Add as a preferred source on Google Roman Reigns, the current World Heavyweight Champion, said he still doesn’t have a set date for retiring from WWE, though he’s already working with a timeline to reassess his future.
During a recent appearance on Nightcap, taped at Fanatics Fest 2026, the OTC was asked whether he thinks he could still be wrestling at 50, and whether he already has a final date in mind for his career.
“I definitely have a few more years in what I’m doing now. I guess it just depends on what the schedule would look like. And you’ve seen other performers. You know, I just talked to Undertaker a few minutes ago and he was like, ‘I’m working more than I did in the past 10 years,’ because he had a very nice schedule, but he put in a lot of work to get to that point.
I guess it depends on what the outside projects look like, but I definitely feel comfortable with a couple to three more years of just elite level top performance. I’m still in my prime. I still feel very good. I think it just gets to the point of where do I want to put my attention? I have a lot of children. I want to be able to give back that time to my wife that she sacrificed while I’ve chased this dream.
So I think in three years or so, we’ll be able to figure out exactly what I want to do and what are going to be the variables that make me do that. You know, how’s my body feeling? Where am I at mentally? Where am I at spiritually? Where’s my family at? Where are my children at? What are they doing? What does the schedule look like for them? So we’ll see. But I still feel good, y’all.”
The new comments extend the timeline Reigns laid out in April 2025. In an interview with Vanity Fair at the time, he said that once his contract at that point expired, he’d have at most one or two more years before pursuing a less physical form of entertainment.
Outside projects are already part of that transition. Reigns is set to play Akuma in the Street Fighter movie, which opens in the United States on October 16.
Before any decision, though, the OTC remains at the center of WWE’s plans. Reigns will defend his title against Seth Rollins at SummerSlam, set for August 1-2 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.