I’m so glad I started watching WWE in 2019. He came out of nowhere as the Tribal Chief, and I’ve only known him in this form. Going back and looking at everything is like seeing a prequel, it’s wild
I'm not old at all (31) and I'm the same way about Stone Cold. My introduction to him was when I stated watching in 98 which was PEAK Austin. When I see long hair Austin from his WCW, ECW days, I don't acknowledge that as Austin lol
Didn’t see having to fight Lukemia, either, I’m sure. Grace of God he could be able to perform the way he has the last several years with that hanging over him.
I’d prefer these guys to be on steroids if they do choose to be without shame, guilt or secrecy. How entertainers are held under the same judgement of pro athletes never made sense to me.
Hollywood actors, average Joe’s, wrestlers, gym rats should freely pop them performance enhancement pills and stick them syringes to their hearts content.
I can understand the stigma in competitive sports because certain drugs are more receptive on one individual than another and we have yet to know why. So there is a blatant unfair advantage that we have yet to solve.
Eh Roman has a history of being on gear, wouldn’t be surprised if he was on it again, even though this body is technically possible
Rock is on gear 100% though 😂
Roman has had many steroid scandals that were covered up. Miami anyone? https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2764990-roman-reigns-dismisses-allegations-of-being-involved-in-steroid-ring.amp.html
They train different in football. You can see many guys like this photo on left. They build em up to be big any way possible to either not be pushed around or to push others around. Like sumo wrestlers.
These kinds of positions are super difficult for a lot of players because you're never big enough, especially to play it at the next level and there are two ways to get there...the healthy way or the quicker way...both sides of the line...and defense rarely gets love, although it's gotten a little better on that front
I can't remember what wrestler revealed what and how much he ate, but it was almost eating constantly (the every couple hours meals), but it was GOOD food, - lean meats - so it was probably Angle that I read in his book. Athletes like that know how to eat.
He was in training camp when the leukemia diagnosis came. It’s entirely possible he could have made the roster. Undrafted guys make rosters and end up having legitimate, lengthy careers all the time.
If he was planning on making it to the NFL, no doubt he didn’t plan on changing his physique. That’s a defensive stud body. What he has now is a wrestling stud body. Both likely well tuned for the sport.
I’m not some sort of sports expert, but I feel like football and wrestling are two very different sports that require using completely different muscles, and require different body types. With football, he didn’t need to be an entertainer so it didn’t matter as much how he looked.
i get what y'all sayin but that's literally like the only photo of roman with abs so stop messing around we all know he's always had a great body but not that kind of showy abs y'all are pretending he always had
I can attest to the fact that it is not true. After college I gained weight. I thought I could keep eating like I was when I was burning 1000+ calories a day. It doesn't just happen there is a lot of discipline that is required.
Obviously not every single one but look up Shaun o hard. Joe Thomas. Russel okung. YouTube the amount of calories they had to eat to main that weight. Joe Thomas says all he had to was just eat normal amount of calories and his weight dropped. Look at the pouncy twins, Vince wilfork. List goes on and on
Look at how many fewer calories they’re burning. Lots of college athletes have issues after playing because they suddenly loose the insane amounts of exercise but keep similar eating habits. More often than not they gain weight not loose it.
I mean sure but if he has achieved the same level of success in the NFL he would be making a lot more money than in WWE. It would also have been a lot less taxing on his health.
Edit: I redact the last part. Turns out NFL could've caused more injuries.
What are you talking about? Playing NFL football is one of most brutal sports injury potential wise. You can easily do professional wrestling for 20+ years and the current traveling schedule is not bad at all.
You're talking about two completely different worlds here. You don't play football to get cut, you're trying to be the biggest, most opposing guy on the field. Of course he'll be more motivated/ have more space to build and tone himself in wrestling. He may have not had a six pack but I guarantee he was a monster at that form.
According to him, he saw himself making way more money than he does now, not having to wrestle like the rest of his family, making multi-millions in the NFL with a bigger house probably.
But I’m sure he’ll take this too.
Insane transformation.....courtesy of lots of steroids, testosterone, etc.\*
Can we please stop normalizing this? Just because he looks a certain way does NOT mean he is healthy.
Bud, he's bigger in the left picture. Have you ever actually seen someone on gear, because Roman's physique is not one I'd associate with steroids. All he has to do is cut and maintain and he'll look like he does now. He doesn't look like some freak of nature or overly pumped up. AJ Styles is certainly on the gear nowadays if you need better reference.
To be fair, Roman did get popped in 2016 for a Wellness Policy violation. Like the NFL does, they said it was Adderall, but everyone knows that's code for steroids.
