Roman Reigns ‘considered himself retired' from WWE during pandemic era reveals Paul Heyman

Roman Reigns is one of the greatest professional wrestlers of the modern era, who is having a legendary run with WWE. Reigns has been on WWE television since 2012, making a huge impact on the main roster both as a face and a heel. Although Roman had a decent career as a face, his current heel turn after his SummerSlam 2020 return is legendary.

Roman Reigns transformed into a greater heel aligning with Paul Heyman, winning the Universal Championship, forming The Bloodline, unifying the Universal & WWE Championship, and maintaining an undefeated streak elevated his career and made him one of the GOATs in the business.

Roman’s WiseMan and the 2024 Hall of Fame inductee, Paul Heyman has revealed the stand of Roman Reigns before his return at SummerSlam 2020.

Roman Reigns’ retirement decision during the pandemic

Paul Heyman in a recent interview with Raj Prashad of Uproxx, revealed Roman Reigns’ status during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he was absent from television for a pretty long time.

Paul Heyman said,

“He considered himself retired. He wasn’t coming back. I was executive director of Monday Night Raw, and Roman was assigned to SmackDown. But every week I heard all the SmackDown writers and producers and personnel saying, ‘God, I just wish Roman would come back.’”

“And I would ask, has anybody talked to him? Yeah, he says he’s retired. He’s not coming back. No way. Thanks a lot. Done. Finished. Goodbye. So the fact that he came back for this run, for what we have accomplished, is nothing short of a miracle because as far as he was concerned, he was out.”

Roman was absent from February 2020 to August 2020, considering his medical reasons (Leukemia), where he had a high chance of getting affected. Roman’s plan to face Goldberg at WrestleMania 36 was scrapped and Braun Strowman replaced him.

Roman’s return turned out to be legendary and it has turned him into a completely different star, who tends to break a number of records on the way.  Roman is about to defend his title on the line against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania, which he won just days after his return in 2020.

Do you think Roman will retain his championship title at WrestleMania three years in a row, or is it time for him to drop the title to Cody? Comment your thoughts below.

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