Roman Reigns Talks Wrestlemania 32, Preparing For Triple H, Blurred Lines Of Faces/Heels, Will His Family Be In Attendance At This Year’s Event?

Roman Reigns recently spoke SportingNews.com’s Brian Fritz while promoting WrestleMania 32. Reigns talks about preparing to challenge Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, what he’s learned in the journey to the WWE title, and more. You can read a few excerpts below:

Roman Reigns talks about where he is mentally in preparing for Sunday’s match: 

For me, I’m right there in the middle of everything. It hadn’t stopped for me. This isn’t a new thing for me and this week of the year. I’ve been doing this every single week just about. I’ve only missed, I think, two weeks, due to the nose (he underwent nasal surgery for a deviated septum) and that was just a month ago or so. But before that, I’ve been on the road five days a week for about 50 weeks this year. It’s kind of like clockwork; I’m just going to stick to what I’ve been doing, stick to my routine, get in the gym, make sure everything’s on point, everything’s healthy, everything feels good. Other than that, I’m ready to roll.

What has he learned since last year’s Royal Rumble match? 

I think just taking everything in stride. Being a WWE performer and doing all the different things we get to do, it can wear on you and you can learn a lot of stuff about yourself. For me, it always reminds me to just stay humble. Just be yourself, love what you do and enjoy the ride. Before you know it, I’m not going to be able to tie these boots up and do what I do in the ring for my whole life. We’re all getting older so I’m trying to live in the moment and enjoy everything that’s being thrown at me.

Does Roman Reigns think there are true faces and true heels now? 

I think it’s tough. We had Daniel Bryan who’s just a phenomenal performer. Everybody was behind him, just a great underdog. And how could you not cheer a guy like that? But then we do have situations like myself and guys like John Cena who do get that mixed reaction. I think it’s just a part of it now. Everybody has an opinion. Everybody has a right to voice their opinion. I think that’s what’s so great about this. It’s not necessarily who’s getting cheered 100% or who’s getting booed the whole time. We agree to disagree and we all just have fun and everybody goes in it to get what they want out of this. It’s really just entertainment. It’s a performance. It’s a story that we tell. If you’re down for the roller coaster ride, please come out and have fun. You paid your hard-earned money; let’s go out, make some noise and make it exceptional.

Roman Reigns talks about reports of his family being upset at last year’s show; will they attend this year? 

Oh yeah. Actually, I have more family this year. All of my siblings and all of my nieces and nephews will be there. So we’re definitely going to be represented by numbers. It’s going to be a great event. Last year, it was rough. It wasn’t so much the outcome. As long as I’m healthy and I finish and everything’s fine and I’m able to walk out of there and still be a father, a son and a brother, then my family is happy. Last year, it was pretty brutal. It’s not easy to watch your son get thrown on his back a whole bunch of times by Brock Lesnar. He’s on his own level. It was pretty tough for my mom to watch that but we made it through.