Roman Reigns' Hollywood aspirations 'nothing new,' Paul Heyman says, as WWE star reveals career plans

WWE legend Paul Heyman talks to Fox News Digital about Roman Reigns' dreams of hitting Hollywood after his next contract expires.

LAS VEGAS – Roman Reigns demanded every city he visited "acknowledge" him and his greatness over the last five years, and he appeared to suggest his story may be entering the ninth inning.

Reigns told Vanity Fair in a wide-ranging interview published Thursday he has about two years left in him after his current deal with WWE is up. 

Reigns’ contract with the company expires after WrestleMania 42, and he revealed plans for the rest of his full-time career.

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Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns during Wrestlemania at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., April 2, 2023. (Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports)

"After I finish the contract that I’m in, we probably got another year or two max," he told the magazine days before his triple-threat match against CM Punk and Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. "Then it’s time to take on a less physical form of entertainment."

Paul Heyman, the longtime wiseman to Reigns’ "Tribal Chief," told Fox News Digital hours after the story was published it was always the plan for the WWE great to shift to the Hollywood side of entertainment, but it had to be the right time.

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Roman Reigns celebrates with special counsel Paul Heyman after defeating Brock Lesnar and unifying the WWE championship and the universal championship during WrestleMania at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, April 3, 2022. (Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports)

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