ACKNOWLEDGE your "Tribal Chief!"
Paul Heyman does every week.
During a recent appearance on Rick Rubin’s “Tetragrammaton” podcast, "The Wise Man" of The Bloodline reflected on the backstage reaction to the first time Roman Reigns used the "Acknowledge Me" catchphrase to Jey Uso.
“Roman had said, ‘Well, you know what I really want from Jey? I don’t want his love. I have that. I don’t want his admiration. I don’t even want his obedience. I’ll take that from him. You know what I need? I’m the ‘Head of the Table.’ I am ‘The Tribal Chief.’ I need him to acknowledge me.’ And the moment he said it, we all got chills because we knew this is bigger than this moment,” Heyman said. “This is the declarative statement. This is the definition of the character. What does the character want? What does ‘The Tribal Chief’ need? What does the ‘Head of the Table’ seek? Acknowledgment.”
He would go on to clarify that Reigns’ statement is actually a plea, not a command.
“[Roman is] the most confident performer, the best-looking man, the guy that looks like a champion, the one guy that can handle Brock Lesnar, the D1 athlete, a second-generation Samoan American wrestler, and he’s needy," Reigns said. "He’s a ‘Tribal Chief.’ He’s ‘The Head of the Table.’ He runs the family. He’s the biggest star, but he’s needy. He needs you to acknowledge him."
Check out the complete interview at Apple.com. H/T to WrestlingHeadlines.com for transcribing the above quotes.
