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Roman Reigns Suddenly Referenced By Popular Name Outside WWE

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A popular name has referenced Roman Reigns outside WWE.

Roman Reigns is one of the biggest stars in the world of professional wrestling. He has really come into his own since he turned heel in 2020. Since then, Roman has established himself as one of the biggest stars in the industry.

Currently, Roman Reigns is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion. After winning the World Title from CM Punk at WrestleMania 42, Reigns reunited with The Usos to re-form The Bloodline. After defeating Jacob Fatu in Tribal Combat, Reigns has added the latter to the ranks. This week on WWE RAW, Reigns handed Jacob Fatu a Ula Fala. During this segment, Jacob Fatu was getting ready to head to the back with The Bloodline when comedian Eric Andre started playing with the Ula Fala. Fatu lost his cool and dragged Andre over the barricade and assaulted him. He then hit the comedian with multiple splashes.

Eric Andre was recently at the red carpet movie premiere for his upcoming film, Little Brother, which also stars John Cena. During the event, Eric had his suit ripped up due to a mishap. One fan handed him a Roman Reigns T-shirt. The comedian first put on the T-shirt and then immediately removed it after noticing the words “Roman Reigns” on it, preferring to remain in his underwear rather than wear a Roman Reigns T-shirt.

Vince Russo slammed Jacob Fatu’s segment on WWE RAW

During a recent edition of Behind The Turnbuckle Studios’ The Coach & Bro Show, Vince Russo stated that WWE spent a lot of time building Jacob Fatu as a babyface and wasted all the effort in this segment with Eric Andre.

“We’re building Fatu as a babyface for months and months and months and months. Now Roman Reigns gives him the Lola Falana, and now he’s killing a freaking comedian. Fatu’s killing a comedian and splashing him 18 times. So we built him for the last six months or year to be a babyface, and now he’s a heel, like, bro, again. I’m assuming they know what they’re doing and they’re going someplace, and I have no idea because I’m watching this on Monday night. I’m like, what are you guys doing? I don’t understand any of this,” said Vince Russo.

It remains to be seen how long Jacob Fatu will be able to serve Roman Reigns.

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