Roman Reigns appears on The Pat McAfee show to promote SummerSlam and he talks about his rise in WWE and life challenges.
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August 11th, 2021
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August 6th, 2021
Tampa, FL
Backstage, Kayla waits outside of Roman Reigns locker room. Paul Heyman walks out and asks Kayla what she wants. Heyman says the contract John Cena signed was a joke. Heyman tries to leave but as soon as he turns around Big E is standing there with the Money in the Banks briefcase. Big E laughs as Heyman looks on in terror
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Backstage, Heyman tells Reigns that Finn Bálor vs. Baron Corbin is next. Reigns says he’s interested.
Winner- Finn Bálor
Bálor grabs a mic and says three years ago he would have just smiled and taken what happened last week. Bálor isn’t smiling and he’s not taking it. Bálor wants Reigns and if he has to go through John Cena to do it, name the time and the place. Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman interrupted.
After the break, Reigns tells Bálor that when he steps in this ring, he better keep his name out of his mouth. Reigns tosses the mic at Bálor. Reigns tries to leave but Bálor pushes Reigns out of the ring. Bálor points at Reigns. Jimmy and Jey Uso attack Bálor from behind. Bálor pulls Jimmy in the way of Jey’s splash. Bálor clears the ring. Reigns turns around and storms back to the ring to attack Bálor. Bálor drops Reigns with the sling blade. Bálor sets up the Woo dropkick but Jimmy grabs his leg. Jimmy and Jey attack Bálor again. Reigns blasts Bálor with a Superman Punch. Jey hits a Uso Splash. Reigns locks Bálor in the guillotine. Bálor taps.
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July 30th, 2021
Minneapolis, MN
Contract Signing for WWE SummerSlam
Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville are in the ring; Pearce says they want to make sure the contract is signed, sealed and delivered. Reigns and Balor come to the ring. The champion takes his sweet time coming to the ring. Heyman wipes off Reigns’ chair and he slowly sits down. Pearce asks the opponents to read the contract and sign it. Reigns asks for a microphone, and he responds to Cena’s promo. Reigns says he’d “boo” to because Cena was a jerk. The champion says Balor is worthy of facing him and getting a beatdown at SummerSlam.
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“The Tribal Chief” says Balor isn’t like Cena; he’s hungry, he wants it, and Reigns digs that. He vows to smash Balor and send him back to NXT. Reigns signs the contract, and Balor says he’d like nothing more than to return to NXT with the Universal Championship. Baron Corbin attacks Balor before he can sign the contract. Corbin grabs the contract and tries to sign it, but Cena stops him. Cena stares down Reigns and signs the contract.
Backstage, Heyman tells Pearce and Deville that the contract signing was great television, but it was a sham because it’s not legally binding. Pearce says he see’s Reigns’ and Cena’s signatures, so that’s good enough for me. They confirm that the title match is official for SummerSlam.
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July 23rd, 2021
In-Ring Segment: Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman
Reigns tells the crowd and everyone at home to acknowledge him. Reigns adds that John Cena acknowledges him too. Reigns said he thought we would get a new Cena but he was fooled by Hollywood. Cena hasn’t changed. Same music, same jokes, same everything. It’s like missionary position every night. Reigns has no interest in that. Cena is right. Reigns adds that Cena is right, Reigns can’t see him. And no one else will either.
Reigns’ answer is no. Finn Bálor’s music hits. Reigns looks confused. Bálor gets in the ring. Reigns says Heyman just said Bálor is out here to “do like Cena” and acknowledge him. Bálor says that’s not why he’s here but if Reigns doesn’t accept Cena’s challenge, maybe he’ll accept Bálor’s challenge. Reigns chuckles. Heyman whispers to Reigns. A “Roman’s Scared” chant breaks out. Reigns accepts.
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July 19th, 2021
Universal Championship Match: Roman Reigns (c) w/Paul Heyman vs. Edge
Reigns makes Edge wait. After the bell rings, Reigns and Edge stare each other down. Reigns backs Edge into the corner during a lock-up. Reigns mushes Edge in the face as he gives him a break. Edge backs Reigns into the corner.
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Edge slaps Reigns. Edge takes down Edge and rides Reigns back. Reigns drops Edge with a shoulder tackle. Edge works over Reigns’ arm. Reigns backs Edge up with a stiff right hand. Edge drives Reigns into the ring post arm first over and over again. Reigns rolls out of the ring. Reigns and Edge trade strikes.