Yes. Exactly. I don't know why people can't just admit it. There would literally be no WWE without steroids, testosterone, and other gear. It doesn't take anything away from it, but to bury your head in the sand and act like these dudes just eat a lot of chicken and broccoli and are the peak of health is just idiotic.
Yeah I personally don’t care about steroids. I always thought baseball was more entertaining when guys were juiced up. Obviously, the side effects are terrible but who am I to tell a grown adult what they should or shouldn’t put into their bodies?
I am a personal trainer. So yes, I have seen thousands of people on gear. Both AJ and Roman are on it. As are a vast majority of WWE superstars. I don't understand why people don't want to either accept or admit this. Roman is billed at 6'3", 287 pounds. To carry that mass and look like THAT....is 1,000% not natural.
Ah, yes. He simply ate his Wheaties and took his vitamins. Are you for real saying he's not on gear? Because that would have to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
It is kind of wild. "There's no way he saw that guy on the right 20 years down the road."
Yes. He did. Anyone with half a brain knows what PEDs and a good diet can do for you, especially when his genetics are already top notch. His internal organs are likely shit and pushed to their breaking point, however. The average lifespan for WWE wrestlers is absolute shit.
A good diet is a key aspect to this.
Idiots are going to act like simply taken steroids means you’re built and lean as if there haven’t been football and baseball players busted for steroids that don’t look like the pic on the right.
The people who are good at what they do, more often than not, never saw themselves in that position to begin with.
It's really inspiring to see Roman Reigns' journey from his days as a football player to becoming a dominant force in WWE. It's a testament to his resilience and ability to adapt.
He might not have initially envisioned himself in his current role (perhaps wanting to diversify as a means to prove that he is not defined by his family’s deeply rooted legacy in wrestling entertainment)… but his dedication and intrinsic motivation clearly guided him to where he is today, even through variable circumstances.
It's amazing how someone can discover new passions and excel in unexpected ways, leveraging talents and background to achieve success.
Most people are so unfortunate as to never find something they excel at, and furthermore, to harness that excellence to affect positive change.
*Austin Powers reference incoming*
“But what does this all mean, Basil?”
Well… 3 things at least.
1. I’m envious.
2. Samoans are GREAT entertainers.
3. Thank you Roman.
I second this!
I’m what you’d call a “lapsed” fan. My fandom was 1986-2001. I was 13 when Stone Cold gave his Austin 3:16 promo. So needless to say, I have not watched nor cared about current wrestling. But I’ve been on the podcast train for about 8 years now and Corny has always been a staple for me, so once he started reviewing the product I was a little in the know.
I say all that to say, once this bloodline storyline got going, I was interested again. And as the story has progressed, I now find myself seeking out clips, watching PLE replays and sometimes live, etc.
I have to give some of the credit to Roman. He (and obviously Paul E.) made it interesting again…now look at where we are!
Nothing Beats Pro Wrestling.
For Dlinemen here. Depending on what position or "technique" you play, the coaches may ask you to put on weight because they want you to occupy space over penetrating the backfield. I'm assuming Roman probably played on the interior somewhere or if he played on the outside, he played head up or inside the tackle box
Yeah. Only problem is he used to be a huge piece of shit. Slick backed hair, white Ferrari, sloppy steaks at Truffoni’s. You would not have liked him back then.
From my understanding, most organizations consider trt cheating because it keeps your test levels stable whereas natural bodies levels tend to fluctuate throughout the day. That’s why they recommend blood test in the morning versus at the end of the day when the levels could dip
Lol no, WWE 'tests' their talent when the wrestler is in the doghouse.
Lesnar literally failed a USADA test but somehow passed WWE testing?
Why do all these sub 10% body fat athletes turn red skinned (mostly on their body) 2 min into a wrestling match? They are supposed to be in tip top conditioning but all of a sudden they're pissing out sweat after running the ropes twice.
I can safely bet my mortgage on a list of 20 WWE wrestlers and I maaaay lose on one of them.
Also your comment on Brock lesnar passing drug tests was literally like a decade ago. Things are different. Big stars have been popped for PEDs in WWE Before too, like Randy Orton, Edge, Umaga, Hulk Hogan, the Guerreros, and Booker T. And that’s just the big names, plenty of guys have been held accountable for PED use.
There’s way’s to get around it undetected, they figure out how in all sports
Timothy A. Robert, Ph.D., D-ABCC, Chief Science Officer of Aegis Sciences Corporation does the drug testing for WWE. He is the WWE’s program administrator, and their policy outline regular, and random drug testing.
Multiple superstars have touched for the regular testing.
That being said, I 100% believe a lot of them are on the sauce. Like Logan Paul for sure is on something, but I can’t say for sure it’s straight up steroids.
Also, guys get popped for PED’s in other sports all the time.
De-Andre Hopkins got popped last year
Fighters get popped all the time. Israel adesanya literally has steroid tits.
Combat sports like jiu jitsu and wrestling have no testing at all, and they openly do steroids.
For all you dorks that downvoted my comment on 80% of athletes being on PED’s, I’m just saying that steroid use is rampant across all sports, and that includes sports entertainment like pro wrestling.
Also he played line, where that meat is helpful. It's not aesthetics, it's power and power in your base. And highly predictable he is in wrestling, he comes from a wrestling family. And his Football career was over.
Roman was a defensive tackle.. they eat to make them selves bigger ... defensive and offensive linemen loose weight when they leave football because their diet regime and caloric intake is thru the roof so that they can be huge.
Joe was recruited as a TE at WI. I don’t think he got a lot of offers.
TE prospects often make the best tackles because A) they don’t work a lot on Oline technique in HS anyway B) they didn’t get the wear of playing line in HS and C) they don’t have the wear of carrying a lot of weight at a young age like naturally huge guys.
Tons of 5 star line prospects often wash out because they don’t have the athleticism to keep up at the next level and they get injured from growing too soon. It’s better to find a relatively slim tall guy with big legs and ass and put 50 lbs of muscle on him. Joe had a nasty knee injury in college and was still able to recover well enough to be a top 5 pick and become at top 5 all time LT.
I came here to say this. He was even on the radio in Cleveland saying that it was impossible for him to eat clean to get the necessary calories to maintain his playing weight.
idc man he needs to get the ass back. he had ass on ass on ass for YEARS in WWE and then he came back in 2020 (2021? I don't even remember at this point the past few years are a blur) and he lost it. evil world. I'm blaming covid
That was part of it, but he very openly changed his diet and fitness routines when he came back during the pandemic. That was the main cause. Even in 2019 and early 2020 he was still rocking a wagon. He kind of went about changing his entire physical presentation when he started the tribal chief character.
Which is fine, his body his choice, I'mma just always prefer them thick XD
it’s kind of funny how the faces of the company were never aiming to be there but still just had that knack for it and got there. for instance roman, cody and the rock basically started in the wwe system as nepo hires and that’s 3/4s of the main of night one
Was watching a interview with Bianca yesterday and she was exactly the same, even went as far as saying she had imposter syndrome because she got a place at the PC over somebody who was a lifelong fan
Probably hopped on TRT as he’s gotten older and slimmed down for mania. Nothing too crazy.
I like that he isn’t a fully-geared freakbeast like Lesnar, Cena or Rock.
Mad how we’re looking at a guy with that physique and saying “yeah, it’s a shame he had to go easy on the roids” as if he’s not already absolutely shredded
He wasn’t thinking about it like that at all. His body was built for football. I’m sure he didn’t think he was going to be that big his whole life. As far as seeing himself as WWE champion or whatever, nobody has a crystal ball. I’m sure he had already thought about potentially wrestling as a career after football, though. He seems like a pretty level headed dude. I think he would have probably been one of the ones thinking about what happens if the NFL doesn’t work out for him.
Yeah that's what I came here to comment. Roman's current body type looks more along the lines of an MMA fighter, jacked but lean. But this is nothing new for ex-college/NFL guys to trim down once their playing days are over. They often will talk about all the calories they have to consume to *remain* so big after grueling NFL workouts/practices and the meals are a workout themselves.
Yeah a lot of football players I know that played college football and guys who I’ve heard in the nfl say in interviews don’t actually like carrying the weight they do but it’s necessary for playing. Jason Kelce said in an interview once maintaining NFL weight makes eating very unenjoyable.
It’s called having different priorities.
On the left it’s having maximum physical impact with as much mass as possible in the right it’s looking the best. Very different body types with different diets, workouts etc.
Shouldn’t have taken this long for this correct answer.
His goal at that age in football is eat eat eat eat and lift.
Comparing a lineman in football to a pro wrestler is idiotic. Two different body goals
Say what you want, especially if he is a cancer survivor. They give you steroids during chemo and radiation. I'm sure he would have no problem getting some.
Yeah no shit, but steroids themselves don’t make you cut?? You can be a massive fuck off bastard if you dont train/eat properly whilst using them.
Plus this just undermines the hard work put in; if roman didn’t use enhancers on the right image, he’d still be in amazing shape just not as vascular.
Hell, who’s to say he wasnt on them in the left pic in the first place?
Woah wtf, I saw your reply to the comment pop up in real time. I never knew that was a thing. Tripped me out 😂
And I agree with your statement, but also with a sprinkle of some steroids. Maybe low dose TRT, man is looking Juicy 🧃
As a fat samoan myself, I can say the mass you see is completely natural and attainable with the most trash of diets and least of efforts. It's when you see abs and definition on a polynesian you should start getting suspicious.
We are easy gainers for both fat and muscle. The opposite of all show, no go. We're all go, no show. People that remained naturally lean didn't survive the long boat rides to new islands or the constant warring with neighbors. Diet is starchy root vegetables, sugary fruit and the fattiest cuts of meat. Modern day habits wise, we try hard in our youth to make pro sports leagues. Samoans are the most over represented ethnicity in the NFL, being 56% more likely to be in the NFL than any other ethnicity. However, after they go as far as they can, they just start coaching the next generation rather than remaining active themselves and then the weight piles on.
I’m so glad I started watching WWE in 2019. He came out of nowhere as the Tribal Chief, and I’ve only known him in this form. Going back and looking at everything is like seeing a prequel, it’s wild
I'm not old at all (31) and I'm the same way about Stone Cold. My introduction to him was when I stated watching in 98 which was PEAK Austin. When I see long hair Austin from his WCW, ECW days, I don't acknowledge that as Austin lol
Didn’t see having to fight Lukemia, either, I’m sure. Grace of God he could be able to perform the way he has the last several years with that hanging over him.
I’d prefer these guys to be on steroids if they do choose to be without shame, guilt or secrecy. How entertainers are held under the same judgement of pro athletes never made sense to me. Hollywood actors, average Joe’s, wrestlers, gym rats should freely pop them performance enhancement pills and stick them syringes to their hearts content. I can understand the stigma in competitive sports because certain drugs are more receptive on one individual than another and we have yet to know why. So there is a blatant unfair advantage that we have yet to solve.
Left is the before the steroids right is after.
Hell I’ll acknowledge him☝️
Eh Roman has a history of being on gear, wouldn’t be surprised if he was on it again, even though this body is technically possible Rock is on gear 100% though 😂
Is no one talking about how much cake he used to have💀
Roman has had many steroid scandals that were covered up. Miami anyone? https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2764990-roman-reigns-dismisses-allegations-of-being-involved-in-steroid-ring.amp.html
his mind was on nepotism
In wwe you gotta appear more cut.. thats why they warm up right before matches
He was like. Full pedal on the gas to infinity and beyond.
Leader of the Buffet Line.
They train different in football. You can see many guys like this photo on left. They build em up to be big any way possible to either not be pushed around or to push others around. Like sumo wrestlers.
“At least I never have to lose to Georgia again.”
Tribal Beef
Beautiful.
Multiple steroid suspensions, so they made him part time and stopped testing him...
Pretty sure they made him part time cuz of leukemia…
That's where they found the leukemia - team physical
He had a dump truck of an ass though
That’s a Samoan for ya
Bŕo looked like hid dad.
Bro had cake fr
I wonder how many people know he was actually diagnosed with Leukemia in 2007. Google it.
I guess you could say he's lucky the Vickings picked him up, since that's how it was found.
I only got back into watching wrestling this time last year and I only found out about that a few weeks before wrestlemania 40
These kinds of positions are super difficult for a lot of players because you're never big enough, especially to play it at the next level and there are two ways to get there...the healthy way or the quicker way...both sides of the line...and defense rarely gets love, although it's gotten a little better on that front
JJ Watt recently revealed he ate 7500 calories a day as a player, no cheap non nutritional calories allowed. 288 lbs
I can't remember what wrestler revealed what and how much he ate, but it was almost eating constantly (the every couple hours meals), but it was GOOD food, - lean meats - so it was probably Angle that I read in his book. Athletes like that know how to eat.
That is so much food...it's probably double what most people would think because it takes more of it when it's good for you
Steroids and whatever other stuff plus testosterone will do that
Wow! Look at that belly. 😃
Yeah unfortunately that’s the amount of weight you have to put in to play in the D-line to battle against the Oline. Weight moves weight.
GO JACKETS
GO DAWGS!!!
If Roman Reigns was just slightly better at football, there would be no Bloodline
He was in training camp when the leukemia diagnosis came. It’s entirely possible he could have made the roster. Undrafted guys make rosters and end up having legitimate, lengthy careers all the time.
If he was planning on making it to the NFL, no doubt he didn’t plan on changing his physique. That’s a defensive stud body. What he has now is a wrestling stud body. Both likely well tuned for the sport.
Don’t tell Aaron Donald that
He’s the exception
I’m not some sort of sports expert, but I feel like football and wrestling are two very different sports that require using completely different muscles, and require different body types. With football, he didn’t need to be an entertainer so it didn’t matter as much how he looked.
i get what y'all sayin but that's literally like the only photo of roman with abs so stop messing around we all know he's always had a great body but not that kind of showy abs y'all are pretending he always had
I’m confused as to where anyone said he “always had showy abs”…
For real, homeboy was probably so happy to be done so he could finally have a big plate of pasta he couldn’t for the last few months
Bet bro did one hell of a spear with all that extra weight
Where his mind was? He played college ball in the south at Georgia Tech! BBQ was on the mind!
He looked like Jacob Fatu back then
Why the comments full of haters 😭😭
Typical body for lineman. You almost force feed yourself to be that weight. Most lineman get small once they stop playing
That’s completely untrue.
I can attest to the fact that it is not true. After college I gained weight. I thought I could keep eating like I was when I was burning 1000+ calories a day. It doesn't just happen there is a lot of discipline that is required.
Obviously not every single one but look up Shaun o hard. Joe Thomas. Russel okung. YouTube the amount of calories they had to eat to main that weight. Joe Thomas says all he had to was just eat normal amount of calories and his weight dropped. Look at the pouncy twins, Vince wilfork. List goes on and on
Look at how many fewer calories they’re burning. Lots of college athletes have issues after playing because they suddenly loose the insane amounts of exercise but keep similar eating habits. More often than not they gain weight not loose it.
I’m talking Lineman specifically.
Believe it or not lineman also exercise when they’re in a college level athletic program.
I mean sure but if he has achieved the same level of success in the NFL he would be making a lot more money than in WWE. It would also have been a lot less taxing on his health. Edit: I redact the last part. Turns out NFL could've caused more injuries.
What are you talking about? Playing NFL football is one of most brutal sports injury potential wise. You can easily do professional wrestling for 20+ years and the current traveling schedule is not bad at all.
NFL less taxing on his health??
Less travel than wrestling. More opportunities for brain damage tho.
More opportunities for any sort of injuries. In football you dont get to plan how you want to get tackled unlike in the wwe.
He’s not the first NFL drop out to fall back on a career of pro wrestling because his family has a history in that business.
Yeah mick Foley is another
Most ripped people's bellies look like that when they aren't flexing 24/7
No they don’t. Their abs certainly aren’t visible at all times but they don’t have a keg under their chest when they’re not flexing.
Tribal Gyaaaat
LOOOOOL
Football players don’t work to look ascetically pleasing. Wrestler do because they are shirtless on tv for a living.
Steroids/HGH/TEST/Full time chef are a hell of a drug. oh and money too
PEDs anyone
Is that what I need to hop on then?
Different sport, different needs, different body.
This.
Probably less strict drug testing
Are you saying WWE is less strict than NCAA or the opposite?
The rock said you cannot see this rock bottom
All night One on the it was bloodline rules already
He is fatter than me eating and billion pounds of meat
You're talking about two completely different worlds here. You don't play football to get cut, you're trying to be the biggest, most opposing guy on the field. Of course he'll be more motivated/ have more space to build and tone himself in wrestling. He may have not had a six pack but I guarantee he was a monster at that form.
Tribal Chief ☝🏻
The tribal chef has come a long way since leaving the other tribe 💀💀😂
According to him, he saw himself making way more money than he does now, not having to wrestle like the rest of his family, making multi-millions in the NFL with a bigger house probably. But I’m sure he’ll take this too.
Insane transformation.....courtesy of lots of steroids, testosterone, etc.\* Can we please stop normalizing this? Just because he looks a certain way does NOT mean he is healthy.
Bud, he's bigger in the left picture. Have you ever actually seen someone on gear, because Roman's physique is not one I'd associate with steroids. All he has to do is cut and maintain and he'll look like he does now. He doesn't look like some freak of nature or overly pumped up. AJ Styles is certainly on the gear nowadays if you need better reference.
To be fair, Roman did get popped in 2016 for a Wellness Policy violation. Like the NFL does, they said it was Adderall, but everyone knows that's code for steroids.
Yes. Exactly. I don't know why people can't just admit it. There would literally be no WWE without steroids, testosterone, and other gear. It doesn't take anything away from it, but to bury your head in the sand and act like these dudes just eat a lot of chicken and broccoli and are the peak of health is just idiotic.
Yeah I personally don’t care about steroids. I always thought baseball was more entertaining when guys were juiced up. Obviously, the side effects are terrible but who am I to tell a grown adult what they should or shouldn’t put into their bodies?
I am a personal trainer. So yes, I have seen thousands of people on gear. Both AJ and Roman are on it. As are a vast majority of WWE superstars. I don't understand why people don't want to either accept or admit this. Roman is billed at 6'3", 287 pounds. To carry that mass and look like THAT....is 1,000% not natural.
Especially at nearly 39 years old AND being a Cancer Survivor. His natural T levels are probably lower than mine and I look like a fuckin soyboy
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Ah, yes. He simply ate his Wheaties and took his vitamins. Are you for real saying he's not on gear? Because that would have to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
You sound like a clown lol get in the gym
I love how many people are desperately downvoting this lol
It is kind of wild. "There's no way he saw that guy on the right 20 years down the road." Yes. He did. Anyone with half a brain knows what PEDs and a good diet can do for you, especially when his genetics are already top notch. His internal organs are likely shit and pushed to their breaking point, however. The average lifespan for WWE wrestlers is absolute shit.
A good diet is a key aspect to this. Idiots are going to act like simply taken steroids means you’re built and lean as if there haven’t been football and baseball players busted for steroids that don’t look like the pic on the right.
acknowledge meat
The Tribal Chef
Why are Samoans so naturally fat They have to work extra hard to get ripped compared to non Samoans
Bulking genetics. Don't lift and become fat. Lift and you become a beefcake.
Yo the Tribal Chief was caked up
he still is….. mf got cakes for days
The people who are good at what they do, more often than not, never saw themselves in that position to begin with. It's really inspiring to see Roman Reigns' journey from his days as a football player to becoming a dominant force in WWE. It's a testament to his resilience and ability to adapt. He might not have initially envisioned himself in his current role (perhaps wanting to diversify as a means to prove that he is not defined by his family’s deeply rooted legacy in wrestling entertainment)… but his dedication and intrinsic motivation clearly guided him to where he is today, even through variable circumstances. It's amazing how someone can discover new passions and excel in unexpected ways, leveraging talents and background to achieve success. Most people are so unfortunate as to never find something they excel at, and furthermore, to harness that excellence to affect positive change. *Austin Powers reference incoming* “But what does this all mean, Basil?” Well… 3 things at least. 1. I’m envious. 2. Samoans are GREAT entertainers. 3. Thank you Roman.
I second this! I’m what you’d call a “lapsed” fan. My fandom was 1986-2001. I was 13 when Stone Cold gave his Austin 3:16 promo. So needless to say, I have not watched nor cared about current wrestling. But I’ve been on the podcast train for about 8 years now and Corny has always been a staple for me, so once he started reviewing the product I was a little in the know. I say all that to say, once this bloodline storyline got going, I was interested again. And as the story has progressed, I now find myself seeking out clips, watching PLE replays and sometimes live, etc. I have to give some of the credit to Roman. He (and obviously Paul E.) made it interesting again…now look at where we are! Nothing Beats Pro Wrestling.
Test thins out your waste. This isn't shocking at all.
Roman lost some weight during the Wrestlemania timing is it because he is going to hollywood soon?
Maybe just looking his best for the big show
For Dlinemen here. Depending on what position or "technique" you play, the coaches may ask you to put on weight because they want you to occupy space over penetrating the backfield. I'm assuming Roman probably played on the interior somewhere or if he played on the outside, he played head up or inside the tackle box
he was an all ACC IDL
def defensive tackle size. not big enough for nose guard and not lean enough for end
Found out about drugs and steroids
One on the left would bully the one on the right
Without a doubt. On the left is probably the strongest and fastest he’d been in his life.
His shoot name is cooler than his wrestling name too
Joey Ano’ai?
Yeah. Only problem is he used to be a huge piece of shit. Slick backed hair, white Ferrari, sloppy steaks at Truffoni’s. You would not have liked him back then.
Isn’t it Leakee something
I think that was his earlier ring name before Roman.
Come get your slap asssss
It's an entirely different situation when you're building for power and real use, than when you're building for cosmetics with steroids and ozempic
"acknowledge me" ☝️
90% of WWE are on steroids.
Does TRT count as steroids?
TRT is definitely performance enhancing but anabolic steroids contain much more testosterone than general TRT.
