Roman Reigns took a leave of absence from WWE when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

When Reigns eventually returned in the summer of 2020, he returned as a heel, and this heel run has received widespread acclaim.

Reigns’ manager, The Wiseman, Paul Heyman was recently interviewed by Uproxx, and the WWE Hall of Famer revealed that Reigns considered himself “retired” in 2020:

“He considered himself retired. He wasn’t coming back. I was executive director of Monday Night Raw, and Roman was assigned to SmackDown. But every week I heard all the SmackDown writers and producers and personnel saying, ‘God, I just wish Roman would come back.’ And I would ask, has anybody talked to him? Yeah, he says he’s retired. He’s not coming back. No way. Thanks a lot. Done. Finished. Goodbye. So the fact that he came back for this run, for what we have accomplished, is nothing short of a miracle because as far as he was concerned, he was out.”

H/T – Fightful

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