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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: After Rollins [[RealLifeWritesThePlot suddenly had to vacate the WWE Championship]], Wrestling/TripleH called for a {{tournament|Arc}} to determine the new champion - about a week after Reigns had earned the #1 contendership to face Rollins for the title in a one-on-one match. So Trips tried to cut a deal with Reigns: He could be exempted from the tournament and, in fact, be waiting at the end to fight whoever won for the title, if he only submitted himself to the Authority. Reigns, predictably, was too honorable to take the deal.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: After Rollins [[RealLifeWritesThePlot suddenly had to vacate the WWE Championship]], Wrestling/TripleH called for a {{tournament|Arc}} to determine the new champion - about a week after Reigns had earned the #1 contendership to face Rollins for the title in a one-on-one match. So Trips tried to cut a deal with Reigns: He could be exempted from the tournament and, in fact, be waiting at the end to fight whoever won for the title, if he only submitted himself to the Authority. Reigns, predictably, was too honorable to take the deal. Naturally, when he won the title, Trips decided to screw him over in the most blaitaint way possible.
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* SmugSnake: Back in ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'', but it's much more pronounced during his Tribal Chief heel run. To say Roman let his success go to his head would be an understatement. He's thoroughly convinced that he's the strongest and greatest professional wrestler on the planet who can't be defeated by anyone. However, his Undisputed title run, while historically impressive for its sheer length, only lasted as long as it did because Roman always had his family interfere and cheat on his behalf, and would use every dirty heel trick in the book to stack the odds in his favor. Throughout all this, Roman grows complacent and his ego swells to a degree that doesn't line up with reality, that being he isn't nearly as invincible as he thinks himself to be, culminating in his downfall at Wrestlemania XL.
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* SmugSnake: Back in ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'', but it's much more pronounced during his Tribal Chief heel run. To say Roman let his success go to his head would be an understatement. He's thoroughly convinced that he's the strongest and greatest professional wrestler on the planet who can't be defeated by anyone. However, his Undisputed title run, while historically impressive for its sheer length, only lasted as long as it did because Roman always had his family interfere and cheat on his behalf, and would use every dirty heel trick in the book to stack the odds in his favor. Throughout all this, Roman grows complacent and his ego swells to a degree that doesn't line up with reality, that being he isn't nearly as invincible as he thinks himself to be, culminating in his downfall at Wrestlemania XL.XL when the interfering Bloodline members are all incapacitated by other faces and his winning strategy is thwarted.
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* SmugSnake: Only on ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]''.
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* SmugSnake: Only on Back in ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]''.NXT]]'', but it's much more pronounced during his Tribal Chief heel run. To say Roman let his success go to his head would be an understatement. He's thoroughly convinced that he's the strongest and greatest professional wrestler on the planet who can't be defeated by anyone. However, his Undisputed title run, while historically impressive for its sheer length, only lasted as long as it did because Roman always had his family interfere and cheat on his behalf, and would use every dirty heel trick in the book to stack the odds in his favor. Throughout all this, Roman grows complacent and his ego swells to a degree that doesn't line up with reality, that being he isn't nearly as invincible as he thinks himself to be, culminating in his downfall at Wrestlemania XL.
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* OutOfFocus: Reigns had to be written out for a significant portion of the build to ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 32'' because he had to get surgery for a deviated septum.[[note]]In reality, the deviated septum was not caused by the beating Triple H gave him - it was a pre-existing injury that they decided to take care of while he was gone. Plus, due to the very negative reaction he got at the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', he was pulled from TV until the March 14 episode. During the road to ''[=WrestleMania=] 32'', that year it went through Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, all notorious smark cities -- meaning the crowd would boo him out of the building. ''Loudly.''[[/note]] That meant his part of the build for his match with Wrestling/TripleH had to be done with [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] (who was the only full-time main event talent left active at that point) as a proxy, as Ambrose's own opponent was the part-timer Wrestling/BrockLesnar, who was only booked for a couple of shows.
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* OutOfFocus: Reigns had to be written out for a significant portion of the build to ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 32'' because he had to get surgery for a deviated septum.[[note]]In reality, the deviated septum was not caused by the beating Triple H gave him - it was a pre-existing injury that they decided to take care of while he was gone. Plus, due to the very negative reaction he got at the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', he was pulled from TV until the March 14 episode. During the That year's road to ''[=WrestleMania=] 32'', that year it 32'' went through Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, all notorious smark cities -- meaning the crowd would boo him out of the building. ''Loudly.''[[/note]] That meant his part of the build for his match with Wrestling/TripleH had to be done with [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] (who was the only full-time main event talent left active at that point) as a proxy, as Ambrose's own opponent was the part-timer Wrestling/BrockLesnar, who was only booked for a couple of shows.
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** He was pretty much dominant throughout his run as world champion, but if there was one thing that could cause him to lose all semblance of cool and composure, it was ''any'' memories of the Shield. When he first faced Rollins at the 2022 Royal Rumble, he was noticeably taken aback when Rollins came out in Shield get up, and he eventually went on to lose the match via disqualification after Rollins pushed him too hard. Fast forward nearly two years later to Wrestlemania XL, and Roman has the opportunity to hit Cody Rhodes with a chair...and instead hits Seth Rollins as revenge for destroying the Shield, who once more came out in Shield gear. This decision gave Cody just enough time for him to counter the spear and end Roman's reign.
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Reigns has held that title for more than 1,316 days or roughly 3 years. Roman would defend it successfully at three consecutive ''[=WrestleMania=]'' events, including a title-for-title match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 38'' before finally losing the title to Wrestling/CodyRhodes, who finished his story at ''[=WrestleMania=] 40''.
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Reigns has held that the title for more than 1,316 days or roughly 3 years. Roman would defend it successfully at three consecutive ''[=WrestleMania=]'' events, including a title-for-title match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 38'' before finally losing the title to Wrestling/CodyRhodes, who finished his story at ''[=WrestleMania=] 40''.
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Reigns has held that title for more than 3 years[[note]]1095 days[[/note]] now, defending it successfully at three consecutive ''[=WrestleMania=]'' events, including a title-for-title match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 38.''
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Reigns has held that title for more than 1,316 days or roughly 3 years[[note]]1095 days[[/note]] now, defending years. Roman would defend it successfully at three consecutive ''[=WrestleMania=]'' events, including a title-for-title match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 38.''