Edge sends Reigns out of the ring. Edge follows and walks right into a Samoan drop out on the floor. Edge is almost counted out. Reigns stomps Edge in the corner. Reigns sends Edge out of the ring again. Reigns slams Edge’s head into the ring steps. Reigns ground and pounds Edge. Reigns works over Edge. Reigns lands the drive-by. Reigns misses the Superman Punch. Backslide by Edge. Reigns kicks out. Reigns and Edge boot each other in the face at the same time. Edge and Reigns trade strikes. Edge surprises Reigns with the Educator. Reigns narrowly kicks out. Flapjack by Edge. Edge hits the implant DDT. Reigns kicks out. Edge slams Reigns’ head into the ring post. Reigns gets trapped in the tree of woe. Edge stomps Reigns in the corner. Edge traps Reigns in the crossface. Reigns eventually gets to the ropes. continue reading
July 16th, 2021
Houston, Texas
Mr. McMahon walks out on the stage to begin the show. The live crowd goes nuts. Mr. McMahon asks the crowd “where the hell they’ve been”. Mr. McMahon walks to the back without saying another word.
Roman Reigns and The Usos vs. Edge and The Mysterios
Jey Uso attacks Edge from behind. Edge slams Jey. Dominik and Mysterio double team Jey. Edge holds up Jey in the air as Mysterio hits a
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springboard senton. Dominik tags in and hits a double springboard moonsault for a near fall. Jimmy gets a blind tag and blindsided Dominik. Reigns tags in and yanks Dominik out of the ring. Reigns suplexes Dominik for a near fall. Reigns tosses Dominik out of the ring. Reigns powerbomb Dominik on the announce table.
After the break, Edge gets the hot tag. Edge goes after Reigns on the apron but Reigns runs away. Edge catches Reigns outside the ring with a clothesline. Mysterio tags himself in and hits a senton on Jey. Mysterio sets up a 619. Reigns blocks it and pulls Mysterio out of the ring. Edge Spears Reigns outside the ring. Jey pins Mysterio after Jimmy superkicks Mysterio behind the referee’s back.
Winners- Roman Reigns and The Usos
After the match, Jey attacker Mysterio. Edge hits the ring with a chair. Reigns Superman Punch by Reigns. Reigns breaks a chair and has one of the exposed legs. Before Reigns can do anything, Edge Spears Reigns. Edge puts Reigns in the crossface using the broken chair piece. Reigns taps out.
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July 10th, 2021
Thunderdome, Florida
In-Ring Segment: Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman
Reigns says there is a lot about last week that he didn’t like. There is one thing he refuses to stand for and it’s a liar like Edge. Edge claims he’s in Reigns head. Reigns says he’s an honest man, so he can cop to for maybe 10 seconds there of fear and doubt when Edge had him in the crossface at WrestleMania. That fear motivated him to smash and stack Daniel Bryan and Edge to win.
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The only reason Edge was able to get to him a few weeks ago is because he wasn’t focused. Reigns’ was distracted by his family issues with his cousins to focus on Edge. Jimmy Uso interrupts and says he did what he did last week for them, the family. Reigns was nowhere to be found. Jimmy jokes that Reigns was on vacation. Reigns says he was busy doing Jimmy’s job. The Usos music hits and Jey Uso hits the ring. Jey says he’s here for the family not for any one of them. Jey tells Jimmy he’s got his back and they need to get back to what they want, being the 7-time tag team champions. Reigns says that’s what needs to happen and the way they will succeed is together. No one can touch them if they do it Reigns way. Everyone hugs.
Backstage, Jimmy apologizes to Jey for everything he said to him. Jey asks Jimmy if they should handle Edge before Reigns does. Jey tells Jimmy to think about it.
Backstage, Edge says he wonders if Reigns has a big enough set of jewels to come to the ring by himself later tonight.
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June 26th, 2021
Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida
We open Smackdown backstage, Paul Heyman tells Roman Reigns that Rey Mysterio and Dominik are acknowledging him from their hospital beds. Jimmy walks in. Reigns asks him where Jey is. Jimmy says he finally spoke to Jey and he’s not coming. Jimmy says he still isn’t anyone’s bitch, but he’s here to help. Reigns asks Jimmy if he can do what Jey does. Jimmy tells Reigns he isn’t his brother but he can do what Jey does. Reigns chuckles and tells Jimmy to prove it.
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Backstage, Jimmy asks Heyman what Reigns meant when he said prove it. Heyman says if Jey isn’t here, The Family needs Main Event Jimmy Uso. Heyman tells Jimmy he has to win a match tonight. Heyman says if they get him this match and he doesn’t win… Heyman pats Jimmy on his back and walks away.
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Uso walks back behind the curtain and Reigns and Heyman are standing there watching the monitor. Uso asks how that was. Reigns smirks and walks away. Uso tries to follow, but Heyman stops him.
In-Ring Segment: Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman
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June 16th, 2021
June 11th, 2021
Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida
In-Ring Segment: Jimmy Uso
Jimmy says Reigns had to make the tag title match last week about him. Jimmy says he thinks Reigns got them disqualified on purpose. Reigns, Heyman, and Jey are watching from backstage. Jimmy says Reigns is jealous. Jimmy says Reigns is trying to take his brother away from him. Jimmy says he’s his brother’s keeper, not Reigns. Tonight, Jimmy is going to do something he isn’t going to regret.
