Roman Reigns reveals why he brought Sami Zayn into The Bloodline

With Roman Reigns formally securing the quilt spot on WWE 2K25, with a deluxe version that includes the remainder of The Bloodline, followers have been reflecting on Sami Zayn’s inclusion, elimination, and now return to the group forward of the 2025 Royal Rumble.

How, followers marvel, did the Montreal-based babyface turn into a member of the most important heel faction in latest WWE reminiscence, cut up with them, and finally return to them as soon as extra as soon as the group reformed as unlikely heroes? Nicely, for Reigns, the genesis of Zayn’s inclusion within the group started with the concept of including a comedic foil to his critical act, earlier than increasing it into one thing grander.

“I am going to take full accountability for Sami. He was doing no matter he was doing with Jacka** and all of them. I simply admired the work as a result of it is not straightforward to do what we do if you’re throughout from a veteran skilled, somebody who has been within the ring for a very long time. To should do it with individuals who do not essentially know what they’re doing, and a bunch of them, the entire Jacka** crew, and the way in which he made that work, I noticed one thing fully completely different than what we had been doing,” Reigns recalled.

“We had been extraordinarily profitable; we had been all champions on the time, however to me, I used to be like, ‘That is a character that I can actually bounce off and present a couple of completely different layers of what I’ve and my character, and I believe I can elevate him.’ This can be a veteran performer, a journeyman who has been round for a very long time. I knew that he had, not solely the expertise, however the expertise to have the ability to work in the principle occasion. I used to be proper. He proved to be an excellent asset for the Bloodline. He helped us, however we helped him significantly. That is the way it works. That is a real partnership proper there, the place everyone advantages.”

Thankfully, Reigns’ prediction was proper on the cash, as Zayn turned one of the crucial common performers in WWE and took the group to new heights grander than even one other title may garner. So once they obtained again collectively, it was a no brainer to deliver Zayn again, too, proper?

“That is why you see him come again on this reunion,” Reigns famous. “We may have possibly accomplished it a unique method, however Sami is such a particular performer and such a ache within the ass to take care of generally, however that is as a result of he cares. God bless the Wiseman for having to take care of him on a regular basis. Truthfully, it is on me, as a result of I noticed it, I knew it, I felt it, and I knew as soon as you set me and him backstage collectively, it was going to be gold. It ended up taking rather a lot longer to get to that time, however as soon as we did, I imagine we had been in Montreal, and when he lastly obtained within the locker room with me, it was magic. One and accomplished, it was in all probability stay. We simply knew from there that chemistry was going to be nice. The proof is within the pudding.”

Whereas solely time will inform what the longer term holds for Zayn, Reigns, and The Bloodline, it is clear this partnership was pitch-perfect.