Olympic Athlete Wants To Join WWE & Beat Roman Reigns

United States Olympic wrestler Gable Steveson has commented on rumors he could be heading to WWE, and a potential match with Roman Reigns.

Steveson appeared to confirm he has his sights set on WWE, and specifically said he wants Reigns to “hand the belt down” to him, implying he wants to be the man to beat him for the Universal Championship.

Speaking with KARE 11, Steveson said:

“(Meeting Roman Reigns was a) surreal feeling, to be honest. He’s one of the guys who I’d always wanted to meet besides The Rock. I met (Brock) Lesnar, Lesnar was one of the guys I always wanted to meet too. Roman Reigns, seeing a guy like that in person and seeing everything he’s done with WWE and in his life, too, it’s crazy. He lives differently, he breathes differently than a lot of people. He wants to be a winner, he wants to be a champion. Roman Reigns is the top of the top, and I know sooner or later, hopefully, my time (will come to) be in that spot, and he’ll hand the belt down respectfully. I’m ready.”

When asked when a WWE debut could happen, he replied:

“That’s a hard question. It’s all in the air right now. There’s a lot of things going on. I want this Tokyo gold first, and we’ll go from there. WWE is in the near future. When? I’m not sure, but I’ll be there.”

Steveson will be competing at the 2020 Olympics next month, while it’s looking likely Reigns will be defending the Universal Title against John Cena at SummerSlam in August.

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