Roman Reigns is still sitting atop WWE as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion after successfully taking down Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania, though admittedly he had quite a bit of help to make that happen. Rhodes isn’t going to take that lying down, but the Wiseman might have brought another challenger into Roman’s orbit. That would be former UFC World Champion Conor McGregor, and while Heyman did start things by calling McGregor a Roman Reigns wannabe, McGregor responded by telling him to be careful or he’d break his jaw. In an interview with BT Sport’s Ariel Helwani, Heyman responded to McGregor’s threat by saying he wouldn’t pick a fight with Reigns and comparing McGregor to a clown.
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“I’m not a grandfather, but I appreciate the fact that I’m old enough to be one, number one, and I’m still thriving on top. I would like to see if Conor McGregor at 57 is still thriving at the very top of his entire industry. We’ll see if he’s even relevant at 57. We’ll see if he even lives to 57 with his lifestyle now, number two,” Heyman said.
“Number three, it’s not that he tweeted to me, I picked the fight with him. Let’s be honest about this,” Heyman said. “He, as a Roman Reigns wannabe, did the Paul Heyman style, you know, title on each shoulder, and, you know, gave a shout out to himself, of course he did. You know, the ultimate self promoter in Conor McGregor, you know, standing nine feet tall and weighing 155 pounds and five foot four. So, with that in mind, I said, ‘Look at Conor McGregor, a Roman Reigns wannabe’, and of course, you know, he said, ‘Oh, be careful grandpa. I’ll break your jaw in three places.’”
“My father who was a pretty street savvy guy from the Bronx, you know, my father used to say, ‘If you’re going to hit somebody, you don’t want to go up and go, I’m going to punch you in the face,” Heyman said. “I’m going to beat you up. I’m going to come get you.’ You know what they do if they want to beat you up? They walk up to you and they hit you.”
While Heyman knows McGregor could easily beat him, he also knows there’s always the possibility of hitting that one lucky punch, and as proven before, that can change everything. As for Reigns, he doesn’t see McGregor picking a fight with the Undisputed WWE Champion, and he decided to throw another jab at McGregor by comparison him to a clown.
“He’s talking a good game but he isn’t coming after The Wise Man, and even if he did come after The Wise Man, what if I landed a lucky shot like the lucky shot he hit Aldo with? (Jose) Aldo clipped him and busted him open on a knockout punch that he threw. What if I had a lucky punch on Conor McGregor? Right? What if I did? If he beats me up, who cares? I’m a 57-year-old Wise Man. I’m a Jew boy from the Bronx. This is a tough fight for Conor McGregor? I don’t see him picking a fight With Roman Reigns, but then again, listen. You know, little people do what little minds tell them to do, and that’s okay, because I like the little guy. He’s funny to me. Like a clown. You know, like a clown. He’s here for my amusement,” Heyman said.
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