Joe Anoa'i
Acting
- Born:
- 1985-05-25
- Place of birth:
- Pensacola, Florida, USA
Biography
Leati Joseph Anoaʻi (Samoan pronunciation: ah-no-AH ee; born May 25, 1985), better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers in the world, Reigns' 1,316-day reign with the WWE Universal Championship is the fourth-longest world title reign in WWE history and the longest championship reign since 1988. After playing U.S. college football for Georgia Tech, Anoaʻi started a professional football career with brief off-season stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 2007. He played a full season for the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football. A member of the Anoaʻi wrestling family, Anoaʻi was signed by WWE in 2010 and made his main roster debut under the ring name Roman Reigns in 2012 as a member of The Shield alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. With Rollins, Reigns once held the WWE Tag Team Championship. The trio teamed together until disbanding in 2014, after which Reigns entered singles competition. From 2014 to 2020, WWE positioned Reigns as a heroic character and attempted to establish him as their next "face of the company", which was met with intense disapproval by audiences and critics. During this period, Reigns won the WWE Championship three times, the WWE Universal Championship once, the WWE United States Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship once each, was named Superstar of the Year at the 2014 Slammy Awards and won the Royal Rumble match in 2015. After a hiatus, Reigns was repackaged as a villainous character between 2020 and 2024, which was generally met with acclaim by audiences and critics. Reigns then held the WWE Championship and Universal Championship simultaneously, being recognised as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion; upon losing the Undisputed title at WrestleMania XL, the Universal Championship was retired with Reigns recognised as its final champion. Reigns has headlined numerous pay-per-view events, including WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania, a record ten times. Reigns holds the joint record for most eliminations in a Survivor Series match (4) and the previous record for most in a Royal Rumble match (12). He is also WWE's 28th Triple Crown Champion and 17th Grand Slam Champion. He was ranked No. 1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's annual PWI 500 list of the top 500 singles wrestlers in 2016 and 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roman Reigns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
WWE Crown Jewel 2026
Street Fighter
WWE Money in the Bank 2026
WWE Money in the Bank Post-Show 2026
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Sunday
WWE SummerSlam 2026 Sunday Post-Show
Saturday Night's Main Event XLV
WWE Clash in Italy
Backlash Tampa
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday
Royal Rumble 2026
Survivor Series: WarGames
Zootopia 2
WWE Crown Jewel 2025
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
The Pickup
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
What's Your Story? With Steph McMahon
Stephanie's Places
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
WWE Superstar Profiles
WWE Raw Classics
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
WWE Crown Jewel 2024
WWE Bad Blood 2024
WWE SummerSlam 2024
WrestleMania XL: Behind the Curtain
WrestleMania XL Sunday
WrestleMania XL Saturday
WrestleMania XL Saturday Post-Show Press Conference
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
WWE Crown Jewel 2023
WWE SummerSlam 2023
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
WWE Night of Champions 2023
WrestleMania 39 Sunday
The Bloodline: The Complete Story
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2022
WWE Crown Jewel 2022
WWE Clash at the Castle 2022
WWE SummerSlam 2022
WWE This Is Awesome
WWE Rivals
WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2022
WWE WrestleMania 38: Sunday
WWE Evil
WWE Road to WrestleMania MSG 2022
WWE Elimination Chamber 2022
WWE Royal Rumble 2022
WWE Survivor Series 2021
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2021
WWE Crown Jewel 2021
WWE Extreme Rules 2021
WWE SummerSlam 2021
WWE Money in the Bank 2021
WWE WrestleMania Backlash
Biography: WWE Legends
WrestleMania 37: Night 2
WWE Fastlane 2021
WWE Elimination Chamber 2021
Rumble
WWE Royal Rumble 2021
WWE Icons
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
The Best of WWE: 10 Best Matches of 2020
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Meeting the Undertaker
WWE Hell in a Cell 2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
WWE Payback 2020
WWE SummerSlam 2020
The Wrong Missy
Undertaker: The Last Ride
The Firefly Funhouse Match
Edge: The Second Mountain
The Best of WWE
WWE Super ShowDown 2020
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
WWE Survivor Series 2019
WWE Backstage
WWE Crown Jewel 2019
WWE Hell in a Cell 2019
WWE Clash of Champions 2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
WWE Extreme Rules 2019
WWE Stomping Grounds
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
WWE Money in the Bank 2019
WWE The Shield’s Final Chapter
WWE WrestleMania 35
WWE Fastlane 2019
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2018
Cousins for Life
WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
WWE Hell in a Cell 2018
WWE SummerSlam 2018
WWE Extreme Rules 2018
The Shield: Justice For All
WWE Money in the Bank 2018
WWE Backlash 2018
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
WWE WrestleMania 34
WWE Chronicle
WWE Elimination Chamber 2018
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2017
WWE Survivor Series 2017
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
WWE No Mercy 2017
WWE SummerSlam 2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
WWE Great Balls of Fire
WWE Extreme Rules 2017
Seth Rollins: Building the Architect
WWE Payback 2017
WWE WrestleMania 33
WWE Fastlane 2017
The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2016
WWE The Day Of
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2016
WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 2016
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2016
WWE Survivor Series 2016
WWE Hell in a Cell 2016
Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat
WWE Clash of Champions 2016
WWE SummerSlam 2016
WWE Battleground 2016
Elena of Avalor
WWE Money in the Bank 2016
WWE Extreme Rules 2016
WWE Payback 2016
Countdown
WWE WrestleMania 32
WWE Fastlane 2016
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
WWE Ride Along
WWE Royal Rumble 2016
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2015
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2015
WWE Survivor Series 2015
WWE Hell in a Cell 2015
WWE Night of Champions 2015
WWE SummerSlam 2015
WWE Battleground 2015
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
WWE Payback 2015
Unfiltered with Renee Young
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
WWE WrestleMania 31
WWE Fastlane 2015
The Destruction of The Shield
WWE 24
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
WWE SummerSlam 2014
WWE Battleground 2014
WWE Money in the Bank 2014
WWE Payback 2014
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Wrestlemania Rewind
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
WWE Survivor Series 2013
WWE Battleground 2013
WWE Night of Champions 2013
WWE SummerSlam 2013
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
WWE Payback 2013
WWE Extreme Rules 2013
WWE WrestleMania 29
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
WWE Survivor Series 2012
WWE Main Event
Mon Ami
WWE NXT
Exit Wounds
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
MTV Europe Music Awards
Raw
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Untitled American Nightmare Sequel