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Roman's inability to get over Seth's betrayal of the Shield ultimately costs him his historic title reign at Wrestlemania XL. When given the choice between hitting his opponent Cody Rhodes or an interfering, Shield-garbed Seth with a steel chair, Roman goes for Seth, giving Cody the opening he needs to hit the final sequence and win the match.
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Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoa'i (born May 25, 1985) is a Samoan-American former [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. A former college UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball player for Georgia Tech, then briefly a pro-football player for the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague Edmonton Eskimos]], he signed a developmental contract with Wrestling/{{WWE}} in July 2010, and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental promotion, using the ring name '''Roman Leakee'''. While in FCW, Roman and partner [[Wrestling/TylerBreeze Mike Dalton]] won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship off of Corey Graves and Jake Carter in June 15, 2012, before CJ Parker and Jason Jordan won it off them on July 13, 2012. Renamed '''Roman Reigns''' when FCW was rebranded as NXT, he debuted on the main roster at the 2012 Survivor Series PPV as a member of Wrestling/TheShield alongside [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] and Wrestling/SethRollins.
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Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoa'i (born May 25, 1985) is a Samoan-American former [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. A former college UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball player for Georgia Tech, then briefly a pro-football player for the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague Edmonton Eskimos]], he signed a developmental contract with Wrestling/{{WWE}} in July 2010, and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental promotion, using the ring name '''Roman Leakee'''. While in FCW, Roman and partner [[Wrestling/TylerBreeze Mike Dalton]] won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship off of Corey Graves and Jake Carter in June 15, 2012, before CJ Parker and Jason Jordan won it off them on July 13, 2012. Renamed '''Roman Reigns''' when FCW was rebranded as NXT, he debuted on the main roster at the 2012 Survivor Series PPV as a member of Wrestling/TheShield alongside [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] and Wrestling/SethRollins.
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* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: Originally, Roman's heel turn in 2020 is implied to be the [[ThenLetMeBeEvil result of years of setbacks, failing to keep the world title for prolong periods and poor fan reception]]. However, several of his promos, such as during his feud with Seth in 2022 suggests that Roman [[EvilAllAlong was always the worst member of the Shield since their formation]] and only goes along with the facade of a babyface that was presented to him by the WWE in order to become successful before showing his true colors in 2020 when he realizes that the path of a babyface isn't working for him. This is somewhat supported when [[PracticallyJoker Seth]] [[ChronicBackStabbingDisorder Rollins]] still has fond memories of the time when they and Dean were together while Roman does not.
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* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: Originally, Roman's heel turn in 2020 is implied to be the [[ThenLetMeBeEvil result of years of setbacks, failing to keep the world title for prolong periods periods, and poor fan reception]]. However, several of his promos, such as during his feud with Seth in 2022 suggests that Roman [[EvilAllAlong was always the worst member of the Shield since their formation]] and only goes along with the facade of a babyface that was presented to him by the WWE in order to become successful before showing his true colors in 2020 when he realizes that the path of a babyface isn't working for him. This is somewhat supported when [[PracticallyJoker Seth]] [[ChronicBackStabbingDisorder Rollins]] still has fond memories of the time when they and Dean were together while Roman does not.
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Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoa'i (born May 25, 1985) is a Samoan-American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. A former college UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball player for Georgia Tech, then briefly a pro-football player for the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague Edmonton Eskimos]], he signed a developmental contract with Wrestling/{{WWE}} in July 2010, and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental promotion, using the ring name '''Roman Leakee'''. While in FCW, Roman and partner [[Wrestling/TylerBreeze Mike Dalton]] won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship off of Corey Graves and Jake Carter in June 15, 2012, before CJ Parker and Jason Jordan won it off them on July 13, 2012. Renamed '''Roman Reigns''' when FCW was rebranded as NXT, he debuted on the main roster at the 2012 Survivor Series PPV as a member of Wrestling/TheShield alongside [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] and Wrestling/SethRollins.
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Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoa'i (born May 25, 1985) is a Samoan-American former [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. A former college UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball player for Georgia Tech, then briefly a pro-football player for the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague Edmonton Eskimos]], he signed a developmental contract with Wrestling/{{WWE}} in July 2010, and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental promotion, using the ring name '''Roman Leakee'''. While in FCW, Roman and partner [[Wrestling/TylerBreeze Mike Dalton]] won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship off of Corey Graves and Jake Carter in June 15, 2012, before CJ Parker and Jason Jordan won it off them on July 13, 2012. Renamed '''Roman Reigns''' when FCW was rebranded as NXT, he debuted on the main roster at the 2012 Survivor Series PPV as a member of Wrestling/TheShield alongside [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] and Wrestling/SethRollins.
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** He and Wrestling/CodyRhodes are two sides of the same coin. Both were born into wrestling royalty, but while Cody was, is, and will probably be forever known as "[[Wrestling/DustyRhodes Dusty's]] kid", Reigns has long since escaped the shadow of his father Sika, if he ever stood within it to begin with. Additionally, Roman was, to let certain people tell it, handed the wrestling world on a silver platter and forced into his main-event position; Cody had to leave WWE, start an entirely new wrestling company, and return with the world behind him before he got his due in WWE. On a more minor note, the short-haired, bleach blonde Rhodes tends to wear [[LightIsGood brght, colorful ring attires]], whereas the long-haired, ravenheaded Reigns is content with his [[DarkIsEvil plain black pants and boots]].
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** He and Wrestling/CodyRhodes are two sides of the same coin. Both were born into wrestling royalty, but while Cody was, is, and will probably be forever known as "[[Wrestling/DustyRhodes Dusty's]] kid", Reigns has long since escaped the shadow of his father Sika, if he ever stood within it to begin with. Additionally, Roman was, to let certain people tell it, handed the wrestling world on a silver platter and forced into his main-event position; Cody had to leave WWE, start an entirely new wrestling company, and return with the world behind him before he got his due in WWE. On a more minor note, the short-haired, bleach blonde Rhodes tends to wear [[LightIsGood brght, colorful ring attires]], whereas the long-haired, ravenheaded Reigns is content with his [[DarkIsEvil plain black pants and boots]]. On '''another''' minor note, Rhodes almost exclusively wears sharp three-piece suits when not in his ring attire during WWE programming, while Reigns favors streetwear.
