Roman Reigns Revealed His Mount Rushmore Of Wrestling
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns recently appeared on the Complex’s Load management podcast and discussed about the various topics including his relationship with Paul Heyman and much more.
During the interview, he asked about his Mount Rushmore of Wrestling then he picked the Undertaker, The Rock, Stone Cold and Hulk Hogan, with John Cena.
He started with Undertaker and said it was the easiest one. Then he named The Rock before the his greatest rival, Stone Cold. Roman said that Stone Cold was the instrumental in transition of whole game when it was nosediving.
Then he picked both Hulk Hogan and John Cena because they both were similar kind of characters and drew the audience.
“I’m going to start with Taker. That’s the easy one in my mind, especially when it comes to overall. I think especially the way he has continued to do it is Dwayne the Rock. Now we are getting into a really tough zone because you have to do Stone Cold Steve Austin because of what he stood for in transitioning the whole game, especially when it was nosediving. For a couple of years, all the marbles were on him. The environment of the audience was changing, as well. Then it’s weird because I almost put these two dudes in the same category, Hulk Hogan and John Cena. They are very similar in the kind of characters they were and the audience they drew. I guess I’m going to go with Hulk. John, I don’t think anyone ever as a whole career sold more merchandise than John Cena. That’s just a true testament to Hulk Hogan and what he did, but I think what really, and maybe because of where I am at in my career, but the revamping of Hulk Hogan and the NWO to be able to transition his career for another 3 or 4 years allowed him to utilize the bad side to then bring back the red and yellow and be the old Hulk Hogan as well.” (H/T: WrestlingNews.co)