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Backstage, Reigns tells Jey to handle his brother. After the break, Jey finds Jimmy backstage. Jimmy asks Jey if he thought they were going to win last week. Jey is his brother. Jey is supposed to stand with him. Jey gets frustrated and says he’s stuck in the middle of this but he’s loyal to the Tribal Chief. Jimmy tells Jey if Reigns wants him he’ll be in the Usos looker room. Backstage, Jey walks back into Reigns locker room. Reigns asks Jey where Jimmy is. Jey says Jimmy said if Reigns wants to see him he has to go to the Usos locker room. Reigns laughs at the notion of the Usos having their own locker room. Reigns ask if he’s sure it’s not “Roman’s Cousin’s locker room”? Reigns tells Jey he’ll go to “their” locker room. Reigns is still laughing as he walks away. Reigns, Jey, and Heyman walk into the Usos locker room. Jimmy calls Reigns a bitch. Jimmy and Reigns argue. Jey says he’s tired of both of them. Jey says he’s out and leaves. Jimmy tells Reigns if he wants to go, they can go. Reigns begs off and says this isn’t how they should be representing their family. Jimmy shouldn’t be doing this to his brother. It’s about all of them. It’s about being the best. Reigns asks Jimmy how he could treat his brother like that. Reigns tells Jimmy not to do this to his brother. Jimmy needs to make this right for the family. Jimmy nods and walks away.
In-Ring Segment: Rey Mysterio
Mysterio demands Reigns come to the ring. Reigns obliges, flanked by Heyman. Mysterio tells Reigns that he acknowledges him… as the rat bastard that he is. Mysterio wants a Hell in a Cell match. Mysterio says now that he’s laid out his challenge, it’s Reigns turn to acknowledge. Reigns starts to speak but Mysterio attacks Reigns with a kendo stick that appeared out of nowhere.
Reigns blocks a kendo stick shot and tries to powerbomb Mysterio. Mysterio hits Reigns in the head with the kendo stick multiple times. Reigns Superman punches Mysterio. Reigns calls for the Spear. Dominik teleports down to ringside and hits Reigns with a kendo stick. Reigns picks up Dominik, runs, across the ring, and powerbomb him out of the ring! Mysterio attacks Reigns from behind but ends up getting laid out as well.
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June 4th, 2021
Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida
In-Ring Segment: Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman
Reigns is showered with”Roman sucks” chants. Reigns says he’s very direct about how he’s feeling. Last week he wasn’t happy. But after talking to Heyman he feels differently. Reigns is a giver and he is allowing this tag team title match to happen. If Jimmy says they are going to win, they better. Reigns tells Heyman to bring him his cousins.
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Heyman stumbles all over himself to yell at the production crew to hit the Usos music. Jimmy and Jey join Reigns in the ring. Reigns tell Jimmy to acknowledge him. Jimmy says he already did when Reigns choked him out at Hell in a Cell. Reigns sighs. Reigns tells his cousins that their entire family is watching. They better win. Reigns tells Jimmy to bring him the titles when it’s over.
Winners and STILL SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Rey and Dominik Mysterio!
Backstage, Jimmy tries to explain to Reigns that they were cheated. Reigns yells at Jimmy for calling his shot and losing. Reigns says they embarrassed him. Reigns tells them both to fix this tonight. Reigns says he wants them to understand his position. The Usos are six-time champions but have only been on the WrestleMania card once. Jey was part of the main event this year. Reigns calls Jimmy Jey. Jey steps to Reigns and says that he’s Jey. Reigns chuckles and asks at this point if it even matters.
Backstage, Mysterio and his son are leaving the arena. Pearce and Deville stop them, Deville lets them know that the referee clearly made a mistake and they will defend the tag titles against The Usos again later tonight.
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match: Rey and Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. The Usos REMATCH
Reigns appears out of nowhere and Superman punches Dominik to cause a disqualification.
Winners- Rey and Dominik Mysterio
Reigns yells at his cousins that he has to come to clean up their messes. Reigns hits Dominik and Mysterio with the ring steps over and over again. Reigns tosses Mysterio over the barricade. Reigns brings Dominik back into the ring and ground and pound him. Reigns locks Dominik in a guillotine as Jimmy and Jey watch. Jimmy tells Reigns that’s enough and not like this. Reigns lets Dominik go. Jimmy leaves the ring. Jimmy yells for Jey to come with him. Jey is conflicted. Reigns glares at Jey. Jey doesn’t budge. Reigns hammers Dominik with a few more rights and lefts before lifting him off the mat and crushing him with a thunderous powerbomb.
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