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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Roman's Tribal Chief character has some subtle nuance-- like most heels, [[DudeWheresMyRespect he's concerned with the fans and his fellow wrestlers giving him credit for his skills]], repeatedly demanding that the WWE Universe "acknowledge" him. This likely stems from the years of XPacHeat he received, despite being a workhorse and doing nothing wrong himself (mostly being a victim of poor booking).\\\
Despite his constant need for [[Wrestling/TheUsos his cousins]] to bail him out during matches, he's convinced that he's the greatest wrestler to ever live, and will tell anyone who will listen, often shouting it at the cameras during his bouts. After spending years being constantly told how much he sucks, he eventually developed a fundamental need for validation that also happened to [[LackOfEmpathy drive him over the edge]].
Despite his constant need for [[Wrestling/TheUsos his cousins]] to bail him out during matches, he's convinced that he's the greatest wrestler to ever live, and will tell anyone who will listen, often shouting it at the cameras during his bouts. After spending years being constantly told how much he sucks, he eventually developed a fundamental need for validation that also happened to [[LackOfEmpathy drive him over the edge]].
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** Roman's Tribal Chief character has some subtle nuance-- like most heels, [[DudeWheresMyRespect he's concerned with the fans and his fellow wrestlers giving him credit for his skills]], repeatedly demanding that the WWE Universe "acknowledge" him. This likely stems from the years of XPacHeat he received, despite being a workhorse and doing nothing wrong himself (mostly being a victim of poor booking).\\\
Despite his constant need for[[Wrestling/TheUsos his cousins]] stablemates to bail him out during matches, he's convinced that he's the greatest wrestler to ever live, and will tell anyone who will listen, often shouting it at the cameras during his bouts. After spending years being constantly told how much he sucks, he eventually developed a fundamental need for validation that also happened to [[LackOfEmpathy drive him over the edge]].
** Roman's Tribal Chief character has some subtle nuance-- like most heels, [[DudeWheresMyRespect he's concerned with the fans and his fellow wrestlers giving him credit for his skills]], repeatedly demanding that the WWE Universe "acknowledge" him. This likely stems from the years of XPacHeat he received, despite being a workhorse and doing nothing wrong himself (mostly being a victim of poor booking).\\\
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** A downplayed [[AvertedTrope aversion]] occurred on the March 8, 2024 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]''. Roman, standing shoulder to shoulder with [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], realized that he was sharing the ring with an equal, if not a superior, and (for the first time since adopting the catchphrase) demanded that the WWE fans in Dallas "Acknowledge '''us.'''"
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* {{Foil}}: A major component of his 2018 feud with Brock Lesnar was the company portraying them as complete opposites in regards to their approach to wrestling. Roman was a WWE in-house workhorse, showing up regularly for televised and house shows as part of his commitment to [[IGaveMyWord keeping his word]], [[WrestlingFamily his family connections to wrestling]] and [[TheLastDJ his genuine personal commitment to the company, the fans and the wrestling business]]. Brock on the other hand was OnlyInItForTheMoney, cared about [[AttentionWhore the fame of being on television]] but not the people watching it, and only showed up for shows or even matches if he ''felt'' like showing up.
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** A major component of his 2018 feud with Brock Lesnar was the company portraying them as complete opposites in regards to their approach to wrestling. Roman was a WWE in-house workhorse, showing up regularly for televised and house shows as part of his commitment to [[IGaveMyWord keeping his word]], [[WrestlingFamily his family connections to wrestling]] and [[TheLastDJ his genuine personal commitment to the company, the fans and the wrestling business]]. Brock on the other hand was OnlyInItForTheMoney, cared about [[AttentionWhore the fame of being on television]] but not the people watching it, and only showed up for shows or even matches if he ''felt'' like showing up.
** He and Wrestling/CodyRhodes are two sides of the same coin. Both were born into wrestling royalty, but while Cody was, is, and will probably be forever known as "[[Wrestling/DustyRhodes Dusty's]] kid", Reigns has long since escaped the shadow of his father Sika, if he ever stood within it to begin with. Additionally, Roman was, to let certain people tell it, handed the wrestling world on a silver platter and forced into his main-event position; Cody had to leave WWE, start an entirely new wrestling company, and return with the world behind him before he got his due in WWE. On a more minor note, the short-haired, bleach blonde Rhodes tends to wear [[LightIsGood brght, colorful ring attires]], whereas the long-haired, ravenheaded Reigns is content with his [[DarkIsEvil plain black pants and boots]].
** A major component of his 2018 feud with Brock Lesnar was the company portraying them as complete opposites in regards to their approach to wrestling. Roman was a WWE in-house workhorse, showing up regularly for televised and house shows as part of his commitment to [[IGaveMyWord keeping his word]], [[WrestlingFamily his family connections to wrestling]] and [[TheLastDJ his genuine personal commitment to the company, the fans and the wrestling business]]. Brock on the other hand was OnlyInItForTheMoney, cared about [[AttentionWhore the fame of being on television]] but not the people watching it, and only showed up for shows or even matches if he ''felt'' like showing up.
** He and Wrestling/CodyRhodes are two sides of the same coin. Both were born into wrestling royalty, but while Cody was, is, and will probably be forever known as "[[Wrestling/DustyRhodes Dusty's]] kid", Reigns has long since escaped the shadow of his father Sika, if he ever stood within it to begin with. Additionally, Roman was, to let certain people tell it, handed the wrestling world on a silver platter and forced into his main-event position; Cody had to leave WWE, start an entirely new wrestling company, and return with the world behind him before he got his due in WWE. On a more minor note, the short-haired, bleach blonde Rhodes tends to wear [[LightIsGood brght, colorful ring attires]], whereas the long-haired, ravenheaded Reigns is content with his [[DarkIsEvil plain black pants and boots]].
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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes, which started in 2023 when Cody won the Royal Rumble and earned a match against Reigns in the main event of Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. During the match at Night 2 of [=WrestleMania=], Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was initially over after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw but would reignite in 2024 after Cody won the Royal Rumble ''again'' in 2024 and chose Reigns so that he may finally finish the story.
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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes, which started in 2023 when Cody won the Royal Rumble and earned a match against Reigns in the main event of Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. During the match at Night 2 of [=WrestleMania=], Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was initially over after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw but would reignite in 2024 after Cody won the Royal Rumble ''again'' in 2024 and chose Reigns so that he may finally finish the story.story, even with [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson the Rock]] being an obstacle in his way.
