Roman Reigns is likely to garner a mixed reaction from the fans at Levi's Stadium this Sunday night at WrestleMania 31, but he is thankful for the members of the WWE Universe that will be supporting him in his bout against Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
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Reigns spoke with The Sporting News about his upcoming clash with "The Beast" and he was asked if he was surprised by the mixed reactions he receives and he said he is just thankful for the fans that do support him.
"No, not at all," Reigns said when asked if the mixed reaction surprise him. "Where we're at now, with the Internet and the whole Facebook thing, with Twitter, you're able to connect and reach out to your fans more and see what they're feeling. Fortunately for me, I do get that mixed reaction and that's the thing. It's a mixed reaction. Some days are stronger boos, some days are stronger cheers but for me, I like to focus on the support, focus on all the positivity. I have a lot of great fans out there who believe in me and that's more momentum for myself. It's always nice to get some positive reinforcement. I just want to thank all my fans and all my supporters out there. That's my goal is to make my family proud, to represent my family, myself and my fans."
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Reigns won the 2015 Royal Rumble Match and then defeated Daniel Bryan at Fastlane to retain his shot against Lesnar and he touched on the emotions he's feeling heading into the bout.
I think it's going to be awesome," Reigns said. "I think it's exciting. Everything for me is exciting about WrestleMania. You know, it's not only the match but there's so many opportunities that we get this week."
The WWE has pushed Reigns to the moon since the split of The Shield in June and despite a hernia causing him to miss time from September-December, the company stuck with him as their guy to win the Rumble Match and go on to face Lesnar.
Adding some intrigue to the upcoming match is the fact that Lesnar just signed a new contract, so Reigns is no longer a lock to win the gold as he seemed to be in the past.
Reigns talked about whether or not he feels pressure being in the biggest match at the greatest event of the year.
"When you're doing what I do every single day, even if you're not at the highest level of our business of sports entertainment, there's a lot of nerves," he said. "There's a lot of pressure and there's always that pressure to perform. And it's only magnified more at the level I find myself at now. For me, I just try to focus on the excited energy, the enthusiasm and hopefully with that enthusiasm I can create momentum."
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