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Roman Reigns Recalls His Best Ever Spear

By Paul Benson. Published 22nd January 2021.
Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns discussed what he felt was his greatest ever Spear in an exclusive interview with Fox Sports.

Reigns has been using the move as a finisher for a decade, but was able to pick out two specific occasions which were his best:

“I did it [best] on two people. I ran down the ramp, I think at SummerSlam, and speared Rusev. I think that’s all I did. What a great night. Just come out at SummerSlam, just spear a guy, and then hit the bar after. So, that one was pretty wide open. Any time I can get a really big run and launch.”

That Spear was delivered at SummerSlam 2016. The other occasion Reigns recalled was against an even larger foe than Rusev:
“Then, I did the same thing to Big Show years ago. But, like, Big Show is so big, I don’t know if you’ve met him before, but he’s the most massive human being in the world. ‘Cause he’s not just tall. He’s thick, you know what I mean?”
Reigns explained further:
“I did the same thing, and when I hit him I almost just ricocheted off of him. But, he’s a great worker, so he’s able to make it look awesome. He was like running into a steel wall, for sure, at that speed.”
The Universal Champion also discussed which of his opponents took his finishing manoeuvre the best:

“He’s probably gonna be the best at taking it because I messed it up, AJ [Styles]. AJ, I don’t know, some of the guys can cop the flip. Buddy Murphy copped a flip. I’m sure Seth. All these guys can cop a flip.

But, in order to know, you have to hit ‘em and kinda ricochet off of them and kind of do a bit of a barrel roll to allow them to get that flip right. Because I didn’t know AJ was going to do that.”

The Spear in question took place at Payback 2016 in the WWE Championship battle between the pair. Reigns added:

“So when I hit him with a spear, I was still wrapped around him, and I kinda stopped him from rotating and he completely landed on his neck. It was not my fault. I did not know this. It looked rough, but I know he could have easily copped that flip and made it look crazy. I just was not on the same page. Luckily, the match was over.”

The ‘Tribal Chief’ had a final word about his Royal Rumble opponent, Kevin Owens:

“All those guys who can cop that flip, and a lot of our guys are great athletes who can do that. It’s just a choice if they want to do it or not. Maybe, we’ll make Kevin Owens do it. He’s like a butterfly or a bumblebee. He can fly, but he looks like he shouldn’t.”

Reigns will defend the Universal Championship versus Owens in a Last Man Standing bout at the Royal Rumble on January 31st, live on the WWE Network.

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