Roman Reigns is preparing for the biggest match of his life against WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar later this month at WrestleMania 31 and recently opened up about fans reacting to him and the possibility of Seth Rollins ruining his moment via cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase at the biggest show of the year.
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Reigns said he's prepared for a very physical match against Lesnar on Mar. 29 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. and he is fully aware that Rollins could cash in and crash his party if he were to win the match.
"Yeah, It's gonna be a brutal match. Win, lose or draw, it's gonna be painful... an hour after the match, I'm either gonna be laid out in a hospital bed with the title laying over my stomach, or I'm gonna be stuck in the locker room not able to move drinking a cold beer with that title laying across my lap," Reigns told Digital Spy. "That's what the game plan is - not only to win it, but walk out that night with the WWE Championship, because you hit it right on the head. Seth is a little snake, man - no pun intended. He's smart, he's "The Architect," he's a schemer, he's always gonna wait till the time is right. My job is to hopefully have a little bit of energy, just something enough to muster out a fight if he comes out there with that stupid music of his, that stupid haircut and that stupid smile with that dumb briefcase, he's going to try and ruin my whole night. That hurts me. For someone who was my brother, someone I was so tight with to try and take that moment from me - he better hope I don't get too pissed out there."
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Reigns was also asked if "smart fans" ruin the WWE for themselves and other people with their reactions.
"It's tough to say. The way I look at it is, yeah, I hope they're having fun," Reigns said. "Whatever chant you wanna start or whatever you're doing out there, as long as you're having a good time, as long as you're taking advantage of the time that you have being at the show. I do like to stress... a lot of these smarter fans, a lot of them are my age. They're right in my age group, and I'm a father. I have a daughter who enjoys the show. So I try and think about that. Think about when you were a kid and think about when you were a young fan. Think about what's going to make the show better, because we are a PG product. We are targeting families - little boys and girls - we're trying to change lives, we're trying to be role models."
"I think the WWE Universe has to remember that as well. Our fans have to remember that y'all are very influential as well. Y'all are on TV too. So remember - think about the kids, think about what kind of example you're setting. Think about not only your experience, but everybody else's. That's just something I think about. But at the end of the day, the fans pay their hard-earned money, it's their choice and only their choice to make."
Reigns also spoke with Elvis Duran and the Morning Show's The Josh Podcast about butting heads with some fans.
"I don't think I'm head butting with them, I feel like they are head butting me," Reigns said, according to Wrestlingheadlines.com. "I don't do anything but go out there and bust my ass every single week...Even when I was with the Shield, I've always had the critics and I think a lot of it goes with the background of me not having that independent experience, especially being paired up with guys like Seth and Dean [Ambrose] because those guys are journeymen. The things they had to do are second to none."
Lastly, Reigns said he deserves his spot at the top of the roster and his chance to shine.
"We have a very strong hardcore fan base and they go in a bit deeper than just what the storyline is," he said. "One thing that kind of confuses me is that it is a performance, it is a show, there is a storyline. When people start doing the, 'He deserves this, He deserves that,' really did Brad Pitt deserve to be Achilles in Troy? It's a weird world that we live in; it's very real but very scripted at the same time. It's a fine line and in my opinion that's what makes it so neat."
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