{"id":37965,"date":"2017-01-24T16:40:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=37965"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:20:43","slug":"roman-reigns-tells-espn-wwe-just-working-nine-five-knew-wasnt-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/01\/24\/roman-reigns-tells-espn-wwe-just-working-nine-five-knew-wasnt-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Reigns tells ESPN before WWE he was &#8220;just working nine-to-five&#8221; but knew it wasn&#8217;t for him (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2989978707\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Roman Reigns talked about his transition from football to pro wrestling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D6aoYtDNHBM\">on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;First Take&#8221; this morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My time with football was just up,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was what it was. I wasn&#8217;t making any teams at that point. I just had my daughter, who&#8217;s nine now. It was time to man up. Either do your business or get off the pot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said after the NFL career came to an end, he worked for his sister&#8217;s business installing office furniture. &#8220;I was just working nine-to-five.&#8221; He said when he looked in the mirror every morning, &#8220;I knew I wasn&#8217;t supposed to be putting on the furniture shirt. I was supposed to be doing something else. And I didn&#8217;t know what it was at that point, but I knew WWE could possibly be that team I was looking for. Thank god I was right. They helped me out and gave me an opportunity and I&#8217;d like to think I hit my head on the goalpost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he&#8217;s happy that today they&#8217;re a PG product. &#8220;The goal is to put smiles on people&#8217;s face, especially the kids, and bring families together\u2026 I love it. I feel like I&#8217;m leading the new generation today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: He was a good &#8220;face of the company&#8221; here, although he hit the upright when talking about his transition from working for his sister to joining WWE. He said he was just &#8220;just working nine-to-five,&#8221; and it made it sound like he felt that was beneath him, when 99 percent of the fans who pay to see WWE are working nine-to-five. A more p.r. savvy top star would see that opening and instead say something along the lines of: &#8220;When I was working nine-to-five, I was earning an honest living. After being in the NFL, it was different for me. My family has a history in pro wrestling, and that always appealed to me. I was a fan growing up, but my focus had been on the NFL. I knew I had to chase my dream and try to follow the footsteps of my family who had been Superstars in WWE. To anyone out there working nine-to-five jobs who feel there&#8217;s a different dream you want to chase, I say go for it. I did, and I haven&#8217;t looked back. It&#8217;s been a lot of hard work, but this Sunday when I beat Kevin Owens to win the Universal Championship, it will all be worth it.&#8221; Anything along those lines is better than saying he worked &#8220;just&#8221; a nine-to-five job, giving off a potential vibe it was beneath him. It&#8217;s not that he meant\u00a0anything by it, but he so often in these settings comes across as if he&#8217;s trying to impress the interviewers as a big shot\u00a0and a side of him sneaks out in his words that isn&#8217;t great for someone in\u00a0his position.\u00a0<\/em><em>As is par for ESPN&#8217;s coverage of WWE, this interview began with the hard-hitting question, &#8220;Why is Royal Rumble a can&#8217;t miss event?&#8221; Oh, he picked Atlanta to win the Super Bowl.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4138568025\"><div id=\"pwtor-2493725690\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Roman Reigns talked about his transition from football to pro wrestling on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;First Take&#8221; this morning. &#8220;My time with football was just up,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was what it was. 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