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Roman Reigns On Brock Lesnar’s Light Schedule ‘Killing’ WWE, John Cena Helping Him Reach The Next Level & What Lesnar Will Do Next

Ahead of his Universal Championship match against Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam this weekend, Roman Reigns took part in an interview with Sporting News where he opened up about several different major topics regarding Brock, his own journey back to the top and much more.

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On Brock’s light schedule and what it would mean for him to win the title:

It’s killing us. It’s killing us. It makes for better storytelling. It would be a better product. It would be a better show. When you have the diamond that everybody’s chasing, it gives everybody a GPS of where they are and where they’re trying to be. Not only that, it’s a driving force for live events. It’s a driving force for our Friday, Saturday and Sunday (non-televised events) when we don’t have a network special or a pay-per-view. It’s important to have that thing hanging up in the locker room in a tiny town in South Dakota on a Friday when people are not motivated. A young talent comes in and says the champ’s in here and the title is hanging up. I want that. It motivates people in some many different regards and that’s what we need.

I’m to the point where I’ve won a bunch of different championships and the only reason I want that championship is because I haven’t won it and I want it on this roster. I want it at our shows. I want it in every town because it’s going to make everybody better.

On what he thinks is in Brock Lesnar’s future:

To be honest, at this point I’d love to see him just go fight in UFC because that’s where it seems his passion and where his focus is right now. We have a protocol here. We have a certain schedule and there’s a certain rhythm that makes this whole business work and, right now, I think he’s throwing us out of whack a little bit. Is it great exposure to crossover? Absolutely. We love having a big star like Brock Lesnar but, at the end of the day, sports entertainment has to look out for itself. We have to continue to do our business and continue to put on our show. I just feel like it would be a lot better served with that Universal Championship in someone’s hands like myself.

On what helped his promo work:

I think Cena did me a huge favor. He busted my ass and made me step up and that’s the game. You have to take the next step. If you’re climbing the ladder, you have to reach the next rung and Cena was that guy. That’s an important part, the mic work, the stick, and I thought I was able to step up. I thought I was able to take my punches and throw a few back and I thought I grew very quickly in the following weeks to all the way when we closed that rivalry out. But that’s the whole object of the game, of being on top. You have to make everybody step up and that’s what Cena made me do.

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