Stone Cold knows all about grabbing the ‘Brass ring’ when the WWE hands it to you, so his opinion on Roman Reigns comes from a unique perspective.
Austin believes that Reigns has what it takes to one day be the man the WWE wants him to be but he admits that he may not be that man right now.
I really don’t know how to play it out. I just talked to Wade Keller on my Tuesday show, and he had some interesting scenarios, but I can’t remember what they were. As far as predictability goes, sometimes the writing is on the wall and it’s easy to predict things then there are times you think you know what they’re going to do, and then they pull the old switcheroo on you. I haven’t sat there and dwelled upon it really to be very frank with you. I try to watch some of the highlights of Raw because I was just there.
I got a chance to talk to Roman Reigns and he is going to be fine. When you talk to him one-on-one, he is a super cool dude. I told him just be yourself in your promos and you are going to be fine. Some people think he has been a little bit entitled or pushed too fast and too hard. It’s just like when Vince McMahon told me when I was going to win King of the Ring or drop the championship on me at WrestleMania 14, what was I going to say? Not so fast, I think I need to earn more, so let’s wait a little bit on that. Roman Reigns has a good body, good looking guy, but he does have to bring the work up and he is starting to develop a little bit of a promo when he is himself.
The company is going to him, and with that being said, he does have to bring up his end and that’s in the work and the performance.
Steve went on to address the pressure of main eventing WrestleMania and if he thinks Roman is ready to do so.
When you’re the main event of the card and all those people come, that’s a gigantic reason to come when you want to see Stone Cold and the Rock, and you know it’s good to be a special moment. Roman Reigns isn’t quite there yet, but he will be one of these days, so he does have a great opportunity if he ends up taking on Triple H or whoever they put in the ring with him.
They got work to do.
Unlike last year, the WWE hasn’t built in a back-up plan for this Reigns push. He will have to show that he is ready to be the face of the company or he will be passed up by his peers.