“The entire wrestling industry from day one has been built on two emotions, love and hate,” he said. “It’s that simple. It’s as old school as old school and it still works. I’m listening to Roman say all these things to Punk, but then he says, ‘I hate you. I choose you because I hate you.’ No other reason. And I want to see that hate come out of Roman Reigns. It’s so simple… ‘I hate you.’ We’ve heard that said a million times. You can only hate someone if you initially felt some kind of appreciation for them.”
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Bully Ray said that Reigns admitting that Punk almost got in his head was a big deal. He explained that as smart as Reigns is after learning from his family in the Samoan dynasty, it was a rebel from Chicago who almost got him. The Hall of Famer called it “pretty heavy.”
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Bully Ray ready to fight
Bully Ray said he doesn’t want to see a wrestling match between Punk and Reigns at WrestleMania, he’s more interested in a fight. He wants to see a five-star match, not a five-star match, and he wants to see something different from “The Tribal Chief,” hosted by Punk.
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“It’s that word, ‘hate,’ that excites me,” he explained. “I hope we see that different side of Roman. I don’t want to see any other wrestling moves from Roman other than his spear and maybe his Superman punch… I would love to see Roman just ride CM Punk over and over again, repeatedly punching him in the face. And the announcers saying, ‘Roman Reigns says he hates CM Punk and he’s always hated CM Punk and we’re seeing that hate play out before our eyes in the main event for the world championship at WrestleMania…’ You can’t beat a man the way he does… that Roman Reigns is defeating CM Punk unless you really hate him.'”
“The Tribal Chief” and “The Voice of the Voiceless” will go one-on-one for the first time since January 2014. They last faced each other at WrestleMania last year in a triple threat match involving Seth Rollins, which saw the betrayal of Paul Heyman, who aligned himself with “The Visionary.”
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