Roman Raines, whose photo will be given in this article, is known as one of America's best wrestlers. He is also a member of the Canadian Football Team. His real name is Lithif Joseph Anoai. But, once in WWE, the half-actor-half-athlete took on a pseudonym. He is known for his victory in the Royal Battle this year.
Roman Leakey and his first victory
Before the first victory, Roman Raines, whose photo you can see in this article, went through a difficult path of defeat. He got into the world of wrestling under the name Roman Leakey. Under him, his first contract with World Wrestling was signed , from where he was sent to the regional unit of Chempionship Wrestling, located in Florida.
Raines debuted in 2010, but in his first fight, he was defeated by a more experienced fighter, Richie Steamboat. After this, a whole series of setbacks awaited him. Many argued about this, insisting on the inability of the young man to participate in battles. Someone justified Raines, emphasizing his inexperience. Indeed, experienced wrestlers came out against him, having many victories behind him. Not to say that the first bouts in which Roman had to participate, ended quickly. The fighter desperately resisted when he was taken into painful capture. He also carried out good counterattacks, which still inspired hope for his victory.
September 21 of the same year, Roman managed to win his first victory. His opponent, Fad Rackman, possessed outstanding skills, but this did not help him resist the young, quick Raines, who, having suffered enough defeats, was not going to concede this time.
After this victory, Roman established himself as a powerful fighter, and he was invited to participate in many battles, including team ones.
Wrestling. Roman Raines. Alliance with Marlowe
After the royal battle in 2011, where he never managed to win, Roman forms an alliance with Donnie Marlowe. They are immediately challenged by Rhines and Langstone. The fight was hard. Marlowe and Raines showed themselves as a close-knit team, but their opponents still won. No matter how sad it is, to possess the title of the best team in Florida is not given to those who have such little experience. In the same year, the alliance broke up.
2012 for Raines
This year was a success for the fighter. Unlike 2011, Raines managed to win a number of victories over various wrestlers. These were both inexperienced fighters and ring titans. The novel was one of the main FCW wrestlers and played in singles.
In a match called Triple Threat, he wins a brilliant victory over Ebrows and Rollins, making him closer to the belt of the champion of Florida. Who would have thought that a person who has been in this tough sport for a little over a year will be able to achieve such results! The Florida heavyweight champion’s belt was very close to Raines, but his loss to Kruger removed the fighter from the cherished target.
Later, Roman joins forces with Michael Danton, which allows him to defeat the alliance of Parker and Jordan. Thus, Raines together with his partner wins the title of team champion. And on October 31, Roman changes his nickname Roman Leakey, under whom he spoke until this day, to Roman Raines. His first debut under a new pseudonym was held at NXT.
"Shield"
Having ceased to participate in single battles, Raines joined a group called the Shield. It also included Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. The activities of the team was that they fought with injustice. They came out unexpectedly for the whole hall from behind the curtains and interfered in other people's fights. But the glory of the fighters for justice did not overtake the team. On the contrary, a wide variety of negative rumors began to circulate about them. The first reason for the poor reviews about the Shield was the attack on the opponent of SM Punk. It was even rumored that Punk was paying the Shield to attack his opponents. Given that after each intervention in Punk's battles, victory was won, it became obvious.
Shield at WWE
The first time a fighter entered the ring as Roman Raines in the main roster of WWE 2012. There, joining the Shield team, he attacked the opponent of SM Punk, which allowed the latter to win. Rybek - an opponent of Punk - attacked him with his partner Sino, which was the reason for the release of "Shield". So the team made a PR for itself as fighters with injustice. But not for long.
Until recently, members of the Shield denied their connection with Punk, but their actions indicated otherwise. Among the opponents of Punk, the victory over which belonged to the “Shield”, were:
Subsequently, Raibek decided to teach a lesson to the team, summoning them to battle. He made friends with the Hell No team, but this still did not give him the opportunity to take revenge. In the debut for the “Shield” battle, he won. After that, few dared to resent the activities of the Shield, which allowed the team to attack opponents of Punk. In the next fight with Rybek, “Shield” again stood on the side of Punk, which allowed him to win the champion title.
Punk, Rock and Shield
The battle of the Rock and Punk took place in the royal battle. But all of a sudden, the lights went out in the hall. No one understood what was happening, but in the ring we heard the sounds of a struggle. Unknowns came to the aid of Punk, and while restoring lighting, unknowns defeated Rock. When the light was turned on, it was lying on the floor. So, Punk was almost awarded a victory. But the judges considered the fight not to take place, and it was reassigned the next day.
Repulse "Shield"
After the Shield attacked Dwayne, nicknamed The Rock, they repeated the same trick with Sino. But at that moment, unexpectedly for them, Rybek and Sheimus stood up for him. With a grudge against the Shield, the fighters decided to avenge their defeat by not letting him beat Sino.
Grouping challenge
The antics of “Shield” began to unnerve the other participants in the ring, which gave rise to whole discussions that were aired. It was about the unknown alliance of Punk and this association. Rumors that he pays to the team have already passed into the status of "really." After a wave of indignation, “Shield” was challenged by the opposing team, but Raines and his friends won.
After Seamus teamed up with Orton in an alliance against an aggressive team, but due to the small number they were defeated. Later they were joined by the Big Show. But in this battle something happened that the audience did not expect. Orton took the tag from Shaw, for which he, in turn, dealt him a crushing blow. So the team destroyed itself "from the inside." “Shield” after his next victory defied Kane and Brian in order to select the team title.
New grouping object
Enjoying his victories, “Shield” cracked down on one opponent after another. Now the object of their defense was a new team, for which the guys periodically ran out. Naturally, this again caused a storm of indignation.
The image of Roman Raines
If previously the fighter appeared in black shorts, now he is dressed in a black uniform similar to the one worn by special forces soldiers. His teammates look the same. Thus, they seem to emphasize their status as fighters for justice. Roman is the only one from the team who has black long hair. He has a large tattoo on his right shoulder.
Personal life
One of the most talked about news that somehow relates to the actor is the Roman Raines family. The actor is married to his longtime girlfriend. As it turned out, the wife of Roman Raines - Galina Becker. The news of the imminent wedding made a noise all over the Internet when he announced it. In addition, the fighter has a daughter - Joe-Joe, who is now seven years old.
A very active collection of fights of the famous wrestler, which is called as follows: “Roman Raines. Filmography. ”