6 best real-life stories of Roman Reigns

#1 Roman's life growing up in the shadow of his family

Roman's family has been one of the biggest factors in his success over the past few years

Roman's father was one half of the Wild Samoan's and as a WWE Hall of Famer, he was a huge star throughout Reigns' childhood. Roman's brother Rosey was 15 years older than Reigns, and he recalled that the family were forced to move around a lot when he was just five-years-old. Children in his schools would find out who his father was and decide to air their opinion on him as a wrestler before he was forced to move away again.

Reigns wasn't born into this world until much later and by this time the family had already built their own ring in the back garden and had all developed their own wrestling personas. Reigns was a huge fan of Bret Hart and recalled always wanting to be just like him.

“Every time he’d come out with that leather jacket and give his sunglasses away to a kid in the crowd, I used to dream about being that kid. That hair, all that gear. To this day I still think he has kickass gear. He seemed like a standup guy. A really nice dude. He is a very cool dude.”

Whilst Reigns is often hated for the fact that he was pushed to the main roster of WWE in less than two years, the fans don't realise that he grew up in a family full of wrestlers, he has always been around the business and even though he never toughed it out on the indies, he was still part of the Anoa'i family and endured the same kind of wrestling-obsessed upbringing.

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