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#4. Has WWE's Roman Reigns ever shown any interest in AEW?

Roman Reigns has indisputably been WWE's biggest star to the extent that the mere thought of him considering AEW as an option sounds ridiculous.

Tony Khan and his family have deep enough pockets to entice the biggest pro wrestling talents from around the world.

Roman Reigns, however, is happy with his position in the WWE. During the Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that Roman Reigns has never shown interest in doing business with AEW.

The Tribal Chief and a few other top WWE stars are making a satisfactory amount of money and would rather stay in Vince McMahon's company.

"Roman Reigns has never showed any interest in AEW because he's happy with what he's making," Meltzer said. "A lot of those top guys are making a lot, a lot of money in WWE."

Meltzer noted that Roman Reigns' eventual goal is to make the jump to Hollywood and follow in the footsteps of his cousin Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and 16-time World Champion John Cena.

"Roman Reigns' end game is to be like Dwayne Johnson, to use WWE to springboard to Hollywood when you're done with this, absolutely. His end game is to be, maybe not Dwayne, but absolutely John Cena."

Meltzer had reported back in August 2020 that many current WWE stars had reached out to AEW regarding potential opportunities. While Roman Reigns' name wasn't part of the list, a handful of Superstars did suprisingly 'call up people' in All Elite Wrestling.

"Roman Reigns is not going to AEW, not happening. Virtually everyone in WWE, including guys who have claimed different, at one point or another, have called up people in AEW trying to see what they can get or have had interest. But Roman Reigns, and there's a couple of others, but Roman Reigns was basically, of the top guys; he was the only one who never even enquired. So he ain't going anywhere," Meltzer had said back then.

WWE recently released 10 wrestlers, but how many of them could end up in AEW? We have an update on the situation in the AEW Rumor Roundup if you haven't checked that out already.