Triple H expected grand things for Roman Reigns from the very beginning.
Roman Reigns has gone on to become a pillar performer in the history of WWE. Triple H saw this in Roman from the first day he met him. In the years since then, he has gone from an on-screen rival of Roman, being the person Roman defeated to score his first victory in the main event of WrestleMania, to being the head of creative for WWE with Roman as the top performer.
Appearing on The Roommates Show with Brunson and Josh Hart, Triple H reflected on his first meeting with "The OTC" and the prophetic statement he made to Dusty Rhodes about Roman Reigns' future in WWE.
"The first time I ever met Roman Reigns, I had just taken over and started what would become our developmental system, and he had just transitioned over from football to being in our developmental system. The first day I met him, I sat down with him for 20 minutes just to get to know him a little bit. Walked out of the interview and, at the time, Dusty Rhode was working in developmental with me, I walked up to Dusty and said, ‘If that kid is not the biggest star we ever have in ten years, I don’t know what we’re doing. Holy shit. He has everything.’ When he walked in the room, you couldn’t help but look at him and go, ‘Who is that?’ He has an innate X-factor charisma. Sometimes that happens, sometimes it’s the guy you don’t see it in them, ‘He’s good. He’s athletic. He’s this and that,’ but it’s really the character stuff. Sometimes it clicks and sometimes it doesn’t."
Roman Reigns recently commented on the difficulties of replicating, success, and going beyond the peaks you've already reached in your career after achieving so much in the industry. Read his comments here.
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