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* OutOfFocus: Reigns had to be written out for a significant portion of the build to ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 32'' because he had to get surgery for a deviated septum.[[note]]In reality, the deviated septum was not caused by the beating Triple H gave him - it was a pre-existing injury that they decided to take care of while he was gone. Plus, due to the very negative reaction he got at the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', he was pulled from TV until the March 14 episode. During the road to ''[=WrestleMania=] 32'', the road goes through Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, all notorious smark cities -- meaning the crowd would boo him out of the building. ''Loudly.''[[/note]] That meant his part of the build for his match with Wrestling/TripleH had to be done with [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] (who was the only full-time main event talent left active at that point) as a proxy, as Ambrose's own opponent was the part-timer Wrestling/BrockLesnar, who was only booked for a couple of shows.
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* OutOfFocus: Reigns had to be written out for a significant portion of the build to ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 32'' because he had to get surgery for a deviated septum.[[note]]In reality, the deviated septum was not caused by the beating Triple H gave him - it was a pre-existing injury that they decided to take care of while he was gone. Plus, due to the very negative reaction he got at the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', he was pulled from TV until the March 14 episode. During the road to ''[=WrestleMania=] 32'', the road goes that year it went through Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, all notorious smark cities -- meaning the crowd would boo him out of the building. ''Loudly.''[[/note]] That meant his part of the build for his match with Wrestling/TripleH had to be done with [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] (who was the only full-time main event talent left active at that point) as a proxy, as Ambrose's own opponent was the part-timer Wrestling/BrockLesnar, who was only booked for a couple of shows.
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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting in 2023 when Rhodes won the Royal Rumble earned a match against Reigns in the main event of Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. At Night 2 of [=WrestleMania=] 39, Reigns entered his seventh [=WrestleMania=] main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was end after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue in 2024 after Rhodes appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he won the Royal Rumble, and then announced that he chose Reigns.
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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting Wrestling/CodyRhodes, which started in 2023 when Rhodes Cody won the Royal Rumble and earned a match against Reigns in the main event of Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. At During the match at Night 2 of [=WrestleMania=] 39, Reigns entered his seventh [=WrestleMania=] main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, [=WrestleMania=], Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was end initially over after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue Wrestling/WWERaw but would reignite in 2024 after Rhodes appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he Cody won the Royal Rumble, Rumble ''again'' in 2024 and then announced chose Reigns so that he chose Reigns. may finally finish the story.
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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting in 2023 when Cody won the Royal Rumble earned a match against Reigns in the main event of Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. At Night 2 of [=WrestleMania=] 39, Reigns entered his seventh [=WrestleMania=] main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue in 2024 after Cody appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he won the Royal Rumble, and then announced that he chose Reigns.
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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting in 2023 when Cody Rhodes won the Royal Rumble earned a match against Reigns in the main event of Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. At Night 2 of [=WrestleMania=] 39, Reigns entered his seventh [=WrestleMania=] main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was end after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue in 2024 after Cody Rhodes appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he won the Royal Rumble, and then announced that he chose Reigns.
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* Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting in 2023 when Cody won the Royal Rumble earned a match against Reigns in the main event of Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. At Night 2 of [=WrestleMania=] 39, Reigns entered his seventh [=WrestleMania=] main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue in 2024 after Cody appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he won the Royal Rumble, and then announced that he chose Reigns.
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* Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting in 2023 when Cody won the Royal Rumble earned a match against Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 39. At Night 2 of WrestleMania 39, Reigns entered his seventh WrestleMania main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue in 2024 after Cody appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he won the Royal Rumble, and then announced that he chose Reigns.
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* Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting in 2023 when Cody won the Royal Rumble earned a match against Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania Wrestling/WrestleMania 39. At Night 2 of WrestleMania [=WrestleMania=] 39, Reigns entered his seventh WrestleMania [=WrestleMania=] main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue in 2024 after Cody appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he won the Royal Rumble, and then announced that he chose Reigns.
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* Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Starting in 2023 when Cody won the Royal Rumble earned a match against Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 39. At Night 2 of WrestleMania 39, Reigns entered his seventh WrestleMania main event to a symphony of pianos. During the match, Wrestling/TheUsos attempted to intervene, however, Rhodes was rescued by Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/KevinOwens. Ultimately, Reigns successfully retained the titles against Rhodes after interference from Solo Sikoa. The feud was after Reigns draft to Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Rhodes draft to Wrestling/WWERaw. The feud was continue in 2024 after Cody appeared and asserted that it was his choice since he won the Royal Rumble, and then announced that he chose Reigns.
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** Roman's FaceHeelTurn of late 2020 sees him playing a role similar to that of a ruthless [[TheDon Mafia Don]]. He's placed a significant emphasis on family (and being the one who is at the top of the family), showing tough love to [[Wrestling/TheUsos his subordinates]], has some AffablyEvil moments (such as refusing to fight Wrestling/KevinOwens because "there's a lady in the ring"), and is obsessed with using fear as a weapon of control and power. Additionally, he rarely gets his own hands dirty, throwing his cousin Jey Uso into the fire to fight his battles for him. For bonus points, Roman is Italian on his mother's side. His rivals have actually derided him as a "community theater mob boss” or the like. And then there’s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCYkK90BC4 this promo for [=WrestleMania=] 39]], a blatant Main/ShoutOut to Film/GoodFellas.
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** Roman's FaceHeelTurn of late 2020 sees him playing a role similar to that of a ruthless [[TheDon Mafia Don]]. He's placed a significant emphasis on family (and being the one who is at the top of the family), showing tough love to [[Wrestling/TheUsos his subordinates]], has some AffablyEvil moments (such as refusing to fight Wrestling/KevinOwens because "there's a lady in the ring"), and is obsessed with using fear as a weapon of control and power. Additionally, he rarely gets his own hands dirty, throwing his cousin Jey Uso into the fire to fight his battles for him. For bonus points, Roman is Italian on his mother's side. His rivals have actually derided him as a "community theater mob boss” or the like. And then there’s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCYkK90BC4 this promo for [=WrestleMania=] 39]], a blatant Main/ShoutOut to Film/GoodFellas.''Film/GoodFellas.''
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Summed up perfectly with his main catchphrase as The Tribal Chief-- "Acknowledge me." As a heel, Roman is obsessed with being treated like the god he thinks he is. He thinks he's the greatest wrestler of all time, and this [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex complex]] is likely the result of getting the exact opposite treatment for years, with fans verbally pissing on him every chance they got despite Reigns being a solid worker. Not helping matters is Paul Heyman, who practically worships the ground Reigns walks on and also seems to live in constant fear of him-- apropos, since it seems that if Reigns can't have the respect of the people around him, he'll settle for being someone they're afraid of.
