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Originally Posted by Noid
I'm actually on-board with Reigns as a double-champion. There is no way that Roman Reigns is ever going to be the beloved babyface Vince wants him to be until he turns heel and has a very cool run as the top guy on the brand, but if you're going to push him, at least push him unironically. Since he was "annointed," Reigns has been a part of some pretty farcical stuff. He won the 2015 Royal Rumble in an abysmal Rumble, even if you knew what they were trying to do. But then he got his ass kicked by Brock, he won the belt back in a tournament, lost it a few seconds later, won it back, lost it via ridiculous Rumble antics, then won it back and lost it again.
Reigns has not been booked well. They really went balls-in with him two years ago, but since then it has all been angle this, angle that. He will get booed wherever he goes, but as long as you put faces against him, there is someone to cheer. Reigns can be a heel on an almost psychic level. But at least try to make him look like an ass-kicking god. That match with Owens should be complete destruction. The "Reigns can really work guys, see" approach hasn't earned him any adoration from the fans. This is especially urgent if you are building him towards Goldberg.
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I think Reigns was a victim of some bad timing. The whole Rumble 2015 thing was purely a result of smarks hijacking the show because their bearded hero wasn't going over. I don't think that was bad booking, other than maybe they should have put the Rumble in another city. But who could predict that would happen?
The 2016 stuff was just an issue with injuries and needing to move pieces around to get to new matches. If you look at his run with the title post Mania he was looking strong, then the wellness thing derailed things plus they needed to split the titles for the brand split. I think if he goes over Owens strong and gets a real run he'll be even more popular than he already is. There will still be boos, but those people will booo anything, you know you have their money no matter what is done.
01-04-2017, 10:19 AM
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