When a professional wrestler gains a measure of notoriety, grappling fans flock to the internet to find out much information about that individual as possible. Now that Roman Reigns is a major star in WWE, many fans are finding out that he was once arrested.

Just a few weeks before the one-time collegiate football standout had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment to join the organization's developmental promotion at the time, Florida Championship Wrestling, Reigns, whose real name is Leati Joseph Anoa'i, was arrested on June 20, 2010 in Pensacola, Florida area—Reigns grew up in Pensacola and was residing there—for disorderly intoxication and affray, unlawful assembly, or riot. In other words, the future WrestleMania headliner was placed in handcuffs for appearing drunk in public and getting in a fight. He was subsequently released on $1,000 bond and charged with $500 for each offence.



Knowledge of his infraction was not publicly known until 2013 when his mugshot was published on MugShots.com and labeled as Roman Reigns of WWE. It is not publicly known whether officials in the sports-entertainment organization were made aware of his arrest.

A lot of the WWE roster has been arrested at some point. Hardly matters.

Dat hair

Wow now everyone's going crazy about it... unless they remember tons of other former / current WWE stars were already arrested or had court cases too.
You know, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Randy Orton, MVP, Big Show, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Booker T... Well the list goes on and on xD

Chilly wrote:

A lot of the WWE roster has been arrested at some point. Hardly matters.

Yeah but they don't have 'dat hair.

Zanon wrote:

Wow now everyone's going crazy about it... unless they remember tons of other former / current WWE stars were already arrested or had court cases too.
You know, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Randy Orton, MVP, Big Show, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Booker T... Well the list goes on and on xD

Yeah. So crazy. Reporting an article that simply says "Hey, he was arrested and for this." - much craziness.

I know. I can already imagine the IWC going like "Boo we don't want a criminally charged person as the face of the company!!", when they clearly have forgotten what others did in a way more terrible way xP

He got drunk and was in a bit of a fight omg

New Jack did worse and I love him