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Roman Reigns hasn't been seen on WWE TV since March when "The Big Dog" revealed that he had made the decision to pull out of WrestleMania due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Reigns' history with leukemia put him in the "high risk" category when it came to the unstoppable virus and Reigns opted to protect his family by not returning to the ring.
The former World Champion celebrated his 35th Birthday yesterday, with his wrestling future remaining unclear. Recent rumors suggest that the former Shield member isn't set to make his return anytime soon.
Reigns has only been part of WWE's main roster for around eight years and in that time he has become one of the best-known wrestlers in the world. Even though Reigns has lived his life like an open book since his 2012 Survivor Series debut, there are some facts that will come as a surprise to many of his fans.
#5. Roman Reigns is soon to be the father of five children
It has become relatively well known over the past few years that Reigns has a daughter called Joelle who appeared on WWE TV as part of his feud with Bray Wyatt back in 2014.
Whilst Reigns has tried his best to keep his daughter out of the spotlight, this hasn't always been possible. However, Reigns has been able to keep his younger children private. Reigns revealed back in 2016 that his wife Galina had given birth to twins ahead of his WrestleMania match against Triple H.
Earlier this year, Reigns confirmed that his wife was pregnant one again and the couple were expecting their second set of twins. This means that at 35 years old, Reigns will become the father of five children.
#4. Roman Reigns is actually half Italian
There has been a lot of talk of Roman Reigns' heritage over the past few years, especially since it was confirmed that The Rock and Reigns are not actually blood relatives. Roman Reigns is the real cousin of both The Usos and Umaga whilst his father who's called Sika was one half of The Wild Samoans.
Roman Reigns brother Rosey was also once part of WWE and was better known as part of 3-Minute Warning, Rosey sadly passed away back in 2017. Reigns family tree has become well known, but WWE has overlooked the fact that Reigns is also half Italian.
Reigns mother Patricia is Italian, but since his father is a WWE Hall of Famer, his Samoan heritage has become the main talking point in his career.
Reigns is covered in Samoan tattoos which show how proud he is of his family's heritage, and only recently revealed an extension to his sleeve tattoos which goes down his back - a tattoo that he has had drawn during his time away from WWE.
#3. Roman Reigns recently appeared in another movie
When Roman Reigns was forced to walk away from WWE back in October 2018 due to his leukemia diagnosis, the former World Champion refused to sit around and wait for news. Instead, Reigns joined The Rock in the most recent Fast and Furious outing called Hobbs and Shaw.
WWE promoted this movie at every chance they had but this isn't the only movie that Reigns has been part of. Whilst he has been on the sidelines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Reigns has shared the fact that he appeared in another movie.
Reigns made a cameo appearance in Netflix Movie, "The Wrong Missy" where he is seen at the bar at the beginning of the movie and looks as though he is going to get into a physical altercation with the main star over a woman that he believes is his date.
Reigns is later likened to Aquaman before the comedy gets underway. The former Universal Champion shared the clip on his Instagram account when the movie was released on Netflix last week.
#2. Roman Reigns has had a number of jobs
It's become fairly well-known that Reigns was originally pursuing a career in football before his switch to WWE. Reigns played football throughout college but went undrafted in the 2007 NFL draft, later being signed by the Minnesota Vikings.
It was during his time with the franchise that Reigns was first diagnosed with leukemia as part of his physical. The illness resulted in him being released by the team later that year. Reigns was then signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars but once again got cut, this time before the start of the 2007 season. Reigns went on to play football professionally into 2008. However, after being let go by the Edmonton Eskimos, Reigns retired from professional football.
There was then a gap between his retirement and when he joined WWE back in 2010, during this time, Reigns went and worked for his sister alongside Jimmy and Jey Uso as part of their furniture installation business.
The Usos revealed that they would fit all of the equipment in offices on a daily basis, which was Reigns' job for more than a year before he headed to WWE.
#1. Roman Reigns wears contact lenses in the ring
This probably comes as quite a shock considering Reigns doesn't wear glasses when he's outside of the ring, but "The Big Dog" wears contact lenses whenever he wrestles.
It's unknown if there is a major issue with his eyesight or if this just helps him see a little clearer under the bright lights, but as part of WWE's recent List This that focused on the former Universal Champion, it as revealed that he wears contact lenses when he wrestles.
This is a fact that has remained under wraps for most of his career since it wasn't something that fans would readily notice. Reigns naturally has brown eyes, but as part of his WWE persona, he wears contact lenses to make his eyes look as though they are blue.
He isn't the first WWE star to wear contact lenses to enhance his look, Kane became famous for wearing contact lenses that made his eyes look different, something that added to just how creepy The Big Red Machine once was.
