Roman Reigns will have one of the biggest matches of his career this Sunday night at No Mercy in Los Angeles. Reigns will face John Cena in their first ever one one on pay-per-view match that is considered a “dream match” for a lot of WWE fans. It’s not going to main event the show most likely because WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is defending his title against Braun Strowman, but Reigns vs. Cena is one of WWE’s biggest matches of the year.
Part of the reason for the interest in Reigns vs. Cena is the fantastic promos they have delivered on Raw starting with the August 28 episode, the two weeks that followed and this past week on Raw when Reigns delivered some parting shots for Cena when Cena wasn’t there.
In a new interview with CBSSports.com “In This Corner” podcast hosted by Brian Campbell and Nick Kostos, Reigns feels like he has improved on the microphone over the past month because of working with Cena.
Via CBS Sports:
“It was nice to be able to change gears and get better at something. I think I’ve definitely gotten better on the stick working with John. I have to give him credit for that. Like he said in one of his opening promos, you either step up or you step aside.”
That’s a lot of praise for Cena and I think Reigns makes a good point because Cena brings out the best in people with Reigns admitting that it has been the case with him as well.
Reigns also talked about his relationship with Cena by explaining that they aren’t close friends, but there’s a respect factor there.
“I’ll be completely honest: Me and John have always been cordial, but I would not say we are close friends by any means. There is a business respect, but I think that’s what makes this so special that we’re truly competing against each other and I think people see that. But it’s not like a situation where I’m taking anything he says to heart because I don’t really care what he thinks about me. If you care for someone and they knife you, it’s going to hurt. It will hurt your feelings and can depress you. But when you don’t really care about somebody or their opinion, it doesn’t affect you. And that’s how it is with me and John.”
Give Reigns credit for giving an honest opinion of Cena. He could have sugar coated, but he admitted they aren’t particularly close and they are competing against each other to be the man in WWE.
The interview also covered an interesting topic as Reigns talked about his zipper being down during a segment with Cena and how Cena pointed it out, so Reigns fired back with a funny retort. Listen to the CBSSports.com podcast with Reigns for his comments on the zipper incident, SummerSlam’s main event and more.
