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Roman Reigns: 2025 Biography, Net Worth, Family, Income

Leati Joseph Anoa’i – better known as Roman Reigns – had a brief professional football career before retiring from the sport and following in his family’s footsteps to pursue a career in professional wrestling.

The son of Sika Anoa’i, one half of The Wild Samoans, was signed to WWE in 2010 and worked for their developmental territory at the time, Florida Championship Wrestling, under the ring name Leakee.

Following the launch of NXT in August 2012, Anoa’i began performing under the name Roman Reigns but only made a select few appearances on the brand before being called up to WWE’s main roster in November 2012.

Reigns made his debut at Survivor Series 2012 alongside Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, interfering in the main event of the show to help CM Punk retain his WWE Championship over Ryback and John Cena.

The trio of Reigns, Rollins and Ambrose were known as The Shield and went on to become one