Paul Heyman doesn’t think playing the long game is the right call for a potential showdown between Roman Reigns and The Rock.
During an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Paul Heyman was asked about the likelihood of fans seeing Roman Reigns and The Rock squaring off in WWE. The match has been heavily rumored as taking place at WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles, but Heyman doesn’t see the benefit of booking it so far in advance.
“Why? Why would you do it? Because then they’re telling everybody that for the next 364 days nothing [that Roman does] matters until The Rock,” Heyman said. “If Dwayne Johnson wants to step up to Roman Reigns, then Dwayne Johnson should step up to Roman Reigns, and we’ll set the match, and we’ll go for it. But to go for it a year from now? That’s a long time.
“A lot can happen in a year. What if I say to Roman Reigns, ‘take 30 days off and do a movie’ just to show Dwayne Johnson who’s a bigger box office attraction in film? Which, it would be Roman Reigns, and Roman Reigns is a better actor than Dwayne Johnson, to be blunt. I mean there’s a lot that could happen. You got a year.”
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