Roman Reigns joined The Buzz with Jimmy Traina this week over at FoxSports.com to promote WWE’s partnership with the Susan G. Koman foundation for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October).
Here’s what Reigns had to say about the possibility of reconciling with Seth Rollins one day and reforming The Shield:
“It’s tough because I enjoy what I’m doing now. I enjoy being a singles guy. I enjoy commanding the stage with myself and an opponent. It’s a different process when you’re teammates. Especially with the way we work. We’re very unselfish with how we work together in so many different regards. Not just what you see as the final product of the match. Just strategizing, psychology, teamwork. What made us so empowering is that we helped each other and we always looked out for each other and you didn’t see that in wrestling too often. Even in factions, it’s a very individual game, but The Shield, we were just iron-clad brothers in black. We made it more about the group than anything. I miss that. I miss that camaraderie.”
Reigns had a rough journey to WrestleMania at the beginning of 2015, with fans completely rejecting his Royal Rumble victory and showering him with ‘mixed reactions’ on his road to the WrestleMania main event. Despite some rebellious statements made earlier this year, it sounds like Reigns is at peace with how things went down and is determined to continue rebuilding his fan following.
“It’s been a work in progress,” he said. “The crowd is the crowd. You’re gonna take them as an individual performer how you take them. The key is how do you learn from them. How do you use whatever is happening reaction-wise to get better.”