Roman Reigns: ‘I’m a Man of My Word, I Ran Through Brock Lesnar’

Following his Universal Title win at last night’s WWE Summerslam event, Roman Reigns spoke with WWE.com (via wrestlinginc.com), here are some highlights…

On His Summerslam Win: “I came to win, man,” Reigns said. “I said it a few weeks ago down in Miami, I have to win. If I didn’t win tonight, I’d have to find a new trade, I’d have to find a new job, because everything I said would have been false. I’ve always said that I’m a man of my word. In life, stuff happens, you’re going to run into roadblocks, you’re going to run into walls. Sometimes you’ve just gotta put your head down and know what you believe in and run right through it. Tonight that wall was Brock Lesnar and I ran through him.”

On Braun Strowman Teasing a Cash In: “It got a little crazy out there having ‘The Monster Among Men’ Braun Strowman making a statement like he did,” Reigns said. “At the end of the day, Brock took his eye off the ball and I hit the home run. To be completely honest, when Braun came out there, it added a whole new element to the game. Brock had that one window which was open and that’s when I made my move. From there, everything happened so fast. It’s crazy because honestly I feel like this year has gone so fast. Sometimes a minute can feel like an hour out there, but honestly, it felt like I was on a treadmill sprinting. At the end of the day, regardless of the route you take there, I was trying to get to the same destination, and that’s being Universal Champion.”

On His Post Summerslam Plans: “Right now, I’m going to take a page out of the B-Team’s playbook and I’m going to celebrate (laughs). I never thought I’d say that in a thousand years,” Reigns admitted. “Sometimes it’s good to live in the moment and just enjoy what you have right now. I want to be able to talk to my wife, and the main thing is is to get through Monday. I wanna be what I said I was going to be, which is a fighting champion. So who knows, maybe we’ll put this thing up for grabs [tonight]. If it happens to be Braun Strowman coming out there, I’ll be ready for any test that pops up on me.”