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Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoaʻi (born May 25, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and former professional Canadian football player. A member of the Anoaʻi family, he is currently signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Roman Reigns. After playing collegiate football for Georgia Tech, Anoaʻi started his professional football career with brief off-season stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 2007. He then played a full season for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football. Anoaʻi then pursued a career in professional wrestling and was signed by WWE in 2010, reporting to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. Reigns made his main roster debut in 2012 with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose as the Shield. While a part of the group, Reigns is a former WWE Tag Team Champion (with Rollins), tied the WWE record for most eliminations in a Survivor Series elimination match with four in 2013, and set the record for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble match with 12 at the 2014 match. After the dissolution of the Shield in 2014, Reigns began performing as a singles competitor. Since then, Reigns is a one-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, the 2015 Royal Rumble winner, and the 2014 Superstar of the Year. He has headlined multiple pay-per-views for WWE, including WrestleMania 31, the highest-grossing WWE event ever. == Football career == Anoaʻi played football for three years at Pensacola Catholic High School and one year at Escambia High School. His senior year, he was named Defensive Player of the Year by the ''Pensacola News Journal''. He then attended Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. There, he was teammates with future National Football League (NFL) wide receiver Calvin Johnson. Anoa'i was a three-year starter beginning in his sophomore year and was also one of the team captains as a senior.〔 After recording twenty-nine tackles for loss and twelve sacks in 2006, Anoa'i was named to the first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). After going undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft, Anoa'i was signed by the Minnesota Vikings in May 2007, but was released later that month. The Jacksonville Jaguars signed him in August 2007, only to release Anoa'i less than a week later before the start of the 2007 NFL season.〔 In 2008, Anoaʻi was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Wearing the number 99, Anoaʻi played for one season with the Eskimos, featuring in five games, of which he started three.〔〔 Anoa'i's most notable game came against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in September, where he tied for the team lead with five tackles and had a forced fumble.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thesnap.ca/former-cfl-player-wins-royal-rumble-really/ )〕 After the Eskimos released him on November 10, 2008, Anoa'i retired from the sport of football.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Reigns」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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