MIAMI (AP) — Roman Reigns went from the Royal Rumble to the Super Bowl.
The WWE star was in Miami for opening night festivities at Marlins Park one night after wrestling in the Royal Rumble match in Houston, where he was the final competitor eliminated by eventual winner Drew McIntyre.
“What’s new?” » San Francisco tight end George Kittle asked Reigns. “Are you in any pain?”
Reigns also defeated King Corbin earlier Sunday night in a falls-count-anywhere match.
“A little,” Reigns said. “Not bad.”
Kittle is a big fan of wrestling and uses a gesture to celebrate early tries that he borrowed from Pentagón Jr., a Mexican wrestler. Kittle makes a circle with his thumb and index finger to form a “0,” then wiggles his wrist so that his other fingers form an “M” for Pentag n Jr.’s slogan: “Cero miedo” – or “zero fear” . “
Kittle caught some of the Royal Rumble action on television after the 49ers arrived in Miami Sunday night as they began preparing to take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
“I loved it when you all beat Seth (Rollins),” Kittle told Reigns with a huge smile. “It was great. It was fun.”
Reigns then asked Kittle who among the 49ers would win a Royal Rumble among his teammates. The wrestler told the tight end that most of the 49ers said Kittle would win the belt.
“Yeah,” Kittle said without hesitation.
So who would come out first?
“I think we would take Jimmy (Garoppolo) out first,” Kittle said. “He’s getting too much attention. Just take him out of the ring, throw him out of the ring and let the attention be on us for once.”
Garoppolo was also tapped, and he went in a different direction: rookie defensive end Nick Bosa.
“This is the first time I’ve heard Bosa,” Reigns said. “Everyone says Kittle.”
This surprised the 49ers quarterback.
“George?” » said Garoppolo. “Who said that?”
Reigns told him “everyone,” then asked who would be thrown out of the ring first.
“Deebo Samuel, probably,” Garoppolo said with a smile of his wide receiver.
