At World Wrestling Entertainment today, there are very few people who are easily more recognizable than Roman Reigns. The fighter, who also has a career as an actor, is a four-time WWE world champion. He comes from a long line of fighters, four generations with a total of nineteen dead and alive fighters to be exact, who have ruled the ring over the years. Today we share about Roman Reigns net worth, biography, age, wife, brother, etc.
However, before embarking on a wrestling race, Reigns had a brief career with professional football. In 2018, the 6-foot, 3-inch (1.91 m) tall, 265 lb (120 kg) heavy athlete announced that he would take a break from professional wrestling to receive treatment for leukemia, a disease he had previously fought and won.
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ToggleRoman Reigns was born Leati Joseph Anoa’i on May 25, 1985, in Pensacola, Florida. He is half Samoan and half Italian, and both his father, Sika Anoa’i and his older brother, Mathew Anoa’i, were professional wrestlers.
Reigns attended Pensacola Catholic High School and then Escambia High School. Upon graduation, he enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to study Administration. During his time there, he also played soccer for the school team, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Reigns became very interested in early football and even considered a professional career in it. After practicing sports in high school and college, he was eager to continue playing and, as things would work out well, he was hired by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007. He spent a few months there before joining the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In 2008, the Edmonton Eskimos of Canada signed him and he played with them for a full season. However, his professional career was short-lived, so he retired after playing with the Eskimos to start a career in the family profession of wrestling.
The transition to wrestling was quite easy, one for Reigns since his older brother was already established in the business. In 2010, he signed an agreement with WWE and became part of its development territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, which allowed him to develop his skills and gain experience in the ring in smaller competitions.
Roman Reigns lost his debut match and some others before finally claiming a victory in an individual match. He continued to compete in the Florida Championship Wrestling event before making his television fight debut in November 2012 with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. The Trio came to be called The Shield, and Reigns suddenly became popular.
With his career in full swing, Reigns continued to gain popularity among WWE fans and won three WWE heavyweight world championships and the WWE universal champion in 2016.
In December 2014, Roman Reigns married lifelong synovia, Galina Becker. The couple met and began dating Georgia Tech, where he studied Administration. Before exchanging marriage vows, the couple already had a daughter named Joelle, born on December 14, 2008. In 2016, they welcomed twins.
Galina Becker, who is a fitness model, was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 11, 1987. Becker had always been interested in sports and during her high school and college days, participated in athletic events. On top of that, he also played volleyball in high school. After graduating from college, he began making appearances on television and magazines as a fitness model. He also occasionally models for sponsored photo shoots.
As mentioned earlier, Roman Reigns’ older brother and only his brother, Mathew Tapunu’u Anoa’i, was also a professional fighter. Anoa’i competed as a professional fighter with WWE under the name of Rosey, after which he went on to compete in several independent promotions with other ring names.
He married Mandy Vandeberg in 1988 and they had three children together before divorcing in 2007. Anoa’i was previously diagnosed with congestive heart failure, which was the reason for his eventual death on April 17, 2017.
Coming from a family of fighters, Reigns has a famous group of cousins, including Yokozuna, Rikishi, Umaga, The Usos, Tonga Kid. And even former professional wrestler and actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a cousin by marriage.
Roman Reigns has an estimated net worth of around $ 12 million, according to the Celebrity Net Worth website. The four-time WWE world champion was able to accumulate his wealth through the salary he earns from his wrestling career. As well as through other sponsorship agreements. On top of that, the Florida native has earned some money with the appearances he has made in several movies and web series.