Joe Anoa'i

Leati Joseph Anoaʻi Samoan pronunciation ahnoAH ee born May 25 1985 better known by his ring name Roman Reigns is an American professional wrestler and former football player He is signed to WWE where he performs on the SmackDown brand Regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers in the world Reigns 1316day reign with the WWE Universal Championship is the fourthlongest world title reign in WWE history and the longest championship reign since 1988 After playing US college football for Georgia Tech Anoaʻi started a professional football career with brief offseason stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League NFL in 2007 He played a full season for the Canadian Football Leagues CFL Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football A member of the Anoaʻi wrestling family Anoaʻi was signed by WWE in 2010 and made his main roster debut under the ring name Roman Reigns in 2012 as a member of The Shield alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins With Rollins Reigns once held the WWE Tag Team Championship The trio teamed together until disbanding in 2014 after which Reigns entered singles competition From 2014 to 2020 WWE positioned Reigns as a heroic character and attempted to establish him as their next face of the company which was met with intense disapproval by audiences and critics During this period Reigns won the WWE Championship three times the WWE Universal Championship once the WWE United States Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship once each was named Superstar of the Year at the 2014 Slammy Awards and won the Royal Rumble match in 2015 After a hiatus Reigns was repackaged as a villainous character between 2020 and 2024 which was generally met with acclaim by audiences and critics Reigns then held the WWE Championship and Universal Championship simultaneously being recognised as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion upon losing the Undisputed title at WrestleMania XL the Universal Championship was retired with Reigns recognised as its final champion Reigns has headlined numerous payperview events including WWEs flagship event WrestleMania a record ten times Reigns holds the joint record for most eliminations in a Survivor Series match 4 and the previous record for most in a Royal Rumble match 12 He is also WWEs 28th Triple Crown Champion and 17th Grand Slam Champion He was ranked No 1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrateds annual PWI 500 list of the top 500 singles wrestlers in 2016 and 2022 Description above from the Wikipedia article Roman Reigns licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia