8. Roman Reigns
At 30 years of age, Roman Reigns has arrived. His rise up the championship ranks wasn’t easy, but it has been fascinating for fans to watch him ascend to the top of WWE over the course ofthe last year.
Reigns’ ties in wrestling were long established before he came into the sport. Reigns, real name Joseph A’noai, is the son ofSika. Sika’s career in wrestling is notable in part because of the family ties both he and his brother had to the wrestling world. As The Wild Samoans, Sika and his brother Afa achieved success collectively, and captured the WWF tag team championships.
Where Roman’s accomplishment exceed his father’s is that by the age of only 30, Reigns has captured the WWE tag team championship with Seth Rollins, a team considered the tag team of the year in 2013, and has been ranked #4 on Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s top 500 for 2015. He is now a two-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
While Sika achieved success in the ring as part of a tag team, Reigns is not only main eventing pay per views, being featured on WWE house shows, and a prominent character on both Raw and Smackdown,but is someone the company appears to be leaning on to lead them into the future. This wasn’t the planthat Vince McMahon had for Reigns’ father or uncle during their time with the company.
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