Jacob Fatu Recalls Roman Reigns Helping Him Calm His Nerves Before His WrestleMania 42 Bout With Drew McIntyre
Jacob Fatu recalls how Roman Reigns helped him calm his nerves before his WrestleMania 42 bout with Drew McIntyre.
Jacob Fatu recalls how Roman Reigns helped him calm his nerves before his WrestleMania 42 bout with Drew McIntyre.
On night one of WWE WrestleMania 42, Fatu would square off with Drew McIntyre in an Unsanctioned match, coming away with his second victory at WrestleMania so far. On the RAW after Mania last night, Fatu would step up to Roman Reigns, wanting a shot at his newly won WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
While speaking to Daniel Cormier in a new interview, Jacob Fatu shared how Roman Reigns helped him calm down ahead of his second ever WrestleMania bout this year.
“Nah, but yesterday was, it was emotional. It didn’t hit me until I actually was getting ready to walk out. I’m so nervous. I seen a couple cats on the way. I seen my big Uce, I seen the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns yesterday, right before I walked out. He still calls me Jake, Jakester, Jakey, you know what I mean? So he had to (tell me), you know, ‘hey, man, calm down. Enjoy the moment,’ you know? Something that my wife always tells me, but Roman was like, ‘just take it all in,’ and before I went out, man, being ready, having my gear on and locked in, man, just thinking about all the tough times, all the struggles (and) everything to bring me to this moment right here. I mean, come on, man. I’m very blessed to be in WWE for two years and be 2-0 at WrestleMania right out the gate.”
For more on Roman Reigns’ and Jacob Fatu’s confrontation on last night’s edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, you can read more about that here.
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