1) Roman Reigns’ Backstage Request
According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it was Roman Reigns who asked WWE management to turn him heel upon his return.
Here is what Meltzer wrote:
It’s not known whether it was Reigns or McMahon who made the call to put Heyman with Reigns, but Reigns did ask to be turned heel on his return after being out of action since March due to concerns over COVID-19. …
Meltzer also says that WWE needed to find a way to use Paul Heyman on television since he is making a ton of money from his contract. This led to WWE pairing Reigns and Heyman together:
As far as Heyman, he has a top tier contract and without Brock Lesnar, they could either pay him a high figure to be a booking consultant after removing him from the guy working under Vince McMahon in charge of Raw, or try and make use of him as talent, so it fell together.
My Take:
- I am glad that Reigns requested to turn heel and he was absolutely correct. It has been fantastic so far and I can’t wait to see more from him and Heyman.
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