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** Roman's FaceHeelTurn of late 2020 sees him playing a role similar to that of a ruthless [[TheDon Mafia Don]]. He's placed a significant emphasis on family (and being the one who is at the top of the family), showing tough love to [[Wrestling/TheUsos his subordinates]], has some AffablyEvil moments (such as refusing to fight Wrestling/KevinOwens because "there's a lady in the ring"), and is obsessed with using fear as a weapon of control and power. Additionally, he rarely gets his own hands dirty, throwing his cousin Jey Uso into the fire to fight his battles for him. For bonus points, Roman is Italian on his mother's side. His rivals have actually derided him as a "community theater mob boss” or the like. And then there’s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCYkK90BC4 this promo for [=WrestleMania=] 39]], a clear Main/ShoutOut to Film/GoodFellas.
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** Roman's FaceHeelTurn of late 2020 sees him playing a role similar to that of a ruthless [[TheDon Mafia Don]]. He's placed a significant emphasis on family (and being the one who is at the top of the family), showing tough love to [[Wrestling/TheUsos his subordinates]], has some AffablyEvil moments (such as refusing to fight Wrestling/KevinOwens because "there's a lady in the ring"), and is obsessed with using fear as a weapon of control and power. Additionally, he rarely gets his own hands dirty, throwing his cousin Jey Uso into the fire to fight his battles for him. For bonus points, Roman is Italian on his mother's side. His rivals have actually derided him as a "community theater mob boss” or the like. And then there’s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCYkK90BC4 this promo for [=WrestleMania=] 39]], a clear blatant Main/ShoutOut to Film/GoodFellas.
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** As the Tribal Chief, he shows a lot of traits of Evolution-era Wrestling/TripleH - an arrogant bully of a champion with ManipulativeBastard tendencies, a serious God complex and a stable that makes him nigh on unbeatable. He also shows flashes of insecurity when he thinks someone in his inner circle is daring to stand up to him or even just uncomfortably strong so as to be a threat, as well as a terrifying sadistic streak whenever his suave, confident mask slips.
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--->'''Reigns:''' I have been living with leukemia for eleven years. And unfortunately, it's back.
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--->'''Reigns:''' I have My real name is Joe, and I've been living with leukemia for eleven years. And unfortunately, it's back.
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This is more of an opinion as even the trope page for it says no real life examples. Plus, Jimmy's Face Heel Turn has been received well due to his Laughably Evil antics.
** Downplayed being his dislike whenever Jimmy says "YEET!", since the CatchPhrase reminds him of Jey and his betrayal.
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* JumpingTheShark: The Bloodline storyline, and by association Roman himself, undoubtedly jumped the shark in late 2023. With Roman's title reign passing three years and 1,000 days, consisting mostly of "Red hot babyface stands up to Roman, builds momentum, then loses via shenanigans", it was a miracle that the creative team managed to keep it fresh at all. Then Jimmy went through the most baffling HeelFaceRevolvingDoor you'll ever see.\\\
First, Jimmy was the one who pulled the trigger on a pair of superkicks on his cousin at 2023's ''Night of Champions'', solidifying his defiance to Roman. Jey left the ring by his side, reluctantly, but they were unified in the name of standing up to Roman Reigns. ''Then'' Jimmy cost Jey his world title match against Roman, stating that he did it for Jey's own good, because he didn't want the power of being Tribal Chief to corrupt Jey like it did Roman. '''''Then''''' Jimmy somehow squirmed his way back into The Bloodline, despite having called Roman an "egotistical, lying, manipulative asshole" ''to his face.''\\\
It's to the point where there's little consistency in the storyline after the group's fallout starting at ''Night of Champions'', and with Roman making fewer and fewer appearances on ''[=SmackDown=]'' and even on premium live events, the storyline has lost almost all of its steam.
First, Jimmy was the one who pulled the trigger on a pair of superkicks on his cousin at 2023's ''Night of Champions'', solidifying his defiance to Roman. Jey left the ring by his side, reluctantly, but they were unified in the name of standing up to Roman Reigns. ''Then'' Jimmy cost Jey his world title match against Roman, stating that he did it for Jey's own good, because he didn't want the power of being Tribal Chief to corrupt Jey like it did Roman. '''''Then''''' Jimmy somehow squirmed his way back into The Bloodline, despite having called Roman an "egotistical, lying, manipulative asshole" ''to his face.''\\\
It's to the point where there's little consistency in the storyline after the group's fallout starting at ''Night of Champions'', and with Roman making fewer and fewer appearances on ''[=SmackDown=]'' and even on premium live events, the storyline has lost almost all of its steam.
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** He always considered his feud with BrockLesnar personal after still feeling the pain of his ''Mania 34'' loss and having nothing but distain from Brock's more jovial mood.
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I wish The Bloodline had their own page; I would have put this there if they did
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* JumpingTheShark: The Bloodline storyline, and by association Roman himself, undoubtedly jumped the shark in late 2023. With Roman's title reign passing three years and 1,000 days, consisting mostly of "Red hot babyface stands up to Roman, builds momentum, then loses via shenanigans", it was a miracle that the creative team managed to keep it fresh at all. Then Jimmy went through the most baffling HeelFaceRevolvingDoor you'll ever see.\\\
First, Jimmy was the one who pulled the trigger on a pair of superkicks on his cousin at 2023's ''Night of Champions'', solidifying his defiance to Roman. Jey left the ring by his side, reluctantly, but they were unified in the name of standing up to Roman Reigns. ''Then'' Jimmy cost Jey his world title match against Roman, stating that he did it for Jey's own good, because he didn't want the power of being Tribal Chief to corrupt Jey like it did Roman. '''''Then''''' Jimmy somehow squirmed his way back into The Bloodline, despite having called Roman an "egotistical, lying, manipulative asshole" ''to his face.''\\\
It's to the point where there's little consistency in the storyline after the group's fallout starting at ''Night of Champions'', and with Roman making fewer and fewer appearances on ''[=SmackDown=]'' and even on premium live events, the storyline has lost almost all of its steam.
First, Jimmy was the one who pulled the trigger on a pair of superkicks on his cousin at 2023's ''Night of Champions'', solidifying his defiance to Roman. Jey left the ring by his side, reluctantly, but they were unified in the name of standing up to Roman Reigns. ''Then'' Jimmy cost Jey his world title match against Roman, stating that he did it for Jey's own good, because he didn't want the power of being Tribal Chief to corrupt Jey like it did Roman. '''''Then''''' Jimmy somehow squirmed his way back into The Bloodline, despite having called Roman an "egotistical, lying, manipulative asshole" ''to his face.''\\\
It's to the point where there's little consistency in the storyline after the group's fallout starting at ''Night of Champions'', and with Roman making fewer and fewer appearances on ''[=SmackDown=]'' and even on premium live events, the storyline has lost almost all of its steam.
