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Roman Reigns: "I've Cried Over Wrestling. I'm Man Enough To Say It."

Published Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:50:15 -0500

We cry every time Roman Reigns wins a match, so we're not sure what the big deal is.

During a recent interview on CBS Sports' In This Corner podcast (as transcribed by Wrestling Inc.), WWE Superstar Roman Reigns opened up about how fans booing and criticizing makes him feel: he doesn't care!

"If you're going to be in the squared circle and be a part of sports entertainment, you have to have thick skin. I mean, it's just the way of the business. Do you know what I mean? Like, sometimes it's funny. I've heard Fandango say this before, who I've been around a long time. He was one of the top guys of developmental when I first broke in and he said, 'you've got to be a tough guy to run around like a sissy and wear tight pants' and I didn't think about it and it slowly set in. I was like, 'do you know what? He's right. He has thick skin: he's willing to do this about anything; he doesn't get embarrassed – he's able to wear egg on his face and be fine with it because obviously we all have a passion for this. If you can't handle something as simple as somebody saying something to you, then you can't handle sports and you'll never be able to handle the physicality."

But just because The Big Dog is The Guy and This Is His Yard and all that, doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings. Reigns admitted that he's cried over wrestling before:

"No, [negativity about his in-ring work] doesn't bother me because, like you said, you have to believe in yourself and I know that kind of sounds corny, but it's true, do you know what I mean, especially when you have people telling you this and that, and critiquing you, and telling you what you're not good at and what you probably shouldn't be doing. But I know the time I put in. I know the sweat, the blood, even the tears. I've cried over this stuff. Do you know what I mean? As a grown man, I've cried over wrestling before. I'm man enough to say it."

Reigns went into detail about how his cousin Jey Uso made him cry:

"The real time that I've honestly cried was a late night with my cousin, Jey. And I was still in developmental and he was up on the road. He had taken me out and at this point I had no money. He was kind of helping me out. He was the one that bought the dinner for us and everything. And we were just sitting there talking and stuff and he was just kind of laying it out there. I was so green and he was trying to get me to think on my feet. Do you know what I mean? And then, he may have said something that irritated me and the whole situation because I knew I wasn't ready and I didn't know what to do and it was so frustrating and I want to be the best. I want to be the absolute greatest to ever do this and I had that mindset since day one."

Defeating John Cena at No Mercy and almost certainly defeating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania is sure to be a cure for Roman's blues, but WWE fans may have the opposite reaction. In fact, we're tearing up right now just thinking about it.

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