>>17184246Because Big Match John is a hardworking Italian Stallion and Lazy Leati is a part time never was who, like every other samoan wrestler, phoned it in and immediately went home to fill his face and skip the gym and stop showing up to work the moment that first main event check cleared. Without the cancer he'd be Yokozuna right now.
John gave them 10+ years as the uninterrupted face of the company with the busiest schedule in wrestling carrying every shitter Vince through at him into good to great PPV main events. Roman was the face of it for barely 5 years and could barely manage to show up once a month to get his ass carried in the worst match at the card.