In a dramatic twist nobody saw coming unless they’ve ever watched wrestling before, Roman Reigns finally snapped on his longtime consigliere, spiritual advisor, and professional mouthpiece, Paul Heyman, during the closing moments of WWE Raw — just days before WrestleMania 41. It was betrayal, chaos, and chair-based flashbacks all rolled into one.
Let’s set the scene:
Reigns is already teetering on the edge after learning Heyman has promised to corner CM Punk at Mania instead of him. A bold move, considering Heyman’s resume of “betraying one guy while crying about it.” Roman, confused why his wise man is suddenly double-booked like an overconfident Uber driver, demands answers. Heyman insists it’s just an old promise to Punk. Reigns isn’t buying it.
Enter Seth Rollins, freshly dressed like a glittery fever dream and ready to stir the pot. He tells Roman, essentially, “Congrats on finally solving the mystery that everyone else figured out six weeks ago.” According to Rollins, Heyman’s always been Team Punk, and Roman? Just the warm-up act.
Roman pauses. Reflects. And then… he throws hands. Not at Heyman, no — he decks Rollins, because trauma is best expressed through fists.
Heyman, like a supportive yet wildly out-of-touch dad, tries to patch things up, but Roman pie-faces him into the canvas. Folks, when your Tribal Chief pie-faces you on live TV, it’s not a loving gesture — it’s the Samoan version of “we’re done.”
Enter CM Punk, sprinting in like he’s late for a Twitter war. He saves Heyman from a beatdown… or tries to. Reigns spears him into next week, setting up what would have been a perfect ending… until Rollins, lurking like a steel chair salesman with something to prove, slides back in and wallops Reigns with a nostalgia-fueled chair shot — a direct throwback to The Shield betrayal of 2015. He tops it off with a curb stomp to Punk, because in this house, we hit everyone equally.
The show ends with Rollins standing tall, chair in hand, possibly whispering “remember me?” into the camera like a villain in a soap opera finale.