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* AGodAmI: During his ''Tribal Chief'' run. This trope was subtly there at first, but ''really'' kicked in after he defeated Brock Lesnar to unify both the Universal and WWE titles at Wrestlemania 38, effectively becoming ''the'' top heel in WWE. As the man himself put it, he's in "GOD mode" (as in "Greatness On a Different level"). Once he reaches the 1000 days mark as Champion, he openly acknowledge that [[DeityOfHumanOrigin he is no longer human and has already ascended]]. When he is received his first pinfall loss for the first time in nearly four years at ''Money in the Bank 2023'', the commentators highlight that Roman is indeed human.
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* AGodAmI: During his ''Tribal Chief'' run. This trope was subtly there at first, but ''really'' kicked in after he defeated Brock Lesnar to unify both the Universal and WWE titles at Wrestlemania [=WrestleMania=] 38, effectively becoming ''the'' top heel in WWE. As the man himself put it, he's in "GOD mode" (as in "Greatness On a Different level"). Once he reaches the 1000 days mark as Champion, he openly acknowledge that [[DeityOfHumanOrigin he is no longer human and has already ascended]]. When he is received his first pinfall loss for the first time in nearly four years at ''Money in the Bank 2023'', the commentators highlight that Roman is indeed human.
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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: During his second feud with Brock Lesnar at ''WrestleMania 34'', he decried Brock as a part time champion. Fast forward to the 2021, and Roman (while) had become a part-time champ himself especially signing a new deal which dramatically reduced his house schedule and TV schedule.
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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: During his second feud with Brock Lesnar at ''WrestleMania 34'', ''[=WrestleMania 34=]'', he decried Brock as a part time champion. Fast forward to the 2021, and Roman (while) had become a part-time champ himself especially signing a new deal which dramatically reduced his house schedule and TV schedule.
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** "This is my yard" after beating Wrestling/TheUndertaker at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 33''. Transformed into "This is my island" after his FaceHeelTurn.
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** "This is my yard" after beating Wrestling/TheUndertaker at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 33''. Transformed into "This is my island" after his FaceHeelTurn.
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** Roman's FaceHeelTurn of late 2020 sees him playing a role similar to that of a ruthless [[TheDon Mafia Don]]. He's placed a significant emphasis on family (and being the one who is at the top of the family), showing tough love to [[Wrestling/TheUsos his subordinates]], has some AffablyEvil moments (such as refusing to fight Wrestling/KevinOwens because "there's a lady in the ring"), and is obsessed with using fear as a weapon of control and power. Additionally, he rarely gets his own hands dirty, throwing his cousin Jey Uso into the fire to fight his battles for him. For bonus points, Roman is Italian on his mother's side. His rivals have actually derided him as a "community theater mob boss” or the like. And then there’s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCYkK90BC4 this promo for Wrestlemania 2023]], a clear Main/ShoutOut to Film/GoodFellas.
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** Roman's FaceHeelTurn of late 2020 sees him playing a role similar to that of a ruthless [[TheDon Mafia Don]]. He's placed a significant emphasis on family (and being the one who is at the top of the family), showing tough love to [[Wrestling/TheUsos his subordinates]], has some AffablyEvil moments (such as refusing to fight Wrestling/KevinOwens because "there's a lady in the ring"), and is obsessed with using fear as a weapon of control and power. Additionally, he rarely gets his own hands dirty, throwing his cousin Jey Uso into the fire to fight his battles for him. For bonus points, Roman is Italian on his mother's side. His rivals have actually derided him as a "community theater mob boss” or the like. And then there’s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCYkK90BC4 this promo for Wrestlemania 2023]], [=WrestleMania=] 39]], a clear Main/ShoutOut to Film/GoodFellas.
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** Roman's reason for his FaceHeelTurn in 2020 was mainly to reclaim the Universal Championship that he didn't lose two years earlier (he was forced to relinquish it after he was re-diagnosed with leukemia), and he was further angered that he was removed from his match with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} for said championship at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 36'' due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and him being in an immunocompromised state. After a five-month hiatus, Reigns not only allied with his long time rival, Wrestling/PaulHeyman, he also emulated what Seth Rollins did to him five years earlier by entering the championship match late, after the other two competitors had already destroyed each other, thus winning back the championship he never lost.
** Much of Roman's Face run is him showing disdain over Wrestling/BrockLesnar for being a (multi-time) part-time champion. After he defeated Lesnar in ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 38'' to capture both of WWE's World Titles, Reigns becomes a part-timer.
** Much of Roman's Face run is him showing disdain over Wrestling/BrockLesnar for being a (multi-time) part-time champion. After he defeated Lesnar in ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 38'' to capture both of WWE's World Titles, Reigns becomes a part-timer.
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** Roman's reason for his FaceHeelTurn in 2020 was mainly to reclaim the Universal Championship that he didn't lose two years earlier (he was forced to relinquish it after he was re-diagnosed with leukemia), and he was further angered that he was removed from his match with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} for said championship at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 36'' due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and him being in an immunocompromised state. After a five-month hiatus, Reigns not only allied with his long time rival, Wrestling/PaulHeyman, he also emulated what Seth Rollins did to him five years earlier by entering the championship match late, after the other two competitors had already destroyed each other, thus winning back the championship he never lost.
** Much of Roman's Face run is him showing disdain over Wrestling/BrockLesnar for being a (multi-time) part-time champion. After he defeated Lesnar in''Wrestling/WrestleMania ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 38'' to capture both of WWE's World Titles, Reigns becomes a part-timer.
** Much of Roman's Face run is him showing disdain over Wrestling/BrockLesnar for being a (multi-time) part-time champion. After he defeated Lesnar in
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** Exaggerated and [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale past it]] in his Wrestlemania 34 rematch against Lesnar, where, before finally succumbing, he absorbed '''SIX''' F-5's, one through a table, not to mention bucketloads of other violence including the obligatory trips to [[SpamAttack "Suplex City"]] and having Lesnar ground-and-pound him [[TheGlovesComeOff barefisted]] until he drew blood. For reference, one F-5 was able to put down Wrestling/BraunStrowman at 2017's ''No Mercy'' PPV, and Wrestling/JohnCena lost after sixteen Suplex Cities and two F-5's at ''[=SummerSlam=]'' in 2014. This booking came in for ''massive'' [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools criticism]] for completely overdoing it to the point where it's now ridiculous to expect Roman to be beatable by ''anything'' short of having a fire axe buried in his head, while also making Lesnar look really bad and limited.
