Roman Reigns discusses his love/hate relationship with WWE fans

Roman Reigns discussed his love/hate relationship with WWE in an interview with The Whig Standard’s Jan Murphy. “It’s a tough one because there is no one answer,” Reigns said. “There is no one reason why someone would want to boo me. Maybe they don’t like what I wear, how I sound, maybe I did something to offend them, but for me, it’s hard because I’m under the microscope and I’m dealing with a lot of different things and there’s a lot of things flying my way. For me, I can only continue to stay within myself and worry about the things I can control and the things I can control are, Am I healthy?; Am I showing up to where I need to be on time?; Am I here to perform and do my job? If I do that, then our fans, they can cheer me, they can boo me, as long as we all show up to the arena, everything will be fine. We’ll be able to create that awesome experience, create that energy.”

Reigns also spoke about fans who side with him. “As for the reasons why these things happen, I don’t know,” he said. “I do know I have a lot of supporters. These people have my back. There’s nothing that anybody can say negatively to me that will make me believe you are correct. It’s just your opinions. I’m an ex-football player, so I’ve been in a home environment, I’ve played in an away environment. As long as I know the supporters are still by me, even if they’re not in the arena, I hear them on social media and I know they’re out there. If you’re riding with me, it’s going to be a good ride. If you’re going against me, we’re sorry for what’s going to happen next.” Read the full interview at TheWhig.com.

Powell’s POV: Roman sounds more and more like John Cena when it comes to the way he addresses the negative reaction he gets from some fans. It may sound cliche since we heard it so many times from Cena over the years, but it beats Reigns claiming that he’s being bullied by a group of fans. Roman also spoke about his football days and finding WWE to be the team he was looking for, his relationship with Triple H, and what it felt like to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.