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Jim Ross on Roman Reigns: WWE champ by WrestleMania 31

Chris Graham

jim rossQuite a few people think that the sky is the limit for Roman Reigns in WWE. Jim Ross may be Reigns’ biggest booster.

“If I had to pick an early favorite to either be the WWE World Champion at WM31 or to win the title there, it would be Reigns,” Ross wrote on his blog on Tuesday.

Ross, the former vice president of talent relations at WWE, said how Reigns is built from here “is imperative to the long term success of WWE as it relates to constructing the next, major, WWE superstar.”

Reigns’ teammates in The Shield, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, get varying degrees of praise from ol’ JR.

Ambrose “played the smarmy, opportunistic villain role extremely well.  There is big money in Dean Ambrose. Ambrose still reminds me of a cross between Roddy Piper and Brian Pillman. That’s high praise by the way.”

Regarding Rollins: “For those wondering, I’ve always been high on Seth Rollins. “






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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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