Roman Reigns Reveals His Wrestling Mount Rushmore on Club Shay Shay

Roman Reigns opened up about how he views legacy and greatness in professional wrestling during a recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, offering his own version of a wrestling Mount Rushmore. The Tribal Chief used the platform to lay out the names he considers the sport’s all-time pillars, and the discussion quickly turned into one of the more interesting looks into how a modern top star frames the history of the business.

What stood out most was Reigns’ explanation of his criteria. Rather than basing his picks purely on in-ring ability or technical skill, Reigns made clear his selections were built around a broader standard — essentially what a performer meant to the business and its growth beyond just what happened between the ropes. That kind of framing lines up with how Reigns himself has often been discussed during his record-setting title reign: not just as a great wrestler, but as a transcendent drawing card and cultural figure for WWE.

Names like Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin and John Cena naturally come up in any conversation about the sport’s biggest crossover stars, and they factored into the conversation on Club Shay Shay. Each represents a different era in which wrestling pushed into the mainstream — Hogan during the 1980s boom, Austin during the Attitude Era ratings war, and Cena as the face of WWE through the 2000s and 2010s. Whether The Rock, arguably the most famous pro wrestler turned mainstream star of all, also made the cut became a central point of intrigue coming out of the interview, given the inherent comparisons between Reigns and his real-life cousin.

It’s a notable moment regardless of how the full list shakes out, since Reigns rarely offers this kind of personal, reflective commentary on the business outside of his in-character promos. Having spent years positioned by WWE as the most dominant heel champion in recent memory before pivoting back to fan favorite status, Reigns is now firmly in a chapter of his career where legacy talk feels natural. He’s lived through the kind of box-office push that only a handful of stars in WWE history have received, so his perspective on what makes someone truly belong among wrestling’s all-time greats carries real weight.

Expect this clip to keep circulating as fans debate their own Mount Rushmores and argue over whether Reigns left anyone out. Conversations like this tend to have a long shelf life in wrestling media, especially when they touch on cross-generational comparisons involving names as significant as Hogan, Austin, Cena and The Rock. For now, Reigns has put his own stake in the ground — and given his standing in the current era, it’s a take worth paying attention to.