Roman Reigns is still the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, and according to Paul Heyman, there is still a lot left to do.
At SummerSlam, Reigns was challenged to ‘Tribal Combat’ by his own cousin, Jey Uso. The match was slow, but violent and saw Reigns and Jey using multiple weapons as they tried to keep the other man down.
Things came to a shocking conclusion when a hooded figure prevented Jey from pinning Reigns, that figure was revealed to be his brother, Jimmy Uso. Jimmy delivered a superkick to Jey, allowing Reigns to Spear him through a table in the ring for the pinfall victory.
On the post-show press conference, Paul Heyman claimed that despite being the reason for WWE’s recent run of record-breaking events, he and Reigns still have a lot to accomplish.
“We’re just figuring this stuff out. We haven’t even hit our stride yet. If you want to take the arrogant approach, I’m sure Paul Levesque will tell you all the box office records that have been smashed.
“Every Friday night when we show up at SmackDown, we’re always told, ‘this is the largest gate of this and the largest gate of that.’ ‘This is the largest premium live event.’ ‘This is the largest WrestleMania.’ Okay, we can sit there and point to what clearly drove all this, and it’s the Bloodline, and when I say the Bloodline, I mean the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns.
“We’re just figuring this out. There is so much more to learn. There is so much more for us to grasp. There is so much more for us to master. It’s a craft, and it’s an evolving craft. It’s an ever-evolving form of entertainment, and if you sit there and you think, ‘we got this, this is it, we’re cruising to WrestleMania,’ we’re going to be replaced, and we should be.”
“What inning are we in? Bottom of the third” – Paul Heyman
Heyman explained that Reigns is determined to be the greatest of all time, and he has the ambition needed to do just that. In fact, it was that ambition that led Heyman to ally himself with him in the first place.
“If you don’t come at this with the greatest ambitions to be much better tomorrow than you are today and much better two days from now, then you’re not here to be the greatest of all time. That’s what Roman Reigns wants to be and is determined to be. That’s the only reason why I agreed to have life after Lesnar.
“How could I have ever topped the run I had with Lesnar? Roman Reigns, because he’s that ambitious because he wants it that badly. What inning are we in? Bottom of the third. Wait until you see what we have in the fourth.”
H/T to Fightful for the above transcription.