Roman Reigns will turn 40 in May 2025, and though he's at the top of the industry, he has worked a reduced schedule over the years to help preserve his body.
As the face of WWE for a decade, from 2012 to the pandemic, Roman was working all the live events, the majority of them at the top of the card as the face of the company.
Speaking to Jimmy Traina on the SI Media podcast, Roman was asked how he's feeling.
"It depends on what day you ask me and how I'm feeling that day. Sometimes, the body feels like a trainwreck and I can vividly picture Sheamus hitting me with a chair somewhere in Europe. I've done that dance with a lot of the guys, all over the world, year over year. Sometimes, no matter what you do, you just wake up and you're sore and your body hurts. Sometimes, on those days, I'll tell you, 'What's going on here? Everything is good. Maybe we could stop.' Then, there is so much meat left on the bone. There is so much to the performances that I'm learning, not only about myself, but the performance in general. How to manipulate them, how to get better at them, how to control the crowd better. All these different things. So many different stories to tell. New family members coming in. It's one of those deals where, kind of like athletes, as long as you can continue to practice, as long as you feel good enough to practice, then I can play. As long as I feel good enough to continue to train and make myself physically in shape to go out there and fall down. That's the thing, just falling down. If we can figure out how to not fall down and take bumps, bring in the double, cut. Just run Hollywood, I guess. There is just something about being out there in the middle of a storm, that simultaneous live reaction. Making movies is very cool, but there is something about having that crowd in the palm of your hand. You can't emulate that or duplicate it. It's WWE and that's it," he said.
Elsewhere during the interview, Roman commented on his status for WWE Raw debut on Netflix. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
Roman will team with Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn and CM Punk at WWE Survivor Series against Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Bronson Reed in a WarGames match.
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