In a recent appearance on the “NotSam Wrestling” podcast, Paul Heyman discussed the evolution of Roman Reigns’ character, particularly since he became The Tribal Chief in WWE.
Heyman said, “Our first appearance together officially on television he’s coming out with the title. The entire run of the ‘Tribal Chief’ has been as champion. This whole story was built around many different things. Family, emotion, Sami Zayn, acceptance, love of family, hatred of our enemies, but the core of it all was always the power base on the island of relevancy of the ‘Head of the Table’ is defined by the title itself. So we knew after losing the title we were going to have to write completely different stories … the theme is now different, we’ve had four years of the theme of the champion. Roman Reigns now, it’s a new theme. So going into Mania, we knew once Mania is over this is going to be a lot different for us.”
Since returning to WWE at SummerSlam 2024, Reigns has been feuding with Solo Sikoa’s new Bloodline faction consisting of Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, and Tonga Loa.
