Roman Reigns Says Vince McMahon-Kevin Owens Segment Was ‘Leading By Example’

– Roman Reigns discussed the Vince McMahon/Kevin Owens segment and his feud with AJ Styles being one of his favorites in a new interview with In This Corner. The highlights are below:

On Kevin Owen headbutting Vince McMahon: “I think it’s one of those situations where it’s a leading by example. When you see the CEO, your boss, out there getting shoot headbutted and thrown around at his age, it comes back to that word ‘passion’ that we talked about. You don’t have to. Let’s be honest, does he really have to be out there doing that stuff? And I’ve been in there and done some physicality with him, but never just a straight [headbutt]. You can watch that back. There is no sports entertainment in there. Do you know what I mean? There was nothing pulled. There’s no way to disguise that. Kevin, K.O.’s good, he’s a really good [pro] wrestler, but if he can somehow work that, I’ve got to sit him down and talk to him. I just think it kind of sets the tone and it makes everybody motivated because I’ve been out there with the boss. K.O. [has] been out there with the boss. People want to be out there with him, man. It says something. It elevates you and that’s what it’s all about, riding this escalator and generally growing, and progressing, and seeing your star rise. And sometimes, the boss has to come out there and help that situation.”

On his feud with AJ Styles: “It’s hard for me to rank [all-time best opponents]. Do you know what I mean? Like, because I have such a deep respect for all the guys that I’m out there with and for me to rank them, I’d feel weird about that. But I think both AJ and I know what we had going on and we can both say that it was special. And I’ll wrestle AJ for the rest of my life. I’ll go out on a limb and say that I would have no problems being in that ring with him if you’re like, ‘Hey, that’s the only person you’re going to wrestle,’ I’d be like, ‘Well, thank you! That’s easy.’ I mean, it really is. If you don’t know by now, if you didn’t know AJ before his coming to the WWE, there’s a reason why he’s in the WWE. There’s a reason why he’s used the way he’s used and it was an absolute pleasure to be in the ring with him. It was one of those situations I honestly cherish and I’ll never forget those matches we had. I thought our chemistry was incredible from day one in the [Royal] Rumble. Do you know what I mean? And we had no clue of each other outside just being in that ring and dancing with each other and it was magic. Hopefully, one day, we’ll do it again. He’s over there on the blue side and that’s important because with his leadership, his tenure, being all around the world and having a deep respect for this business. And like we talked about before, that passion, you can’t fake that.”