Roman Reigns defeated (and likely retired) the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 33. The next night on RAW, we saw one of the wildest crowd reactions in recent memory. The crowd booed Reigns for ten minutes straight, getting louder every time that he went to talk. There were multiple chants, including: “You Suck” and “F*ck You, Roman”. All Reigns said was “This Is My Yard Now” before walking away.
So how does Reigns feel about the reaction that he received from fans that night?
Reigns was a guest on Jimmy Traina’s “Off The Board” podcast where he opened up about that promo. Here is what he had to say:
“There’s a different type of appreciation that you have for a really good match, like a 30-minute bout, and taking the crowd on that roller coaster ride. I’ve been fortunate enough to be in a few of those matches to where it was just incredible, the crowd was awesome they were just going nuts the whole time, super into the match, but that [promo] was probably the most gratifying thing I’ve… I enjoyed that segment more than any other segment and I had just wrestled and beaten the Undertaker the night before”
He also says that he had fans on a string:
“But it was so bittersweet to just be able to have full control. I just felt like everybody was on a string at that point and I was just pulling them. There’s a little thing where you can see I pretty much mouth it, ‘I got em in the palm of my hand.’ I had thousands of people doing exactly what I wanted them to do and it’s like master plan and it’s unfolding perfectly in front of your eyes”
He says that he could have stayed in the ring for another 20 minutes. He felt bad because the segment ran longer than expected and it ate into some of the time that the next match was supposed to have. He got the go-home cue from the cameraman but he kept it going for a few extra minutes because of the reaction.
Like him or not, the fans certainly react to Roman Reigns.
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