team. We're a company. There is this crazy inter-competition that is always going on, but at the end of the day, we're a team. I just want to do what's best for the team. To be the only guy to be raised up just didn't feel right to me. To me, the quickest way to do that was to link up with the people I knew best. People that, we don't even have to look at each other, we don't have to talk, we just know. We've been together so long, there is so much chemistry there. It was just an obvious fit. Then we went to work. You find the people you can trust, you find the people you can rely on. I had that since day one with Paul. I knew I had that with Jey, I knew once Jimmy came back we had that with him as well. Solo was a pleasant surprise, but we've always had our finger on him and guided him along the way. To bring him up, it was such a perfect fit, he's done such a great job. If we can't lift everybody up, then we aren't what we say we are. The high tide lifts all the ships. That was the most important thing for me. That was what was critical to get us to where we are now. We can be a big star and be doing pretty well or we can lift everything up and make it better, be the energy behind all this growth and reach heights we never have, and that's what we're doing," said Roman.
While the Usos lost their Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles to Owens & Zayn at night one of WrestleMania 39, Reigns remains the Tribal Chief.
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