Roman Reigns Was ‘Spreading Himself Too Thin’ Before Taking Reduced WWE Schedule

Roman Reigns has been a dominant force in WWE as the Undisputed Universal Champion. He rules over WWE with an iron fist and there is no one who can stop him right now. He also commented on his reduced schedule in WWE.

The Tribal Chief defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 38 to become the Undisputed Universal Champion. Since then, he has been making occasional appearances on WWE television.

While speaking on the Sports Illustrated Media podcast, Reigns noted that after working WWE’s schedule for a decade, the Head of the Table felt that he needed to be in Superman mode.

“The main thing is, when you’ve been on the road for almost ten years straight, and someone who has been at the highest level, the main event level, I’ve ran a full schedule for a long time. Even before we went to FOX, it changed to where it was SmackDown on Friday, two live events on Saturday and Sunday, and the occasional Monday Night Raw.

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“That’s a four-night schedule, which isn’t as bad as it used to be. We used to do Friday, Saturday, Sunday live events, Monday Night Raw, tape SmackDown on Tuesday. We were only getting a day and a half. This is before private travel, buses, and all that.

“Fly out Wednesday morning, get half of Wednesday, you get home and you’re tired. Half of Wednesday, then you have Thursday and are trying to handle personal life and family and everything that comes with that. Then you’re back out on Friday.

“For me, it was trying to balance everything. Someone who has five children, we’re in a critical portion of their lives where they are so young and this is where we build these relationships and bonds and they get to know who their dad is.

“For me, it was extremely important that I can build my fatherhood as the priority and the number one hat that I wear. In WWE, Vince (McMahon) and everybody was very good about accommodating that and making sure to keep me in the WWE family.

These are things that I felt, even with this new contract and the past few months, almost that micromanaging complex of, ‘I need to be in control and I should be doing more.’ You feel like you can’t help from the sideline. That’s not the case.

That’s a mental type of thing that any performer would go through. ‘I’m not there, I’m being forgotten, I’m not helping.’ You feel like you’re not carrying the same weight that you used to. At the end of the day, there is no offseason.

I am just a human and we have to take all of these things into account. You want to stay in superman mode and be on everything and help the product and merchandising as much as you can and satisfy the consumer, but if you spread yourself too thin, it goes both ways. it’s about finding that mental safe, that safe space to where you’re not blowing your brain up and being anxious or having anxiety about it, and at the same time just trusting it and going with the flow.”

Roman Reigns is set to defend his titles against Drew McIntyre at WWE Clash At The Castle on September 3rd. We’ll have to see if Reigns will be able to retain his titles or not.

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