Roman Reigns: WWE mics picked up brilliant trash-talking during 2020 matches

Roman Reigns’ trash-talking during his WWE matches in 2020 and 2021 was nothing short of brilliant.

When fans were forced out of shows in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE was forced to adapt and come up with creative ways to connect with their fans.

That’s why we saw more cinematic matches during the period, but Roman Reigns found his own unique way to speak directly to the fans, despite none of them being in the arena.

Reigns had just turned heel as part of the emergence of his new ‘Tribal Chief’ character, and was embarking on what would go on to be the best run of his career.

Wanting to make himself stand out during the period, Roman found a new way to connect with the fans, opting to trash-talk his opponents during his matches.

Obviously, WWE had no fans in the arena at the time, so the mics that were being used were able to pick up some of Reigns’ brilliant lines, which you can see an example of below.

Roman Reigns talking smack during his matches so the camera could hear him is something I miss about the ThunderDome pic.twitter.com/Z7DcK15EOB

Roman’s new character trait only went on to enhance his new ‘Tribal Chief’ gimmick, helping to cement him as the top star within WWE, and possibly even the entirety of wrestling.

When fans returned to WWE shows, the decision was made for Reigns to stop trash-talking as much during his match.

However, Reigns’ new character trait was so brilliant that fans often take to social media to share just how much they miss the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion doing it.

As noted, fans often speak about how much they miss Roman trash-talking his opponents during their matches.

In fact, below is a selection of tweets comments on the clip of Roman’s trash-talking which resurfaced