Paul Heyman told Rick Rubin that Roman Reigns had told him he had peaked as The Big Dog, but he wanted to do so much more as an athlete, and that the dog food storyline made him extremely upset.

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Daniel Bryan was chosen to put over Roman Reigns in 2015. WWE, however, completely overlooked the nuclear fan reaction to Reigns’ push. The Big Dog won his Fastlane meeting with the American ...

He also explained that Reigns was well aware of the fact that his “Big Dog” persona wasn’t fully connecting with fans. “…Roman understood the cap of ‘The Big Dog’ as a personality.