Leati Joseph ''Joe''Anoas'i He is currently signed to WWE, where he perform on the Raw brand under the ring name Roman Reigns.
After he playing collegiate football for Georgia Tech, Anoa'i started his professional football career with brief off-season stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League in 2007. He then played a full season for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football.
Anoas'i then pursued a career in professional wrestling and was signed by WWE in 2010, reporting to their Developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. As Roman Reigns he made his main roster debut in November 2012 alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield. The trio teamed together until June 2014, after which Reigns entered singles competition. Reigns is a three-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time United States Champion, a one-time intercontinental Champion, a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion, The 2015 Royal Rumble winner and the 2014 superstar of the year. He also tied the record for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble match with 12 in the 2014 event.Upon wining the Intercontinental Championship, he became the twenty-eighth Triple Crown Champion and the Seventeen Grand Slam Champion.
Since 2014, WWE has attempted to establish Reigns as their next ''face of the company''. Reigns has headlines numerous WWE pay-per-view event, including the last four WrestleManias to equal Hulk Hogan's record of consecutive WrestleManias main event.
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