Roman Reigns

Background

Roman Reigns is a celebrated W.W.E. wrestler and the current holder of the Universal Champion title in the world of wrestling. Born on May 25, 1985, in Pensacola, Florida, his zodiac sign is Gemini, and his ethnicity is half-Samoan and half-Italian. Reigns was born into the Anoa’i, a prominent wrestling family. His father, Sika, is a retired professional wrestler, while his older brother Rosey was also a wrestler. He is also related to several retired wrestlers. Reigns entered the world of sports by playing football for his high school. During his senior year, he was named the ‘Defensive Player of the Year’ by the “Pensacola News Journal.”

He joined the Georgia Institute of Technology after high school and was part of the Georgia Technology Yellow Jackets football team. He missed getting picked for a team at the 2007 National Football League draft, but was later signed by the Minnesota Vikings. He was released from the team after being diagnosed with leukemia. Reigns was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars after recovering but was dropped from the team later. He went on to join the Edmonton Eskimos, a Canadian Football League team. After playing five games as part of the team, Reigns decided to retire from professional football.

In 2010, he signed a contract with W.W.E. and got assigned to the Florida Wrestling Championship. He fought his first match in the same year in a 15-man Battle Royale. He was part of a 30 man Grand Royal and a Florida Tag Team championship in 2011. In 2012, he became a main eventer and defeated the then Florida Heavyweight Champion Leo Kruger. He went on to win a match against Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, becoming the number one contender for the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship. He lost the title to Kruger but won the Tag Team Championship with Mike Dalton.

In the same year, Reigns joined the main W.W.E. event as a villain character, competing against fellow wrestler Ryback during the triple threat main event for the W.W.E. championship. Although C.M Punk won the title, the match established Reigns as the villain character. Reigns won several matches in his villainous persona. He won the Universal Championship for the first time in 2018, defeating Brock Lesnar at the SummerSlam. He let go of the title after his leukemia returned later that year. After being declared to be in remission in 2019, he returned to wrestling. In 2020, the wrestler ‘The Feind’ won the title, but Reigns won it back a week later at the W.W.E. Payback and defended it from other wrestlers Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, Edge, and Daniel Bryan. He remains undefeated as the W.W.E. Universal Champion.

Reigns has been married to Galina Becker since 2014. They met as students at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006. They have five children. Reigns made his Hollywood debut with “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw” (2019) and has also acted in two more films since then, “The Wrong Missy” (2020) and “Rumble” (2021).