Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoaʻi is an American professional wrestler, former professional Canadian football player, and a member of the Anoaʻi family. Wikipedia

Born: May 25, 1985 (age 30), Pensacola, FL

Spouse: Galina Becker (m. 2014)

Organization: WWE

Siblings: Rosey

TV shows: WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown, WWE: Fast Lane

Jonathan "Jon" Good is an American professional wrestler and actor, signed to WWE under the ring name Dean Ambrose. Wikipedia

Born: December 7, 1985 (age 30), Cincinnati, OH

Height: 6′ 4″

Weight: 225 lbs

Organization: WWE

Trained by: Les Thatcher

Movies and TV shows: WWE Raw, 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

ti Joseph "Joe" Anoaʻi (born May 25, 1985) is an American professional wrestler, former professional Canadian football player, and a member of the Anoaʻi family. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Roman Reigns, and he is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion in his third reign.[7]

After playing collegiate football for Georgia Tech,[1] Anoaʻi started his professional football career with brief off-season stints with theMinnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 2007.[8] He then played a full season for theCanadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football.[9]

Anoaʻi then pursued a career in professional wrestling and was signed by WWE in 2010, reporting to their developmental territoryFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[2] Using the ring name Roman Reigns, he made his main roster debut in November 2012 alongside Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose as The Shield.[10] The trio teamed together until June 2014,[11] after which Reigns started both headlining pay-per-views in singles competition and contending for world title that month.[12] In his WWE career, Reigns is a three-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion,[7] a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion (with Rollins), and was the 2015 Royal Rumble winner and the 2014 Superstar of the Year. He also tied the WWE record for most eliminations in a Survivor Serieselimination match with four in the 2013 event,[13] and set the record for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble match with 12 in the2014 event.[14]

Despite being pencilled in as WWE's future "face of the company" and being placed in the main event of numerous major pay-per-views (including WrestleManias 31 and 32), Reigns' ascendency as a world title-chasing heroic character has been marked by critics' disapproval and hostile crowd reactions, with ESPN writer David Shoemaker describing Reigns as "the most despised wrestler WWE has had since it turned Sgt. Slaughter into an Iraq-sympathizing traitor in 1990."[15]

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