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Roman Reigns

WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns recently took part in a Zoom call along with a number of fans, presented by The Mania Club. Reigns, who returned to WWE at SummerSlam after taking time off, spoke about his time away. Reigns also revealed that WWE had paid him in full during his time away:

When I took the break, there was a lot of stuff on my plate and I put a stop to it because I didn’t want to open my mind to. There were a lot of scripts coming in, but because I took the time off from wrestling, I don’t want it to get confused; when I’m in contract with WWE, that’s 1A. I never put anything over the day job. When I took my time off due to the pandemic, there were a lot of opportunities coming in, but I felt it wouldn’t have been right to open up to something when I wasn’t even fulfilling my duty as an in-ring performer. The obligation is to be there, whether it’s Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. God bless WWE, I was still being paid in full. There weren’t any type of problems like that. Me and my family were still well taken care of considering the fact that I was staying home. I felt it wasn’t right to chase other opportunities. I took it as a time to be with my family and be a father. H/T: Fightful

Despite his time away from WWE, Roman Reigns has looked better than ever since his time away and doesn't look like he's missed a beat.