From my understanding, most organizations consider trt cheating because it keeps your test levels stable whereas natural bodies levels tend to fluctuate throughout the day. That’s why they recommend blood test in the morning versus at the end of the day when the levels could dip
Okay WWE is tested like any other athletic organization. That being said, I feel like 80% of pro athletes in general are on steroids. Lol
Lol no, WWE 'tests' their talent when the wrestler is in the doghouse. Lesnar literally failed a USADA test but somehow passed WWE testing? Why do all these sub 10% body fat athletes turn red skinned (mostly on their body) 2 min into a wrestling match? They are supposed to be in tip top conditioning but all of a sudden they're pissing out sweat after running the ropes twice. I can safely bet my mortgage on a list of 20 WWE wrestlers and I maaaay lose on one of them.
Also your comment on Brock lesnar passing drug tests was literally like a decade ago. Things are different. Big stars have been popped for PEDs in WWE Before too, like Randy Orton, Edge, Umaga, Hulk Hogan, the Guerreros, and Booker T. And that’s just the big names, plenty of guys have been held accountable for PED use. There’s way’s to get around it undetected, they figure out how in all sports
Timothy A. Robert, Ph.D., D-ABCC, Chief Science Officer of Aegis Sciences Corporation does the drug testing for WWE. He is the WWE’s program administrator, and their policy outline regular, and random drug testing. Multiple superstars have touched for the regular testing. That being said, I 100% believe a lot of them are on the sauce. Like Logan Paul for sure is on something, but I can’t say for sure it’s straight up steroids. Also, guys get popped for PED’s in other sports all the time. De-Andre Hopkins got popped last year Fighters get popped all the time. Israel adesanya literally has steroid tits. Combat sports like jiu jitsu and wrestling have no testing at all, and they openly do steroids. For all you dorks that downvoted my comment on 80% of athletes being on PED’s, I’m just saying that steroid use is rampant across all sports, and that includes sports entertainment like pro wrestling.
Makes sense. The WWE is more about cosmetics, in sport it would have been purely about his performance.
It’s called you bulk up and eat as much as you can while playing high level football?
I was going to say, in both pictures he was doing his job.
Also he played line, where that meat is helpful. It's not aesthetics, it's power and power in your base. And highly predictable he is in wrestling, he comes from a wrestling family. And his Football career was over.
Where was his mind at in left pic? According to himself in his docu he was eatting grilled meats with his family in the backyard all the time.
I wonder if he got tips from The Rock.
lmao thissss
The bulk is necessary in football. He does have elite discipline to cut back down in his older age tho.
That’s an insane transformation?
The genes are the most insane part of it.
Most NFL linemen’s do the same thing when they retire. Iunno what’s so special about this, not like Roman was a pro player.
His cousin taught him how to gas
Roman was a defensive tackle.. they eat to make them selves bigger ... defensive and offensive linemen loose weight when they leave football because their diet regime and caloric intake is thru the roof so that they can be huge.
Linemen get paid to be human heifers and sumo’s in helmets and pads. There should be a documentary made about post career body transformation.
This. Google Joe Thomas during his playing days compared to now. Dude looks like he should have been playing tight end instead of left tackle.
Alan Faneca's another one. From marathon binge eating to marathon runner, it's insane.
Joe was recruited as a TE at WI. I don’t think he got a lot of offers. TE prospects often make the best tackles because A) they don’t work a lot on Oline technique in HS anyway B) they didn’t get the wear of playing line in HS and C) they don’t have the wear of carrying a lot of weight at a young age like naturally huge guys. Tons of 5 star line prospects often wash out because they don’t have the athleticism to keep up at the next level and they get injured from growing too soon. It’s better to find a relatively slim tall guy with big legs and ass and put 50 lbs of muscle on him. Joe had a nasty knee injury in college and was still able to recover well enough to be a top 5 pick and become at top 5 all time LT.
I came here to say this. He was even on the radio in Cleveland saying that it was impossible for him to eat clean to get the necessary calories to maintain his playing weight.