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** Exaggerated and [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale past it]] in his Wrestlemania [=WrestleMania=] 34 rematch against Lesnar, where, before finally succumbing, he absorbed '''SIX''' F-5's, one through a table, not to mention bucketloads of other violence including the obligatory trips to [[SpamAttack "Suplex City"]] and having Lesnar ground-and-pound him [[TheGlovesComeOff barefisted]] until he drew blood. For reference, one F-5 was able to put down Wrestling/BraunStrowman at 2017's ''No Mercy'' PPV, and Wrestling/JohnCena lost after sixteen Suplex Cities and two F-5's at ''[=SummerSlam=]'' in 2014. This booking came in for ''massive'' [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools criticism]] for completely overdoing it to the point where it's now ridiculous to expect Roman to be beatable by ''anything'' short of having a fire axe buried in his head, while also making Lesnar look really bad and limited.
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** After dissing Wrestling/BrockLesnar for being a part-time champion, Roman himself becomes one after winning ''both'' of WWE's World Titles following ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 38''. While Roman will appear often at shows, he rarely competes outside of pay-per-views and is often content to just stay in the dressing room when the rest of the Bloodline heads out to do the dirty work.
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** After dissing Wrestling/BrockLesnar for being a part-time champion, Roman himself becomes one after winning ''both'' of WWE's World Titles following ''Wrestling/WrestleMania ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 38''. While Roman will appear often at shows, he rarely competes outside of pay-per-views and is often content to just stay in the dressing room when the rest of the Bloodline heads out to do the dirty work.
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* KickTheMoralityPet: In 2023, Sami Zayn was getting so popular, and his commitment to his FamilyOfChoice in Roman's Bloodline stable and vice-versa was so deep, that it was practically threatening to turn them all face. Cruelly testing Sami's loyalty through emotional abuse (then physical abuse when Sami instead [[TheDogBitesBack retaliated]]) out of a mixture of unjustified paranoia and envy of Sami's popularity got Roman in good heel form for Wrestlemania.
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* KickTheMoralityPet: In 2023, Sami Zayn was getting so popular, and his commitment to his FamilyOfChoice in Roman's Bloodline stable and vice-versa was so deep, that it was practically threatening to turn them all face. Cruelly testing Sami's loyalty through emotional abuse (then physical abuse when Sami instead [[TheDogBitesBack retaliated]]) out of a mixture of unjustified paranoia and envy of Sami's popularity got Roman in good heel form for Wrestlemania.[=WrestleMania=].
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* OutOfFocus: Reigns had to be written out for a significant portion of the build to ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32'' because he had to get surgery for a deviated septum.[[note]]In reality, the deviated septum was not caused by the beating Triple H gave him - it was a pre-existing injury that they decided to take care of while he was gone. Plus, due to the very negative reaction he got at the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', he was pulled from TV until the March 14 episode. During the road to ''[=WrestleMania=] 32'', the road goes through Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, all notorious smark cities -- meaning the crowd would boo him out of the building. ''Loudly.''[[/note]] That meant his part of the build for his match with Wrestling/TripleH had to be done with [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] (who was the only full-time main event talent left active at that point) as a proxy, as Ambrose's own opponent was the part-timer Wrestling/BrockLesnar, who was only booked for a couple of shows.
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* OutOfFocus: Reigns had to be written out for a significant portion of the build to ''Wrestling/WrestleMania ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 32'' because he had to get surgery for a deviated septum.[[note]]In reality, the deviated septum was not caused by the beating Triple H gave him - it was a pre-existing injury that they decided to take care of while he was gone. Plus, due to the very negative reaction he got at the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', he was pulled from TV until the March 14 episode. During the road to ''[=WrestleMania=] 32'', the road goes through Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, all notorious smark cities -- meaning the crowd would boo him out of the building. ''Loudly.''[[/note]] That meant his part of the build for his match with Wrestling/TripleH had to be done with [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] (who was the only full-time main event talent left active at that point) as a proxy, as Ambrose's own opponent was the part-timer Wrestling/BrockLesnar, who was only booked for a couple of shows.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Roman's victory over Wrestling/SamiZayn at ''Wrestling/EliminationChamber 2023'' played out to be this in an ''extremely'' long-term sense, because it galvanized Sami to become by far the Bloodline's greatest enemy and use expert mind games to slowly destroy their unity, starting with reuniting with Wrestling/KevinOwens and destroying the Usos at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 39'' and finally culminating in Jimmy taking Sami's suggestions seriously at ''Night of Champions 2023'' and stabbing Roman in the back for his abuse on the very night of Roman's 1000th day as champion. Roman may have kept the title at Sami's expense, but so doing ultimately caused the Tribal Chief to lose everything on the eve of his greatest triumph.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Roman's victory over Wrestling/SamiZayn at ''Wrestling/EliminationChamber 2023'' played out to be this in an ''extremely'' long-term sense, because it galvanized Sami to become by far the Bloodline's greatest enemy and use expert mind games to slowly destroy their unity, starting with reuniting with Wrestling/KevinOwens and destroying the Usos at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 39'' and finally culminating in Jimmy taking Sami's suggestions seriously at ''Night of Champions 2023'' and stabbing Roman in the back for his abuse on the very night of Roman's 1000th day as champion. Roman may have kept the title at Sami's expense, but so doing ultimately caused the Tribal Chief to lose everything on the eve of his greatest triumph.
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* SmugSuper: Like Wrestling/JohnCena, the fans eventually turned on his [[{{Face}} babyface]] character after he was booked as being almost completely unbeatable, and also like John Cena, he makes absolutely no effort to humble himself despite the hostility. He's also a smug super in a strictly {{kayfabe}} sense, perhaps most glaringly during his pre-Wrestling/WrestleMania feud with The Undertaker, in which he rejected Wrestling/ShawnMichaels's advice about facing Wrestling/TheUndertaker, and audaciously claimed things such as "This is my yard now" and that "Maybe The Undertaker should be thinking about what it's gonna be like to be in the ring with me." Overall, he's simply not shy about boasting about how good he is, even in the face of criticism and/or [[BreakTheHaughty adversity]].
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* SmugSuper: Like Wrestling/JohnCena, the fans eventually turned on his [[{{Face}} babyface]] character after he was booked as being almost completely unbeatable, and also like John Cena, he makes absolutely no effort to humble himself despite the hostility. He's also a smug super in a strictly {{kayfabe}} sense, perhaps most glaringly during his pre-Wrestling/WrestleMania pre-Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} feud with The Undertaker, in which he rejected Wrestling/ShawnMichaels's advice about facing Wrestling/TheUndertaker, and audaciously claimed things such as "This is my yard now" and that "Maybe The Undertaker should be thinking about what it's gonna be like to be in the ring with me." Overall, he's simply not shy about boasting about how good he is, even in the face of criticism and/or [[BreakTheHaughty adversity]].
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* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: Originally, Roman's heel turn in 2020 is implied to be the [[ThenLetMeBeEvil result of years of setbacks, failing to keep the world title for prolong periods and poor fan reception]]. However, several of his promos, such as during his feud with Seth in 2022 suggests that Roman [[EvilAllAlong was always the worst member of the Shield since their formation]] and only goes along with the facade of a babyface that was presented to him by the WWE in order to become successful before showing his true colours in 2020 when he realizes that the path of a babyface isn't working for him. This is somewhat supported when [[PracticallyJoker Seth]] [[ChronicBackStabbingDisorder Rollins]] still has fond memories of the time when they and Dean were together while Roman does not.
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* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: Originally, Roman's heel turn in 2020 is implied to be the [[ThenLetMeBeEvil result of years of setbacks, failing to keep the world title for prolong periods and poor fan reception]]. However, several of his promos, such as during his feud with Seth in 2022 suggests that Roman [[EvilAllAlong was always the worst member of the Shield since their formation]] and only goes along with the facade of a babyface that was presented to him by the WWE in order to become successful before showing his true colours colors in 2020 when he realizes that the path of a babyface isn't working for him. This is somewhat supported when [[PracticallyJoker Seth]] [[ChronicBackStabbingDisorder Rollins]] still has fond memories of the time when they and Dean were together while Roman does not.
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** For all the hype of WWE promoting Roman's 1000+ days reign as Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, as of November 2023, he has only defended his title 54 times, including in house shows and dark matches [[note]]That's practically less matches most wrestlers competed in a year[[/note]]. In comparison, Hulk Hogan, whose first reign Roman aimed to surpass, has defended his title a whopping ''468 times''[[note]]Hogan even defended his title for a whole week in NJPW[[/note]]. Even other wrestlers who held a championship for over a year (John Cena, Wrestling/CMPunk, Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/BeckyLynch) have them defending their title nearly or more than a hundred times despite their reigns' lasted a quarter of Roman's. Add to the fact that he rarely wins a match without outside interference [[note]]as opposed to Lesnar[[/note]], all the promos make it hard to swallow and don't do Roman any justice. He ''is'' a heel champion, but this makes it a bit harder to take him seriously as a dominant one.
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** For all the hype of WWE promoting Roman's 1000+ days reign as Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, as of November 2023, he has only defended his title 54 times, including in house shows and dark matches [[note]]That's practically less matches most wrestlers competed in a year[[/note]]. In comparison, Hulk Hogan, whose first reign Roman aimed to surpass, has defended his title a whopping ''468 times''[[note]]Hogan even defended his title for a whole week in NJPW[[/note]]. Even other wrestlers who held a championship for over a year (John Cena, Wrestling/CMPunk, on the main roster in the last decade (Wrestling/CMPunk, Wrestling/TheNewDay, Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/BeckyLynch) have them defending defended their title nearly or more than a hundred times or more despite their reigns' lasted a quarter of Roman's. Add to the fact that he rarely wins a match without outside interference [[note]]as opposed to Lesnar[[/note]], all the promos make it hard to swallow and don't do Roman any justice. He ''is'' a heel champion, but this makes it a bit harder to take him seriously as a dominant one.
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* TheChosenOne: This trope is played with in his heel gimmick. Roman certainly considers himself as such as the Tribal Chief and the Head of the Table. And despite his ego, he can back it up. However, this lends itself to supreme arrogance, believing that no one else should be at the top because he feeds his family with the world title. But it's clear that this is just a self-serving lie to do whatever he wants anyways.
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* TheChosenOne: TheChosenOne:
** This trope is played with in his heel gimmick. Roman certainly considers himself as such as the Tribal Chief and the Head of the Table. And despite his ego, he can back it up. However, this lends itself to supreme arrogance, believing that no one else should be at the top because he feeds his family with the world title. But it's clear that this is just a self-serving lie to do whatever he wantsanyways.anyways.
** He was already given this role from the moment the Shield disbanded in 2014, with WWE doing everything in their power to make sure he is their next big star at the cost of other more popular wrestlers.
** This trope is played with in his heel gimmick. Roman certainly considers himself as such as the Tribal Chief and the Head of the Table. And despite his ego, he can back it up. However, this lends itself to supreme arrogance, believing that no one else should be at the top because he feeds his family with the world title. But it's clear that this is just a self-serving lie to do whatever he wants
** He was already given this role from the moment the Shield disbanded in 2014, with WWE doing everything in their power to make sure he is their next big star at the cost of other more popular wrestlers.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Roman's victory over Wrestling/SamiZayn at ''Wrestling/EliminationChamber 2023'' played out to be this in an ''extremely'' long-term sense, because it galvanized Sami to become by far the Bloodline's greatest enemy and use expert mind games to slowly destroy their unity, starting with reuniting with Wrestling/KevinOwens and destroying the Usos at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 39'' and finally culminating in Jimmy taking Sami's suggestions seriously at ''Night of Champions 2023'' and stabbing Roman in the back for his abuse on the very night of Roman's 1000th day as champion. Roman may have kept the title at Sami's expense, but so doing ultimately caused the Tribal Chief to lose everything on the eve of his greatest triumph.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Roman's victory over Wrestling/SamiZayn at ''Wrestling/EliminationChamber 2023'' played out to be this in an ''extremely'' long-term sense, because it galvanized Sami to become by far the Bloodline's greatest enemy and use expert mind games to slowly destroy their unity, starting with reuniting with Wrestling/KevinOwens and destroying the Usos at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 39'' and finally culminating in Jimmy taking Sami's suggestions seriously at ''Night of Champions 2023'' and stabbing Roman in the back for his abuse on the very night of Roman's 1000th day as champion. Roman may have kept the title at Sami's expense, but so doing ultimately caused the Tribal Chief to lose everything on the eve of his greatest triumph.
