10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (August 23)

6. Why Roman Reigns Was "Envious" Of Seth Rollins

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A brief glance at Roman Reigns' smouldering good looks and presence would lead one to believe that he wouldn't be jealous of anything. Reigns has the world at his feet as WWE's poster boy, and he recently snagged the 2K20 video game cover alongside modern-day women's wrestling icon Becky Lynch.

It's about damn time, in the eyes of Roman.

His ex-Shield stablemate Seth Rollins was handpicked for the 2K18 cover two years ago, and that move came at the height of internal Reigns-inspired hysteria. Vince McMahon was dead set on pushing Roman as his top babyface, so it likely miffed the star that Rollins got the nod for the game cover instead. He admitted to Sports Illustrated that this made him "envious".

As much as Reigns was happy for Seth and could see he deserved the press that goes hand-in-hand with being a cover star, he was slightly jealous of it too. Now, he gets to experience what it's like to be on the box art, not Rollins. Roman did say he was only green-eyed because it all looked "so cool".

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