After four months of absence, Roman Reigns made his long-awaited return at WWE SummerSlam to give continuity to one of the most worked storylines of recent decades. Reigns attacked Solo Sikoa, costing him a title win in the biggest event of the summer. The story continued to unfold on the last episode of Friday Night SmackDown, where it became clear that the goal of the “Original Tribal Chief” was to take down the usurper.
This return surely got a grand reception from the fans, as they couldn’t help but talk about it every chance they got. As for the crowd reaction in the arena, they surely offered the WWE one of the loudest crowd pops in recent history. So this makes one wonder: who is the bigger star between him and The American Nightmare?
When WrestleMania 40 came, the WWE Universe got together to manifest Cody Rhodes, finishing his story. Something that was truly noticed after #WeWantCody trended for weeks after the Rock stole the spot that was rightfully The American Nightmares’. So now the question looms: who is the biggest star among the two fan favorites? Well, the answer to this has been provided by a legend of the WWE himself, Mark Henry.
In the latest edition of the Busted Open Podcast, the former WWE heavyweight champion revealed that, according to him, Roman Reigns is the bigger star. He said, “Who’s the biggest star? Roman or Cody? Roman. I mean, we look at just what happened, you know, before mania. This that wasn’t that long ago. Three years being champion. Every commercial every media day, everything that revolves around WWE programming and the brand. It was Roman. The only reason that it’s not is because Roman went away.”
However, he further added that he has a lot of respect for Rhodes. In fact, he took him and Ted DiBiase under his wing when they joined the WWE. Henry revealed, “I have more respect for Cody than a lot of people because I remember his humble beginnings. I remember his first day. I remember his dad saying, ‘Hey, man, watch out for them boys. You know, him and him and that DiBiase, I can’t trust them yet.’ I got him.” Well, the answer to the question has finally been provided by Henry. But even if he didn’t, fans can still get an idea about Reigns’ popularity by how his return continues to generate massive numbers on social media.
Roman Reigns is WWE’s online megastar
The return of Reigns was highly anticipated and longed for by fans. Proof of this is that at the time of writing this article, WWE’s official pictures on social media had obtained more than 125 million views in their first week. If we talk about YouTube, the video has more than 5 million views, while the highlights with Reigns on the cover have generated over 4 million views already.
This also influences X and Instagram, where the original clip of Roman Reigns’ return reached 5.7 million views on X. While on Instagram, WWE had reels with 24.8 million views. Undoubtedly, the return of Roman Reigns was highly anticipated by fans, and now they are on his side more than ever since the Big Dog is a babyface. What do you think? Is Reigns the bigger star? Let us know in the comments.