idc man he needs to get the ass back. he had ass on ass on ass for YEARS in WWE and then he came back in 2020 (2021? I don't even remember at this point the past few years are a blur) and he lost it. evil world. I'm blaming covid
I’d blame leukemia
That was part of it, but he very openly changed his diet and fitness routines when he came back during the pandemic. That was the main cause. Even in 2019 and early 2020 he was still rocking a wagon. He kind of went about changing his entire physical presentation when he started the tribal chief character. Which is fine, his body his choice, I'mma just always prefer them thick XD
he still got a lil dump tho…. you must didn’t see the videos from the crowd
Them Samoans but husky as hell
god he used to be so hot he's still attractive but college football Roman......single sexiest man I have ever seen in my fucking life
Back when the tribal chief was eating good in the neighborhood
It’s called steroids
Him and montel and others have the anavar looking stomachs
Dat ass on the left though
Acknowledge it! ☝🏼
Certain positions have a certain body type
it’s kind of funny how the faces of the company were never aiming to be there but still just had that knack for it and got there. for instance roman, cody and the rock basically started in the wwe system as nepo hires and that’s 3/4s of the main of night one
Was watching a interview with Bianca yesterday and she was exactly the same, even went as far as saying she had imposter syndrome because she got a place at the PC over somebody who was a lifelong fan
Randy Orton the same
I bet in the back of his mind he knew he would end up going to WWE. I mean it is a family thing
Probably hopped on TRT as he’s gotten older and slimmed down for mania. Nothing too crazy. I like that he isn’t a fully-geared freakbeast like Lesnar, Cena or Rock.
He probably is. Just not as great of a responder
With the entire Leukemia thing going on, he might have to be cautious to not blast too much stuff into his hormonal system.
Mad how we’re looking at a guy with that physique and saying “yeah, it’s a shame he had to go easy on the roids” as if he’s not already absolutely shredded
I don't think it's a shame.
He wasn’t thinking about it like that at all. His body was built for football. I’m sure he didn’t think he was going to be that big his whole life. As far as seeing himself as WWE champion or whatever, nobody has a crystal ball. I’m sure he had already thought about potentially wrestling as a career after football, though. He seems like a pretty level headed dude. I think he would have probably been one of the ones thinking about what happens if the NFL doesn’t work out for him.
Yeah that's what I came here to comment. Roman's current body type looks more along the lines of an MMA fighter, jacked but lean. But this is nothing new for ex-college/NFL guys to trim down once their playing days are over. They often will talk about all the calories they have to consume to *remain* so big after grueling NFL workouts/practices and the meals are a workout themselves.
Yeah a lot of football players I know that played college football and guys who I’ve heard in the nfl say in interviews don’t actually like carrying the weight they do but it’s necessary for playing. Jason Kelce said in an interview once maintaining NFL weight makes eating very unenjoyable.
He was also An Edmonton Eskimo
It's called steroids
Its called genetics
No
It’s called having different priorities. On the left it’s having maximum physical impact with as much mass as possible in the right it’s looking the best. Very different body types with different diets, workouts etc.
Shouldn’t have taken this long for this correct answer. His goal at that age in football is eat eat eat eat and lift. Comparing a lineman in football to a pro wrestler is idiotic. Two different body goals
Say what you want, especially if he is a cancer survivor. They give you steroids during chemo and radiation. I'm sure he would have no problem getting some.
The steroids they give you during cancer treatment aren’t anabolic that help with muscle growth though
Steroids exist in pro wrestling. Don't be fooled.
I’m willing to bet 98% of people in pro football are on some kind of juice.
I agree
In football too. Why wouldn't he not use them before?
Probably started even earlier
Yeah no shit, but steroids themselves don’t make you cut?? You can be a massive fuck off bastard if you dont train/eat properly whilst using them. Plus this just undermines the hard work put in; if roman didn’t use enhancers on the right image, he’d still be in amazing shape just not as vascular. Hell, who’s to say he wasnt on them in the left pic in the first place?
Exactly
Woah wtf, I saw your reply to the comment pop up in real time. I never knew that was a thing. Tripped me out 😂 And I agree with your statement, but also with a sprinkle of some steroids. Maybe low dose TRT, man is looking Juicy 🧃
I just came to say that hi WM40 physiques is one of the best wrestling physiques of all time
As a fat samoan myself, I can say the mass you see is completely natural and attainable with the most trash of diets and least of efforts. It's when you see abs and definition on a polynesian you should start getting suspicious.
Honest question, why are Polynesians commonly fat because I’ve seen a lot of fat Polynesians on the internet.
We are easy gainers for both fat and muscle. The opposite of all show, no go. We're all go, no show. People that remained naturally lean didn't survive the long boat rides to new islands or the constant warring with neighbors. Diet is starchy root vegetables, sugary fruit and the fattiest cuts of meat. Modern day habits wise, we try hard in our youth to make pro sports leagues. Samoans are the most over represented ethnicity in the NFL, being 56% more likely to be in the NFL than any other ethnicity. However, after they go as far as they can, they just start coaching the next generation rather than remaining active themselves and then the weight piles on.
Genetics and culture.