Fresh off a grueling victory over LA Knight in the opening match of WWE Money in the Bank 2026, World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns reflected on retaining his title and praised his opponent before turning his sights toward his next high-profile commitment.
Speaking backstage with WWE correspondent Cathy Kelley in New Orleans, Reigns opened up about the physical demands of holding the top title and the pressure of having a target on his back.
“At this point in time, the main thing is just recover, try to get back to a place of health where I feel good because like you said, I got the whole world coming after me. Everybody wants what I have,” Reigns said. “This is the position. This is the burden. This is where you want to be. You want to be center stage. You want to be the one that holds the spotlight.”
Reigns took pride in elevating the World Heavyweight Championship into the pinnacle prize in professional wrestling under his reign.
“Can’t you feel it? Can’t you feel the envy and the jealousy that just seeps back here? Everybody wants this,” Reigns declared. “Before not too long ago, this was second prize. This was second fiddle. Now it’s the number one most coveted prize in the game because the Tribal Chief made it that way. But this is what it is. This is the position and this is what I was born for. Always ready.”
Addressing his war against LA Knight inside the Smoothie King Center, Reigns offered glowing words of respect for “The Megastar,” while confirming his immediate travel plans to Los Angeles for the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ live-action Street Fighter movie.
“It’s a big weekend. You know what I mean? I knocked this out straight to LA for the Street Fighter premiere. It’s a hell of a weekend,” Reigns noted. “But this was priority right here. If I didn’t come to New Orleans, if I didn’t hold it down, if I didn’t whoop LA Knight, which I gotta give him his respect. He runs his mouth, but he came in there and he backed it up, but he just ran into a better competitor today. I don’t want to see him down the road, but man, this was the prerequisite to get to Monday, and I’m just happy I was able to do it.”
With a successful defense in the books and his Hollywood crossover continuing to expand, Reigns remains the premier attraction across both sports and entertainment.
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