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I'm curious as to why now is deemed the time for a new top babyface? Cena has been stale for a long time, numbers have been relatively stagnant for a while.
Also, kinda laughable they think they can just pull the trigger on someone and *BANG* new top babyface when they've failed to cement somebody at the top of the card for so long.
I'm not against Reigns being the guy, but I don't think he's ready and here's why; it has to be a natural progression to being that top guy, a ground-swell of support, a solid fan-base built over the course of time, the respect that comes with putting the time in.
Bret, Michaels, Austin, Rock, HHH, Foley, Punk (to name a few of the guys to crack the top) all had years in the business and their rise to prominence took time. Cena and Batista didn't really have the tenure but they had the entire crowd pulling for them to make it - and maybe the audience wasn't as savvy as to when they were being force-fed something as they may be now.
Reigns has been on the scene 2 years, spent most of that time as the hot tag guy in a three man stable, when that stable split he wasn't given anything new to work with - same attire, same theme, same entrance. I've never seen a crowd die as much as when Reigns is taking a beating; maybe they're just waiting for the inevitable comeback, safe in the knowledge that he'll win in the end - yet the same could be said of Cena and he gets a reaction.
Bryan was the guy to have put the tenure in; he wrestled around the world on the independent scene before working his way through the ranks of WWE, he won the respect of the crowd with his hard work and athleticism, he added to his character during his work with Kane and his heel run as WHC, then he booked them with the "YES!" phenomimon to point where management couldn't deny him anymore; he was a true "People's Champion". Then he got injured. I think they've every chance to pick up where they left off with him IF he's healthy enough to dethrone Lesnar at Mania.
Failing that, the closest we have now is Ziggler.
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