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Reigns was at his best/most convincing when he was the muscle of the Shield. Rollins was the mouthpiece and Romans just had that big imposing presence. His wrestling style fit in perfectly in the tag format, as he could make the hot tag and hit his few spots and get the crowd going.
I don't know if I'd call that "masking his weaknesses" but it definitely played up his strengths and he wasn't being placed in a role that he was not prepared for. I'm thinking maybe if the Shield was around a bit longer to get him more comfortable with things before a big solo run it would have benefitted him.
Giving him a mouthpiece like Bischoff, a la Heyman to Brock, would serve a lot of the same benefits. Less pressure on him to try and sound threatening etc, and it adds a few more 'spots' to his matches as filler.
HOWEVER comma it would totally go against what it appears they're taking this new direction with him in. "I'm not a bad guy, I'm not a good guy, I'm THE guy." ...but if you're THE guy why are you going to be Bischoff's lapdog? Doesn't scream strong independence etc, even if we kind of know that's what he isn't (yet)
idk. I think if they did it before the Cena-push it would've worked but now the "cat's outta the bag" so it might end up looking goofy and counter-intuitive.
Clearly at this point they're sinking or swimming (mostly sinking) with Reigns as their guy, so they might just be saying fuck it and letting him earn his lumps until he improves more
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