Roman Reigns On Blanking During His 2017 Promo Battle with John Cena, Ad-Libbing In Promos

In an interview with Logan Paul and Impaulsive, Roman Reigns discussed losing track of what he was supposed to say in a promo and how he blanked in the now infamous 2017 promo battle with John Cena. He also discussed ad-libbing promos and how it comes with experience. Highlights from his comments are below.

On ad-libbing in promos: “This comes back with experience and just having the time in. If you’re gonna ad-lib, that’s tricky, it’s perfect, it’s good, you wanna ad-lib because it’s a live performance, but sometimes ad-lib takes your eye off the ball, so now you go back to, OK, let me get back on track.”

On if he’s ever blanked in the middle of a promo: “I’ve blanked a few times. I probably blanked a couple weeks ago, but when you get to a certain point, you just roll through it.”

On if he blanked in his 2017 promo battle with John Cena: “I believe I did, yeah.”

On if that moment ignited a part of him that made him better: “I think just being in that position and going through that experience made me better. I don’t think it was anything like John specifically, because I take from everybody I’ve worked with, everybody I’ve competed with, I always try to take something that I learned from them. It’s like if you’re an offensive coordinator, I’m working under you as a quarterback coach, it’s like, man, that offense was good, I’m going to take everything I like from it, then I’m going to add a little bit to my own playbook.”

If using any of the above quotes, please credit Impaulsive with an h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.