The Official Royal Rumble 2016 Thread

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Originally Posted by Maluco I honestly don't think he has natural charisma, and I am sure there are plenty of people who haven't seen that yet. He has a presence, yeah, but charisma? I am not so sure. As for individual qualities, he has his size and his looks. He is a decent wrestler. He is a long way from having someone like Cena's personality and charisma. I don't think it's an absurd opinion to think that he is lacking star quality. He has had a sustained push for a long time now and has gotten meagre returns when you think about the length of time invested in him. I am not saying he can't develop certain attributes, but he is a long way off and lacks experience, as you rightly say. But I also think the jury is out on if he is a star and don't think it's that radical to believe that at this stage.

Originally Posted by Simple Fan I guess Im out of my tree then. I see no charisma in Reigns. The onlh thing that gets him cheers is the story line they have laid out for him. People dont want to cheer the Authority so by default they cheer Roman. Feel like if Ambrose had won the WWEWHC tournament and had the same storyline it would be white hot right now. Romans moveset is another thing that gets him cheers although I hate his finisher and the Superman punch. They have given him exciting moveset and he still cant get to where they want him to. His best work will probably be as a heel and they need to turn him soon in my opinion.

I feel like both of you are confusing "charisma" with "cutting good promos" or "being a loud character". Presence is basically another way of saying charisma. Go and look at any interview Roman has done away from WWE TV, where it isn't scripted to fit the current WWE storyline that they're trying to get over, where he isn't being kind of shoe-horned into a role he doesn't really fit. Go and stand in an arena when he makes an entrance and listen to the general buzz amongst the audience. And what are these meagre returns? Because a lot of the smart fans don't like him? Even they (well, most of them, there will always be a few that think they know better no matter what is being presented to them) would jump on board if he was consistently booked to his strengths.

As for "he only gets cheers because of the story line", that's ridiculous. He gets cheers because he has a connection with a large part of the audience. If it was really that simple, there would never be any failed pushes, heel or babyface, in the history of pro wrestling. It's like a lot of people are under the impression that WWE just chose Reigns at random and thought "we're going to make him a top guy" and that was literally all there was behind the thought process. If they'd have pushed say Neville for example against the Authority/in Reigns' spot, you would probably hears crickets in the audience. As for "moveset gets him cheers", come on. Why do wrestlers do moves again? To gain a reaction. That's kind of the entire point of a professional wrestling match, pro wrestling at it's absolute most basic. Roman Reigns is far from the finished product but he's just booked inconsistently. It's a WWE problem and will be until they either make up their mind about how they want to present him or just let him (attempt) to do his own thing. Don't confuse that stuff for him "bringing nothing to the table".