An empire among ruins. ⸎ NOT @WWERomanReigns.

Rome did not rise in a moment of glory—it rose in countless moments of sacrifice, in the hands that bled to lay the first stone. ⨳ @WWERomanReigns narration.

[WWE @WWE]

Days away from #WWECrownJewel, what will be on the mind of World Heavyweight Champion @WWERomanReigns TONIGHT on #WWERaw?!

📍: Brooklyn NY
🎟️: https://t.co/mzGmz7mvWl
📺: SPECIAL START TIME OF 6 ET/3 PT on @netflix

[WWE @WWE]

What will go down when World Heavyweight Champion @WWERomanReigns returns to #WWERaw TONIGHT in San Diego?!

📍: San Diego, CA
🎟️: https://t.co/KFyldfYypr
📺: 8 ET/5 PT on @netflix

[With everybody sayin’… ♘ NOT @RealLAKnight @ManMadeMegastar]

You’re not the mountain everybody has to climb.

You’re just another big mouth standing between me and the top.

#MITB

[With everybody sayin’… ♘ NOT @RealLAKnight @ManMadeMegastar]

But I'm the self-made son of a bitch who had to kick down every single door just to get a seat at the table in the first place.

My old man was loading trucks to bring home the bacon, brother!

There wasn't some legendary bloodline waiting to hand me the keys to the kingdom.

[With everybody sayin’… ♘ NOT @RealLAKnight @ManMadeMegastar]

You had the machine behind you.

You had the spotlight handed to you.

You had an entire industry damn near bending over backward to make sure you became the man they wanted you to be.

And hey, that's fine! Good for you!

[With everybody sayin’… ♘ NOT @RealLAKnight @ManMadeMegastar]

But don't you dare sit there and convince yourself that you put me in my place, because, brother, that’s where you’d be dead wrong. See, that's the difference between you and me. You were born into this business with a family name that opened doors before you ever had to knock.

[Unchosen to undeniable. ξ NOT @RealLAKnight @MegastarStudded]

I’ve got work to do before I get another chance at you. I know that. But when that chance comes, I intend to make damn sure I’ve got an answer for what happened at #MITB.

Until then, keep that championship close.

And remember whose name those people were screaming.

[Unchosen to undeniable. ξ NOT @RealLAKnight @MegastarStudded]

And to everybody who believed Saturday was gonna be the night … so did I.

I heard you. I know what you wanted. And believe me, having to stand here without that title hurts worse than anything Roman hit me with.

[Unchosen to undeniable. ξ NOT @RealLAKnight @MegastarStudded]

Hang “hell of an effort” over my fireplace? Walk through the airport carrying ‘almost’ over my shoulder?

Because I appreciate the sentiment, but I didn’t walk into Money in the Bank looking for a compliment.

I went there to become World Heavyweight Champion.

[An empire among ruins. ⸎ NOT @WWERomanReigns. @ManMadeMonarch]

There is a quiet divinity in standing unmoved whilst the world conspires to shake the very foundation upon which you stand. #MITB.

[An empire among ruins. ⸎ NOT @WWERomanReigns. @ManMadeMonarch]

The champion takes 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 than just the title when it comes to celebrations— can't blame a boy for wanting a taste of his tribal chief.

[WWE @WWE]

This is getting VERY interesting ☝️

@luchalibreaaa | @WWERomanReigns | @reymysterio

[WWE @WWE]

The nod of approval from The OTC 👀

The Bloodline is as scary as ever!

[WWE @WWE]

Some harsh words from The OTC to The Bloodline 👀

@WWERomanReigns

[WWE @WWE]

ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR OTC ☝️

@WWERomanReigns

[WWE @WWE]

World Heavyweight Champion @WWERomanReigns will be LIVE TONIGHT on #WWERAW following his win at #SummerSlam! ☝️

📍: Des Moines, IA
🎟️: https://t.co/IySsbNe7oV
📺: 8 ET/5 PT on @netflix

[A true revolutionary. ⌖ NOT @WWERollins @ThisIsARebirth]

I’ve been written off before and I’ve had careers ended.

Knees explode.
Backs break.
Empires collapse.
Friends betray me.
Dreams ripped away.

And every single time… I came back louder and brighter.

The Visionary doesn’t die because it loses. The Vision itself simply evolves.

[A true revolutionary. ⌖ NOT @WWERollins @ThisIsARebirth]

Everybody wants this to be some beautiful ending.

A storybook.

A happy little epilogue.

No.

I don’t live in endings. I create beginnings.

You may have closed one chapter.

You did not finish my story.

[A true revolutionary. ⌖ NOT @WWERollins @ThisIsARebirth]

Because when I close my eyes, I still see it.

One Spear.
Two Spears.
Three.

Three seconds.

One championship… slipping through my fingers but that doesn’t disappear because we shared one moment.